Long live the International Day of Cooperatives - 1956 July 1

Bánhidi Andor

Erscheinungsdatum: 1956

Beschreibung

Size: B2 (cca. 50 x 70 cm). Long live the International Day of Cooperatives 1956 July 1 is a vintage Hungarian event propaganda poster designed by Andor Banhidi The International Day of Cooperatives is held annually on the first Saturday of July The event is organized by the International Alliance of Cooperatives and it was first held in 1923 The celebration is a memorial for an occurance in 1844 what took place in the English village of Rochdale namely the foundation of the Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers This organization is the ancestor of the consumer co operative and they were among the first ones who paid patronage dividend which later had been identified the base for the modern co operative movement The most famous act of the Pieoneers were to create the Rochdale Principles which provided the basis for the principles of modern co operatives all over the world The motto of the Intrenational Cooperative Day is The co operative provides all of us with what we need for the sustainable improvment In the former socialist countries co operatives are often associated with the old system despite co operation dates back as far as human beings have been organizing for mutual benefit Tribes were organized as co operative structures allocating jobs and resources among each other only trading with the external communities In alpine environments trade could only be maintained in organized cooperatives to achieve a useful condition of artificial roads such as Viamala in 1472 Pre industrial Europe is home to the first cooperatives from an industrial context source wikipedia org Socialism is usually associated with co operatives because the structure and the philosophy behind it really coincides with the communist idea of the basis of a profitable economy Therefore in Socialism numerous co operatives had emerged many of which had badly affected workers in the related areas However communist countries put a great emphasis on celebrating events close to their ideologies hence posters were made to get the audience s attention and promote the upcuming event On this beautiful design of Andor B nhidi flags of countries are arranged diagonally in front of a black background The countries respectively from the top Hungary Soviet Union People s Republic of China Checzoslovak Republic Ireland Romania England Yugoslavia Bulgaria Switzerland Poland and People s Socialist Republic of Albania Most of these countries were socialist countries at the time or were strongly associated with the idea of co operatives and were participating in the celebration The composition reminds us of a foil sword the end of which disappears in the distance what gives the impression of socialism s victory and bright future The name of the event is written in a dynamic style Long live the Co operatives Day The date is on the bottom of the poster which reveals that the first Saturday of July in 1956 was on the 1st of July Fine, restored, light creasing. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 2593

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Long live the International Day of ...

Erscheinungsdatum: 1956

Einband: Paper, offset lithography.