Catalogue Number
TEMP.2025.7
Object Name
poster
Title
'Smoke From Chimmneys Not From Guns! Vote Labour'
Place
UK
People
Labour Party, George Lansbury
Events
Second World War, Elections, 1935 General Election
Description
Poster shows factory chimneys in background, canons in foreground. Captioned 'Smoke from Chimneys Not From Guns! Vote Labour'
This poster was made by the Labour Party in 1935. After losing the election, the Christian pacifist leader of the Labour Party, George Lansbury, resigned in protest at the party's support for rearmament to stop European fascism. These posters were used as part of his protest against military conflict in the leadup to the Second World War.
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