คอมมิวนิสต์ หรือ เสรีภาพ (Communism or Freedom), Thai-language poster no. IV, labour panel

Two-panel colour poster with the Thai headline 'Communism or Freedom'. On the left, a long column of men carries baskets on poles under the eye of two uniformed guards; the caption says communists force the people to labour like slaves. On the right, villagers farm with two buffalo and build a house; the caption says the Thai people are free to choose their work and earn a living as they wish and need. The tell: a coerced-labour image paired with a free-choice image, the left claim uncited (fear-appeal; transfer).

Date

1966

Period

Cold War

Made by

U.S. Information Agency (USIA), Thai-language 'Communism or Freedom' poster series distributed in Thailand

Region

North America

Country

United States

Medium

Poster

Issuer type

State

Regime

Johnson Administration

Leader

Lyndon B. Johnson

Audience

Foreign public

Purpose

Demonize

Themes

Labor, War and the military

Event

Cold War

Techniques

Fear appealTransfer

Source

Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are

Source

Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division (LOT 10536, transferred from the U.S. Information Agency), retrieved October 2, 2026

Rights

Public domain (US government work, USIA transfer; LOC: 'No known restrictions on publication.')
U.S. Information Agency, c. 1966; Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZC4-3584

คอมมิวนิสต์ หรือ เสรีภาพ

[left panel caption]
คอมมิวนิสต์บังคับเกี่ยวเข็ญราษฎร ให้ต้องทำงานหนักเหมือนทาส

[right panel caption]
ประชาชนชาวไทย มีอิสระเสรี ที่จะเลือกงานทำมาหาเลี้ยงชีพ ได้ตามความปรารถนา และตามความจำเป็นของแต่ละคน

[lower left corner] (IV)

COMMUNISM or FREEDOM

[left panel caption]
Communists compel and drive the people to have to work hard like slaves.

[right panel caption]
The Thai people have independence and freedom to choose work to earn a living as they wish and according to each person's needs.

[lower left corner] IV