Communism Gives You Justice? Version B, English (poster distributed in Manila)
A English poster asking whether communism gives justice and answering 'Ask the Hungarians' (the 1956 Hungarian uprising and its suppression are the unstated reference). A large black ink drawing shows a prone figure bound in tangled cord or wire. The tell is fear-appeal with card-stacking: one case, Hungary, stands for what communism would deliver everywhere, with no other evidence offered.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- April 9, 1957
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- U.S. Information Agency, Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East series; sponsor named on the sheet: Federation of Free Farmers
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Eisenhower Administration
- Leader
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Audience
- Foreign public
- Purpose
- Warn or inform
- Themes
- War and the military, Elections and party politics
- Event
- Cold War
- Source
- Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), RG 306, Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America, Middle East, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work; NARA RG 306)
U.S. Information Agency / Department of State, April 9, 1957. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6948986, 306-PPB-114).
Text on the object
Communism gives you JUSTICE? ASK THE HUNGARIANS Federation of Free Farmers
English; no translation needed.
Imprint line reads as printed.
