A Cobra Has Grown Slowly Through the People's Struggle [ ] Symbionese Liberation Army Poster Counterculture,Posters,Radical Studies

No place or date, presumed circa 1973-1975. Yellow paper stock. 17 ½ by 22 ½ inches. A poster issued by the Symbionese Liberation Army, featuring it's seven headed cobra logo and the words, "A cobra has grown slowly through the people's struggle coiled in our minds/bodies poised to strike [.] Let us aim with clear precision to plant our venom at the core with the beauty of our rising new changes being born." SLA present in the tail of the cobra. Each head bears a word from Swahili, each representing a principle of Kwanzaa. The Symbionese Liberation Army was a far left "organization" in the United States that carried out a variety of robberies, murders and terrorist acts. Perhaps inspired by other leftist groups such as Venceramos, the SLA adhered to a confusing mix of principles and ideals that alienated those on the left and right. The group was responsible for the assassination of Oakland School Superintendent Marcus Foster, but was perhaps best known for the kidnapping of Patty Hearst. Hearst adopted the name Tania and participated in bank robberies with other members of the SLA, but asserted she was drugged and brainwashed by the group. Other members were either killed in shootouts with police, incarcerated or lived lives on the run (eventually being caught). GOOD+ condition. Minor bumping, creasing and wrinkling along the extremities, as well as a few tiny tears. Stored rolled, thus curled.