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title: Front de la Joventut. Volem! L'exèrcit popular... (Catalan youth poster, 1936)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/front-de-la-joventut-volem-exercit-popular-poster-1936/
description: 'Lettering-only poster in navy on pale blue-grey, with a large circle-and-triangle emblem behind the text: ''Volem!'
section: Collection
---

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# Front de la Joventut. Volem! L'exèrcit popular... (Catalan youth poster, 1936)

Lettering-only poster in navy on pale blue-grey, with a large circle-and-triangle emblem behind the text: 'Volem! L'exèrcit popular, servei militar obligatori, comandament únic. Per què? Per guanyar aviat la guerra i aixecar una nova societat.' The tell: a list of four military demands is answered by one question, and the answer joins winning the war to building 'a new society', so a command structure is made inseparable from a social goal.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Bandwagon](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/bandwagon/) [Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/)

## Full record

Region, Country, Medium, Issuer type, Regime, Leader, Audience, Purpose, Theme, Event, Source, Rights

## Text on the object

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

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

```
FRONT DE LA JOVENTUT
VOLEM!
L'exèrcit Popular
Servei Militar
Obligatori
Comandament Únic
PER QUE?
PER GUANYAR AVIAT LA GUERRA
i
AIXECAR UNA NOVA SOCIETAT
ATLANTIDA A.G. - ROGER DE FLOR 5 - T. 52636 BARNA
```

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

```
Youth Front. We want! The People's Army, compulsory military service, single command. Why? To win the war quickly and to raise a new society. (Atlàntida A.G., Roger de Flor 5, tel. 52636, Barcelona)
```

Printer's line read along the left edge. 'Per que' is printed without an accent. Translation by Claude, not checked by a fluent reader.

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