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Featuring the work of medicinal artist/activist Ricardo Levins Morales. Studio and store in Minneapolis MN USA, shipping anywhere via RLMArtStudio.com. Most posts made by staff.

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Ricardo Levins Morales Art Studio @rlmartstudio.bsky.social · Jan 9

Ricardo's newest offering isn't a new poster - it's a book! The Land Knows The Way: Eco-Social Insights for Liberation is a collection of political medicines – gathered and gleaned over 6 decades from people's movements and our planet's ecology. Get your copy: www.rlmartstudio.com/product/land...

The cover of Ricardo Levins Morales' paperback book The Land Knows the Way - Eco-Social Insights for Liberation. It features a solidarity fist rising from lower left to the top right, inside which is drawn various layers of soil and substrates, some with small critters, building up to a stream and tall green plants above. In the background are rolling hills with lush vegetation against a sky streaked with different shades of blue.

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Brian Keith Jackson @bkjwordplay.bsky.social · 5h

It was a powerful day. I'm pleased to have been a part of it. This was the closest thing to the protests of the '60 that we'd seen. It was brutal, yet lives were saved. But the cops also learned new tactics from those demonstrations. We have to find new tactics and this will for change again.

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Ricardo Levins Morales Art Studio @rlmartstudio.bsky.social · 6h

Ricardo's 2006 poster shown here is about the AIDS crisis in Africa, where activists also fought against stigmatization in order to put people's needs first. Get it here: www.rlmartstudio.com/product/how-...

Vertical poster with a cream watercolor background that looks like parchment. Thin hand-written lettering in red, black and green surrounds an illustration shaped like the continent of Africa, depicting a parent in traditional apparel feeding a baby (the parent faces the viewer, with their right arm making up the western part of the continent baby cradled in the center, and parent's dress the southern half). Large text at top: "How to heal a continent of HIV/AIDS." Around the illustration and at bottom: Speak openly - fund mass education - devote global resources - guarantee universal access to condoms - achieve universal access to medicines - support economic renewal - remove the suffocating deb - provide compassionate support to those affected - Put people first!

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Ricardo Levins Morales Art Studio @rlmartstudio.bsky.social · 6h

This week in 1988: 1,000+ ACT UP demonstrators shut down the FDA headquarters, demanding (and eventually winning) action on developing HIV/AIDS treatments. ACT UP's militant and creative actions always included powerful visual artwork, and paved the way for movements in the decades to come.

A photograph from the 1988 ACT UP demonstration outside the FDA. Many people are participating in a die-in on the front steps, holding mock tombstones with messages like "RIP - killed by the FDA" and "Dead from lack of drugs." A line of police officers (some with classic 80s mustaches) wearing riot helmets stands between them and the building; one cop wearing white gloves is walking through the demonstrators. Affixed to the 2nd story windows of the building is a series of posters and a large blank banner reading Silence = Death.

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Ricardo Levins Morales Art Studio @rlmartstudio.bsky.social · 2d

It's spoopy season - and since we believe in community care amidst the ongoing COVID crisis (what a great month to mask up!), let's be inclusive of a good ol' virtual haunting. We offer these "zoombies" as a poster, card, and a free coloring page download too: www.rlmartstudio.com/product/zoom...

An illustration in the form of a fake video call, with 16 rectangles in a grid on the "screen". Each rectangle has a different zombie character representing a participant in the video call. Some show silly video call behaviors, such as one only showing the top of their head, another showing an empty room, one zoomed in super close to the "zoombie"s face. One also has a cat poking its head in. The text at bottom, along with video call icons, says "Zoombie Apocalypse".

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Ricardo Levins Morales Art Studio @rlmartstudio.bsky.social · 3d

Here's another for Banned Books Week. What if you could have someone read books to you at work? In Cuban tobacco factories, the task fell to los Lectores: the factory reader, who read books, magazines and newspapers aloud as chosen by fellow workers. Poster: www.rlmartstudio.com/product/el-l...

A vertical illustration made via scratchboard, ink and watercolors in muted tones, captioned "el Lector de la Fabrica de Tabaco." The scene depicts rows of factory workers rolling cigars, while on a wooden playform above them, a man with glasses reads from a gigantic oversize newspaper, the text of which describes the role of the lector in Spanish: "El lector tenia la mision de leer a voz alta periodicos del dia, novelas, revista y libros indicados por los torcedores de cigarros. Cada obrero le pagara una cantidad de dinero por su trabajo." Bursting out of the newspaper at the top of the image, are illustrations of fantastical scenes that might be contained in news reports or novels read to the workers: embracing lovers, protests, a sailing ship, a battle, and a man on horseback.

Ricardo Levins Morales Art Studio @rlmartstudio.bsky.social · 3d

ICYMI: Our October Newsletter is out now. Ricardo writes about Jane Goodall, reportbacks from Chicago events and Climate Week NYC, plus new art, free coloring pages, upcoming events and more. Check it out (and subscribe) here: mailchi.mp/rlmartstudio...

Ricardo Levins Morales Art Studio @rlmartstudio.bsky.social · 5d

It's Banned Books Week. This image is a cheeky reminder of one of the best ways to get the good stuff that the fascists don't want you to read.

It's available as a poster or card, here: www.rlmartstudio.com/product/book...

An illustrated poster showing a medium-skinned young person sitting in the grass and plants under a tree, book resting in front of them, one hand up against their chin and cheek in thought. Parkland with dog walkers, trees and a cityscape can be scene in the distance. Words against the blue sky at top, in a beige bookish font, read: "I buy real books - in person - with cash - from independent bookstores." At bottom, in red: "The NSA doesn't need to know my business!"

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Ricardo Levins Morales Art Studio @rlmartstudio.bsky.social · 5d

Jewish Solidarity With Palestine.

This trilingual image by RLM is a poster and a card - find it (and other Palestinian solidarity items) here: www.rlmartstudio.com/product/jewish-solidarity/

Against a light and dark green gradient background, an illustration of a path to a large healthy olive tree (its branches shaped like a raised fist), with the Israeli-built concrete border wall in the background, is surrounded by hands pulling back a "frame" of tangled barbed wire. Elegant text against a blue sky and faded grass reads in English, Hebrew and Arabic, "Jewish solidarity with Palestine... if not now, when?"

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Ricardo Levins Morales Art Studio @rlmartstudio.bsky.social · 6d

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RLM Art Studio (Art for Social Justice) features the original illustration and design of trickster artist/activist Ricardo Levins Morales. Ricardo's hundreds of posters, cards, calendars, pin…

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Ricardo Levins Morales Art Studio @rlmartstudio.bsky.social · 6d

P.S. not a retailer? Tag or pass on to your fave indy shop you'd like to see carry RLM's artwork - and thanks! 💖

Ricardo Levins Morales Art Studio @rlmartstudio.bsky.social · 6d

Attention retailers! We've uploaded our catalog including the Liberation Calendar, holiday cards, & most everything else to the wholesale marketplace FAIRE. Use our direct link here - if you're new to Faire, you'll get 50% off your 1st order (up to $150) for your shop: www.faire.com/direct/ricar...

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Stanley Russell Dudek @dudekahedron.bsky.social · 21d

Practicing my Alt text

The "Eight Hours" triptych by Ricardo Levins Morales, that I have edited to replace the contents of the three panels with Gary Larson's Far Side dogs
From left to right:
In the first panel spending eight hours for work, dogs are studying in a research lab, a cat is visible through the window in the distance
In the second panel spending eight hours for rest, a dog sleeps under a tree
In the third panel spending eight hours for what we will, dogs are shopping at the grocery store with shopping carts

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shuilian.bsky.social @shuilian.bsky.social · 8d

More great stuff from Ricardo Levins Morales. Art to adorn the soul & elevate the mind...
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Ricardo Levins Morales Art Studio @rlmartstudio.bsky.social · 6d

The poster is titled "Paradox." www.rlmartstudio.com/product/para...

Ricardo Levins Morales Art Studio @rlmartstudio.bsky.social · 6d

Thanks David!

Tending the Soil (for purchase, or free download): www.rlmartstudio.com/product/tend...

Ricardo Levins Morales Art Studio @rlmartstudio.bsky.social · 6d

Another day of "No Kings" demonstrations is planned for cities big and small across the U.S. on October 18. If you're going, how about passing out some pin buttons or stickers? We've got these 2 designs available as both, with bulk discounts. Check 'em out here: www.rlmartstudio.com/product/no-k...

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Ricardo Levins Morales Art Studio @rlmartstudio.bsky.social · 6d

Thanks for sharing!

Here's our take on the whole "If you give me a fish..." thing, as a poster: www.rlmartstudio.com/product/give...

Ricardo Levins Morales Art Studio @rlmartstudio.bsky.social · 9d

If you haven't flipped your Liberation Calendar to October yet, consider this your reminder! This month's art is titled "Heart of Gaza", and is available as both a poster and a greeting card... and our 2026 Liberation Calendar is now on the shelves, too. You can find all of it at RLMArtStudio.com.

The Liberation Calendar held in the air, open to the October page. The artwork shows a Palestinian woman in a blue blouse and long maroon short, offering an orange forward, surrounded by a green leafy grove of orange trees. The October 2025 title is in red, black and green, and the grid of dates features "this day in history" text and spot illustrations including small birds and a fruit stall.

Ricardo Levins Morales Art Studio @rlmartstudio.bsky.social · 11d

(2/2) ... Despite their struggles, the D.O.B. created fertile soil for countless lesbian and feminist groups to sprout over the coming years.

We made this button design to help you "Say Gay!" at a time when we can't be quiet. You can get some here: www.rlmartstudio.com/product/say-...

Say Gay – Ricardo Levins Morales Art Studio Store

Bigoted politicians across the USA have been proposing and enacting legislation banning gender and sexuality education in schools. One of the most odious bills was enacted in 2022 in Florida and…

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Ricardo Levins Morales Art Studio @rlmartstudio.bsky.social · 11d

70 years ago this fall (in 1955), the Daughters of Bilities was formed by a multiracial group of working class lesbian women seeking space to be themselves. Considered one of the first specifically lesbian rights orgs, despite struggling with their own biases around gender non-conformity... (1/2)

A pin button resting on a blue cloth. Against a rainbow watercolored background, two black and white, ink-drawn gender-ambiguous figures face each other and emit big pink speech bubbles, which next to each other form a heart. The only on the left questions, "Gay?" whilst the one on the right answers, "Gay."

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Ricardo Levins Morales Art Studio @rlmartstudio.bsky.social · 14d

This image, "Assata's Compass," and the one above are both available on our site as a poster and notecard. "Assata's Compass," a recent release, also features on the cover of our 2026 Liberation Calendar, now available.

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A vertical poster illustrated in black ink and watercolor. In the background a diverse crowd marches forward away from the viewer, melding into a forest of leaves. In the forground, a dark-skinned hand thrusts upward gripping a white compass disc, pointed north, adorned with an intricate blue star. Between the cardinal directions in the compass, the following quote is written: "It is out duty to fight for our freedom - it is our duty to win - we must love each other and support each other - we have nothing to lose but our chains." On the compass edge is the attribution: Assata Shakur.

Ricardo Levins Morales Art Studio @rlmartstudio.bsky.social · 14d

Rest in Power, Assata Shakur. You died as we always knew you would: in freedom. The colonizers will never have the pleasure of having brought you to their twisted version of "justice", but we will always have your legacy to help guide the way to liberation.

An illustrated portrait of Assata Shakur, a dignified Black woman with a slight smile and long Black hair, in a screenprint style with block colors. She's wearing a medium-low cut white top underneath a brown overshirt, and looking at the viewer, with a red background. Block yellow letters drawn over orange, blue and black at top and bottom read: "A friend of Assata lives here!"

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Just Transition Alliance @jtalliance.bsky.social · 19d

Rest in power, Simone Senogles 🦋

Instagram post by @ienearth.bsky.social and Indigenous Rising: www.instagram.com/p/DO6zrtGEsKg/

Deep blue background with yellow and violet butterflies on side. Message in white text, honoring Simone Senogles and IEN staff and allies throughout the world.

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Ricardo Levins Morales Art Studio @rlmartstudio.bsky.social · 15d

This poster honors Rachel Carson, the biologist whose book Silent Spring was released today in 1962. Documenting the harm caused by pesticides like DDT, her advocacy spurred unprecedented grassroots action--and inspired queer women in science for decades. Poster: www.rlmartstudio.com/product/rach...

A vertical, teal, black and gray ink and scratchboard poster featuring Rachel Carson. The center image, in black and shades of gray is of an elder Carson, her wavy hair blending into clouds or ocean swells at the top of the image, a large turtle sits on her shoulder. On the left and right of her, watercolored in teal with black outlines, are three smaller illustrations of Carson as a younger woman looking at a microscope and sitting in nature, along with several drawings including pelicans, insects, marine life and a squirrel. Her name is written with curvy letters resembling roots in the bottom left. At the very bottom, biographical text says: "Naturalist, zoologist, writer, Rachel Carson (1902-1964) gained fame as a biographer of the oceans. Her 1962 book Silent Spring warned of the dangers posed to humans and the ecosystem by chemical pesticides. She is remembered as having helped awaken the environmental conscience of the world."

Ricardo Levins Morales Art Studio @rlmartstudio.bsky.social · 16d

(2/2) The 52-page zine is a great packed with people's history, including a section devoted to rural organizing. With discussion questions & enlarged illustrations, the zine alone is $10, and just $25 bundled with the 24x36" poster. Preview and purchase here: www.rlmartstudio.com/product/cent...

Century of Struggle–A Cen-Tree of People’s Movements in the USA (Poster And Study Guide Zine) – Ricardo Levins Morales Art Studio Store

Century of Struggle: A “Cen-Tree” of People’s Movements in the USA is an epic storytelling poster published by Northland Poster Collective in 2000. With over 700 unique illustrations and collage…