Catalogue Number
NMLH.1994.168.166
Object Name
Poster
Title
Second Front Now
Place
Poplar & London
People
Isabel Brown
Events
WWII Second Front
Date
1942
Description
A white poster with red text reading "Public meeting / Poplar Communist Party / SECOND FRONT NOW! / WHY? / Come and hear ISOBEL BROWN / Lansbury Hall Campbell Road, Bow / Thursday October 29th at 7:30pm / Chairman: Dr. C. K. Cullen / Admission free. Ample time will be allowed for questions. We particularly invite women whose men-folk are in the army. / UNITE THE FORGES OF THE PEOPLE TO DEFEAT THE SUPPORTERS OF MUNICH!", around 1942. During WWII, The Communist Party of Great Britain were campaigning for Britain and the Allies to open a Second Front against Hitler's armies. After invading the Soviet Union in 1941, the Communist Party urged Churchill's government to take an active role in defending the Soviets. This poster from 1942 advertises a meeting at which Isobel Brown, founding member of the Communist Party, spoke about the
campaign to women whose husbands and relatives were at war. This poster has thin strips of paper attached to it around the edges so that it can be held within a cardboard frame.
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