“I was amazed when I discovered your website because it reminded me of a picture that I found campy—but still evocative—even when I was in high school. It is something that /should/ be shared with the world, and where better than a website devoted to octopodes in politics.”
[VA: …snip…]
[Submitted by: Kevin Deegan-Krause (http://www.pozorblog.com)]
[VA: Source is “Know Your Communist Enemy” p.3 in Robert B. Watts (1977), “Our Freedom Documents”, The Supreme Council, Washington]
“Erkenne die Gefahr! Wähle Österreichische Volkspartei, Wien 1949” (Recognize the danger! Choose Austrian People’s Party, Vienna 1949)
The Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP) and the dangers of Communism (1949) With a view to the parliamentary elections due to be held on 9 October 1949 in Austria, the Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP) warns the country’s voters against the threat posed by the ‘Communist octopus’.
Source: “The Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP) and the dangers of Communism”, European NAvigator (Accessed: 3rd Oct 2010)
Thank God for Byrne! (Cummings, 1961a)
Artist: Michael Cummings, Published: Daily Express, 30 Jun 1961
Source: BCA http://www.cartoons.ac.uk/record/MC0965 (Accessed: 6th April 2009)
