Mao in Pop Culture – A Photo Series
Mao Zedong has been one of the most controversial and alienating figures in history. While his actions caused the death of countless millions in China (and not to mention the…
Soviet-Era Scrapbook
Londoner Paul Prudence serendipitously came across a wonderful scrapbook filled with Soviet-era illustrations and graphics, in a junk shop in the city of Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan. Paul has…
Pictures Taken in North Korea
Beautiful images of everyday scenes, people, murals and propaganda, in North Korea. The photographs were taken by Eric Lafforgue, during his multiple trips to the secretive communist nation. The pictures…
Communist Leaders Prefer Facial Hair
Found this floating around on the Internet. Can someone point me to the original source?
Propaganda Images From an Old Chinese Book
These illustrated pictures are part of a set posted on Flickr by Kurt Groetsch (aka OldTasty). The images were scanned from an old Cultural Revolution-era book, which was purchased on…
Propaganda And Anarchist Graphics Gallery
The Revolution is dead. Long live the Revolution. Radicalgraphics.org is a site dedicated to collecting and providing anarchist and anti-establishment images to activists, revolutionaries, and other individuals. The images have…
Incredibly Artistic Film Posters From Poland
The Well Medicated blog has compiled a collection of 50 mind-bending film posters, created for American films released in communist-era Poland. This poster for Short Circuit 2 featuring Johnny 5,…
Retro Anti U.S. Chinese Propaganda Cartoons Gallery
Found this hilarious gallery of anti U.S. propaganda cartoons taken from Chinese newspapers published during 1958 to 1960. This particularly funny cartoon mocked the failures of the then troubled…
Chinese Propaganda Posters
Maopost.com has a huge collection of retro Chinese propaganda posters. The people behind the site have painstakingly cataloged posters from five decades of communist rule in China. The Chinese propaganda…
