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On May 1st, Helsinki’s streets were awash with red as the city’s communist organizations marched in solidarity, echoing a century-long tradition of advocating for workers’ rights and social justice.
On May 1st, Helsinki’s streets were awash with red as the city’s communist organizations marched in solidarity, echoing a century-long tradition of advocating for workers’ rights and social justice.
EN:
A bold red banner waves through the streets of Helsinki during May Day 2025, declaring the historic Marxist slogan: “Workers of the world, unite!” Written in Finnish as Kaikkien maiden proletaarit, liittykää yhteen!, the call echoes across generations of labor movements, uniting people in struggle for equality, dignity, and collective power. The Finnish Communist Party (SKP) stands proudly in the background, upholding a tradition of international solidarity on this global workers’ holiday.
FI:
Helsingin kaduilla Vapun 2025 aikana liehuu kirkkaanpunainen lakana, jossa lukee klassinen marxilainen iskulause: “Kaikkien maiden proletaarit, liittykää yhteen!” Tämä työväenliikkeen historiallinen viesti kokoaa ihmisiä yhteen taistelemaan tasa-arvon, ihmisarvon ja yhteisen voiman puolesta. Taustalla näkyvä Suomen Kommunistinen Puolue (SKP) jatkaa kansainvälisen solidaarisuuden perinnettä maailmanlaajuisen työväen juhlapäivänä.
On May 1st, Helsinki’s streets were awash with red as the city’s communist organizations marched in solidarity, echoing a century-long tradition of advocating for workers’ rights and social justice.
Workers of The World, Unite! (1975)
Shanghai Foreign Trade Bureau
The title is the famour final phrase of Marx and Engels' Communist Manifesto of 1848. Posters of the 1970s promoting international social groups, emphasised China's perceived position as leader of the World's proletariat. They often used stock depictions of different nationalities.
[William Morris Gallery]
Part of Cultural Revolution: State graphics in China from the 1960s to the 1970s
(February to May 2019)
In 1942 Chairman Mao Zedong declared that all art should serve the worker, peasant and soldier. During the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (1966-76) this policy was vigorously implemented.
Images of the leader appeared everywhere: bold, colourful posters combined text and image to promote political messages. The predominant colour was red – colour of the revolution – and when Mao was shown it was always amid a glowing light.
Traditional landscape styles were reimagined and now incorporated symbols of modern and industrial achievement. Even the traditional folk art of the delicate papercut, used to decorate windows at home, promoted ‘Mao Zedong Thought’.
This exhibition displays a selection of Cultural Revolution propaganda posters, revolutionary landscapes, images of the leader and intricate papercuts all of which were collected in China during the 1970s.
[William Morris Gallery]