Britain
Propaganda posters from the United Kingdom.
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Under new management (British cartoon, 1947)
Text: Under new management. Sign reads ‘Private Profit’. Year: 1947. Publisher: Daily Worker newspaper (later renamed Morning Star). Artist: NA. Additional information: The cartoon was published the day that the coal mines were formally nationalised under the Coal Industry Nationalisation Act, passed by Clement Attlee’s Labour government the year before as part of a broader…
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Ireland – Our Cuba? (British pamphlet, 1970)
Text: Ireland – Our Cuba? Year: 1970. Publisher: The Monday Club. Author: Jeremy Harwood, Jonathan Guinness, John Biggs-Davison. Additional information: British Conservative pamphlet published at the start of the Troubles (1970) warning of the danger of Ireland becoming a communist outpost. The pamphlet was issued by the Monday Club, a Conservative think tank founded in…
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Finlandia Invicta (British stamp, 1940)
Text: Finlandia Invicta [Invincible Finland]. Year: ca. 1940 Publisher: NA. Artist: NA. Additional information: Issued in support of Finland during the Winter War, depicting a soldier in winter gear standing over a mother and child. While no creator is indicated on the stamp, it is possible that it was produced by the London-based “Finland Fund,”…
