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title: '''Šance pro 15 000 000'': hand-painted student-strike poster, Prague, November 1989'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/sance-pro-15-milionu-strike-poster-1989/
description: 'A hand-painted A1 poster in blue and red on white paper: a huge blue ''ŠANCE'' (chance) with a red sun for the dot, ''pro miliónů 15 000 000'' (for millions…'
section: Collection
---

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# 'Šance pro 15 000 000': hand-painted student-strike poster, Prague, November 1989

A hand-painted A1 poster in blue and red on white paper: a huge blue 'ŠANCE' (chance) with a red sun for the dot, 'pro miliónů 15 000 000' (for millions, 15,000,000) below, and small red and blue slogans: 'Free Christmas', 'Czech nation, wake up!!!' and 'And so in the end there remain truth, hope, love'. The tell is the stack of virtue words addressed to the whole population by a single number.

## Text on the object

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

```
ŠANCE
pro
miliónů
15 000 000

Svobodné VÁNOCE

ČESKÝ NÁRODE PROBUĎ SE !!!

A TAK NAKONEC ZBÝVÁ PRAVDA, NADĚJE, LÁSKA
```

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

```
CHANCE
for
millions
15,000,000

Free CHRISTMAS

CZECH NATION, WAKE UP !!!

AND SO IN THE END THERE REMAIN TRUTH, HOPE, LOVE
```

Read from the 1000 px image. The word before '15 000 000' is hand-lettered and could be 'miliónů' or a shortened form; the reading is the best available. Small slogans are in red and blue brush lettering and are clear.

[← 'Generální stávka 27. 11. = první svobodné volby': student-printed strike poster, November 1989](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/generalni-stavka-27-11-poster-1989/) [Bucharest Domestic Service: Ceausescu's address on the Timisoara events, FBIS Daily Report, 21 December 1989 →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/bucharest-radio-ceausescu-timisoara-address-1989/)

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