Communist Propaganda of the 20th Century

Communist Propaganda of the 20th Century

propaganda - 'noun', information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a political cause or point of view (Compact Oxford Dictionary).

Friday, February 26, 2016

Sputnik: Digest of Soviet Press: 1 January 1978. (3)

Sputnik: Digest of Soviet Press: 1 January 1978. Paperback magazine published by Novosti Press Agency. All text is in English.





Monday, February 22, 2016

The Blue Adriatic (3)

The Blue Adriatic. Hardcover book published by Spektar, Zagreb (no date). Text is in Croato-Serbian, English, German, Italian and French.


Umag, Croatia

Thursday, February 18, 2016

Inside a People’s Commune: Report from Chiliying by Chu Li and Tien Chieh-yun (12).

Inside a People’s Commune: Report from Chiliying by Chu Li and Tien Chieh-yun. Paperback book published by Foreign Languages Press Peking 1974. All text is in English.

Liu Wan-chen (left foreground), 25 year-old team leader in the Chiliying brigade who matured under the personal guidance of older cadres, is now studying at the Institute of Agricultural Mechanization, Loyang.


Sunday, February 14, 2016

Mockba Moscow Moscou Moskau Moscu.

Mockba Moscow Moscou Moskau Moscu.  Hardcover book published 1963. Text is in Russian, English, French, German and Spanish.

View of the Red Square from St. Basil's Cathedral

Red Square with the Lenin Mausoleum (left) and the State History Museum (centre)

View of the Red Square from the State History Museum

Thursday, February 11, 2016

Praha, Jeji Krasy (Prague - Its beauty) (8).

Praha, Jeji Krasy (Prague - Its beauty). Hardcover book published by Olympia 1985, with Czech text with various translations at the back of the book.

The Palace of Culture

Saturday, February 6, 2016

Red Detachment of Women – A Modern Revolutionary Ballet: Revised collectively by the China Ballet Troupe (May 1970 script). (5)

Red Detachment of Women – A Modern Revolutionary Ballet: Revised collectively by the China Ballet Troupe (May 1970 script). Hardcover book published by the Foreign Lanuages Press Peking 1972, 169 pages with black and white and colour photographs. Text is in English.

Hung Chang-ching Party representation in the Women's Company

Company Commander Leader of the Women's Company

Pang Red Army boy messenger

Friday, February 5, 2016

This is Poland (21)

This is Poland. Softcover book published by Interpress Publishers Warsaw 1972, 216 pages with colour and black and white photographs and illustrations. All text is in English.

Inside the cosmetics factory