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This poster was made by the OSPAAAL, which is Spanish for Organization of Solidarity with the Peoples of Asia, Africa and Latin America, the three continents mentioned in the poster. The poster is translated into English, French and Arabic.

9 May marks the anniversary of the surrender of Nazi Germany in 1945 and was a national celebration in the Soviet Union (the День Победы, Victory Day). It was an important date in Soviet propaganda, carrying a lot of meaning: It was above all a Soviet victory, since the Soviet Union contributed greatly to the war effort (the Red Army inflicted aroudn 80% of the casualties in the Wehrmacht, the German army) and was responsible for conquering Berlin.

This poster celebrates the October revolution. It references “All power to the soviets!”, a Bolshevik slogan which became one of the symbols of the revolution. Poster by V. Sachkov, 1989.

This poster references the motto of the Soviet Pioneers - Всегда готов!, “Be ready!”. Specifically, pioneers would answer the call “Пионер, к борьбе за дело Коммунистической партии Советского Союза будь готов!” (Pioneers, for the struggle for the cause of the communist party of the Soviet Union be ready!) with “Всегда готов!” (Always ready!). First item: A. Dobrov, 1964

This poster is related to the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan from the end of 1979 to 1989.

This poster calls for a boycott of South African fruit imports.

The title is a rough transliteration of “на здоровье, товарищ Гагарин”, and references the flight of Yuri Gagarin into space on 12 April 1961 - thus “proving” that there’s no God. This picture was made by militant-blog.org, an Italian political collective.