"Make art and propaganda one integrated part of the revolutionary mechanism.
Use it as a powerful weapon to organize people, educate people, strike the enemy
and eliminate the enemy!!!"
POSTERS FROM THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION (1966-76)
The following excerpt is from the homepage of the Embassy of the People's Republic of China. It reflects PRC's official interpretation of the events that swept China during this period:
"The `cultural revolution,' which lasted for ten years from May 1966 to October 1976, brought great calamity to the country and the people, causing the most serious setbacks and most damaging losses to both since the founding of the People's Republic of China. Drawing on the support of the broad masses of the Chinese people, the Communist Party of China smashed the Jiang Qing counter-revolutionary clique in October 1976. The end of the disastrous "cultural revolution" marked the beginning of a new era in Chinese history. Since the Third Plenary Session of the CPC Eleventh Central Committee at the end of 1978, China has instituted a policy of reform and opening to the outside world. The errors of the "cultural revolution" and the earlier "Leftist" deviations were rectified. The focus was shifted to modernization centred around the economy; a socialist modernization road with Chinese characteristics was defined".
The posters below are from that period in
the PRC's history. These are part of a collection of small posters (handbills
actually) that was presented to Dr. Dennis Hickey as a gift when he was teaching in
Nanjing, China during 1989-90.
"Make art and propaganda one integrated part of the
revolutionary mechanism.
Use it as a powerful weapon to organize people, educate people, strike the enemy
and eliminate the enemy!!!"
"Go to the farms! To the country's borders!
To the place where the country needs people most!!!"
"Organize the world's people! Kick those American
capitalists' butts! Also the capitalist followers!"
"To the people who have made mistakes in the
past, the CCP will
educate them to give up the wrong opinions. We welcome those
who want to correct mistakes. Welcome comrades to the
revolt!"
"Chairman Mao is the brightest sun in the heart of all
the world's people!"
WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION?
RETURN TO DR. DENNIS HICKEY'S HOME PAGE
Translation of posters provide courtsey of Mr. Emil Wu