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title: Dove stabbed by a hammer and sickle
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/yaf-dove-hammer-and-sickle-1969/
description: A landscape poster in white, red and black shows a white dove carrying an olive branch with the blade of a large red hammer and sickle driven into its…
section: Collection
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[![Dove stabbed by a hammer and sickle](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/yaf-dove-hammer-and-sickle-1969.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/yaf-dove-hammer-and-sickle-1969.jpg)

# Dove stabbed by a hammer and sickle

A landscape poster in white, red and black shows a white dove carrying an olive branch with the blade of a large red hammer and sickle driven into its back. Red drops fall from the wound and form a star below. The tell is the transfer of stigma: the Soviet emblem is placed on the attacker and the peace symbol is cast as its victim, so the picture asserts a link between calls for peace and Communist aims. The only text is the distributor line.

## Text on the object

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

```
DISTRIBUTED BY: YOUNG AMERICANS FOR FREEDOM
1221 MASSACHUSETTS AVE., N.W., WASHINGTON, D. C. 20005
```

The dove, olive branch, hammer and sickle and star are drawn images with no lettering.

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