”What are you looking for – the Nobel Peace Prize?” – American cartoon (”Chicago Sun-Times”, artist: Bil Mauldin) probably commenting on the Hårsfjärden incident, 1982
‘The transformation of Fritz’ (Russian 1943 poster by the Kukryniksy group (Kupriyanov, Krylov and Sokolov) for TASS Windows (Okna TASS nr. 640), with English text by Russian War Relief, Inc./ Einson-Freeman Co., Inc. United States of America, 1944).
“I am an Atheist.” Soviet poster advertising the “Atheist at the Workbench,” a monthly anti-religious satirical journal (1924). Artist: Dmitrii Moor
”[Philippine President Corazon Aquino to a citizen of South Korea:] Welcome, brother” – American cartoon (”Chicago Sun-Times”, artist: Bill Mauldin) commenting on the June Democratic Struggle in South Korea, circa June 1987
”Triangle Trouble” – political cartoon made by Canadian cartoonist John Collins (”The Gazette”), February 1940
‘The Jewish Conspiracy’ (German Nazi miniature card from ‘Parole der Woche’ (Word of the Week) series, 10-16 December 1941. Zentralverlag der NSDAP. Mapping out alleged power structures and key Jewish figures: Bernard Mannes Baruch (USA) and Lazar Kaganovich (Soviet Union). Nazi Germany, 1941).
Poor Vietcong soldier vs rich South Vietnam soldier, South Vietnam’s leaflet. Vietnam war, date unknown.
“Works of All Nations Are Brothers” – Vietnamese poster promoting international proletarian solidarity, late 1970s
“Works of All Nations Are Brothers” – Vietnamese poster promoting international proletarian solidarity, late 1970s
”Lookout Monks! – Here’s Your PLANE WARNING!” – American poster issued by the ”Victory-Builders” Division of Bressler Editorial Cartoons, Inc. (artist: Frederick Little Packer), 1942
Scene from a wall relief at the Royal Palace of Nineveh, depicting Ashurbanipal’s lion-hunt. This staged hunt was a work of propaganda, meant to show off the lions’ ferocity & how the King was able to defeat them. Ceremonial hunts like this drove lions to extinction across Asia and Europe [1600×900]
”January 1945” – Polish painting (artist: Wojciech Fangor) referencing the liberation of Warsaw during the Vistula-Oder offensive, 1949
‘We’re at war! Let’s win it!’ (American work incentive poster by Labor-Management War Production Drive Committee. United States of America, ca. 1943).
‘October’ (Russian poster by Ya. T. Ruklevsky for the Eisenstein movie ‘October’. Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, 1927).
I believe this painting was made around the 70s it shows kim il sung and kim jong il at a toilet paper factory I think, this is weird but I’ve seen toilet paper factories feature a lot in dprk propaganda (usually vids)
‘It’s no sale, lady!’ (American magazine ad by Stevan Dohanos for Five-Flavor Life Savers. Life magazine, 29 May 1944. United States of America, 1944).
‘”What a Record! A whole year without a serious accident in our department!” – Let’s Keep Up The Good Work’ (American work incentive poster by Frederick Little Packer/ Bressler Editorial Cartoons Inc. United States of America, ca. 1944).
“His day job was drawing communist propaganda. In his free time he drew anticommunist propaganda” (Soviet Union 1933)
“TRAITORS BEWARE”, a warning sticker printed in the newsletter “On Target” published by the anti-communist militia group “The Minutemen”, 1960s
Japanese Poster showing all Asian Nations together saying “This is an apt occasion to drive out the English from Asia.” Date unknown
“We can not perform magic but we can work. Do your part. Vote CDU. It’s about Germany.“ Campaign poster for Germany’s first postwar election in 1949.
“Unhindered Jewish immigration! Jewish-Arab cooperation! Socialist independence!” Marxist-Zionist propaganda aimed at Jewish workers voting for the Zionist Congress, 1939
“How could you bomb neutral territory like that?!” “Well, colonel, the two symbols are so much alike…” Nazi Germany, 1944. Allied planes had, by error, bombed Switzerland. The Nazis accused the Allies of intentionally bombing hospitals, hence the pilot’s response saying he confused the symbols.
‘Vladimir Lenin in Smolny’ (Russian oil on canvas painting by Isaac Brodsky. Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow. Soviet Union, 1930).
‘I will reveal myself to him’ — Russian poster from the First World War (1914) showing Christ appearing before a dying Russian soldier.
‘Get hot – keep moving * don’t waste a precious minute’ (American work incentive poster by unknown artist, from U.S. Office for Emergency Management/ War Production Board. United States of America, ca. 1943).
Vote for X / Vote for YZ. Please keep politics out of our homes, vote NO ! – Anti women suffrage poster in Switzerland, 1941
‘”Socialism does not require idleness, but that all people work honestly, work not for others, not for the rich and exploiters, but for themselves, for society” (Stalin)’ (Russian poster by Isaak Rabichev. Soviet Union, 1933).
“Your Turn, Germania” illustration depicting the signing of the Treaty of Versailles. It portrays Marianne symbolizing France, towering over a woman symbolizing Germany.(le Petit Journal 1919)
”Brandenburg Gate of 1954” – Swiss cartoon (”Nebelspalter” magazine, artist: Jean Leffel) portraying the Four Occupying Powers as horses carrying Peace’s chariot, January 1954
The United States in the image of Uncle Sam teaches the undeveloped peoples of the Philippines, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and Cuba (1899)
”Woman is fickle: When he said goodbye – When he came back” – Austrian cartoon from ”Die Muskete” magazine (artist: Willy Stieborsky), May 1919
Commemorative poster of the Centennial celebrations of Mexico’s independence. Made by Alberto Híjar y Haro. National Museum of History, Mexico, 1910.
‘Get ready for the World Sports Festival – Moscow 1934’ (Russian poster by A. Malenov. Soviet Union, 1933).
‘Man-Made Malaria’ (American poster by U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. United States of America, 1944).
‘Attention power boat owners! – Join the fight against submarines’ (American poster by Graphic Arts Unit U.S. Coast Guard. United States of America, 1943).
‘Get ready for the World Sports Festival – Moscow 1934’ (Russian poster by A. Malenov. Soviet Union, 1933).
‘Attention power boat owners! – Join the fight against submarines’ (American poster by Graphic Arts Unit U.S. Coast Guard. United States of America, 1943).
‘Man-Made Malaria’ (American poster by U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. United States of America, 1944).
Soviet poster by °Golubev° from 1976, exhorting folk to receive nuclear industrial & domestic power generation as a friend to The People & to Communism.
”NAZISM’S MULTIPLE-RINGED ECONOMIC CIRCUS AS SEEN BY THE CARICATURISTS DERSO AND KELEN” – anti-Nazi cartoon published in ”Fortune” magazine (artists: Alois Derso and Emery Kelen), United States, October 1939
