Written by admin on 3 December, 2009 – 6:57 am -
As discussed with regard the military theme, the postcard has always been a handy propaganda tool due to its lightweight nature and potential for mass production. Of course it wasn't called satire then, but manufacturers also produced postcards poking fun at political figures of the day and making comment on political events. Joseph & Austen Chamberlain were deemed worthy of ridicule in the period prior to WWI and there were several excellent examples of cards produced which both celebrate and mock the Suffragette movement.
As the twentieth century moved on through the terror and carnage of two world wars, countless other local and not so local conflicts, and the Cold War we saw a fine selection of political postcards from now defunct entities such as the Soviet Union. Other communist states such as Cuba also produced postcards celebrating their success in defying the United States and into the 1980's, when the satire boom of the sixties was replicated, we had postcards surrounding the enigma that was Margaret Hilda Thatcher.
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