“Barbarians of Poland” from the Qing Dynasty portraits of tributaries: “Polonia is east of Germania. Its people are like Mongols in styles of hair and mustache. It’s cold from early fall to early summer. They wear fur hats, like sword fights, and keep bears as pets…” 1700s
The Chinese people absolutely cannot tolerate the invasion of other countries, and cannot allow Imperialists to wantonly invade its own neighbours without acting (1950)
“Cotton growers of Crimea! Let’s fulfill the commitments made in the letter to Comrade Stalin! ” year unknown
‘And they found that they understood one another’ — Austrian leaflet (undated, 1930s) showing a Social Democrat, Nazi and Communist walking merrily together
‘And they found that they understood one another’ — Austrian leaflet (undated, 1930s) showing a Social Democrat, Nazi and Communist walking merrily together
“Do colleges have to hire RED professors?” Warning of Communist infiltration of American universities (1951)
“King Darius says: That is why we are called Achaemenids; from antiquity we have been noble; from antiquity has our dynasty been royal. King Darius says: Eight of my dynasty were kings before me; I am the ninth. Nine in succession we have been kings.” Pro-Achaemenid inscription, date unknown.
Hooliganism must be rooted out of the working multitude. Hooligan denigrates working class of its stain. USSR, 1927
Political asssassinations, provocations, conspiracies, subversion — all tracks lead to the CIA // Soviet Union // 1975
British painting from the First World War (1916) showing Death guiding Kaiser Wilhelm II and the German Army towards a burning town in the distance while Christ comforts a dying mother. Artist: Charles Ernest Butler.
“One Hundred Years Hence”, magazine mocking William Jennings Bryan for running for President for the third time 1907 US
”Interior Sec.[retary] Hodel suggests sunglasses, hats and suntan lotion as an alternative to world agreement to save the ozone layer…” – American cartoon (artist: Herbert Block) mocking the Reagan administration’s attitude towards the ozone hole, circa May 1987
”MILITANT SUFFRAGETTES” – anti-suffrage postcard published by the Gottschalk, Dreyfuss & Davis, New York, United States, circa 1913-1915
«Our strength is growing, day by day, for Hitler the east is the grave, and the west is a trap.» USSR, 1943.
‘I Am a Soldier of the United States’ (American poster by Gordon Grant for U.S. Army General Staff’s Morale Section. Service Series aimed at transitioning service personnel. United States of America, ca. 1918).
1955 sign in a Dominican rome, depicting dictator Rafael Trujillo: “In this household, Trujillo is a national symbol”
Puck Magazine showing a Chinese Revolutionary giving Uncle Sam scissors labelled “enlightenment” to cut off the cue which was a symbol of the Qing Dynasty 1912
”SHE IS NOT DOING THAT – THIS SEASON” – anti-suffrage postcard published by Theodor Eismann, United States, circa November 1910
Afghanistan has a proud tradition of carpetmaking. Since the 1979 Soviet war, Afghan artists have incorporated modern war motifs into their art, like tanks, AK47s, and (since 2015) drones. These “war rugs” are popular worldwide, and stand in contrast to more traditional Afghan/Persian carpet motifs.
Anti-Military/Indoctrination Cartoon by Peg Avery (c.1970)-Quote by former Presidential Candidate, Eugene V. Debs
“Wanted for Treason” — anti-JFK flyer distributed around Dallas shortly before Kennedy’s November 1963 assassination
November 1919 Cover of “The Nonpartisan Leader” magazine, the magazine of North Dakota’s left-wing Nonpartisan League party, depicting organized farmers and laborers overwhelming “organized business interests”
”Strip Tease” – Canadian cartoon (”The Gazette”, artist: John Collins) commenting on Italy’s losses during the East African Campaign and the North African Campaign, February 1943
”THE BEAST WITH THE INSATIABLE HUNGER” – anti-German cartoon published in ”The Dallas Morning News” (artist: John Francis Knott), February 1918
“American imperialism must be driven out of Southern Vietnam!” Propaganda Poster during Vietnam War by Ha Qiongwen, 1963
‘West German bookstore’ (Design for Russian illustration by Boris Efimov. Referencing the sales of literature praising Hitler in the Federal Republic of Germany. Krokodil magazine, August 1975. Soviet Union, 1975).
“Of Course He Wants To Vote The Democratic Ticket!” – Cartoon showing a pair of white men threatening a black man into voting for the Democratic Party in Tennessee (Oct. 21, 1876)
“Der ‘Rote Heiland’” (The Red Savior) by Werner Hahmann, cover for the magazine “Kladderadatsch” (April, 1920)
“Please see how kind and affable the Japanese Army is.” Imperial Japan Propaganda Poster during the period between 1932-1945
“Long live the respected Supreme Commander, Marshal Kim Jong Il!” The gold writing at the top I can’t read but it was written by kim jong il, I think it was the letter he sent to people after kim il sung died,that means the poster was probably made in the 1990s This poster is very rare
‘Hands off Socialist Vietnam!’ (Russian poster by Boris Efimov, referencing the Sino-Vietnamese War. Soviet Union, ca. 1979).
“Drive the old and new colonialists out of Africa!” Propaganda Poster by Wang Datong and Du Yongqiao, August 1964
‘They Can’t Lick Our Dick’ — American button produced for Richard Nixon’s presidential campaigns in the 1960s and 70s.
In less than a century three invasions by German militarism, no to the Bonn Accords (ending the Western Occupation of Germany), poster by the PCF, 1954
Pahlavi Dynasty newspaper clip from 1968, reading: “A quarter of Iran’s nuclear energy scientists are women”.
‘More American workers were killed and wounded in industrial accidents last year than all the casualties from bombs in Britain in two year of war’ (American safety poster by U.S. War Production Board. United States of America, 1942).
‘On archaeological excavations: colleague, have a look at how ancient this bird is!’ Kanevsky, 1968 for ‘The Crocodile’ magazine.
North korean stamp published in 2011 (put the painting used is probably older) showing kim il sung looking at some apples
Nazi anti-smoking ad titled “The chain-smoker” reading: “He does not devour it, it devours him”, 1941.
NOTICE TO THE JAPANESE PEOPLE! Warning leaflets dropped over Japan the day after the bombing of Hiroshima, August 1945