The T-shirt, the poster, the billboard. Traditionally the weapons of protest and of solidarity are remarkable for their ability to cross oceans with similar messages, as displayed in an exhibition at the Johannesburg Art gallery in South Africa. Sponsored by the British Council, the “Upfront and personal - three decades of political graphics” exhibition comes on the back of an upsurge in the anti-war movement across the globe and was spurred on by the U.S.-led war on Iraq.