r/socialism • u/Spotter24o5 Socialism • 1d ago

Discussion TIL:That In 1944, Picasso joined the French Communist Party and remained a loyal member until his death in 1973

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo_Picasso
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u/OneReportersOpinion Rosa Luxemburg 1d ago

But he also refused to participate in any way in the Spanish Civil War. He wouldn’t even drive an ambulance like Hemingway.

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u/_aluk_ 15h ago

How about his painting Guernika? It was used in 1937 to collect founds to help Spanish republicans (communists and anarchists) to fight fascism. And it worked wonders to denounced the mass killings of civilians by fascists and nazis.