maoist propaganda poster, At night under a dramatic monsoon storm, lightning flashes over a tropical rice paddy where fearless agricultural scientists in raincoats and red armbands examine massive hybrid rice plants. Floodwaters glisten with reflections of distant village lights and bright red warning flags placed strategically in the mud. One scientist holds Mao’s Little Red Book above his head to keep it dry while another takes soil samples with determination in her eyes. The composition is vertical and towering, with streaks of rain cutting diagonally across the image and a giant portrait of Mao faintly visible in the clouds above, watching over the endeavor.