¡Presente! También Así Se Lucha por la Patria
A saluting boy in a large printed portrait is set beside four photographs of schoolchildren in class, sewing, digging a field and doing group exercises, under the line 'Also this is how one fights for the homeland'. The tell is the military salute and the word 'fights' applied to schoolwork, which transfers wartime duty onto ordinary activities, while 'patria' is not tied to any specific act.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1939
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Secretaría de Educación Pública (Mexico), printed by Talleres Gráficos de la Nación; artist Julio Prieto
- Region
- Latin America
- Country
- Mexico
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Avila Camacho Government
- Leader
- Manuel Avila Camacho
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Theme
- Home front
- Event
- World War II
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Foreign Posters, retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Held by NARA, Unrestricted; Mexican government poster, hosted by owner decision
Secretaría de Educación Pública (Mexico); artist Julio Prieto, National Archives and Records Administration, 44-PF-870.
Text on the object
¡PRESENTE! TAMBIEN ASI SE LUCHA POR LA PATRIA JULIO PRIETO PROPAGANDA DE LA SECRETARIA DE EDUCACION PUBLICA [imprint:] TALLERES GRAFICOS DE LA NACION [Translation: Present! This too is how one fights for the homeland. Propaganda of the Secretariat of Public Education.]
