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title: Danger! The Red Hand of Communism (Thai poster distributed in Asia)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/danger-red-hand-of-communism-thai-1951/
description: A giant red hand marked with a hammer and sickle, blood running from its fingertips, rises over a globe stained red as smoke billows.
section: Collection
---

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# Danger! The Red Hand of Communism (Thai poster distributed in Asia)

A giant red hand marked with a hammer and sickle, blood running from its fingertips, rises over a globe stained red as smoke billows; armed villagers of several Asian costumes, a kneeling woman and a fleeing man face it. The Thai caption says those who want to live must fight communists. The tell is fear-appeal: a monstrous hand and bloodshed are the argument, with no sponsor named on the sheet.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Fear appeal](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/fear-appeal/) [Name-calling](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/name-calling/)

## Text on the object

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

```
ภัย!

รักจะอยู่ ต้องสู้คอมมูนิสต์

[handwritten signature, lower left:] [illegible]
```

[← You Are a Filipino / My Dear Son (voting poster sheet for the Philippines)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/you-are-a-filipino-my-dear-son-1951/) [Toàn dân tiêu-diệt C-S Việt-Minh (The whole people: annihilate the Viet Minh communists) (Vietnamese poster distributed in Vietnam; NARA title: Viet Poster #5) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/toan-dan-tieu-diet-viet-minh-vietnamese-1951/)

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