¡NO a la Bomba de Neutrones! [Mexican anti-nuclear movement]

Mexico City: Movimiento Mexicano por la Paz, ca. 1970. 17 x 22 in. Very good; small closed tear (~1/2 in.) at bottom right of poster not obstructing image or text, else clean. Item #10496

A rare Mexican anti-nuclear poster, promoting a World Peace Day on September 1, and specifically railing against the neutron bomb, a bomb tested by the United States during the 1960s and until 1978. It was designed to kill people while leaving infrastructure relatively intact, and had a higher radiation output than previous atomic bombs. 

Mexico was a leader in the Non-Aligned Movement, formally allied with neither the Soviet Union or the United States during the Cold War arms race. This poster depicts two hands ripping a neutron bomb in half, a clear indictment of armed brinksmanship between the two superpowers and the threat of Mutually Assured Destruction. 

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