“Old policies! Old values! No future!” - 2002 via State Library of Victoria

Howard Government refers to Australian Federal Government. They were re-elected.

They introduced several policies such as removing student union fees (that supported a whole raft of services such as counsellors, advocacy for students etc as well as social events) while massively increasing university fees, and making universities more reliant on business for funding.

(Source: maybestreet)

“Hints to canvassers at the General Election.”, W.K. Haselden, published in the Daily Mirror 26 Oct 1922 (Source: The British Cartoon Archive)

You must not say that Mr. Hustings Pollwell (marked X) once borrowed sixpence and did not pay it back - unless it happens to be true! 

But you may assert that he is going to ruin trade -
- bring wolves to your door -
- make savagery return to this country -
- cause a plague of octopuses on these shores - 
- and blow up the whole land

“The Octopus Which Feeds On War And Emergency” flyer printed 19521 by the Citizens for Eisenhower-Nixon. It relates to the US “police action” in the Korean War. Argues that the Truman administration  had grown “monstrous” feeding on emergencies that the administration was creating, whilst its bureaucratic tentacles threatened the liberty of its citizens.

The administration in power has grown to monster proportions by feeding on emergencies upon emergencies. … Power once usurped is never voluntarily surrendered. While we still have the right to vote, let us use that vote to free ourselves of the octopus which is surely sucking away our blood², dissipating our savings and destroying our liberties.

NOTES:

• (1) Flyer undated but are signed off by Walter Williams – Chairman – and Mrs (Mary) Oswald B. Lord – Co-Chairman – positions were held in 1952. Source: Galvin, Daniel. “Building a New Republican Party: Dwight D. Eisenhower and the Stillbirth of Modern Republicanism, 1953-1960″ Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, TBA, TBA, Jan 05, 2006 <Not Available>. 2009-05-25 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p68462_index.html>
• (2) Reappearance of the vampiric octopus. Last seen sucking the blood of London renters circa 1910.

Treasure Island (Franklin, 1964)

Artist: Stanley Franklin, Published: Daily Mirror, 28 Sep 1964,

Source: BCA http://www.cartoons.ac.uk/record/05997 (Accessed 6th April 2009)

Well, Brother, will you let the beast have your vote, too? (Bowles, 1894)

Agricultural monopoly. Relates to the Alabama gubernatorial election in 1894. According to the image source (Alabama Department of Archives and History) this was run for Reuben Kolb who ran for the Populist Party. Kolb was defeated due to electoral fraud by the Democrats (Encyclopedia of Alabama, 2008).

Alabama Department of Archives and History. Image source:http://216.226.178.196/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/photo&CISOPTR=5285&CISOBOX=1&REC=8

More info: – Encyclopedia of Alabama (2008) Populism in Alabama (Accessed: 29th Mar 2009)