Propagandopolis
Propaganda, political cartoons and more from around the world. DM submissions. Prints available on the website:
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‘Allegory of victory’ — Spanish poster (1939) celebrating Francisco Franco and the Nationalists’ victory in the Spanish Civil War. https://t.co/srBJhHLn6U
'Kaiser Franz Josef in prayer' — Austrian postcard from the First World War (1915) showing Franz Joseph I praying for victory while a battle rages above him. https://t.co/RIayeCoPa...
'Flying visit of Truth to Berlin' — British cartoon map from the Second World War celebrating the RAF's first (leaflet) raid over Berlin. Illustrated by Rex Whistler. https://t.co/...
Thread of cartoons by the Turkish illustrator Cemal Nadir, most of them published in Cumhuriyet newspaper during and just after the Second World War. https://t.co/M7venVX0TX
'Surrender of the British Army in Singapore' — Japanese postcard from the Second World War celebrating victory over the British at the Battle of Singapore. Illustration by Miyamoto...
‘No, no, never!’ — Hungarian postcard, ca. 1920, showing Hungary’s neighbours as bandits grabbing chunks of Hungarian territory. https://t.co/eyXyRl2G46
"Martyr" Soleimani is more dangerous for his enemies than "General" Soleimani — Iranian poster, 2022, showing the eyes of Qasem Soleimani in an apocalyptic storm over an American m...
Cover of the Cuban Tricontinental magazine, 1969, with stylised portraits of Ho Chi Minh and Che Guevara. https://t.co/hVJfRU2Ms5
“War is Prussia's national industry” — French propaganda map from the First World War (1917) showing Germany as a pickelhaube-wearing octopus spreading its tentacles across Europe....
“The Shah’s exile and Khomeini’s return” — Iranian poster, 1979, depicting events of the Iranian Revolution. https://t.co/xsQwSRkkH0
"The situation in the Far East" — Chinese map, ca. 1900, illustrating colonial interference in China. https://t.co/AkHicCTSjN
"The enemy is listening! Chatterers can unknowingly betray the fatherland" — Finnish anti-gossip poster from the Winter War (ca. 1939) showing Stalin listening in on citizens’ conv...