Cartoon
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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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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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The cat that wanted to be alone (British cartoon, 1945)
Text: The cat that wanted to be alone. Year: 5 December, 1945. Publisher: Punch magazine. Artist: Leslie Illingworth. Additional information: Illustration shows the shadows of the British lion, American eagle and Russian bear looming over the Iranian cat in reference to the Iran Crisis.
