'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.
- Date
- November 1989
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- Střední průmyslová škola grafická, Prague (school of graphic arts; initials 'SPŠG' printed on the sheet), for the Civic Forum strike call
- Country
- Czechoslovakia
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Mixed
- Leader
- Ladislav Adamec
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Event
- Velvet Revolution
- Techniques
- Glittering generalities
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- National Museum, Prague (Virtual Museum) and Europeana 1989, image via fbc.pionier.net.pl, retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- CC BY 4.0 (National Museum, Prague, record 4212763); CC BY-SA 4.0 on Europeana 1989 copy
National Museum, Prague, Virtual Museum record 4212763 (PRA011); Europeana 1989 collection, Institute of Contemporary History CAS. CC BY 4.0 (museum record); the Europeana 1989 contributor record states CC BY-SA 4.0 for the same image.
Text on the object
GENERÁLNÍ- STÁVKA 27. 11. = PRVNÍ SVOBODNÉ VOLBY PRO KAŽDÉHO NEČEKEJME, JAK TO DOPADNE, DOPADNE TO TAK, JAK BUDEME CHTÍT SPŠG
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.
