The caption says: “STAY ON THE JOB UNTIL EVERY MUDERING JAP IS WIPED OUT!”. Note that such style of propaganda wouldn't be used today on American audience because the social climate has changed. The racial tone would create a backlash.
US poster from WWII, urging citizens to increase production. The heads that appear are those of Adolf Hitler and Hideki Tojo.
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Note the ungrammatical phrase there. It reinforces the idea that Japanese do not speak our language. Also note the Asian-styled typeface, and the evilized Japanese facial characteristics.
US poster during WWII.
img srcUS poster during WWII. The caption reads “THIS IS THE ENEMY”.
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This piece works because majority of white Americans are Christians.
This painting (circa 1872) by John Gast called American Progress is an allegorical representation of Manifest Destiny. In the scene, an angelic woman (sometimes identified as Columbia, a 19th century personification of the United States) carries the light of “civilization” westward with American settlers, stringing telegraph wire as she travels. American Indians and wild animals flee—or lead the way—into the darkness of the “uncivilized” West.
Ten thousand miles from tip to tip — Philadelphia Press.«US PSYOP leaflet disseminated in Iraq. It shows a caricature of Al-Zarqawi caught in a rat trap. The caption reads “This is your future, Zarqawi” (هذا مستقبلك يا زرقاوي)»
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Bolshevik propaganda poster of
Leon Trotsky
slaying the dragon of counter-revolution, 1918.
The picture alludes to an icon of St. George (Георгий Победоносец) slaying a dragon, popular in the Russian Orthodox church. The inscription on the worm says Counter-revolution.
North Korean propaganda showing a soldier destroying the United States Capitol.«Chinese poster saying: “We'll destroy old world and build new.”. Classical example of the Red art from the early Cultural Revolution. Worker crushes the crucifix, Buddha and classical Chinese texts with his hammer; 1966»
img srcFrames from Japanese propaganda animation using Mickey Mouse. The date of this animation seems to be 1934.
More info at: 〔1934 Japanese cartoon with evil Mickey Mouse By Mark Frauenfelder. @ www.boingboing.net…〕
Other propaganda in animation:
“Nimus Libere”. US cartoon characters bomb Frence. @ www.youtube.com…
“Scrap The Japs” (1942). Popeye sinking Jap warship. @ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwLNid_hBTM
