DE-MIL-I-TA-RISE consists of 29 screenprints in a screen-printed folder and is accompanied by a booklet that provides ample context for the Dissenters’ pro-peace movement.

Dissenters is a movement organization leading a new generation of young people to reclaim resources from the war industry, reinvest in life-giving institutions, and repair collaborative relationships with the earth and people around the world. They are building local teams of young people across the country to force institutions to divest from war and militarism and reinvest in what our communities actually need. From campuses to congress, they are building grassroots power to cut off war elites once and for all.

In an effort to lift up this important work, Justseeds Artists’ Cooperative organized the DE-MIL-I-TA-RISE portfolio and booklet for use in Dissenters organizing campaigns, popular education projects, and cultural programming

BOOKLET: 72 color pages with softcover, french flaps, and saddle stitch binding, edition of 300
PUBLISHED BY: Dissenters & Justseeds Artists’ Cooperative | 2020/2021
DESIGN, Aaron Hughes
EDITING, Kevin Basl

ORGANIZERS: Aaron Hughes, Timmy Châu, Liz Born, Nadine Darwish, Alex Y. Ding, Asha Ransby-Sporn, and Roger Ourthiague Jr.

POETS:
Munira Alimire, Fatimah Asghar, Kevin Basl, TeQuila Chatmon, Tongo Eisen-Martin,Stephen Funk, Cean Gamalinda, Destiny Harris, Daniel J. King, Sejahari Saulter-Villegas, Carlos Sirah, Devon Terrell, Vanny V, and Jamila Woods

PARTNERS:
Dissenters, Justseeds Artists’ Cooperative, Hoofprint Press, For the People Artists Collective, About Face: Veterans Against the War,
Prison+Neighborhood Arts/Education Project, Chicago ACT Collective, and the emerging Veteran Art Movement

Prints and poems were printed with the permission of the artists. “When the Orders Came” by Fatimah Asghar previously published in IF THEY COME FOR US, One World/ Random House.

TITLES/JUSTSEEDS ARTISTS:
Abolish Guantánamo, Aaron Hughes
DE-MIL-I-TA-RISE Booklet, Justseeds Collaboration
DE-MIL-I-TA-RISE (cover), Aaron Hughes
End War At Home and Abroad, Ivan Arenas
Taking Back Resources, Sanya Hyland
The New Face of Death, Citlali Perez
Falling Star, Melody Yang
Power and Profit, Amber Hoy
Recruiting Poster, rishi
RECLAIM, Liz Born
Food Not Fighting, Ivan Arenas
Department of Defense Pinata, Eric J. Garcia
Bombs at Home, Ryan Griffis
Resource Life Not Bombs, Ivan Arenas
ABOLISH, Nicole Marroquin
Their Wars, Paul Kjelland
Together We Grow a New Path, Andrea Narno
Fight With For All of Us, Grae Rosa
Dismantling Their System, William Estrada
Self-Determination, Aaron Hughes
Support Liberation Struggles, Roger Peet
Solidarity With All Movements, Monica Trinidad
Domestic + Global, Alec Dunn
Divest from War, Claudia Qi
Reinvest, Roger Ourthiague Jr.
Real Safety Comes From, Asha A. Edwards
The Tides Are Turning, Sarah Farahat
We Have Everything We Need, Mary Tremonte
We Will Not Be Divided, Aaron Hughes
Somxs Muchxs, Fernando Martí
Repair, Molly Costello
DE-MIL-I-TA-RISE, Aaron Hughes