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title: Stop! Criminal! (English-language poster distributed in Asia)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/stop-criminal-english-1950-1955/
description: A cartoon of a club-wielding soldier in a fur hat with a red star, labelled 'Communist aggressors', standing over a bloodied figure labelled (2 of 4)
section: Collection
---

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# Stop! Criminal! (English-language poster distributed in Asia)

A cartoon of a club-wielding soldier in a fur hat with a red star, labelled 'Communist aggressors', standing over a bloodied figure labelled 'Republic of Korea', while a giant hand marked 'U.N.' reaches in and a ring of small figures carries national flags. The text says 53 nations condemn the Communist invasion of the Republic of Korea and that peace comes through the United Nations. The tell is name-calling (the label 'communist aggressors' on a brutish figure) with bandwagon (the claim that 53 nations stand together) and fear-appeal in the blood and club imagery.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Name-calling](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/name-calling/) [Bandwagon](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/bandwagon/) [Fear appeal](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/fear-appeal/)

## Text on the object

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

```
STOP! CRIMINAL!

[on the hand:] U.N.
[on the soldier:] COMMUNIST AGGRESSORS
[on the fallen figure:] REPUBLIC OF KOREA

53
United Nations
condemn the criminal
Communist invasion
of the Republic of
Korea!

The Communist
war-makers will be
stopped!

Through United
Nations--Peace!
```

'will' is underlined on the sheet.

[← Stop Criminal! (Chinese-language poster distributed in Asia)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/stop-criminal-chinese-1950-1955/) [Stop Criminal! (Ilocano-language poster distributed in the Philippines) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/stop-criminal-ilocano-1950-1955/)

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