File:Anti-Falun Gong poster.png

Summary

Designer: Cheng Guoying (程国英)
Date: 1999, August
Text on poster: Firmly support the decision of the Central Committee to deal with the illegal organization of 'Falun Gong'
Jianjue yonghu Zhongyang guanyu chuli 'Falun Gong' feifa zuzhide jueding (坚决拥护中央关于处理'法轮功'非法组织的决定)
Publisher: Sichuan meishu chubanshe (四川美术出版社)
Size: 101x70.5 cm.
Call number: BG E13/892 (Landsberger collection)

Licensing

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to provide critical commentary on the film, event, etc. in question or of the poster itself, not solely for illustration
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Fair-use rationale:

According to Wikipedia:Non-free_content#Acceptable_images, 4 "Other promotional material: Posters, programs, billboards, ads. For critical commentary." is acceptable. This is a promotional poster (see 2), and is therein being used solely for critical commentary.
free, public historical political poster that was part of the Chinese Communist Party's propaganda campaign against Falun Gong.
this is a lower res version than the original
Not replaceable with a non-copyright work
This formed no part of a saleable package, or something which people paid money for, i.e., the use of this image in no way infringes on the expected profits for the copyright holder, does not infringe on their copyright, their money, etc.
it is the primary means of illustrating the topic

Non-free media information and use rationale true for Persecution of Falun Gong
Description	free, public historical political poster that was part of the Chinese Communist Party's propaganda campaign against Falun Gong.
Source	Landsberger collection, International Institute of Social History[1].
Article	Persecution of Falun Gong
Portion used
Low resolution?	yes this is clearly a reduced resolution version of the political poster
Purpose of use	To illustrate the Chinese government's propaganda campaign against Falun Gong, this is the only piece of primary material on the page, and plays a vital role in illustrating the events which took place in China.
Replaceable?	There are no other primary sources to illustrate the Chinese government's media campaign against Falun Gong--this constitutes the only one on the pages, and is unable to be replaced with any free work. This is because all such works would be copyright by the Chinese government.
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Persecution of Falun Gong//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Anti-Falun_Gong_poster.pngtrue