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"Italy is growing poster" [NMLH.2022.75]



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Catalogue Number
NMLH.2022.75

Object Name
Poster

Title
PSI Cresce L'Italia

Date
1987

Description
This poster is part of a collection of 100 posters designed by Ettore Vitale for the Italian Socialist Party (PSI) between 1973 and 1991. The posters promote a range of events and campaigns using the colours of the Italian flag- red, white, and green, along with motifs of roses, rainbows, and stars. This poster is a wall of text with blue and red banners at the top and bottom. The PSI logo is at the bottom of the poster. White text in a blue box reads "PSI / Italy Grows". The main body of text is in green, blue, and red, and reads: "The four years of socialist guided government have been years of stability and progress, the image of italy has grownin the world, inflation has been beaten, salaries, savings, pensions have been guaranteed, development has resumed, a new trust has been created. We now have to expand this development , create employment for the young and everyone, consolidate more wellness and distribute more justice, restore and modernise the state, its institutions and services. Italy has grown. With socialists it can grow more." Text at the bottom reads "14 June Vote socialist". This poster was produced for the 1987 Italian general election as part of the PSI's re-election campaign, having been eledted to government in 1983 under Bettino Craxi's leadership. (All text translated from Italian)
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