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).

Tuesday, August 27, 2019

This is Poland (38)

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.

Millions of trees and bushes have been planted on waste dumps

Monday, August 19, 2019

New China (29)

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

Workers on a state farm celebrate a bumper harvest

Members of the Spark Collective Farm in Hwachuan, Northeast China, discuss signing a “Patriotic Pact” to increase production

The People’s Government sends aeroplanes to help peasants wipe out a threatened plague of locusts. Previously helpless before natural calamities, China’s peasants now overcome them with the help of the People’s Government


Wednesday, August 14, 2019

Magyarorszag (11)

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





Monday, August 12, 2019

Moscow by Yury Balanenko and Alexander Berezin (24).

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.

In the evenings the neon signs of cafes and restaurants light up – here Muscovites meet friends, celebrate birthdays, wedding anniversaries, the first night of a new play…


Friday, August 2, 2019

This is Poland (37)

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.

Ordinary Warsaw day

Beautiful girls are Warsaw’s finest adornment

Cafes the world over are a favourite rendezvous for lovers

A Wroclaw street