Socialist Collection

CAPITALIST PYRAMID, 1911. American Socialist poster

The Workers May-Pole, design for a socialist poster
The Workers May-Pole, a design for a socialist poster, with a central allegorical figure, and banners and ribbons labelled with abstract ideas such as Leisure, Solidarity and Humanity. Date: 1894

Soviet propaganda poster by boris parmeev (parmeyev) called under the sun of the motherland we strengthen, ussr, 1970s

Rosa Luxemburg - 1
ROSA LUXEMBURG German Socialist agitator, helped found the Polish Social Democratic Party

Rosa Luxemburg
ROSA LUXEMBURG German Socialist agitator and leading intellectual of the German left, giving a speech

Soviet Armenia
Tourism poster for Soviet Armenia, with a steam train passing over a viaduct and a motor car driving through the landscape

Albania, Vlora, elevated city view, dusk

Robert Blatchford Socialist

Man holding flag
Socialist pamphlet cover illustration: Letters to a young woman : an introduction to socialism by Douglas Rogers, Forum Press, 1944 Date: 1944

MARX, Karl (1818-1883); ENGELS, Friedrich (1820-1895). German philosopher, politician, economist and revolutionary.; German socialist

Eugene V. Debs and Ben Hanford as the Socialist Party candidates for President
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN, 1904. Eugene V. Debs and Ben Hanford as the Socialist Party candidates for President and Vice President on a 1904 campaign poster

French poster, The Future Lies in Socialism
A French poster which declares that The Future Lies in Socialism, showing men who have fought in the First World War facing up to the octopus monster of commercialism, foreign gold

Rosa Luxemburg, Marxist activist in Germany
Rosa Luxemburg (1871-1919), Marxist activist in Germany. Date: early 20th century

COMMUNIST POSTER, 1968. Long Live the Socialist Revolution! A poster by Vladimir Kalensky, Soviet Union, 1968

Longest Day at Stonehenge, Wiltshire
People gathering at Stonehenge, Wiltshire on the longest day of the year, on or near 21 June 1912

Alexander Herzen
ALEXANDER HERZEN Russian revolutionary, editor and writer, son of nobleman, exiled in the west, espoused socialist principles

Rosa Luxemburg (b / w photo)
821061 Rosa Luxemburg (b/w photo) by German Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Rosa Luxemburg (1871-1919)

Score sheet for the song L Internationale, c. 1900 (colour litho)
CHT207089 Score sheet for the song L Internationale, c.1900 (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Bibliotheque des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, France; eArchives Charmet; French

Portrait photograph of James Keir Hardie. Scottish socialist and labour leader

Margaret Grace Bondfield
MARGARET GRACE BONDFIELD English shopworker, socialist, entered politics, opposed World War One, rose to become Britains first woman cabinet minister. Photo circa 1824

The first Co-operative shop to be opened in Rochdale, Lancashire, in 1844 (litho)
7157581 The first Co-operative shop to be opened in Rochdale, Lancashire, in 1844 (litho) by English School

French poster for the Socialist Party (SFIO)
A French poster for the Socialist Party SFIO (French Section of the Workers International)

Karl Marx, the German born socialist philosopher, economist and writer. Photo c.1875 Image digitally restored and retouched

Friedrich Engels. Portrait of the German socialist philosopher, Friedrich (or Frederick) Engels (1820-1895)

Trade union. Manifest published by the World Congress in London
Trade union. Emerged from the development of the Industrial Revolution in the late nineteenth century in Great Britain. Manifest published by the World Congress in London. 1896

Cartoon, The Church and Stage Guild -- Playful Kittens! The Church and Stage Guild was formed in May 1879, with a view to breaking down prejudice against the theatre and its performers

A GARLAND FOR MAY DAY, 1913. A Garland for May day [The Many Arguments for Socialism]. Drawing by Walter Crane, 1913

Anonymous Poster Designer Poor folk! A clenched fist is threatening the workers - Rise up and fight it! 1918 (?) colour lithograph

Poster for the Industrial Workers of the World from an American labor newspaper of 1917
IWW POSTER, 1917. Poster for the Industrial Workers of the World from an American labor newspaper of 1917

George Lansbury Pamphlet, Smash Up the Workhouse
The cover of George Lansburys 1909 pamphlet Smash Up the Workhouse

GEORGE ORWELL 1903-1950
GEORGE ORWELL (real name Eric Arthur Blair) English writer, fought in Spanish Civil War on the Republican side and gained fame with novels Animal Farm (1944) and 1984 (1949)

Alfred Rosenberg
ALFRED ROSENBERG Leading proponent of National Socialist ideology. In 1941 he was appointed Minister for the Eastern Occupied Territories

Jean Jaures
JEAN-JOSEPH-MARIE-AUGUSTE JAURES French socialist statesman, founded and edited L Humanite opposing militarism, assassinated

John Maclean, Scottish teacher and revolutionary socialist
John Maclean (1879-1923), Scottish schoolteacher and revolutionary Marxist socialist

Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo in the May Day Parade
473534 Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo in the May Day Parade, Mexico City, 1st May 1929 (b/w photo) by Modotti

Woman! Learn your letters!, 1923. Artist: Elizaveta Sergeevna Kruglikova
Woman! Learn your letters!, 1923

Join the red forces to get a better life, 1921. Artist: Vladimir Mayakovsky
Join the red forces to get a better life, 1921

Friedrich Engels, German socialist and collaborator and supporter of Karl Marx, 1879. Engels lived mainly in England from 1842

Edward Boyle and Anthony Crosland, Eastbourne
Edward Boyle (1923-1981), Conservative MP, and Anthony Crosland (1918-1977), Labour MP, at Eastbourne. They wrote a book together, The Politics of Education, published in 1971. Date: 1975

Harold Wilson, British Labour Prime Minister
Harold Wilson (1916-1995), British Labour Prime Minister from 1964-1970 and 1974-1976. Date: mid-1960s

The Monument to the Conquerors of Space, Moscow
The Monument to the Conquerors of Space - erected in Moscow in 1964 to celebrate achievements of the Soviet people in space exploration. Date: 1986

Susan Lawrence (1871-1947), British Labour (socialist) politician. One of the early female Members of Parliament, she was elected in 1923-1924 and 1926-1931

V, i, lenin (in bowler hat) plays chess with a, a, bogdanov while visiting a, m, gorky (in background, in wide-brimmed hat, standing next to natalya bogdanova), zinovll peshkov

Soviet propaganda banner with likenesses of lenin, engels, and marx in leningrad, ussr, 1960s, the banner reads forward to the victory of communism!

The William Morris Clarion van
A man stands on a Clarion van under a banner reading Socialism talking to a crowd of people congregated around him

Soldiers of the Soviet Red Army (colour litho)
6033583 Soldiers of the Soviet Red Army (colour litho) by Zvorykin, Boris Vasilievich (1872-1942); Private Collection; (add.info.: Soldiers of the Soviet Red Army)

William Morris (1834 - 1896), English designer, poet and socialist. (Photo by Fred Hollyer/Getty Images)

New York Worlds Fair - USSR Exhibit Building. Date: 1939

George Woodcock, TUC General Secretary
George Woodcock (1904-1979), British trade unionist and TUC General Secretary from 1960 to 1969. Date: 1963

Sidney Webb, socialist, economist and reformer
Sidney James Webb, 1st Baron Passfield (1859-1947), British socialist, economist, reformer and co-founder of the London School of Economics. 1920

William Morris / Meeting
WILLIAM MORRIS Socialist meeting at Kelmscott House, home of the English writer, artist and socialist Date: 1834 - 1896

James Griffiths
James Jim Griffiths, Labour M.P. for Llanelli, Wales from 1936 to 1970

Robert Blatchford by Tom Hutt
Caricature of Robert Blatchford (1851-1943), socialist campaigner, journalist and author. Founded the Manchester branch of the Fabian Society and launched the socialist paper, The Clarion

Proudhon, Pierre Joseph (1809-1865)
Pierre Joseph Proudhon (1809-1865). French politician, mutualist philosopher and socialist. Colored engraving

Cuba, Matanzas Province, Colon, horse drawn taxi, NR
Cuba, Matanzas Province, Colon, horse drawn taxi

Builders of communism a soviet poster from 1967

Cover of the Industrial Workers of the World Little Red Songbook
IWW SONGBOOK COVER. Cover of the Industrial Workers of the World Little Red Songbook, c1905, to fan the flames of discontent

American Socialist leader. Debs campaigning for the Presidency before a freight-yard audience in 1912
EUGENE V. DEBS (1855-1926). American Socialist leader. Debs campaigning for the Presidency before a freight-yard audience in 1912

Alfred Onions, Welsh Labour MP
Alfred Onions (1858-1921), Welsh Labour MP for Caerphilly and Treasurer of the South Wales Miners Federation

Clara Zetkin / Ils 1900
CLARA ZETKIN German Socialist and Feminist at the Paris Socialist Congress in 1900

Queenwood College
Housed in the former Richard Owen Socialist community building Harmony Hall (built 1841) between 1847-1896. Burnt down in 1903. Former maths master: John Tyndall

BEBEL (1840 - 1913)
AUGUST BEBEL German socialist politician, imprisoned for treason and lese-majesty against the Kaiser

Das Kapital, also called Capital (1867)
Karl Marx (1818-1883). German philosopher, political theorist, and socialist revolutionary. Das Kapital, also called Capital (1867). A Critique of Political Economy (1867)

Dennis Skinner, Labour MP for Bolsover, Derbyshire
Dennis Edward Skinner (b 1932), Labour politician, MP for Bolsover since 1970. Well known for his outspoken remarks in parliament, for which he has been suspended more than ten times

Vote Against Monsieur Vautour, by Paul Joncat (poster)
5669339 Vote Against Monsieur Vautour, by Paul Joncat (poster) by Joncat, Paul (fl.1910s); (add.info.: Vote Against Monsieur Vautour, Poster of the Socialist Party)

The Triumph of Labour (engraving)
5198658 The Triumph of Labour (engraving) by Crane, Walter (1845-1915) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Triumph of Labour)

Entrance to the Moscow Metro, USSR. Date: 1986

V, i, lenin with parley christensen, 1920 usa presidential candidate representing the farmer labor party, meeting in his study in moscow, november of 1921

Lenin in moscow on march 2-6, 1919

A banner of lenin on the side of a building overlooking two elderly women sitting on a park bench in leningrad, ussr, 1960s

James Keir Hardie and Jean Jaures
James Keir Hardie (1856-1915), Scottish Labour leader and politician with Jean Jaures of the French Socialist Part (left)

Lenin declaring soviet power by v, serov, original version

Children on a sledge, Gorki Park, Moscow, USSR. Date: 1986

Sri Lanka and part of Southern India, political map Sri Lanka and part of Southern India, political map

Che Guevara Mural Painting, Centro Habana, Havana, La Habana Province, Cuba

Jose Marti Mausoleum, Santa Ifigenia Cemetery, Santiago de Cuba, Santiago de Cuba Province, Cuba

Mural painting with Camilo Cienfuegos, Santiago de Cuba, Santiago de Cuba Province, Cuba

Che Guevara Portrait in Varadero, Matanzas Province, Cuba

Albania, Berat-area, Vajgurore, Cobo Winery, wine bottles

Albania, Kruja, town bazaar, carpets

Stamp issued in Germany - Democratic Republic (DDR) shows Horse Race, Thoroughbred Horse Show of Socialist Countries, Hoppegarten, Berlin, circa 1967.

Frontpage of french paper "Floreal" july 31
PVD1687999 Frontpage of french paper "Floreal" july 31, 1920: Jean Jaures (1859-1914) french socialist politician; (add.info.: Frontpage of french paper "Floreal" july 31)

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EDITORS COMMENTS

"Exploring the Ideals of Socialism: From Capitalist Pyramids to Workers' May-Poles" Delve into the fascinating world of socialism through iconic hints that shaped its history and philosophy. In 1911, an American socialist poster depicted a striking image known as the "Capitalist Pyramid, " highlighting the unequal distribution of wealth in society. Immerse yourself in the vibrant design of "The Workers May-Pole, " a socialist poster envisioning a future where workers unite and celebrate their collective power. This artwork embodies hope for a more equitable society. Travel to North Korea, Asia, where a painting pays homage to Great Leaders Kim Jong Il and Kim Il Sung. This glimpse into Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) showcases how socialism has influenced nations across borders. Discover Rosa Luxemburg, an influential figure who fought tirelessly for social justice. Her legacy continues to inspire activists worldwide with her powerful ideas on revolutionizing capitalism from within. Witness Soviet propaganda at its height with Boris Parmeev's stirring poster titled "Under the Sun of the Motherland We Strengthen. " Created in the 1970s USSR, it reflects both pride and unity under socialist ideals. Explore Soviet Armenia's rich cultural heritage intertwined with socialism—a testament to how this ideology permeated various aspects of life beyond politics alone. Step back in time to witness history being made at Rochdale, Lancashire in 1844—the birthplace of cooperative shops. The first-ever cooperative shop opened here, laying foundations for fairer economic systems rooted in solidarity rather than exploitation. Marvel at Stonehenge during its longest day—an ancient site that transcends time itself—symbolizing humanity's connection with nature and our shared responsibility towards building sustainable societies guided by socialist principles. Cast your gaze upon Eugene V. Debs and Ben Hanford on a campaign poster from 1904 when they ran as Socialist Party candidates for President and Vice President.