Name/TitleBadge: Don't Agonise, Organise!
About this objectRectangular pin badge with an enamelled black background bordered in silver, featuring flame shapes on the right and the words 'Don't Agonise, Organise!' in pale green lettering, and numbered 6 and 7. Accompanying information states: "(6) An article header found in issue 39 (June/July 1989) of Radical Scotland. Found in the Archive of William Gallacher (Acc.14114 Special Collections 3/3/8 Folder Labelled Audrey*), National Library of Scotland Archives" and (7) "The flame banner image taken from the header of the Scottish Anarchist's Against the Iraq War / Stop the Killing Bulletin (not dated) found in the Autonomous Centre of Edinburgh Archive."
MakerRosie's Disobedient Press
Date Made2024
Period2020s
Place MadeScotland, Glasgow
Place NotesRosie's Disobedient Press, 123 Allison Street, Glasgow G42 8NE
Medium and MaterialsInorganic, metal
MeasurementsH: 20 x W: 87 mm
Subject and Association KeywordsEdinburgh Art Festival (EAF)
Subject and Association Keywordsalternative media
Subject and Association KeywordsFeminism, feminist movement
Subject and Association KeywordsPeace movement
Subject and Association KeywordsPolitical activism
Subject and Association Descriptionhttps://rosiesdisobedient.press/info:
Rosie’s Disobedient Press is an artist-led publishing project based in Glasgow which centres on writing from marginalised perspectives with a focus on queer, working class and feminist writers. The press is run by Lisette May Monroe and Adrien Howard and works directly with artists and writers to create unique projects on a small scale and across multiple forms, including online and printed publishing, writing, sound and live events.
https://www.edinburghartfestival.com/event/rosies-disobedient-press:
For the 2024 Festival, EAF invited Rosie’s Disobedient Press, a collaborative project by artists Lisette May Monroe and Adrien Howard, to reflect on the framework for EAF’s 20th Birthday and respond to the archiving of the city’s political history over the past 20 years. Rosie’s worked with archives and organisations local to Edinburgh to look at language and words as a historical act of resistance and how they continue to resonate, seeking information on the history of protest in Edinburgh and bringing hidden stories to the fore. Rosie’s presented this archival material in print and banners throughout the city, and on wearables (including caps, shirts and badges) available at the EAF24 Welcome Space at the City Art Centre, dispersing across the city like protestors after a march. Proceeds from sales of these items were redistributed back to organisations working in 2024 to preserve these histories. Run in collaboration with Glasgow International Festival (7 – 23 June 2024) and working with designer Mitchell F. Gilles, this work reflects on the often overlooked enclaves of a city during times of cultural spectacle.
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypeBadge
Object numberGWL-2025-41-7
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved