--- title: 농민의 고혈을 짜는 공산당! (The Communists Who Squeeze the Farmers' Blood), leaflet 1243 url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/un-command-leaflet-1243-farmers-tax-1952/ description: Korean-language leaflet for North Korean farmers. A capped serpent-monster coils over a farmer whose blood drips into a basket of produce, under the… section: Collection --- [Collection](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/) **Content note:** Caricature of officials as a serpent-monster, with a farmer's blood dripping into a basket. This object is shown as it was published. [Why](https://propagandaarchive.org/about/#as-it-was) [![농민의 고혈을 짜는 공산당! (The Communists Who Squeeze the Farmers' Blood), leaflet 1243](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/un-command-leaflet-1243-farmers-tax-1952.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/un-command-leaflet-1243-farmers-tax-1952.jpg) # 농민의 고혈을 짜는 공산당! (The Communists Who Squeeze the Farmers' Blood), leaflet 1243 Korean-language leaflet for North Korean farmers. A capped serpent-monster coils over a farmer whose blood drips into a basket of produce, under the title 'The Communists who squeeze the farmers' blood'. Three cartoon panels follow: an official taking notes on a 'tremendous tax in kind', a farmer bent under sacks labelled with party and local-office titles, and an empty-handed farmer given only a certificate. The tell is a one-sided ledger of burdens plus the monster image for the opponent. ## Text on the object Original (Korean (Hangul)) · read from the image, not independently checked ``` [Left, beneath serpent drawing:] 농민의 고혈을 짜는 공산당 ! [Black banners across the top of the panels:] 북한 농민들이여 / 공산당을 위하야 일하지 말라 ! 쌀을 감추라 ! [Panel 1 caption:] 굉장한 현물세 [serial in corner: 1243] [Panel 2, sack labels:] 농업지도원 / 자위대원 [uncertain] / 선전부원 / 연맹위원회 [uncertain] / 세포위원장 / [illegible, on the running man's pack] [Panel 2 caption:] 엄청난 성출 ! [Panel 3 caption:] 농민의 보수는 ! [Panel 3, paper in the farmer's hand:] [illegible] ``` English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader) ``` [Left] The Communists who squeeze the farmers' blood! [Banners] North Korean farmers! Do not work for the Communists! Hide your rice! [Panel 1] A tremendous tax in kind. [Panel 2, sacks] Agricultural instructor / self-defence member [uncertain] / propaganda officer / league committee [uncertain] / cell chairman. Enormous levies! [Panel 3] The farmer's reward! ``` Photocopy-quality scan. Sack labels are small and partly guessed, informed by the labels the cited paper lists; two are marked uncertain. The paper's own figure caption at the bottom edge is not part of the leaflet and is omitted. 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