/r/PropagandaPosters

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A subreddit for propaganda collectors, enthusiasts, or all who are fascinated by propaganda as an insight into history, sociology, perspective, and manipulation through art and other mediums

Propaganda: information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, nation, etc.

A subreddit for propaganda collectors, enthusiasts, or anyone fascinated by propaganda as an insight into history, sociology, perspective, and manipulation.

Posters, paintings, leaflets, cartoons, videos, music, broadcasts, news articles, or any medium is welcome - be it recent or historical, subtle or blatant, artistic or amateur, horrific or hilarious.

Guidelines

1) Don't vote on whether you agree with the message of a post.

2) Don't post with the intent to spread propaganda you agree with or the intent to degrade propaganda you disagree with.

3) Titles must have a date and must be neutral. If in doubt, you can simply use the caption of the poster (eg. "I want you!", US, 1917).

4) No current events. To help us to be objective, posts cannot be from within the last two years. Please post contemporary work on /r/ModernPropaganda.

5) No reposts. You can only repost the same image after a year.

6) Civil conversation is okay; soapboxing, bigotry, partisan bickering, and personal attacks are not.

7) No memes or clickbait. Image macros are only allowed if released by an official agency and the source is provided.

For a complete rundown and explanation of the rules, refer to the wiki.

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"Dangerous ties. Lack of physical activity is harmful for your health" Soviet poster, 1986.

2 Comments
2024/07/11
01:17 UTC

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“How much will you lend to the boys who are giving all” WWI Poster by Franklin Booth- ca. 1917

1 Comment
2024/07/10
23:25 UTC

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China Propaganda on USA, Xinhua News Agency, 2021

68 Comments
2024/07/10
22:06 UTC

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"Every communist male can and must satisfy his sexual needs. Every communist female must meet him halfway; otherwise, she's a bourgeois." — USSR, 1922

40 Comments
2024/07/10
21:51 UTC

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''[UNCLE SAM:] OH, MY GOD! IS THERE NO END TO THIS NIGHTMARE CALLED VIETNAM?'' - American cartoon published in ''The Louisville Courier-Journal'' (artist: Hugh Haynie), December 1969

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2024/07/10
15:38 UTC

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Your Country Calls: Save Food With A Silo (US, 1917-1918)

2 Comments
2024/07/10
15:37 UTC

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US Navy, 1917

19 Comments
2024/07/10
15:34 UTC

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''THE CHINESE WALL'' - American cartoon (''Brooklyn Daily Eagle'', artist: Doc Rankin) published during the Nanjing Massacre, December 29, 1937

1 Comment
2024/07/10
15:27 UTC

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2010s Action Française poster calling for France to withdraw from the EU.

9 Comments
2024/07/10
15:27 UTC

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''He Makes His Own Laws'' - American cartoon (artist: Carey Cassius Orr) published after the Saint Valentine's Day Massacre, February 1929

2 Comments
2024/07/10
15:21 UTC

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''NOBODY LOVES ME'' - anti-Franco cartoon published in ''Minneapolis Star'' (artist: Roy Braxton Justus), United States, June 1945

3 Comments
2024/07/10
15:16 UTC

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Weapona must be on the front (1937)

1 Comment
2024/07/10
15:07 UTC

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We will crush them with the people's army! (1937)

8 Comments
2024/07/10
15:06 UTC

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Feb 11 1873: a desire, Apr 14 1931: a desire, Feb 16 1936: a victory (1938)

6 Comments
2024/07/10
15:04 UTC

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The International Brigades at the heart of the people's army (1937)

5 Comments
2024/07/10
14:56 UTC

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A Naval Officer: A Hero (1937)

1 Comment
2024/07/10
14:50 UTC

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“Keep Pitching With Both Hands Brother!” (US Army 1940s)

This World War II era poster, created by the U.S. Army in the 1940s, features a determined, wounded soldier with bandaged hands lying in bed. With the caption "Keep Pitching with BOTH HANDS Brother," the poster aimed to boost morale among injured soldiers, encouraging them to stay resilient and contribute to the war effort despite their injuries. Using a baseball metaphor, it conveyed that every soldier, regardless of their condition, had an essential role to play. This piece of wartime propaganda highlighted the unyielding spirit of the soldiers and the importance of perseverance, serving as a motivational tool during a time of immense sacrifice and struggle.

60 Comments
2024/07/10
14:43 UTC

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"Hurrah, the butter is finished!" (1935)

7 Comments
2024/07/10
14:42 UTC

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40th Anniversary of NATO Poster: 1989

17 Comments
2024/07/10
14:11 UTC

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"Each signature to the Peace Pact appeal is another blow to the instigators of a new war", Estonian poster in support of the Cominform front organisation, the World Peace Council, 1951

2 Comments
2024/07/10
11:21 UTC

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Poster of the documentary "Matria" that talks about the context of Mexico in the Second World War (2017)

Sinopsis. The documentary tells the story of Antolín Jiménez Gamas, a revolutionary who joined the ranks of the Northern Division along with Francisco Villa. When the ships Potrero del Llano and Faja de Oro were sunk, Mexican President Manuel Ávila Camacho declared war on the Axis powers on May 28, 1942. Antolín Jiménez decided to form the Legion of Mexican Guerrillas, a militia made up mainly of Mexican charros that would come into action in the event of an eventual advance by the Axis armies on the American continent. The proposal was accepted by Ávila Camacho and he managed to gather 150,000 militiamen in 250 points in Mexico. The story was discovered decades later by his grandson, Fernando Llanos.

6 Comments
2024/07/10
10:09 UTC

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Exciting War (1952)

16 Comments
2024/07/10
10:00 UTC

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Chilean anti American poster (1972) Text: "Defend Chile's copper from the USA. Produce more to fight back the aggression"

2 Comments
2024/07/10
09:47 UTC

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“Stop the militarization of space” soviet poster, 1984.

68 Comments
2024/07/10
09:45 UTC

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'Bolshevism means the downfall of a people! - Bolshevism is the enslavement of the working class! - Chase the Muscovites to hell! - Vote Adolf Hiltler' (German poster by Gaupropaganda of the NSDAP Berlin/ Schulze-Wechsungen Berlin, for the March 1933 federal election. Nazi Germany, 1933).

5 Comments
2024/07/10
08:44 UTC

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'When women become massively political…' (American poster by Peg Averill for the Guardian, New York. Quoting Anne Mae Aquash. United States of America, 1979).

1 Comment
2024/07/10
08:43 UTC

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'THINK - use your SAFETY guards' (American poster by unknown artist for Aircraft War Production Drive. United States of America, 1942).

1 Comment
2024/07/10
08:39 UTC

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'Death to the German-Finnish aggressors!' (Russian poster by Vasily Selivanov/ Okna TASS (TASS Window), Leningrad. Soviet Union, 1944).

71 Comments
2024/07/10
08:37 UTC

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Untitled Ethiopian communist mural displayed in Meskel square in Addis Ababa, 1980s.

1 Comment
2024/07/10
06:58 UTC

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