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).

Monday, October 14, 2013

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

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.

 Timely spraying of insecticides ensures full cotton harvests.

 
Militiawomen of Liuchuang village pick cotton, a major crop in Chiliying where the per-mu yield is now six times the pre-liberation figure.

Teachers and peasant-students of Chiliying’s agro-technical school discuss a comprehensive method of fighting cotton pests; their studies are closely linked to production needs.

 
These young commune farmers still remember how as toddlers in Chiliying’s kindergarten, they welcomed Chairman Mao during his visit in 1958.

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