-
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.
-
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…
-
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…
-
Get the hell out of here! (American cartoon, ca. 1930)
Text: Get the hell out of here! Year: ca. 1930. Publisher: Industrial Workers of the World. Artist: NA. Additional information: Shows the ‘4 Hour Day’ booting the devil of ‘Depression’ off a cliff. Apparently published by the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) union, which had been campaigning for a 4-hour workday in the early…
-
The general who will save the kids from war (Portuguese illustration, 1974)
Text: The general who will save the kids from war. Year: 1974. Publisher: Diário de Lisboa. Artist: João Abel Manta. Additional information: Illustration shows children handing carnation flowers to António Spínola, a general and soon-to-be president. Drawn by João Abel Manta for the cover of Diário de Lisboa newspaper, Spínola assumed the presidency on 15…
-
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…