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Communist Party poster, 1940s
Founded in 1921, the Communist Party of New Zealand (CPNZ) gained support during the Depression of the 1930s, when it campaigned strongly on behalf of unemployed workers. During the Second World War, when this recruitment poster was produced, the CPNZ enjoyed a degree of popularity due to the Soviet Union's contribution to the war against Nazi Germany.
The onset of the Cold War in the late 1940s and the bitter 1951 waterfront dispute revived public suspicion of communists. Although the CPNZ regularly contested local-body and national elections from the 1940s, none of its candidates ever came close to winning a seat.
Alexander Turnbull Library,
Reference no: Eph-C-ROTH-Communist-1940s-001
Further information and copies of this image may be obtained from the library through its Timeframes website.
Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa must be obtained before any reuse of this image.
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