Designer: Art and Revolution Group of the Second Company of the Fifth Battalion of the Shanghai Cultural System (上海文化系统五营二连美术革命组)
1970
Prepare for war, prepare for famine, for the people
Bei zhan, bei huang, wei renmin (备战、 备荒、 为人民)
Publisher: Shanghai renmin meishu chubanshe (上海人民美术出版社)
Size: 53x77 cm.
Call number: BG E12/532 (IISH collection)

The threat of an invasion by the Soviet Union or America plays an important role in propaganda, to keep the population in a constant state of alertness. The slogan "Prepare for war, prepare for famine, for the people" (Bei zhan, bei huang, wei renmin 备战、 备荒、 为人民) was proposed by Mao Zedong in 1965.