Censored History is Propaganda | Tote Bag

Book Bans Are Fascist

This canvas tote uses bold, vintage-comic style artwork to deliver a clear message: censoring history isn’t protective — it’s propagandistic.
A UFO beams up books in a retro sci-fi scene, paired with:

Censored History Is Propaganda
Book Bans Are Fascist
Dismantle Systems of Oppression

It’s visually striking without being loud, and political without being performative.
Designed for people who understand that authoritarian systems start by restricting information and rewriting the historical record.

Ideal for librarians, teachers, archivists, students, organizers, and anyone who refuses to let censorship pass as “curriculum control.”

Part of our broader work challenging propaganda, revisionism, and the politics of erasure.

Details

100% eco-friendly cotton canvas

15" × 16"

20" reinforced straps for books, groceries, or fieldwork

Durable print with eco-friendly inks

Printed to order to reduce waste

Use It For

Library runs

Campus, classrooms, research labs

Book Club, Wine Club, Clubbing

Everyday errands

A subtle (but unmistakable) political statement in public spaces

Readable up close; quietly confrontational from a distance.

About the Artwork

The design draws on mid-century comic covers — a genre historically used to critique political anxieties through allegory.
The UFO abducting books works both literally and metaphorically: when governments, school boards, or extremist groups remove books from shelves, they remove historical memory.

The language stays exact. “Book bans are fascist” is not exaggeration — it’s documentation. This artwork transforms a familiar pulp visual into commentary on censorship, disinformation, and the deliberate engineering of public ignorance.

A piece created for the spaces where information is meant to remain free.