Rot Front (Red Front)

During the Weimar Republic, the Communist Party of Germany established the Roter Frontkämpferbund (RFB),or “Alliance of Red Front-­‐‑Fighters,” a paramilitary organization. The greeting “Rot Front!,” accompanied by a raised clenched fist, became a symbol of the RFB. This image of a giant Rot Front fighter, trampling Western banks and stock exchange buildings, is accompanied by a poem by a popular Russian-­‐‑Ukrainian Soviet poet-­‐‑propagandist Demyan Bedny (1883–1945). Bedny’s lines promise the imminent end of the word “capital,” crushed by the worldwide alliance of the Red Front fighters. –Constructing Revolution: Soviet Propaganda Between the World Wars, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, Maine

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The posters in this series reflect the conflicts the American political system has been experiencing during the turbulent period between 2010-2020. They are meant to encourage an exploration and a dialogue about the cultural minefield we now find ourselves in.