California Don't Poke The Bear Flag

12" x 18

$35

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California Don't Poke The Bear Flag

Strange Gang

$35

Size 12" x 18 24" x 36" 30" x 40" 36" x 60"

The bear is back and she’s had enough. This flag reimagines the California classic with a full-throated roar and a clear warning: Don’t Poke the Bear. Whether you’re in Oakland organizing housing protests or hanging it off a surf-worn porch in Venice, this one flies for anyone sick of being tested. Redrew the bear. Gave her voice. From mutual aid kitchens to zine fests in Silver Lake, it’s made for people who bite back. A killer gift for your fed-up crew, your union rep, or the neighbor always ready to rally. Hang it, wave it, weaponize it.

Note: As this is a white flag, the other side will show through some when there's light coming from the back. Just an FYI in case you're unaware. Thanks!
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Flags
• 100% polyester
• Printed on both sides
• Two holes on left side
• Lightweight

Garden Flags
• 100% poly poplin-canvas fabric
• Printed on both sides
• Features sleeve at top
• Pole, hooks, or fasteners are not included

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Machine or hand wash cold. Don't bleach or dry clean. Hang or tumble dry on low.

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What's your deal, anyway?

Fair ask. We’ve been creating anti-fascist and progressive art for over 25 years. Chicago made us, but now we’re full-time nomads making art and products that espouse our beliefs in human rights and social justice. We design things for the communities we come from and the ones we fight alongside, with a portion of sales donated to causes we support. We’re stubborn, loud, and allergic to neutrality. No fascists. No excuses.

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We donate $1 of each item sold to non-profits and organizations supporting progressive, humanitarian, and justice-oriented causes around the world. All donations are automatically calculated and transferred to our charity partner every month to ensure compliance and timely processing.

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We want you to love your Strange Gang goodies! If you're not completely satisfied with your purchase, you request a return for a refund or exchange within 7 days of receipt. Please note that all returns must be unworn and unwashed. Simply contact us at info@strangegang.com and we'll guide you through the process. Read more here. Important: Custom items cannot be returned for any reason, but damaged items can be replaced.

California protest flag waving outdoors, Don’t Poke The Bear design in motion as a statement of resistance

California Fights Back

California has claws. Not the Hollywood version. Not the startup-slick, avocado-on-toast kind. We're talking about the real beast under the flag, redrawn, mouth open, teeth bared. This Strange Gang flag doesn’t whisper golden dreams. It growls. It defends. It warns.

Don’t Poke the Bear isn’t a slogan. It’s a strategy. It’s the street medic in Boyle Heights. The protester cuffed in Fruitvale. The teacher striking in Fresno. It’s the noise under the tech gloss, the rage under the redwoods. This flag belongs to the ones who build altars at intersections, who drive all night to bail out friends, who don’t just survive the state, they resist it.

We gave the bear a voice because silence is violence. This isn’t a tourist flag. This is for the tenant councils, the punk houses, the queer bike crews dodging traffic in the Mission. It’s sewn with anger, but also with care. It honors a long tradition of California pushback, from Chavez to Compton, from forest blockades to freeway takeovers. It’s not about nostalgia. It’s about now.

Fly it in protest, fly it in joy, fly it just because someone told you not to. This bear bites back, and so do you. The state wants you to be quiet, grateful, obedient. You aren’t. That’s the point. Every inch of this fabric is a threat wrapped in solidarity.

Strange Gang made this for the fighters. The ones who know you can’t reform a cage. Who understand that freedom is loud. Unruly. Organizing at the border. Screaming from the hills. Spray-painting the sidewalk in front of city hall. It’s not clean. It’s not cute. It’s power.