SHANGHAI, CHINA—Shanghai is China’s financial capital. The former Western concession today shows little sign of the many bitter political battles fought over the last century. Tourists throng the Bund ...

One of the common features of communist regimes is the use of art for revolutionary means. Posters in particular have served as beacons of propaganda - vehicles of coercion, instruction, censure and ...

Four Communist-style posters featuring images of Biden and Fauci with mocking messages of COVID-19 mandate compliance appeared across Washington, D.C., over the weekend. Photos and videos of the ...

In the thousands of propaganda posters produced in China between the birth of the People’s Republic in 1949 and the early 1980s, the beaming face of Chairman Mao Zedong watches over a surreal utopia.

“Posters have served as vehicles of persuasion, instruction, damnation and social discourse in every communist nation,” writes editor Ginsberg (The Art of Influence: Asian Propaganda) in the ...

In 1962, Poland (then a communist state) began commissioning local artists to design posters that would promote the state-run circus. At the time, the Communist Party had strict rules about what ...

The Vault is Slate’s history blog. Like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter @slatevault, and find us on Tumblr. Find out more about what this space is all about here. The Communist Party limited most ...

The Gallery of Posters at the X Pavilion of the Warsaw Citadel Museum offers a nostalgic exploration of a bygone era. Between July and September, visitors can view an exhibition featuring artworks ...

On Thursday, the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) filed a lawsuit against California's Clovis Community College, alleging that administrators plotted behind closed doors to take ...