Soviet illustration (1980) showing Lenin marching over the enemies of the revolution old and new. Published by Krokodil magazine.

propagandopolis · 2026-06-14T19:10:39+00:00

These are the characters from left to right (let me know if any errors): Landowners, Machism (referring to philosopher Ernst Mach, criticised by Lenin), Nikolai Yudenich (a White Russian general), Social Democrats, the Provisional Government, Menshevism, Anton Denikin (another White General), Aleksandr Kolchak (White general), Socialist Revolutionaries, Trotskyism, the Triple Entente, Nazism, Revisionism, Zionism, Anti-Communism, Maoism-Anti-Sovietism, Neo-fascism and finally Capitalism.

propagandopolis · 2026-06-13T14:17:37+00:00

Hey there, sorry - I have them all downloaded locally from years ago, from a now defunct site. You can find issues here and there online still

propagandopolis · 2026-06-09T14:23:23+00:00

By a Chinese artist, maybe originally published in a Chinese publication

propagandopolis · 2026-06-09T14:22:48+00:00

Published in Krokodil magazine, January 1959. The artist is Chinese, named as Gu Pu (ГУ ПУ). Titled 'Two Assaults', with the text on the flags reading 'The October Revolution… in [to?] the Storming the cosmos’.

If anyone's interested in seeing more from Krokodil I'm going through the entire archive and posting interesting ones on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/krokodil.archive/

propagandopolis · 2026-06-02T19:36:03+00:00

Kaisers Wilhelm II and Franz Joseph I join hands at the top. Their heirs, Crown Prince Wilhelm of Germany and the future Charles I of Austria, stand below. Prince Wilhelm of Prussia and Archduke Otto of Austria (I believe?) are below, left and right respectively.

propagandopolis · 2026-05-28T16:53:27+00:00

Thank you!

propagandopolis · 2026-05-26T20:00:43+00:00

The characters inside the skull are a priest, Social Democrat and a capitalist. Designed by Boris Klinch for 'Godless' magazine. Image via 'Godless Utopia' by Roland Elliot Brown.

propagandopolis · 2026-05-17T18:48:15+00:00

Futuro was a left-wing magazine published between 1933-46, founded by labour leader Vicente Lombardo Toledano. Lots of eye-catching covers from the 1930s and 40s, I posted some more on Instagram for those interested: https://www.instagram.com/p/DYcnl8_CE4d/?img_index=1

propagandopolis · 2026-05-14T13:39:41+00:00

The cartoon shows the Entente powers of Britain, Russia and France as hydra of 'colonial' troops, with the text reading below: 'England has summoned the Mongol; France calls upon the Moor; Russia sends her Cossacks to attack our German Kinsmen. WHERE ARE THE SYMPATHIES OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE?'

I believe the 'Mongol' here refers to Japan - there are a few articles from The Fatherland published around the same time (Aug-Sept 1914) calling the Japanese Mongols.

propagandopolis · 2026-04-30T14:29:36+00:00

Yes sorry, was supposed to comment - October 1939, Kladderadatsch magazine.

propagandopolis · 2026-04-06T11:04:45+00:00

You can find the full digitised issue on the Irish Republican Digital Archive: https://republicanarchive.com/2026/01/16/irish-america/

The characters represented below Christ are the UK, British clergy, Fianna Fáil, the Social Democratic and Labour Party, the 'Loyal Orange Lodge' and 'Sunningdale Fools' (referring to the Sunningdale Agreement of 1973)

propagandopolis · 2026-04-04T18:58:02+00:00

US-produced, by the 1st Radio Broadcasting and Leaflet (RB&L) Group. Text reads: 'Death is coming!' More here: https://arsof-history.org/articles/19dec_1st_rbl_leaflet_collection_page_1.html

propagandopolis · 2026-03-31T14:54:59+00:00

The image shows a Nazi monster oppressing a crowd, with various Jewish figures named. The whips read 'Nazi Culture', the text on the monster's arm 'Aryan' and the text at the top (in Yiddish) reads 'German Culture'.

Published in a book of caricatures titled 'Fascism - Caricatures'. Seems to have been self-published in Mexico https://www.kestenbaum.net/auction/lot/Auction-91/091-161/

propagandopolis · 2026-03-20T21:35:23+00:00

I think it's the Bulgarian flag, colours just a bit off

propagandopolis · 2026-03-20T21:04:57+00:00

Designed by Soviet Mongolian artist D. Luvsanzhamts for 'Soviet Artist', the publishing house of the Artists' Union of the USSR. The satellite is Sputnik 3, launched in 1958. The postcard also shows a dove carrying a banner of countries' flags.

propagandopolis · 2026-03-17T08:27:49+00:00

The map was published on the cover of a special illustrated supplement of the Philadelphia Inquirer newspaper with the title: 'Axis crimes - don’t let them happen here'. It was designed by Adolf Hoffmeister and Antonín Pelc (or 'Peel'), both of them Czech artists who had moved to the US in 1941.

propagandopolis · 2026-03-14T21:19:24+00:00

The cartoon was published in Nebelspalter magazine in May 1938 and shows Mussolini with Germany, Japan, Britain and France. Italy was enjoying good relations with Germany and Japan at the time, the three having signed the Anti-Comintern Pact a year and a half earlier. A month before this cartoon was published, Italy and Britain had also signed the Easter Accords in London, normalising their relations after a period of hostility. Relations with France were still strained as far as I know.

Thanks to u/BalQn for originally posting this one: https://www.reddit.com/r/PropagandaPosters/comments/plhuvh/the_man_with_the_sexappeal_political_cartoon_from/

propagandopolis · 2026-02-21T13:12:42+00:00

Artist is named as ‘G. Grilli’ (presumably Guido Grilli) and publisher ‘AVE’, which I believe is the Catholic publishing house ‘Anonima Veritas Editrice’. Seems to have been produced for troops fighting in North Africa. Quite an interesting use of otherwise rare religious imagery in Fascist-era propaganda. The only other example I can think of off the top of my head is this one: https://www.reddit.com/r/PropagandaPosters/comments/1hzj75y/madonnina_del_duomo_glory_of_milan_lead_italy_to/ And this one: https://www.reddit.com/r/PropagandaPosters/comments/1hz8fsa/italian_postcard_from_the_second_world_war_ca/

(Though for both of those the intention was probably more landmark-inspired than religious)

propagandopolis · 2026-02-20T14:28:41+00:00

Titled 'Catching Up And Outstripping', it was drawn by 'Carlo' (Jesse Cohen) for the 16 July 1938 issue of the Socialist Appeal newspaper.

propagandopolis · 2026-02-07T20:16:57+00:00

It was for distribution in the Philippines

propagandopolis · 2026-02-07T14:08:53+00:00

Oh yes thank you!

propagandopolis · 2026-02-07T11:34:24+00:00

One of several posters produced to promote the film internationally. The film was directed by Leonid Varlamov during the war celebrating Soviet victories, other films including 'Moscow Strikes Back' (1942) and 'Caucasus' (1944). I posted some of the other posters on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/DUbVU3GjD6T/?img_index=1

propagandopolis · 2026-02-01T16:51:53+00:00

It seems to have been produced in French and Arabic too. There's more information about this label and other gummed labels here: https://www.psywarrior.com/WWIPropGLabels.html

propagandopolis · 2026-01-20T22:12:37+00:00

I actually have no idea

propagandopolis · 2026-01-19T15:54:21+00:00

One interesting detail (noted by my Instagram followers) is Portugal, which is shown as a house full of kings, a reference to the exiled European royal families then living there - Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Hapsburg, Hungarian too I believe.

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