McCarthyism

This T-shirt design is a graphic commentary on McCarthyism and the Hollywood Blacklist of the 1950s. The central element is the large title "McCarthyism," which is defined on the shirt. Below this, a grid of twelve color-distorted, glitch-effect portraits represents the actors, writers, and artists who were blacklisted and had their careers destroyed by the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) during the anti-communist "Red Scare." The design is a stark, poster-style critique of the political persecution, emphasized by the large Chinese characters for "Communism" (共产主义) next to the portraits, symbolizing the fear that fueled the era.