Asia
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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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The Three Principles of the People (Chinese poster, ca. 1927)
Text: The Three Principles of the People. Year: ca. 1927. Publisher: Kuomintang. Artist: NA. Additional information: The poster depicts a farmer, soldier, and politician representing the people’s welfare, nationalism, and democracy. The ‘Three Principles’ were set out by Sun Yat-sen, father of the Republic of China, in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries as…
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The Dutch are at the back, you’re at the front (Indonesian poster, ca. 1945-49)
Text: The Dutch are at the back, you’re at the front. As always: the Dutch are at the back, you’re at the front. Why: the Dutch can easily run, and you’re the one to die. And yet: the Dutch have higher salaries, eat better food, earn promotions faster. Year: 1945-49. Publisher: Banjarnegara Information Bureau of…
