California Gadsden Flag Shirt with a bold bear graphic on grass, red star above, and DON'T TREAD ON US slogan. Features distressed red stripe, symbolizing resistance and state pride.

California Gadsden Flag T-shirt

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$34
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California Gadsden Flag Shirt with a bold bear graphic on grass, red star above, and DON'T TREAD ON US slogan. Features distressed red stripe, symbolizing resistance and state pride.
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California Gadsden Flag T-shirt

Strange Gang
$34
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Description

A California remix with teeth. This shirt features our reworked California Republic flag where the bear is roaring and the message reads "Don't Tread On Us." It flips the Gadsden flag on its head and drags it west, away from authoritarian cosplay and back toward collective resistance. This is about standing your ground against fascists, government overreach, and systems built to crush people quietly. Available as short or long sleeve for adults and short sleeve for kids, in various colors. This one is for people who know freedom does not belong to bullies or uniforms.

  • See size chart above for measurements.
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Product Information

Colors may appear slightly different due to your screen and our printing methods. Due to our eco-friendly print process, prints may have a vintage look and feel.

T-shirt
• 100% combed and ring-spun cotton
• Heather colors are cotton/polyester blend
• Semi-slim, stylish unisex fit
• Fabric weight: 4.5 oz/yd² (153 g/m²)
• Pre-shrunk fabric

Long Sleeve
• 100% cotton, 6 oz. (203 gsm) fabric weight
• Heather gray is 90% cotton, 10% polyester
• Regular fit with long sleeves and rib cuffs
• Pre-shrunk jersey knit

Kids T-shirt
• 100% combed and ring-spun cotton
• Heather gray is 90% cotton, 10% polyester
• Fabric weight: 4.2 oz/yd² (142 g/m2)
• Pre-shrunk fabric
• Relaxed unisex fit
• Side-seamed construction

Women's Baby Tee
• 100% cotton
• Heather colors contain polyester
• Fabric weight: 5.3 oz/y² (180 g/m²)
• Baby tee fit for women
• Pre-shrunk fabric
• Crew neck

Shipping

Free USA and Europe shipping over $99 / €99.

Note that all orders take a few business days to ship due to the custom nature of our products.

  • USA: All orders ship from the U.S.
  • Europe: All orders ship from the EU.
  • Other: All orders ship from the U.S.
Care Instructions

Wash cold, inside out. Hang or tumble dry on low. These instructions help reduce additional shrinkage and prolong the life of the print and the garment.

Charity Details

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GPSR

EU representatives:
HONSON VENTURES LIMITED, gpsr@honsonventures.com, 3, Gnaftis House flat 102, Limassol, Mesa Geitonia, 4003, Cyprus

SINDEN VENTURES LIMITED, gpsr@sindenventures.com, Markou Evgenikou 11, Mesa Geitonia 4002 Limassol, Cyprus

2 year warranty in EEA and UK, established by Directive 1999/44/EC.

T-shirt: This product is made for adults. Meets the flammability, lead, cadmium, phthalates and formaldehyde level requirements.
Long Sleeve: This product is made for adults. Meets the EU REACH requirements.
Kids T-shirt: This product is made for children. Meets the flammability, lead, phthalates and azo dye level requirements.
Women's Baby Tee: This product is made for children. Meets the formaldehyde, phthalates, lead and flammability level requirements.

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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 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.

Young man leans against a fence draped in caution tape, wearing the California Gadsden Flag Shirt featuring a bear graphic and DON’T TREAD ON US slogan, symbolizing bold state pride and protest.

Do Not Tread Here

Symbols get stolen all the time. Words too. The Gadsden flag was never meant to be a prop for authoritarian chest pounding, but that did not stop it from being hijacked by people who confuse dominance with freedom. The California Gadsden Flag T-shirt exists to take something back and make it honest again.

This design pulls from the California Republic flag and rewires it completely. The bear is no longer passive. It is roaring. Alert. Ready. Beneath it sits the line "Don't Tread On Us," not as a threat, but as a boundary. Collective. Plural. It is not about rugged individual fantasies. It is about communities refusing to be crushed by power, policy, or propaganda.

Strange Gang made this for people who understand that California has always been a contradiction. It is radical and exploited. Progressive and brutal. A place where movements are born and immediately policed. This shirt speaks to that tension. It rejects fascism, authoritarianism, and government oppression without pretending those threats are abstract. Abolish ICE is not a slogan here. It is a response to lived harm. Anti-MAGA is not branding. It is survival.

The bear matters. California’s bear has been softened into a tourist logo over time, stripped of danger and history. Redrawing it as roaring is intentional. This is a reminder that resistance is not polite. It is not quiet. It does not ask permission. It shows its teeth when pushed.

Wearing this shirt is not about nostalgia or patriot aesthetics. It is about reclaiming language that was twisted to excuse cruelty. It is about saying that freedom does not belong to people who want to control bodies, borders, and beliefs. It belongs to those who protect each other.

"Don't Tread On Us" lands differently when it comes from people who have actually been tread on. Immigrants. Queer communities. Protesters. Workers. This shirt plants that truth firmly in the ground and dares anyone to argue in good faith.

This piece is for people who know resistance is collective or it is fake. California is not passive. Neither are the people who live here. The bear is awake.

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