How and What to Tell a Communist
Title
How and What to Tell a Communist
Subject
American propaganda in the Cold War
Description
[ID: Article with a drawing of two men at a table, one of them pointing at the other. The title reads, "How and What to Tell a Communist." The text below says:
"Don't look for physical differences when you try to spot a Communist. Communists are all kinds of people in all walks of life and of all races.
A Communist is anyone who believes in the Russian system of government, whereby those who govern own everything and control all the activities of all the people.
A Comunist is loyal only to Soviet Russia. As a member of the Communist Party he is dedicated for life to the protection of the U.S.S.R. and to the establishment of Communism throughout the world.
A Communist will usually deny that he is a Communist. There are many Communists who are not in reality card-carrying members of the party.
But both types of Communists carry on the same work, although the second type cannot let it be known that he is a member. His real value to the party is in indoctrinating those unsuspecting people in key positions with government agencies, schools, unions, and churches with Communistic philosophies.
When a Communist goes to work on you tell him that you are on to him and his dirty game.
Tell him, further, that you think it your patriotic duty to make his activities known to other and to the police.
Tell him that you know no tactics are too low for a Communist: lying, cheating, betrayal, ruin, and even murder. But be suire to tell him too, that America is on the alrt and that his scheme for world domination is doomed to failure." /end ID]
Analysis
Deliberate: premeditated
Systemic: part of a methodical and regular campaign by American corporations
Attempt: perceptual, cognitive, behavioral
Shaping Perceptions: language ("Communist" "loyal" "Soviet Russia" "dirty game" "indoctrinating" "patriotic duty" "world domination" "doomed"), image (Communist man, American man)
Achieve a Response: anti-Communist perception, sentiment, and behavior
"Don't look for physical differences when you try to spot a Communist. Communists are all kinds of people in all walks of life and of all races.
A Communist is anyone who believes in the Russian system of government, whereby those who govern own everything and control all the activities of all the people.
A Comunist is loyal only to Soviet Russia. As a member of the Communist Party he is dedicated for life to the protection of the U.S.S.R. and to the establishment of Communism throughout the world.
A Communist will usually deny that he is a Communist. There are many Communists who are not in reality card-carrying members of the party.
But both types of Communists carry on the same work, although the second type cannot let it be known that he is a member. His real value to the party is in indoctrinating those unsuspecting people in key positions with government agencies, schools, unions, and churches with Communistic philosophies.
When a Communist goes to work on you tell him that you are on to him and his dirty game.
Tell him, further, that you think it your patriotic duty to make his activities known to other and to the police.
Tell him that you know no tactics are too low for a Communist: lying, cheating, betrayal, ruin, and even murder. But be suire to tell him too, that America is on the alrt and that his scheme for world domination is doomed to failure." /end ID]
Analysis
Deliberate: premeditated
Systemic: part of a methodical and regular campaign by American corporations
Attempt: perceptual, cognitive, behavioral
Shaping Perceptions: language ("Communist" "loyal" "Soviet Russia" "dirty game" "indoctrinating" "patriotic duty" "world domination" "doomed"), image (Communist man, American man)
Achieve a Response: anti-Communist perception, sentiment, and behavior
Source
"Reds Eat." 2010, The Jury Box. Image. Accessed February, 2022. https://mcns.wordpress.com/2010/08/06/how-and-what-to-tell-a-communist/.
Original Format
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Citation
“How and What to Tell a Communist,” American History of Propaganda, accessed November 19, 2024, https://ahop.reclaim.hosting/items/show/40.