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).

Saturday, June 22, 2019

New China (28)

New China. Hardcover book published by Foreign Languages Press 1953, unpaginated with black and white photographs. All text is in English.

Animal husbandry is the chief occupation in Northwest China.

Cattle of the Shorthorn breed grazing on a state farm

Monday, June 17, 2019

Magyarorszag (10)

Magyarorszag. Hardcover book with pictorial boards published by Corvina 1972. All text is in Hungarian.




Tuesday, June 11, 2019

Moscow by Yury Balanenko and Alexander Berezin (23).

Moscow by Yury Balanenko and Alexander Berezin.  Hardcover book published by Planeta Publishers Moscow 1975, 207 pages with colour and black and white photographs. All text is in English.

 This monument to Lenin in the Kremlin stands in the garden adjacent to Ivanovskaya Square where on May 1, 1920 Lenin took part in the countrywide Communist subbotnik (volunteer sparetime work without pay). Sculptors V. Pinchuk and S. Speransky.


New Moscow silhouettes. Vera Mukhina’s famous sculptural group Worker and Collective Farm Girl, which surmounted the Soviet pavilion at the Paris World Fair, now stands at the entrance to the USSR Economic Achievements Exhibition, an ensemble of pavilions in a pleasant setting of walks and gardens.

Thursday, June 6, 2019

Great Leader Chairman Mao will live forever in our hearts (3).

Great Leader Chairman Mao will live forever in our hearts. Paperback booklet published by Joint Publishing Co. (Hongkong Branch) 1976.

Chairman Mao receiving the performers after seeing the revolutionary modern Peking opera “Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy” in 1967.

Chairman Mao at the Second Plenary Session of the Ninth Central Committee of the Communist Party of China held in 1970.

Saturday, June 1, 2019

Bosnia and Herzegovina (3).

Bosnia and Herzegovina, text by Alojz Benac and Ivan Lovenovic. Hardcover book published by Sour “Svjetlost” Jugoslovenska Revija 1986.

 Young people play a prominent role in all aspects of life in Bosnia-Herzegovina today.

In the Collegium Artiscum Gallery of Sarajevo's Skenderija Centre.