What to do against the war ?

The 1981 peace slogan ‘Imagine there’s a war and nobody goes’ was overtaken by reality with the invasion of Ukraine. Most people I know are stunned by this. As a small contribution against the feeling of powerlessness, I therefore propose a participatory campaign addressed to Russian civil society.

Send the slogan of peace to Russia !!

By post, email, via social channels or in other ways. ‘Imagine there is a war and nobody goes’ in Russian is intended to initiate discussions and encourage a rethink.
Join in!!! Annoy Putin!!!

Front of postcard, lettercard and sticker

!!! JOIN IN ACTION !!!


Imagine they get mail in Russia…
 

The slogan ‘Imagine there is a war and nobody goes’ is now available as a postcard and sticker in Russian.

My idea: as many people as possible send cards and stickers with the peace slogan to Russia. To relatives, friends, opponents of the war… By post, by email, by whatever means…

If you don’t know any Russian-speaking people, you can publicise the campaign by linking to this page, e.g. in social networks. Here is the link to share: www.imaginepeace.art

Annoy Putin !!! Join in and support this campaign! Order cards and stickers. At cost price.

My aim is to encourage Russian civil society to rethink and initiate discussions about the war against Ukraine.

Let’s send together a big wave of peace postcards and stickers to the Russian civil society !!!

Tips for joining in

Preliminary remark:
No one in Russia should be put in danger with this campaign! So if you are worried about sending out postcards or stickers, you can also spread the slogan in other ways. There are no limits to your imagination. There are many ways to publicise the peace slogan in Russian.

As a general rule, it is best not to send cards etc. openly, but packaged, e.g. in an envelope.

If you do not want to reveal your own sender’s address, you should not send it anonymously. What could you specify instead…? Here again, imagination is required ;-))

And if you don’t know any Russian-speaking people in your own neighbourhood, you can research non-political institutions in Russia as addressees, for example: Hotels, air booksellers, churches … Google is your friend.

Sending mail to Russia
How else to address a letter to Russia is described here.

In addition to sending it by post, there are many other ways to publicise the slogan and the campaign:

1. spread the peace slogan as plain text – e.g. in correspondence, in a comment, in one’s social media … – i.e. without a postcard, letter card or sticker.
Here is the Cyrillic spelling to copy:

Представь, что сейчас война, а на неё никто не идёт.

 

2. share the image file – with a comment e.g. on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or elsewhere … Download the image file here:
• as PDF (high resolution): here
• as JPG (low resolution): here

3. share the link to the campaign:
a) think of imaginative hashtags, e.g. #PostForPutin #SchreibMalWieder #AnnoyPutin
b) Here is the link to share: www.imaginepeace.art
c) download the QR code: here

Front of postcard, lettercard and sticker

Back of postcard

Back of the lettercard

Download the QR code: here

QR code of the slogan as plain text in Russian. Download: here

This and other motifs are also available as T-shirts: here

МИР – translated: PEACE. Please contact us if you are interested in printing this graphic. To publish the image on social media please click: here

A4 flyer to send out
Download the flyer here

Take part !

You have the choice:
– Postcards
– letter cards
– stickers

If you are interested in printing further motifs, please contact me by email: jh@johanneshartmann.art

Postcard 14,8x10,5 cm
Lettercard 14,8x10,5 cm
Sticker 14,8x10,5 cm

If you like this non-profit action,

you are welcome to support my artistic work with a donation:

paypal.me/JohannesHartmannDE