The Keep Calm and Carry on image is currently iconic again – it’s on posters, T-shirts, you name it. A symbol of Britain’s dogged persistence during times of crisis.

However, as an article in the Guardian points out, it wasn’t the first of these posters. There was an earlier one, one that again rings true for a different reason.

Freedom is in Peril

Freedoms are in peril – but this time, mainly from governments, businesses, and the stupid enforcement of rules by public servants. People like the Open Rights Group do what they can, but there hasn’t been an attention-grabbing thing that could raise the issue into the public conciousness.

Could “Freedom is in Peril” posters, tees and so on be that iconic image for those campaigning against the encroachment of our civil liberties? I think it’s worth a go.

• By Michael Holloway, March 20, 2009 @ 9:44 am

  I love that image – in fact I have it on a shopping bag – and would be very happy to have something so potent on Open Rights Group’s tshirts. Please send any suggestions for images to info [AT] openrightsgroup dot org.

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