"Let's make him a front-rank worker."
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"Poet: Lezunov, B. “The Fighting Pencil” group, 1972
They give everything to the hero
But ignore the working team:
Here they set records
Only for show!
In the former Soviet Union the highest form of non-monetary appraisal was the honorary degree ""Hero of Socialist Labor"" (although, in an economy where almost everything was distributed and demand was overpowering supply, this could turn into material benefits as well). This title was usually awarded to people who set record achievements in industry, for example coal mining (although scientists who had inventions were sometimes also awarded this title). For public relations purposes, many organizations strove hard to have their own heroes of socialist labor, so they created exceptional conditions for some workers to excel, while ignoring the rest."
Belomlinsky, M.
Rutgers
Rutgers
1972
Rutgers
Source: Holzer, M., Illiash, I., Gabrielian, V., & Kuznestsova, L. (2010). Red Tape from Red Square:Bureaucratic Commentary in Soviet Graphic Satirical Art. Poughkeepsie, NY: NetPublications
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Russian
Artwork
Art, Satire, Cartoons, Soviet Union, Heroes of Socialist Labor, Socialism, Fighting Pencil
Russia
Our department is ahead again!
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"Poet: Yefimovsky, Y. “The Fighting Pencil” group, 1981
This road has just been completed,
But it won’t stay smooth for long.
For as the builders are retreating,
The pipeline’s coming right along."
Belomlinsky, M.
Rutgers
Rutgers
1981
Rutgers
Source: Holzer, M., Illiash, I., Gabrielian, V., & Kuznestsova, L. (2010). Red Tape from Red Square:Bureaucratic Commentary in Soviet Graphic Satirical Art. Poughkeepsie, NY: NetPublications
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Russian
Artwork
The Fighting Pencil, Art, Satire, Cartoons, Roads, Irony
Russia
For Whom The Bell Tolled
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Political ‘cartoon’ of Arkansas governor Orval Eugene Faubus being held down by the Liberty Bell. The Bell has been inscribed with “Little Rock School Board Education.” He has been soundly defeated by the school board’s decision to oust him so his segregation views can no longer delay and block the equal education of African-Americans. He had been a stout believer in segregation, and thought that having African-Americans in the school would increase violence. Despite using the National Guard, petitions, and referendums, he was still defeated by equal progression and schools became integrated.<br /> <br />Even though the Federal District Court had ordered integration, Faubus did everything in his power to keep the races separate, including closing schools and forcing teachers to continue coming to work despite having no students. It became known as the Lost Year, as he managed to deprive everyone of an education, both black and white, causing even more tension between the races. It finally ended in May 1959, when three segregationist members of the school board were replaced with three moderate ones. The new board rehired fired teachers, reopened the schools, and ensured that integration would stay in place. In order to make up for Faubus’ stubbornness, they had to open the schools earlier, on August 12, 1959. Though tensions were still thick between the races, Little Rock continued to keep its doors open for everyone.
Bill Maudlin
https://cdn.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/04300/04327_150px.jpg
Library of Congress
May 27 1959
Library of Congress
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None
Medium: Drawing.
English
Cartoon
Arkansas, Orval Eugene Faubus, Cartoons, Little Rock Schools, African-Americans, Segregation, Racism, Integration
Arkansas
I need those who fit this measure…
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"The real interest of the party-state-managerial nomenklatura was “in maintaining at any cost their privileged position in society because it allowed them to grab the biggest share of the national product. The chief criteria of personnel selection within the nomenklatura were not competence or professionalism, but obedience and personal loyalty to leaders at the higher level. Administrators
and managers were not elected or even rotated, but were appointed through the nomenklatura networks of patronage and nepotism. The ruling elite was increasingly transformed into a privileged caste and an antielite, whose members stood above the law and the rest of society” (Chubarov, 2001, p. 146).
A. D. Sakharov, a great Soviet scientist and a well-known dissident, wrote in this regard:
The whole manner of getting a job and advancement is very strongly connected with the interrelationships within the system. Each important administrator has attached to him personally certain people who move with him from place to place as he is transferred. There is something irresistible about this and it seems to be a kind of law of our state structure (in Brown et al, 1982, p. 264)."
Cherepanov, Y.
Rutgers
Rutgers
1965
Rutgers
Source: Holzer, M., Illiash, I., Gabrielian, V., & Kuznestsova, L. (2010). Red Tape from Red Square:Bureaucratic Commentary in Soviet Graphic Satirical Art. Poughkeepsie, NY: NetPublications
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Medium: Poster
Russian
Artwork
Cartoons, Art, Satire, Obedience, Loyalty, Nomenklatura, Soviet Union, Corruption
Russia
Try to hit the target!
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Cover of Krokodil [Crocodile] satirical magazine, No. 17, 1965
Inscriptions on the papers: “Complaint,” “Application,”
“Request,” and “Appeal.”
To access “the holy body” of even minor public servants has been traditionally one of the greatest problems for petitioners seeking help or support, or submitting complaints. Armies of doormen, secretaries, assistants, etc. have inhabited offices of different bureaucracies, making personal meetings of ordinary people with “decision “makers” close to impossible. The artist presented this
situation as a futile effort to hit the desirable target—to be received by the boss of an office—exposing numerous levels of the bureaucratic organization and the wastefulness of time and human resources they entail.
Fiodorov, Y
Rutgers
Rutgers
1965
Rutgers
Source:
Holzer, M., Illiash, I., Gabrielian, V., & Kuznestsova, L. (2010). Red Tape from Red Square:Bureaucratic Commentary in Soviet Graphic Satirical Art. Poughkeepsie, NY: NetPublicaions
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Poster
Russian
Artwork
Art, Satire, Bureaucracy, Futility, Waste, Cartoons, Crocodile, Magazine
Russia
Horror of the bureaucrat
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Cover of Krokodil [Crocodile] satirical magazine, No. 18, 1936
—It is terrible to think that every one of them
is not just a visitor but also a voter.
Ganf, Y
Rutgers
Rutgers
1936
Rutgers
Source:
Holzer, M., Illiash, I., Gabrielian, V., & Kuznestsova, L. (2010). Red Tape from Red Square:Bureaucratic Commentary in Soviet Graphic Satirical Art. Poughkeepsie, NY: NetPublications
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Russian
Artwork
Art, Satire, Cartoons, Bureaucracy, Crocodile, Magazine
Russia
And you say, go swimming!
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"Poet: Kapralova, V. “The Fighting Pencil” group, 1978
A solution that can be applied
To this river’s apparent plight
Is to post signs “Attention, wet paint!”
To prevent swimmers from getting stained."
Kovenchuk, G.
Rutgers
Rutgers
1978
Rutgers
Source: Holzer, M., Illiash, I., Gabrielian, V., & Kuznestsova, L. (2010). Red Tape from Red Square:Bureaucratic Commentary in Soviet Graphic Satirical Art. Poughkeepsie, NY: NetPublications
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Medium: Poster
Russian
Artwork
Art, Satire, Cartoons, The Fighting Pencil, Swimming, Pollution
Russia
The house with ghosts
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"Poet: Shumilin, V. “The Fighting Pencil” group, 1972
He is just a genius for a shady business deal:
Fake names on the payroll he shows as real.
But for his unreal and illusory luck
In the jail for real he can be long stuck.
The poster refers to the prac6ce of ""dead souls,"" a term coined after the famous novel by Gogol. In order to reach full employment, the Soviet government overstaffed many organizations. Some ""entrepreneurial"" persons managed to take care of business in the organizations with much less people than they had on their payrolls and pocketed the wages of the people who were on the list
only. These people usually were relatives or friends, or other trusted persons, of the managers who took the money. The ""dead souls"" also could be people who did not work anywhere but needed to have some working experience recorded in their papers in order to be eligible for some benefits (e.g. social security). They could work somewhere else and give all the money to the manager, or could split the money between them—depending upon circumstances."
Kunnap, V.
http://webpage.pace.edu/nreagin/S2004HIS296K/IrinaVinokur/images/Picture9a.jpg
Rutgers
1972
Rutgers
Source: Holzer, M., Illiash, I., Gabrielian, V., & Kuznestsova, L. (2010). Red Tape from Red Square:Bureaucratic Commentary in Soviet Graphic Satirical Art. Poughkeepsie, NY: NetPublications
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Medium: Poster
Russian
Artwork
Art, Satire, Cartoons, Fighting Pencil, Dead Souls, Corruption, Posters
Russia
The "gted" manager
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"Poet: Alekseyev, V. ""The Fighting Pencil” group, 1968
Sycophants and bootlickers
Are untiring as such,
And sometimes
Being praised by them too much
Has corrupted certain bosses!"
Kunnap, V.
Rutgers
Rutgers
1968
Rutgers
Source: Holzer, M., Illiash, I., Gabrielian, V., & Kuznestsova, L. (2010). Red Tape from Red Square:Bureaucratic Commentary in Soviet Graphic Satirical Art. Poughkeepsie, NY: NetPublications
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Russian
Artwork
The Fighting Pencil, Cartoons, Art, Satire, Corruption
Russia
Nothing you can do
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"Poet: Tumarinson, G. “The Fighting Pencil” group, 1968
“Accurate and impartial consideration of complaints from the working popula6on should be an adamant rule. Meanwhile, there are cases of soulless rebuffs and inexorable delay of responses. Unfortunately, it sometimes happens that these letters are sent for consideration to those officials whose actions were protested by the petitioners” (From the newspaper Pravda).
The Wolf has an office and mouth very loud,
He scolded the Hare and started to shout.
Offended, the weeping Hare
Brought his petition to the Bear.
The Bear didn’t probe too deeply into the act,
He resolved the problem as a matter of fact.
The end is obvious for the Hare:
He needed intensive health care.
PEOPLE WHO EXAMINE GRIEVANCES
SHOULDN'T FORGET INCIDENTS LIKE THIS. "
Kunnap, V.
Rutgers
Rutgers
1968
Rutgers
Source: Holzer, M., Illiash, I., Gabrielian, V., & Kuznestsova, L. (2010). Red Tape from Red Square:Bureaucratic Commentary in Soviet Graphic Satirical Art. Poughkeepsie, NY: NetPublications
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Medium: Poster
Russian
Artwork
The Fighting Pencil, Cartoons, Art, Satire, Grievances, Protest, Soviet Union
Russia