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, November 17, 2020

Great Leader Chairman Mao will live forever in our hearts (10).

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


Chairman Mao speaking at a reception held by the Party Central Committee in honour of the labour heroes in the Shensi-Kansu-Ningsia border region in 1943.

Wednesday, November 4, 2020

Ceskoslovenska mesta (20)

Ceskoslovenska mesta (Czechoslovak Towns) by Jiri Hruza. Hardcover book published by Olympia Praha 1976, 211 pages with black and white and colour photographs.

KLADNO


KOSICE


USTI NAD LABEM


Friday, October 30, 2020

China Travel: Guangzhou and Foshan (25)

China Travel: Guangzhou and Foshan, compiled by China International Travel Service, Guangzhou Branch and Editorial Department of the Guangdong People's Publishing House. Paperback book published by Guangdong People's Publishing House 1977, 112 pages. All text is in English.

The Chinese Export Commodities Fair, where China's import and export corporations discuss business with foreign trade agents.

Saturday, October 24, 2020

Podomju Latvija (Soviet Latvia) (27)

Podomju Latvija (Soviet Latvia). Hardcover book published by Riga Avots 1985, 215 pages with colour photographs throughout.




Wednesday, October 14, 2020

Bosnia and Herzegovina (12).

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


First class tobacco is successfully grown in Herzegovina. The hard and patient labour which the cultivation of this plant demands produces a very rich crop,


There is a long tradition of bee keeping in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the flowering fields and meadows of which provide the hives with an abundant supply of ingredients for the production of delicious and aromatic honey.


Sunday, October 11, 2020

Sputnik 11: Digest of Soviet Press, November 1978 (10).

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

A poster devoted to the fifth anniversary of the October Revolution, published in 1922.

Wednesday, October 7, 2020

Harm into Benefit: Taming the Haiho River (4)

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.


River-tamers heading for the site.