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Piho, E., Tell us exactly in what way we limit your initiative!, Rutgers & McGraw Hill, 1970s

According to Ewing (1977), employee stultification is a feature common to all bureaucracies. As a hierarchy, bureaucracy always seeks control and…

Tags: Art, Bureacracy, Cartoons, Freedom, Posters, Satire

Rabinovich, Y., The "most promising" employee, Rutgers, 1964

"Poet: Tumarinson, G.

This boss is generous with promises—
He may make hundreds of promises...
But all his claims are simple proofs
Of his…

Tags: Art, Cartoons, Corruption, Empty Promises, Posters, Satire

Rabinovich, Y. - First photo; Tsvetkov, A. - Second photo, The Guide!, Rutgers, Chatham House, & Harcourt Brace, 1969 - first photo; 1965 - second photo

First photo: In this cartoon we see a Mertonian bureaucratic personality emerge as a result of overemphasizing the importance of rules in sustaining…

Tags: Art, Bureaucracy, Cartoons, Organizations, Rules, Satire, The Fighting Pencil

Rozantsev, V., SOS, Rutgers, 1970s

This cartoon is the brilliant takes on how emergency situations are handled by bureaucratic organizations. Here, the only responses of the bureaucrat…

Tags: Art, Bureaucracy, Cartoons, Emergency, Satire, SOS, Trained Incapacity

Semenov, B., Once upon a time there lived an old man and his wife…, Rutgers, 1974

Poet: Smirnovski, S. “The Fighting Pencil” group, 1974

1. There once lived an elderly couple
Who peacefully ate their porridge with milk.
When…

Tags: Abuse, Art, Commentary, Domestic Violence, Fighting Pencil

Semenov, B., Plant director!, Rutgers, 1974

"Poet: Shumilin, V. “The Fighting Pencil” group, 1974
He took a nap, showed no reaction
To the pollution by his plant
And only then he sprang to…

Tags: Art, Cartoons, Corruption, Director, Plant, Pollution, Satire, The Fighting Pencil

Semenov, B., Well? Has the commission left?, Rutgers, 1964

"“The Fighting Pencil” group, 1964

“A cement plant is situated two miles away from the town of Sukhoi
Log, Sverdlovsk region. The area around it…

Tags: Art, Cartoons, Cement, Cement Plant, Pollution, Satire, The Fighting Pencil

Semenov, B., They raised a newbreed of chicken, Rutgers, 1970

"Poet: Smirnovsky, S. “The Fighting Pencil” group
They have raised long-legged chicken
That can walk this muddy trail.
They would rather do the…

Tags: Art, Cartoons, Chicken, Futility, Satire, The Fighting Pencil

Semenov, B. - First photo; Belomlinsky, M. - Second photo, Cantata in honor of inflated staff, Rutgers, 1959

"First photo: Poets: Tolmachev, D., and M. Romanov “The Fighting Pencil” group, 1959
They play their abaci like some virtuoso,
With pay raises,…

Tags: Art, Bureaucracy, Cartoons, Expenses, Inflated Staff, Redundant Staff, Satire, The Fighting Pencil

Shcheglov, Y., Young man, why did you choose this particular college? Dad, don't ask stupid questions!, Rutgers, 1983

Nepotism abounds.

Tags: Art, Cartoons, Nepotism, Satire