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title: Communism or Freedom poster (Thai, Bangkok)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/communism-or-freedom-thai-family-poster-bangkok-1965/
description: A Thai two-panel poster. On the left, under 'Communist', uniformed cadres question a thin farmer while a boy wearing a red-star neckerchief points him out
section: Collection
---

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# Communism or Freedom poster (Thai, Bangkok)

A Thai two-panel poster. On the left, under 'Communist', uniformed cadres question a thin farmer while a boy wearing a red-star neckerchief points him out, and a truck bears a hammer-and-sickle and Chinese characters. On the right, under 'Freedom', a family eats together beneath a portrait of the king and a Buddha shelf. The captions say communist rule makes children spy on parents, and that a happy family is the nation's foundation. The tell is fear-appeal built on a side-by-side contrast of the two systems.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Fear appeal](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/fear-appeal/) [Card stacking](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/card-stacking/)

## Text on the object

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

```
คอมมิวนิสต์

หรือ

เสรีภาพ

รัฐบาลคอมมิวนิสต์อบรมเด็กๆให้เป็นสายลับ คอยจับผิดพ่อแม่เพื่อป้องกันมิให้พ่อแม่ของตนซุกซ่อนพืชผลที่ต้องส่งมอบให้รัฐเป็นส่วนกลาง

ครอบครัวที่ผาสุกและมั่งคั่ง คือ รากฐานแห่งความเป็นปึกแผ่นของชาติ

[on truck: 增産]
[signature: Poget (uncertain)]
5-691 (24)
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
Communist

or

Freedom

The communist government trains children to be spies, watching to catch their parents out, so that their parents cannot hide crops that must be handed over to the state as the center.

A happy and prosperous family is the foundation of the nation's solidity.

[on truck: increase production]
```

Imprint code at lower right and artist signature are small and uncertain.

[← Scientific Century Supplement poster, No. 1, front (Korean-English poster distributed in Seoul)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/scientific-century-supplement-no-1-front-korean-seoul-1965/) [Free World (Jayu Segye) poster, Vol. 14 No. 2 (Korean, Seoul) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/free-world-jayu-segye-vol-14-no-2-korean-seoul-1965/)

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