Vintage Propaganda Posters of Spanish Civil War in 1937
1st May – We will attack!, 1937
The Spanish Civil War, fought from 1936 to 1939, was a complex conflict between the Republicans and Nationalists, both vying for control over Spain’s government and its future. The Republicans supported the left-leaning Popular Front government of the Second Spanish Republic and consisted of various socialist, communist, separatist, anarchist, and republican parties. On the other hand, the Nationalists were an alliance of Falangists, monarchists, conservatives, and traditionalists led by General Francisco Franco. Continue reading »
Ukraine-Born American Artist Boris Artzybasheff’s Anti-Nazi Illustrations
Boris Artzybasheff (25 May 1899 – 16 July 1965) created many of these abstract anti-Axis illustrations for America’s Wickwire Spencer Steel Company (1901 – 1963) in World War II. Continue reading »
Bizarre & Creative Soviet Anti-Alcohol Posters, 1930-1988
“Little by little, and you end up with a hooligan. Tolerance of drinking is dangerous. There is but a step from drinking to crime.” 1986.
Soviet communist officials firmly believed that heavy drinking and alcohol abuse were historical products of bourgeois-capitalist institutions and as such should ultimately disappear in a ”classless” and “conflict-free” socialist society. However, the alcohol issue was never very high on the government agenda. Continue reading »
The Unintentionally Homoerotic Chinese-Soviet Communist Propaganda Posters, 1950-1960
“Long Live the Friendship between the Peoples and Armies of China and Soviet Union”.
In October 1949, the Chinese Communist Party led by Mao Zedong claimed victory and formed the People’s Republic of China. Socialist regimes now held power across one-fifth of the globe, ruling a combined population of almost 800 million people. Maintaining a friendly and productive relationship between Moscow and Beijing was seen as crucial for the survival and advancement of socialism. Continue reading »
Chinese Propaganda Posters From The Cultural Revolution Ages, 1960s-1970s
“Speed Up Agriculture Using Modern Machinery.” 1971.
Photo credit: David Pollack / Corbis via Getty Images
In 1966 Mao Zedong, the Communist leader of China, started a political campaign that became known as the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976). Mao called on China’s youth to help him purge capitalist influences and bourgeois thinking in government, teaching, the media and arts, and to reinvigorate the revolutionary spirit. Continue reading »
20 Soviet Health Propaganda Posters
The USSR really cared about its citizens – well at least about their health – because if they were not strong and healthy, they wouldn’t be productive members of the proletariat! Continue reading »
How Soviet Propaganda ‘Taught’ People To Raise Children
Soviet children were taught to never lie, always help their parents and study hard, in order to then be able to effectively work for the future of the working class and socialist paradise. Continue reading »
“We Were Born To Make The Fairy Tale Come True!”: 51 Sensational Soviet Space Posters
In the 1950s and 1960s the Soviet Union assured the great unwashed that ploughing fortunes into the space race was good for them.
“Glory to the workers of Soviet science and technology!”
Artists from the Soviet Union looked to the skies and foresaw a Utopia in space. The Communists would bring peace and prosperity not only to the people of Earth but also to the technology-enabled, God-free Great Beyond. The artists created Soviet Space posters, vivid, energising and inspiring visions of the rosy-fingered dawn to tomorrow. They’re terrific. Continue reading »
Propaganda Pictures Of The Vietnam War From The Enemy Side
1972 – Nam Can forest
Western memories of the Vietnam War are shaped by photographers working with the American and South Vietnamese forces. These images from the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong are less common. These pictures were taken by amateurs and photojournalists working with the Vietnam News Agency, the National Liberation Front and the North Vietnamese Army. They are sensational. Continue reading »
These Ridiculous Propaganda Postcards Warn Men About The Dangers Of Women’s Rights From The Early 20th Century
These incredible vintage postcards are from 1900 to 1914, from the propaganda used against the women’s suffrage and the suffragettes, where change is presented as a direct attack against the values of the family and the place of man in society, sending husbands back at home to look after the children. Continue reading »
Syphilis and Gonorrhea: Social Propaganda Posters
A set of propaganda posters from the Social Welfare History Archives of the University of Minnesota. Continue reading »
