The power and strength of the Strike Newspaper are in its immediate reactions to the unfolding events – documenting a complex moment, focusing on the human experience, and sharing it with a wider audience. Just like pamphlets, zines, and other other quickly printed materials, newspapers can help to disseminate ideas and create networks. Seen together, these photographs and testimonies show us both the chaos and the tension, the solidarity and the compassion. Produced as a simple and straightforward publication, it puts its emphasis on people, capturing history as it happens, and shows how photographs can strengthen action and circulate important social messages more widely. The Strike Newspaper demonstrates what photography and printmaking can do when put together with care, and it is an excellent example of a thoughtful protest publication.
