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Trotsky in Europe (Polish cartoon, 1932)
Text: How fortunate that we did not manage to destroy capitalism! At least one has a place to relax in one’s old age. Year: 1932. Publisher: Mucha. Artist: NA. Additional information: Published in Mucha, a well-known satirical magazine published in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
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Anti-communist poster (ca. 1980’s)
Text: ‘Khalq’ and ‘Parcham’, the two main factions of the ruling People’s Democratic Party of Afghanistan. Year: 1980s (undated). Publisher: Internal Islamic Front of Afghanistan. Artist: NA. Additional information: The poster was one of many churned out by the ‘Internal Islamic Front of Afghanistan’, aiming to oppose the Soviet presence in Afghanistan. It depicts a…
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Finland, field of honour! (Swiss illustration, 1940)
Text: Finland, field of honour! Year: January 1940. Publisher: Nebelspalter. Artist: NA. Additional information: Swiss illustration published during the Winter War showing Finnish soldiers defending a column reading ‘Freedom’. It was published on the cover of Nebelspalter magazine during the Winter War, when the Finnish resistance to the Soviet invasion was being widely celebrated in…