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
- Date
- January 1, 1951
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- U.S. Information Agency (predecessor: State Department International Information and Educational Exchange Program), Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East series
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Truman Administration
- Leader
- Harry S. Truman
- Audience
- Foreign public
- Purpose
- Demonize
- Themes
- War and the military, Security and surveillance
- Event
- Cold War
- Source
- Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), RG 306, Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America and Middle East, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work; NARA RG 306)
U.S. Information Agency / Department of State, January 1, 1951. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6949069, 306-PPB-168).
Text on the object
ภัย! รักจะอยู่ ต้องสู้คอมมูนิสต์ [handwritten signature, lower left:] [illegible]
