"War Is Good Business…" button pin

On May 2 1964, hundreds of American students demonstrated at the U.S. Military’s Recruitment Office in New York City’s Times Square to protest the country’s war in Viet Nam, then marched to the United Nations HQ. While the slogan is often attributed to the poet Allen Ginsberg, this design was first made and worn at that event. It has known many variations since.

We are paying tribute to the classic protest pins of the 1960s and 1970s counterculture youth by reissuing popular designs of the era found in a private collection — some of them very hard to find today — and injecting some of our own messages…

Diameter: 3,2cm / 1.25"

Note: All buttons are weathered and rusty. While the printed design is always the same, discoloration from sunlight, stains and rust vary naturally from piece to piece and can differ from the items shown on the picture. If you'd like to wear them, we suggest you wipe the excess rust from the back of the button.