Archive for the 'Communists' Category
Recent Florida International University Class Visits to The Wolfsonian Library
• February 10, 2017 • 1 CommentPosted in 1920s, 1930s, African American History, American left artists, American war propaganda, Artists, book art, Communism, Communist Party of the United States, Communist Party of the United States of America, Communists, displays, donations, Fascism, FIU students, Florida International University, Florida International University students, Francis Xavier Luca, gender, gifts, graphic arts, graphic designers, History Department, Hugo Gellert (1892-1985), International Labor Defense (ILD), leftist artists, Leonard A. Lauder, library donors, Lin Shi Khan, Lynd Ward (1905-1985), memorabilia, museums, Nazi propaganda, New Deal, New Deal (1933-1939), New Deal era, persuasive arts, political art, Popular Front, posters, prohibition, propaganda, propaganda arts, propaganda posters, racism, school visits to The Wolfsonian, Scottsboro Trial, Soviet Union, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, trains, war propaganda, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU library, women, World War II
Tags: 1930s, Adolf Hitler, African-Americans, anti-lynching campaigns, Autobahn, Blues, Communist Party of the United States (CPUSA) International Labor Defense (ILD), Great Depression, Harlem Renaissance, highways, infrastructure construction, Jazz, lynchings, memory, New Deal, New Negro, race, Race trials, racism, railways, roads, Scottsboro Trial (Alabama), stereotypes, U.S. One
TROUBLED U.S.-RUSSIAN RELATIONS, FROM 1917 TO TODAY: A WOLFSONIAN REFLECTION
• December 30, 2016 • Leave a CommentPosted in Communism, Communists, Constructivism, donations, First World War (1914-1918), Francis Xavier Luca, graphic arts, graphic designers, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., persuasive arts, political art, postcards, posters, propaganda, propaganda arts, propaganda posters, rare books and special collections library, Russia, Soviet Union, Steve Heller, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian-FIU library, World War (1914-1918), World War I, WWI
Tags: Alexander Kerensky, American intervention, Barrack Obama, Bolsheviks, C.I.A., cartoons, Cyberattacks, destabilization, diplomacy, Donald Trump, First World War (1914-1918), hacking, John Reed's 10 Days That Shook the World, Leon Trotsky, Louis Raemaekers (1869-1956), Mitchell Wolfson Jr., propaganda, Propaganda posters, Provisional Government (Russia), regime change, ROSTA, Russian Civil War, Russian revolution, Russian Telegraph Agency (St. Petersburg Russia), sanctions, Sergey V. Lavrov, Soviet Union, U.S. presidential election (November 2016), U.S.-Russian relations, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Vlacheslav Polonskii (1886-1932), Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (Lenin), Vladimir Ivanovich Lebedev (1894-1966), Vladimir Lenin, Vladimir Putin, World War I
Long Shot: Populist Politician and Presidential Contender Huey Pierce Long Assassinated This Day In History
• September 8, 2016 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1930s, American left artists, Artists, Communist Party of the United States of America, Communists, exhibitions, Fascism, Great Depression, Hugo Gellert, Hugo Gellert (1892-1985), leftist artists, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, New Deal era, political art, propaganda, propaganda arts, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian library exhibits, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU library, Wolfsonian-FIU library exhibitions
Tags: assassinations, bridges, crown of thorns, demogogues, Every Man A King (campaign song), Francis Xavier Luca, governors, Great Depression, highways, Huey Pierce Long (1893-1935), Hugo Gellert (1892-1985), Ku Klux Klan, library installations, Louisiana, Populists, presidential contenders, presidential elections, Senators, Share Our Wealth society, The Politics of -Isms (library installation)
Sacco and Vanzetti Executed on This Day in History: A Wolfsonian Reflection
• August 23, 2016 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1920s, American left artists, Communists, Francis Xavier Luca, leftist artists, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian library exhibits, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library, Wolfsonian-FIU library exhibitions
Tags: Anarchism, Anarchists, Bartolomeo Vanzetti (1888-1927), Death penalty cases, electric chair, exhibition installations, Hugo Gellert (1892-1985), Italian-American immigrants, Luigi Galleani (1861-1931), Nicola Sacco (1891-1927), Peppino Mangravite (1896-1978), Rockwell Kent (1882-1971), Sacco and Vanzetti, Slater and Morrill Shoe Company robbery (1920), Trials, Wall Street bombing (Sept. 16 1920), Webster Thayer (1857-1933), Wolfsonian-FIU library installations
Political Isms: A New Wolfsonian Library Installation Opens To the Public
• August 18, 2016 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1930s, Adolf Hitler caricatures, American left artists, Anti-Nazi propaganda, anti-Semitism, antisemitism, Communist Party of the United States, Communist Party of the United States of America, Communists, Fascism, FDR, Francis Xavier Luca, Hugo Gellert, Hugo Gellert (1892-1985), leftist artists, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., New Deal, New Deal (1933-1939), New Deal era, persuasive arts, political art, propaganda, propaganda arts, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library, Wolfsonian-FIU library exhibitions
Tags: Charles Edward Coughlin (1891-1979), Communism, Demagogues, Fascism, Father Coughlin, Francis Townsend, Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945), Gerald L. K. Smith, Huey Pierce Long (1893-1935), Hugo Gellert (1892-1985), isms, National Union for Social Justice, Nazism, presidential elections, Share the Wealth movement, Socialism, the "radio priest", William Randolph Hearst (1863-1951)
From the United States, to the Philippines, to Tokyo, to Cuba: BAA & NEH Scholars Visit The Wolfsonian–FIU
• June 18, 2016 • 1 CommentPosted in 1920s, 1930s, African American History, Alabama, American left artists, architecture, Artists, colonial propaganda, colonialism, Communist Party of the United States, Communist Party of the United States of America, Communists, curator, displays, exhibitions, Far East, FIU, FIU community, Florida International University, Francis Xavier Luca, Frederic A. Sharf, graphic arts, Japan, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, leftist artists, library donors, museums, Philippine American War, Philippine-American War (1899-1902), Philippines, Photograph albums, racism, rare books and special collections library, Rochelle T. Pienn, War Photography, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU exhibitions, Wolfsonian-FIU library
Tags: African-Americans, Al Jolson, Anti-communism, Art Deco, Bavarian American Academy, Bayerische Amerika-Akademie, block print books, death penalty, Dr. Amy Bliss Marshall, Dr. Hitomi Yoshio, Dr. Steven Heine, electric chair, Felix Lewis, Francis Xavier Luca, Hap Hadley, Japan, Josephine Baker, Koizumi Kishio (1893-1945), Lidu Yi, lino-cut books, Mac Harshberger (1900-1975), National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), Nicolae Harsanyi, Philippines, Promising Paradise: Cuban Allure--American Seduction (exhibition), Quit Cryin' the Blues, racism, Remembering Tokyo (exhibit), Rochelle Pienn, Scottsboro Boys, Scottsboro Trial (Alabama), stereotypes, summer institutes, summer programs, Tokyo: High City and Low City, United States
A Dedication to Liberty: A Wolfsonian—FIU Reflection on the Anniversary of the Dedication of the Statue of Liberty
• October 28, 2015 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1930s, Alabama, American left artists, American war propaganda, Armistice Day, Artists, Children's propaganda books, Communist Party of the United States of America, Communists, Fascism, First World War (1914-1918), gifts, graphic arts, graphic designers, Hugo Gellert (1892-1985), international expositions, Italy, leftist artists, Leonard A. Lauder, library donors, Nazism, political art, postcards, posters, propaganda, propaganda arts, propaganda posters, Scottsboro Trial, Second World War (1939-1945), The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Uncategorized, Vicki Gold Levi, war propaganda, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU library, women, World War (1914-1918), World War (1939-1945), World War I, World War II, WWI, WWII
Tags: Alexandre Gustave Eiffel (1832-1923), “Liberty Enlightening the World”, Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc (1814-1879), France, Frederic Auguste Bartholdi (1834-1904), Hugo Gellert (1892-1985), John Q. Public, Ku Klux Klan, Lady Liberty, Marianne, Natacha Carlu, Statue of Liberty, U.S. President Grover Cleveland, Vaughn Shoemaker (1902-1991), Victory Gold Levi Collection
