"Beat the Whites with the Red wedge", a 1919 lithograph by Lissitzky

Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge is a Soviet propaganda poster by artist Eliezer Markovich Lissitzky. In the poster, the intrusive red wedge symbolises the Bolsheviks, who are penetrating and defeating their opponents, the Whites, during the Russian Civil War. A 1919 lithograph by Russian avant-garde artist El Lissitzky, Beat the white with the Red wedge This image is in the public domain because its copyright has expired in the United States and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 50 years. ... A 1919 lithograph by Russian avant-garde artist El Lissitzky, Beat the white with the Red wedge This image is in the public domain because its copyright has expired in the United States and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 50 years. ... Soviet redirects here. ...   (Лазарь Маркович Лисицкий, November 23, 1890 – December 30, 1941), better known as El Lissitzky (Эль Лисицкий), was a Russian artist, designer, photographer, teacher, typographer, and architect. ... Bolshevik Party Meeting. ... White Army redirects here. ... Combatants Local Soviet powers led by Russian SFSR and Red Army Chinese mercenaries White Movement Central Powers (1917-1918): Austria-Hungary Ottoman Empire German Empire Allied Intervention: (1918-1922) Japan Czechoslovakia Greece  United States  Canada Serbia Romania UK  France Foreign volunteers: Polish Italian Local nationalist movements, national states, and decentralist...

Modern use

The very cleaned up symbol used by the Peacekeepers

A very cleaned up version is used by the Peacekeepers in the television series Farscape. Peacekeepers are a militaristic organization in the fictional Farscape universe. ... Peacekeepers are a militaristic organization in the fictional Farscape universe. ... Farscape (1999–2003) is a science fiction television series, featuring a present-day astronaut who accidentally travels through a wormhole to a distant part of the galaxy. ...

Franz Ferdinand used the image as inspiration for their single This Fire. Franz Ferdinand are an award winning rock band, from Glasgow, Scotland. ... This Fire is the fifth single by Scottish rock band Franz Ferdinand from their eponymous album. ...

External Links

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