Woody guthrie this machine kills fascists pictures
Woody guthrie this machine kills fascists pictures
This machine kills fascists poster.
This machine kills fascists
Slogan coined by Woody Guthrie
"This machine kills fascists" is a message that American musician Woody Guthrie placed on his guitar in the mid-1940s, starting in 1943.[1]
The idea originated from a sticker that American machinists affixed to metalworking lathes and drill presses to support the war effort.[2]
Conception
Circa 1943, in the midst of World War II, Guthrie wrote the war song "Talking Hitler's Head Off Blues." This was printed in the Daily Worker, a newspaper published by the Communist Party USA.
Then, according to biographer Anne E. Neimark, "In a fit of patriotism and faith in the impact of the song, he painted on his guitar THIS MACHINE KILLS FASCISTS."[3]
Guthrie's stance against fascism
In Guthrie's opposition to fascism, he conceptualized the ideology "as a form of economic exploitation similar to slavery," straightforwardly denouncing the fascists – particularly their leaders (dictators) –