• stoy@lemmy.zip
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        6 months ago

        It is a propaganda poster aimed at workers, it the worker is saying no to a glass of alcohol, probably moonshine, and the text says the following:

        NEJ

        Valborg är ett borgerligt påhitt.

        Kom inte bakfull till första maj.

        Here is what I believed was the original poster:

        I have now read more about it, and it seems that the poster is a repurposed Soviet anti-alcohol poster from 1954.

        Here is the original Soviet poster:

        I don’t actually know the origin of the Swedish poster, if it actually was used in the past, or if it is a meme created from the original Soviet poster.

        Anyway, the translation of the Swedish version above is:

        NO

        Walpurgis is a bourgeoisie creation.

        Don’t arrive drunk at mayday.