---
title: '''Generální stávka 27. 11. = první svobodné volby'': student-printed strike poster, November 1989'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/generalni-stavka-27-11-poster-1989/
description: 'A two-colour screenprinted poster in the red, white and blue of the national flag, with brush-style lettering: ''General strike 27 Nov.'
section: Collection
---

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# 'Generální stávka 27. 11. = první svobodné volby': student-printed strike poster, November 1989

A two-colour screenprinted poster in the red, white and blue of the national flag, with brush-style lettering: 'General strike 27 Nov. = the first free elections for everyone', followed by 'Let us not wait for how it turns out; it will turn out the way we want it to'. A jagged red and blue field echoes the flag, and 'SPŠG' is printed in small letters at the lower right. The tell is the virtue-word equation of a strike with free elections.

## Text on the object

Original (Czech) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
GENERÁLNÍ-
STÁVKA
27. 11.

= PRVNÍ
SVOBODNÉ VOLBY
PRO KAŽDÉHO
NEČEKEJME, JAK TO DOPADNE,
DOPADNE TO TAK, JAK
BUDEME
CHTÍT

SPŠG
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
GENERAL-
STRIKE
27. 11.

= THE FIRST
FREE ELECTIONS
FOR EVERYONE
LET US NOT WAIT FOR HOW IT TURNS OUT,
IT WILL TURN OUT THE WAY
WE
WANT IT
```

Read from the 1000 px image; the brush lettering is clear. The hyphen after 'GENERÁLNÍ' is at the line end as printed. 'SPŠG' is a small printed mark at the lower right.

[← Neues Forum Leipzig, "Aufruf des Neuen Forum" (12 October 1989)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/neues-forum-leipzig-aufruf-1989/) ['Šance pro 15 000 000': hand-painted student-strike poster, Prague, November 1989 →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/sance-pro-15-milionu-strike-poster-1989/)

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