Badge - Books are weapons
Object
Badge
Production date
1979 - 1990
Object number
2024.180
Physical Description
Circular badge, white background, illustration of a book with a red raised/clenched solidarity fist emerging from it with a spring.
Object history
This badge was owned by Hackney teacher and councillor Peter Kahn. It refers to a quote "Books are weapons in the war of ideas" attributed to Franklin D. Roosevelt in US Second World War propaganda attacking the Nazi practice of book burnings.
Alternative versions of this badge design exist with the phrase "Hit A Tory With A Hardback."
Alternative versions of this badge design exist with the phrase "Hit A Tory With A Hardback."
Associated Person
Peter Kahn (Owner)
Material
Metal
Plastics
Dimension
Diameter: 35mm
On display?
No
Inscription
BOOKS ARE WEAPONS