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Named the Atelier Populaire, it put out an estimated 120,000 posters from 300 different designs in support of the uprising.  Most were printed by cheap and 'home-made' silkscreen processes.  The operation was highly organised and democratic, with slogans and designs selected by assemblies and committees.  Perceived government misuse of the police and the press were grievances aired in many of the designs.","physicalDescription":"'La Press Ment' [The press lies], French propaganda poster, screenprint.  The 'ss' of Press, makes an allusion to the SS [Schutzstaffel], the Nazi secret police.  The image is white on black, depicting a member of the French riot police, wearing a helmet, goggles and boots, and carrying a baton.  He is reading a copy of a broadsheet called 'Premieres Nouvelles' [First News], the writing announces 'C'est Le Calme' [it is calm].  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