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Though locked down in London, this exhibition of letterpress protest posters has plenty of messages for the world If the past few years have felt like one long trail of division, doom and injustice, followed by the deadly silence and devastating death toll of the pandemic, then ‘Reverting to Type 2020: Protest Posters’ is the exhibition for you, writes John L. Walters. The 204 protest posters on display form a protracted howl of rage and anguish about nearly everything you can think of, from Trump to fracking, from inequality to global warming. There are 188 artworks from 105 printers...

Carries a three-year prison sentence. out on bail, matthew agrees to talk to us again. we meet at his friend's cramped apartment. protest posters cover the walls. the enormity of the situation has sunk in, but he has no regrets about his involvement. >> no, not at all. the only regrets i have is not being careful enough. >> reporter: for the soft-spoken career professional, he knows the seriousness of his alleged crime means he may end up with a criminal record, but says that's a sacrifice he's willing to make for what he believes is a greater cause. >> i believe hong kong will have fundamenta...

Supposed to do? there is only one single option for us, and that is a revolution. >> reporter: but a week later, matthew's fight comes to an abrupt end. undercover police dressed as protesters arrest him. he's charged with possession of offensive weapons, a crime that carries a three-year prison sentence. out on bail, matthew agrees to talk to us again. we meet at his friend's cramped apartment. protest posters cover the walls. the enormity of the situation has sunk in, but he has no regrets about his involvement. >> no, not at all. the only regrets i have is not being careful enough. >> repor...

Ways to transfer his views. >> i don't like what he said, but in 2000 when president bush was then just the republican nominee, craig killborn on cbs came out with a picture about of bush on the screen with snipers wanted underneath it. cbs had to apologize and nothing happened to him. the rapper common has a rap song in which he star gets the president. and nothing happened. in fact he was invited to the white house. so the drought rage over this i think is -- there's a bit of a double standard on this issue. >> i'm not excusing comments or actions made by craig killborn and i won't get into ...