Pioneer! Learn to fight for the cause of the working class. 1930

This Soviet propaganda poster, created in 1930 by Nikolai Krasilnikov and Alexander Lebedev, promotes the values of the Pioneer youth organization. It shows a boy in a red Pioneer scarf marching forward, blowing a trumpet, and carrying a book labeled “Lenin 1870-1924″, training, and readiness to defend the socialist state. The bold lettering at the bottom reads: “Fight for the Cause of the Working Class.” The dynamic composition, bright red accents, and depiction of active, disciplined youth reflect the broader Soviet effort to raise a generation prepared to struggle for socialism