Partido Socialista posters on a Lisbon building front, early 1975
A Lisbon building front pasted with red 'Partido Socialista' posters, several copies of a raised-fist emblem under 'Pela liberdade e unidade dos trabalhadores' and a small 'construir o socialismo em liberdade' sheet, with red graffiti reading 'Partido Socialista' and '[...]mo = liberdade'. The tell is repetition of virtue words (liberty, unity, socialism in liberty) as the message itself (glittering generalities).
- Date
- 1975
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- Partido Socialista (Portugal), party posters; photograph by Rob Mieremet for Anefo
- Region
- Western and Central Europe
- Country
- Portugal
- Medium
- Photograph
- Issuer type
- Party
- Regime
- Vasco Goncalves Government
- Leader
- Vasco Goncalves
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Themes
- Elections and party politics, Labor
- Event
- Portuguese Constituent Assembly Election 1975
- Techniques
- Glittering generalities
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Nationaal Archief (Dutch National Archives), Fotocollectie Anefo, NL-HaNA 2.24.01.06 inv. 254-9573, retrieved September 29, 2026
- Rights
- CC0 (Nationaal Archief rights statement on the record; Public Domain Mark on Europeana)
Rob Mieremet / Anefo, Nationaal Archief, CC0
Text on the object
PARTIDO SOCIALISTA [white-on-red posters, several copies] Pela LIBERDADE e UNIDADE dos Trabalhadores [white poster with red circle and raised fist, several copies; lower edge of one reads '[G]RANDE COMÍ[CIO]' / 'PARTIDO SOCIALISTA'] construir o socialismo em liberdade [small headline on a poster at left] SOCIALISTA [poster with raised fist, lower right] PARTIDO SOCIALISTA [red graffiti below the window] [...]MO=LIBERDADE [red graffiti at street level, first letters hidden by parked newspapers; other graffiti and small notices illegible]
Socialist Party. / For liberty and unity of the workers. / [Great rally]. / Build socialism in liberty. / Socialist. / Socialist Party. / [...]ism = liberty.
Read from the 839 x 1280 px file with enlargements. Small print on the yellow notices and the mid-facade posters is illegible. Translation by machine, not verified by a fluent reader.
