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title: '''Luchamos por la libertad de todos'' [We Fight for the Freedom of All]'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/us-ociaa-luchamos-por-la-libertad-de-todos-kauffer-1941/
description: A stylised helmeted profile in blue, its helmet scattered with stars, is set against red and white stripes that echo the US flag.
section: Collection
---

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[!['Luchamos por la libertad de todos' \[We Fight for the Freedom of All\], 1941 US poster: A stylised helmeted profile in blue](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/us-ociaa-luchamos-por-la-libertad-de-todos-kauffer-1941.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/us-ociaa-luchamos-por-la-libertad-de-todos-kauffer-1941.jpg)

# 'Luchamos por la libertad de todos' [We Fight for the Freedom of All]

A stylised helmeted profile in blue, its helmet scattered with stars, is set against red and white stripes that echo the US flag, under the Spanish line 'We fight for the freedom of all'. Glittering generalities: 'freedom of all' is a virtue phrase that carries the claim without naming an enemy or a programme. Transfer: the flag's colours and stars are laid onto the soldier's helmet to attach national prestige to the war effort.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/) [Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

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

```
LUCHAMOS
POR LA LIBERTAD DE TODOS

Publicado por El Coordinador de Asuntos Interamericanos, Washington, E. U. A.

[signature:] E McKnight Kauffer
```

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

```
WE FIGHT
FOR THE FREEDOM OF ALL

Published by the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, Washington, U.S.A.

[signature:] E McKnight Kauffer
```

[← Un "Liberator" dans l'Action \[A "Liberator" in action\]](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/us-ociaa-liberator-dans-laction-french-1941/) [Lutamos pela Liberdade de Todos \[We fight for the freedom of all\] →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/us-ociaa-lutamos-pela-liberdade-de-todos-kauffer-portuguese-1941/)

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