In times when publishing a news story online can reach millions of people and online video is challenging broadcast TV, it can be easy to overlook the power of the humble poster.

Survival’s HQ on busy Goswell Road in central London is a great place to get our message across, and dramatic, large-format posters in the shop window are just the ticket.

Our Stamp It Out campaign targets
racist descriptions of tribal peoples
in the media.

“In 1500 there were 10 million tribal people living in Brazil.Today only 460,000 are left.” Disease from outsiders has decimated Brazil’s indigenous population.

“Next drink – 106 hours.” The Bushmen continue to be persecuted by the Botswana government. Despite having lived in the Kalahari for thousands of years, they aren’t allowed even one waterhole.

Somewhat fittingly for a member of one of the least contacted tribes in the world, Google respected the privacy of our Stamp It Out campaign’s Jarawa model by blurring out her face in Google Street View:

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