Eugene V. Debs (1855-1926) ran for president five times as a candidate for the Socialist Party of America. In 1912, he received 6% of the popular votes, an all-time high for a Socialist candidate (in 1956, the last time the Socialist Party ran a candidate, 0.7% of the votes, as many as the Prohibitionist Party)
This is his 1904 campaign poster. It shows various icons of "American progress": cowboys, miners, factories, railroads, a barber pole, and, at the top, two men voting for Debs and his vice president Ben Hanford.
I was interested in the buffed, shirtless guy on the right. I wondered if Socialists and Communists produced any more beefcake posters.
Jackpot! This poster from the Swedish Worker's Party shows a buffed guy trying to push the time ahead as he advises us to "Continue the Welfare Policy."
May 1st is International Workers' Day, a big holiday in the Communist world, but I guess this shirtless guy didn't get the day off. I think it's Latvian.
My Russian isn't very good, especially cursive, but I think it's saying "conserve water -- shower with a friend."
Um..in just seven days, I can make you a man?
More after the break
Sports and art.
The Parade of Shirtless Athletes, Moscow, 1956
And one from China inviting us to go swimming for the good of the party.
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