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I thought it funny also. Seems the authors were using more Fascist tactics
to project to the "communists" than actual Stalinist tactics. Funny and sad.
I never saw this comic before, so for me it was a first. But I always
"enjoyed" the 1950s/1960s communist take over films like "Red Nightmare"
(1957, starting Jack Webb), a kind of "docudrama" film ("But father, I'm
going to join the Commune and raise beets..." says the daughter in the
film).Or the 1952 flick "Invasions, U.S.A." where an unnamed "Enemy"
invades the West coast. Lots of fun...
David
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Re: [Marxism] Fwd: scans_daily | Is This Tomorrow: America Under Communism!
POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. * On 2016-12-05 04:00, Louis Proyect via Marxism wrote: Is This Tomorrow envisions, step by step, how a communist takeover of America might take place Hahahaha, this was absolutely hilarious! I haven't seen one in many years, but I always got a kick watching such cold war propaganda films, usually black and white shorts on 16mm from the 50's. But I remember there was even such a Hollywood drama made well into the 80's, by which time they were a little more sophisticated but still quite laughable. Of course these have to be viewed strictly as comedy, so for humorless types (or if you're just in a bad mood) it will appear as one after another outrageous depictions of communists. You just have to remember that authors of such material can only project their own inclinations on the scary communists they're portraying. So when this comic shows "communists" using ethnic intolerance, control of the press and education, and arresting dissidents, these are just the means that they could imagine using themselves. Or that they have used, come to think of it. - Jeff full: https://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/4815872.html _ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
Re: [Marxism] Fwd: scans_daily | Is This Tomorrow: America Under Communism!
POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. * by coincidence Jack Chick died in October On Sun, Dec 4, 2016 at 10:00 PM, Louis Proyect via Marxism < marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu> wrote: > POSTING RULES & NOTES > #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. > #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. > #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. > * > > These scans are from a one-shot propaganda comic. Created in 1947 by an > uncredited writer and artist, and issued by the Catechetical Guild > Education Society, a Roman Catholic publisher, Is This Tomorrow envisions, > step by step, how a communist takeover of America might take place. While > the scenario isn't entirely implausible (we're not talking anywhere near > Chick Tract-level distortion of reality, here), it does call for more than > a little suspension of disbelief in places. And snark. Let's not forget the > snark. > > full: https://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/4815872.html > _ > Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm > Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/opt > ions/marxism/acpollack2%40gmail.com > _ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
[Marxism] Fwd: scans_daily | Is This Tomorrow: America Under Communism!
POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. * These scans are from a one-shot propaganda comic. Created in 1947 by an uncredited writer and artist, and issued by the Catechetical Guild Education Society, a Roman Catholic publisher, Is This Tomorrow envisions, step by step, how a communist takeover of America might take place. While the scenario isn't entirely implausible (we're not talking anywhere near Chick Tract-level distortion of reality, here), it does call for more than a little suspension of disbelief in places. And snark. Let's not forget the snark. full: https://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/4815872.html _ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
