Communist kitsch

Soviet poster of the day! NICE!

Also an essay discussing the attraction of authoritarian art, and what it means that Americans today like it.

new nazis stealing leftist symbols

Spiegel story Verkleidete Rechte: Tarnkappen-Nazis buhlen um junge Linke. CRAZY! But makes total sense. Looks like the Nazis are now taking Che as their own brand of icon -- a nationalist freedom fighter!

Possible uses: youth culture and fashion as political tool, totalitarianism (that the symbols can be shared by the two extremes), women in fascist movements (see included photo essay and story on "Skingirls, Renees, und braune Schwestern"