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title: Brother - It's No Push-Over!
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/canada-brother-its-no-push-over-1939/
description: A black-and-white photograph shows a young soldier about to throw a grenade beside a wrecked Italian-style street, two more soldiers crouching behind him.
section: Collection
---

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[![Brother - It's No Push-Over!, 1939 Canada poster: A black-and-white photograph shows a young soldier about to throw a grenade](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/canada-brother-its-no-push-over-1939.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/canada-brother-its-no-push-over-1939.jpg)

# Brother - It's No Push-Over!

A black-and-white photograph shows a young soldier about to throw a grenade beside a wrecked Italian-style street, two more soldiers crouching behind him, under a red brush-stroke banner reading 'Brother - It's No Push-Over!'. The address 'Brother' and the ordinary front-line soldier put the viewer on one side with the fighters (plain-folks, identity-fusion), implying the factory worker should match the effort.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Plain folks](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/plain-folks/) [Identity fusion](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/identity-fusion/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
BROTHER -
IT'S NO
PUSH-OVER!

This message is issued by the Department of Munitions and Supply for Canada
```

[← Be Ready - The Army Must Finish the Job!](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/canada-be-ready-the-army-must-finish-the-job-1939/) [Ça c'est MON bateau! On peut compter dessus! \[That's MY ship! You can count on it!\] →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/canada-ca-cest-mon-bateau-french-winter-1939/)

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