Judge — July 12, 1919 — page 20: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This Judge magazine page presents anti-Bolshevik propaganda from the Red Scare era (likely 1919-1920s). The cartoons satirize communism through exaggeration and caricature: The top panel depicts Bolshevism as destructive and foreign, with the caption "If You Don't Like this Country — Go Back to Your Own" suggesting communists are un-American agitators. Other panels portray Bolsheviks as violent revolutionaries and backward thinkers ("turn the clock back a thousand years"), using imagery of chaos, fire, and destruction. The title indicates these are "American Artists'" interpretations, suggesting the magazine is presenting mainstream American anti-communist views. The cartoons use dehumanizing caricature and inflammatory rhetoric typical of Red Scare political messaging that framed communism as a foreign threat incompatible with American values.