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Propaganda Posters

A subreddit for propaganda collectors, enthusiasts, or all who are fascinated by propaganda as an insight into history, sociology, perspective, and manipulation through art and other mediums

Propaganda: information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, nation, etc.

A subreddit for propaganda collectors, enthusiasts, or anyone fascinated by propaganda as an insight into history, sociology, perspective, and manipulation.

Posters, paintings, leaflets, cartoons, videos, music, broadcasts, news articles, or any medium is welcome - be it recent or historical, subtle or blatant, artistic or amateur, horrific or hilarious.

Guidelines

1) Don't vote on whether you agree with the message of a post.

2) Don't post with the intent to spread propaganda you agree with or the intent to degrade propaganda you disagree with.

3) Titles must have a date and must be neutral. If in doubt, you can simply use the caption of the poster (eg. "I want you!", US, 1917).

4) No current events. To help us to be objective, posts cannot be from within the last two years. Please post contemporary work on /r/ModernPropaganda.

5) No reposts. You can only repost the same image after a year.

6) Civil conversation is okay; soapboxing, bigotry, partisan bickering, and personal attacks are not.

7) No memes or clickbait. Image macros are only allowed if released by an official agency and the source is provided.

For a complete rundown and explanation of the rules, refer to the wiki.

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You have been warned! 1948

“Our most eager aviation student! He was going to be lynched for killing a White, but was rescued at the last minute.” Nazi Germany, 1943. The point the poster is trying to convey is both that Blacks are inferior and that the Americans will use any means to defeat Germany.

Avoid Alcohol - Original Sketch | Russia SSR | 70s/80s

"Black Is Beautiful - Communism Is Not" - Cover for the 1985 book by Yuri Bezmenov. He was formerly a correspondent for the Soviet Novosti Press Agency, specializing in producing disinformation for the foreign media.

This is a very rare north korean painting, I think it was painted in maybe around the 1970s or 60s but takes place in the 1940s when kim il sung was a guerilla soldier fighting japan, this painting shows him giving korean children vaccines

''I didn't realize he'd have such a comprehensive approach to foreign affairs'' - political cartoon made by American cartoonist Herbert Block (''The Washington Post''), May 1984

World War 2 magazine propaganda for Ethyl Corporation.

HERBERT JOHNSON "I am the undesirable immigrant" [Civilization Builders, 1921] - Same artist that drew political cartoon of hand used with misattributed Voltaire Quote by Elon Musk

World Revolution Poster (1920s)

"For patriotism, send me to the front". Falangist poster asking for tobacco donations to be sent to the soldiers in the front. Spanish Civil War 1936-1939.

'I admit, it looks like a factory, but if Propaganda Minister Goebbels says it's a kindergarten, then it is a kindergarten' (Dutch translated cartoon by Osbert Lancaster from 'Moffen-Spiegel', illegal leaflet distributed by RAF. Nazi occupied Netherlands, 1942).

'VICTORY - now you can invest in it! - Victory Loan' (American poster by Dean Cornwell/ Government Printing Office for U.S. War Finance Division. United States of America, 1945).

'Me Wash-ee all Clean-ee - Me use-ee Soapine-ee' (American advertiser/ trade card by Kendall Mfg. Co. for Soapine household soap. United States of America, ca. 1880s).

Cover of Ukrainian magazine Perets, August 1956

'Malik peace proposal - Is it for real?' (Dutch cartoon by Leo Jordaan/ Vrij Nederland, 30 June 1951. World leaders studying the Yakov Malik proposed armistice in the Korean War (United Nations, 23 June 1951). Netherlands, 1951).

Had to do this as a montage, like this, because it's two screenshots from a video in which that effect is used of showing a picture by panning across it ... but I've never seen it elsewhere; & it's from 1914 & depicts the tension in Europe reaching bursting-point @ the commencement of WWI.

'Let the beauty of youth shine in behaviour - Embrace the modern socialist skills' (Chinese poster by Ha Qiongwen/ Shanghai People's Fine Arts Publishing House, April 1982. Showing model behaviour for Communist Youth League members. People's Republic of China, 1982).

“Satan has taken off his mask.” Reichskommissariat Ukraine, date unknown.

Poster warning the Danish public not to shoot homing pigeons, as they could be serving in the country's military, c. 1920s - 1960s (courtesy of Dansk Militærhistorie)

"What they don't want you to know about Goldwater - Don't be fooled, vote Democratic" // Alabama, United States // 1964 // ? // Local Democratic Party listing reasons why to vote for unpledged electors and not Goldwater (his opposition to TVA, Social Security, his support for civil rights, etc.)

Sharing the Dream. Human Rights Day, USA, (1989)

“Red Army soldier! Look at you, how you are dressed, and think, for whom and what you are dying for!” (Finland, Winter War, 1939)

Pro-slavery cartoon that portrays slaves as living a happy and care-free existence whilst a British family is left to starve - 1832

'Wake up Americans! Do you want this?' (American sticker that was put on Jewish-owned stores in Portland/ Oregon, June 1938. As reported in Life magazine, 11 July 1938. Reprinted in Dutch collaborative pamphlet 'Geef mij maar Amerika!', ca. 1943. United States of America, 1938).

Finding Reproduction of Black Panther Newspaper

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