Anti-communism
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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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French anti-communist cartoon (1922)
Text: NA. Year: 1922. Publisher: Le Pèlerin. Artist: NA. Additional information: Published in Le Pèlerin, the cartoon depicts Bolsheviks plundering the imperial tomb in St Petersburg’s St Peter and Paul Cathedral, suggesting the looting of the resting place for Russia’s Tsars. The cathedral had served as a resting place for Russia’s Tsars since the eighteenth…
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Europe from Moscow / Asia from Irkutsk (1952)
Text: Europe from Moscow / Asia from Irkutsk. Year: 10 March 1952. Publisher: Time magazine. Artist: R. M. Chapin. Additional information: The map illustrates Soviet expansion across Europe and Asia, originally accompanying an article on communist influence. It gained fame when reprinted in poster format for classroom use, likely influenced by the magazine’s owner Henry…
