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).

Sunday, August 30, 2020

Sputnik 11: Digest of Soviet Press, November 1978 (9).

Sputnik 11: Digest of Soviet Press, November 1978. Paperback magazine/booklet published by Novosti Press Agency 1978. All text is in English.

The co-op winter garden.


Celebration of a woman co-op member's 50th birthday in the co-op board office.


The younger generation dance their ancestors' dances.




Two year old Veiko with his mother.

Wednesday, August 26, 2020

New China (34)

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

Tea groves in Hangchow, Chekiang Province. The first to plant tea, China is the greatest tea producing country in the world. In 1952 China harvested 21.8 per cent more tea than in 1950

Peasant women collect mulberry leaves to feed silkworms.

Saturday, August 22, 2020

We – Internationalists (3)

We – Internationalists. 24 loose cards in folder, published 1988 with colour photographs and illustrations. All text is Russian. (Book is related to the Soviet Afghan war, December 1979 to February 1989). Loaned from one of my favourite bookshops, Mount of Alex in Castlemaine, Victoria. www.instagram.com/mountofalex/


Thursday, August 13, 2020

Harm into Benefit: Taming the Haiho River (3)

Harm into Benefit: Taming the Haiho River by Ho Chin. Paperback book published by Foreign Languages Press 1975, 79 pages. All text is in English.

Dredger at work opening a new outlet to the sea.


Hsienhsien key project on the New Tzuya River.


The New Tzuya main project across South Canal.


Headgate on the Tuliu Diversion Canal. 

Friday, August 7, 2020

Yugoslavia: An Art-Book (3)

Yugoslavia: An Art-Book, photographs by Otto Siegner. Hardcover book published by Verlag Ludwig Simon, Munchen – Pullach (no date, 1950s?), 239 pages with black and white photographs, text is in English.

… from the surrounding villages come to town in their buggies