"Drawn from an exhibition at Exit Art, a cultural center in New York City, Signs of change is a visual archive of more than 350 posters, prints, photographs, films, videos, music, and ephemera from more than twenty-five nations. Surveying the creative work of dozens of international movements, from the do-it-yourself graphics and media of the 1960s to today's instantaneous digital technologies, it investigates the themes and representations of global struggles for equality, democracy, freedom, and basic human rights. this groundbreaking work illustrates the extraordinary aesthetic range of radical movements during the past fifty years and explores the rise of powerful countercultures that evolve beyond traditional politics, creating distinct forms of art, lifestyles, and social organizations." -- Cover p. 4.

This catalogue is published in conjunction with Signs of change: social movement cultures 1960s to now, an exhibition produced by Exit Art, New York. Exhibition held September 20-December 6, 2008 at Exit Art, New York, NY, January 23-March 8, 2009 at Miller Gallery, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, April 5-June 5, 2009 at the Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy, NY, February 4-March 19, 2010 at the Philip Feldman Gallery and Project Space, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, Oregon.