This course explores art and social protest in the context of U.S. history. Grounded in cultural theory of Benjamin and Fanon, who articulated the power of the arts to produce revolutions, the course specifically engages in American cultural politics through the production and dissemination of political posters. Students examine the poster (broadside) from multiple rhetorical dimensions and interrogate the proliferation of the printed political broadside and contemporary movements between analog and digital media (Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, blogs) and platforms. They consider the utilitarian status of the printed poster with the immediacy of digital social platforms. They work with distinguished printmakers, make posters, and curate a show.