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Hasta La Victoria Siempre

Luis C. González, Héctor D. González, and Royal Chicano Air Force1975

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Smithsonian American Art Museum
Washington D.C., United States

The González brothers’ "Hasta La Victoria Siempre" combines eye-catching design, poetry, and international politics. The silhouetted figure holding a United Farm Workers flag quickly conveys support for the union. Typewritten letters in the background form “Viva la Huelga” (long live the strike), a rallying cry at UFW strikes, and “Viva la mañana” (long live tomorrow). Taking its title from a phrase associated with Che Guevara and the Cuban Revolution, the poster also functions as a concrete poem that elevates farmworkers’ rights to an international struggle. 

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  • Title: Hasta La Victoria Siempre
  • Creator: Luis C. González, Héctor D. González, Royal Chicano Air Force
  • Date Created: 1975
  • Medium: screenprint
  • Credit Line: Luis C. González, Héctor D. González, RCAF, "Hasta La Victoria Siempre," 1975, screenprint on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Tomás Ybarra-Frausto, 1995.50.23, © 1975 H. Gonzalez y Louie the Foot
Smithsonian American Art Museum

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