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I was relieved to read in The Times (of London, no less) this morning that the art of the Stalinist propaganda poster is not yet dead. The Times was promoting a gallery showing for North Korean propaganda posters, and included a few examples of the form for our education.

Sadly, I could only read about such pearlers as “Let's grow more sunflowers!”; “Let's breed more high-yielding fish!”; or the wonderfully obscure "In all institutions and workplaces, let's popularise basketball!” Another delightful one exhorts: "Let's expand goat rearing and create more grassland in accordance with the party!" Wise words.

However, I have chosen to bypass some that you might expect to see ("Let's take revenge a thousand times on the US imperialist wolves!") in favour of something more harmonious. So today I present you a message that ALL nations should adhere to:

"Let's all become perfect swimmers!"



Let us just...
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Anonymous said…
the design reminds me of the '50s. I saw similar design in Eastern-Germany in my first German language book:)
4 May 2008 at 17:28
Kris McCracken said…
It's funny how the communist template is so standardised, even in China and North Korea they follow the Russian example!
7 May 2008 at 10:03
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