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Nuclear Power.jpeg
The image is from the main state-controlled newspaper in the USSR. It was used as a way to defend Soviet nuclear weapons to defend the USSR, and to establish the Soviet Union's power over United States' security.

Translation says: "Comrade J.V…

Red Army.jpeg
The context of the image is to state that the Red Army is for peace, and is protecting the dove from the Western (hateful and evil) forces.

The men in suits at the bottom of the image represent the American side. One man is holding a paper that…

Space Race Propaganda.jpeg
Translation: “Glory! To the Soviet people, pioneers of the cosmos!”

It is an image of a cosmonaut brandishing the Soviet hammer and sickle. Each of the red stars resembles one of the Vostok Space Missions.

The Space Race was one of the many…

American soldiers examining aerial photographs in the battle of Iwo Jima

Death_train_from_Iaşi.jpg
This train is transporting Jewish prisoners from Iasi, Romania to an extermination camp.

Black_Panther_Party_poster.jpg
The image depicts a poster for a rally put on by the Black Panther Party in early 1971. Speakers Huey P Newton and Kathleen Cleaver with music by the Grateful Dead.
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