Originally Posted by Andrew Dee
Hi Ray!
I realise you might be seeking comments on your song - but I am really impressed with your array of protest and message shirts as part of your multi-media presentation! You've either been concerned by many issues over the years, or else you've bought up big at your local op shops. I couldn't read the text on the cream shirt with the peace symbol, but clearly, it's seen some action! I'm still looking for a SA Algal Bloom protest shirt - preferably in a reddish-brown colour of Karenia Mikimotoi.
Andrew
Thanks Andrew,
yeah, I attended my 1st rally in 1976 at 19. A late starter.
The hard to read one is from 1991 - a PEACE March in Sydney.
For some reason I always bought XL and then, as now, they don't fit and sitting with them on makes me look huge BUT I'm not going to redo those sequences just to flatter myself.
I have a whole bunch I designed & screen printed myself but they're less universal including a really good one my wife & I did in 1989 protesting our own unions acceptance of the NSW Basic Skills testing regime, (we were at the NSWTF Annual Conference debating the issue of actively opposing that regime...it was held over for completion on the final day so we whipped up the Tshirts over night - we lost the debate as High School teacher thought it only fair that primary students be subjected to the same as high schoolers. The T shirts certainly put one or two of the senior officers noses out of joint). It's legend was BASICS KILLS and transformed a pencil into a pistol and a syringe - a little provocatively. We also did a cool one with the legend I'd Rather Be Red Than Dead in response to puerile Dead than Red tosh that was popular in the mid 80s.
The yellow star on read is the Vietnamese flag - I bought it in Hanoi in 91 or 92...a long time ago.
KM is a very interesting brown under the microscope. Good luck with the search...I'm sure someone will have them on ETSY or similar soon.
AND thanks for watching.

Last edited by rayc; 10/04/25 12:43 AM.
Cheers
rayc
"What's so funny about peace, love & understanding?" - N.Lowe