Thematic Shows
He Who Does Not Work Shall Not Eat
A famous slogan of the Soviet Union, part of the overall campaign to
develop Socialist behaviour in the Soviet Population.
The origin is from the
bible: “He who does not work, neither shall he eat” is a Biblical aphorism
derived from II Thessalonians 3:10.
According to Lenin, “He who does not work
shall not eat” is a necessary principle under socialism, the preliminary phase
of the evolution towards communist society. The phrase appears in his 1917
work, The State and Revolution. Through this slogan Lenin explains that in
socialist states only productive individuals could be allowed access to the
articles of consumption.
We show here a series of works from 1963 by various
famous poster artists interpreting that theme, for example Viktor Govorkov, Veniamin Briskin and Genrikh Valk.