Propaganda Of Art Within The Ussr, Dprk, And The Prc

PROPAGANDA IN ART WITHIN THE USSR, DPRK, AND THE PRC PREPARED FOR MRS. BELLINI BY ANDREW BI STUDENT NUMBER: 676025 COURSE: AVI101 MARCH 13 2015 GORDON GRAYDON MEMORIAL SECONDARY SCHOOL What is Propaganda? Art is a powerful thing. It has fueled revolutions, cultural movements, and wars. (Axelrod, 2015 Art Power in North Korea). However, when art is only a mouthpiece for the government’s agenda, it ceases to be a medium for true communication. In this way, people are stripped of a powerful means for expression (Axelrod, 2015 Art Power in North Korea). This is called propaganda. Now what is propaganda, might the reader ask? Propaganda is the spread of political, philosophical, scientific, artistic, and others views and ideas with a view to their implementation (Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 2011). Propaganda has proven itself again and again to be the most decisive tool in most conflicts, as by using propaganda you are molding the minds of your people, eliminating dissent and gaining overwhelming support for anything you wish. It is once said by the famous American general Douglas A.Macarthur that â€Å"One cannot wage war under present conditions without the support of public opi nion, which is tremendously molded by the press and other forms of propaganda† (Chicago Tribune, March 3 1942 Pg.3). Some of the biggest users of propaganda were communist countries such as the USSR, China, North Korea. But first, I’d like to explain what communism is. What is Communism?