"Femmes ! ... exigez la paix immédiate au Maroc" (PCF sticker, Rif war, 1925)
A small green gummed sticker (papillon) in plain black type: 'The war of 1914-1918 killed the fathers. That of 1925 in Morocco kills the sons.' Below, in bold: 'WOMEN! With the Communist Party, demand immediate peace in Morocco.' The tell is the staged harm: the loss of a generation in the Great War is projected onto the sons of the women addressed, and the party is offered as the vehicle for the demand, with no casualty figures or alternatives given.
- Date
- 1925
- Period
- Interwar
- Made by
- Comité central d'action (Parti communiste français)
- Country
- France
- Medium
- Leaflet
- Issuer type
- Party
- Regime
- Painleve Government
- Leader
- Paul Painleve
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Event
- Rif War
- Techniques
- Fear appeal
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons (Archives nationales, France, F/7/13178), retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (French sticker, 1925; scan CC BY-SA 4.0 per Archives nationales via Commons)
Comité central d'action (Parti communiste), papillon, 1925; Archives nationales F/7/13178; digitised by ANR PAPRIK@2F; via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Text on the object
La guerre de 1914-1918 a tué les pères. Celle de 1925 au Maroc tue les Fils. FEMMES ! avec le Parti Communiste, exigez la Paix immédiate au Maroc [oval stamp: ARCHIVES NATIONALES]
The war of 1914-1918 killed the fathers. That of 1925 in Morocco kills the Sons. WOMEN! with the Communist Party, demand immediate Peace in Morocco [oval stamp: NATIONAL ARCHIVES]
Read from a 960 px scan; the oval stamp is the archive's, not part of the sticker. Translation is literal and machine-made, not checked by a fluent reader.
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