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title: Communist Atrocities and Governments poster (Burmese, Rangoon)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/communist-atrocities-governments-burmese-1954/
description: A two-column Burmese comic-strip poster in four paired panels. The left column, headed in red, shows scenes attributed to Communist forces.
section: Collection
---

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# Communist Atrocities and Governments poster (Burmese, Rangoon)

A two-column Burmese comic-strip poster in four paired panels. The left column, headed in red, shows scenes attributed to Communist forces: a wrecked bridge and train, an armed man in an armband at a school door with children, armed men taking food from villagers, and a burning village with fleeing families. The right column shows a rebuilt bridge, a school and train, relief supplies handed out and new housing, attributed to the government. The tell is card-stacking: one side is shown only by destruction and the other only by construction.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
[Burmese script: headline, two red column headings and eight panel captions printed in Burmese; not reliably legible at the available image resolution]
```

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

```
Not transcribed. By NARA's title the sheet concerns Communist atrocities and governments: the left column depicts attacks and the right column depicts government reconstruction work (bridge, school, relief distribution, housing).
```

Burmese text could not be transcribed verbatim from the scan; no imprint is printed.

[← Communists Are Your Enemy poster (Kachin, Rangoon)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/communists-are-your-enemy-kachin-1954/) [Communist Destruction vs Government Construction, Kachin (poster distributed in Rangoon) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/communists-destruction-vs-government-construction-kachin-1954/)

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