Block, Herbert, 1909-2001, artist. still image Editorial cartoons American 1960-1970. gmgpc Drawings American 1960-1970. gmgpc 2/16/1969. eng Editorial cartoon shows a pig, dressed in a military uniform wearing a cap with U.S.S.R. across the band, holding a gun and whip, speaking to angry farm animals represented as Romania, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Poland, Hungary, and West European Communist parties. In the background above the barn door is the hammer and sickle symbol with the banner "Animal Farm" below it. Caption label from exhibit "Herblock Looks at 1969": Using George Orwell's 1945 novel Animal Farm about the Russian Revolution as a metaphor, Herblock compared the current Soviet leader, Leonid Brezhnev (1906-1982) to the ruthless dictator Joseph Stalin (1878-1953). In 1968, Brezhnev introduced a new doctrine of "Limited Sovereignty" in order to justify the invasion of Czechoslovakia. In 1969, as the Eastern Bloc countries of Romania and Yugoslavia began to rebel against Moscow's control of their governments, the Soviet Union asserted its dominance. Title from item. Signed "Herblock" lower left. Published in the Washington Post, February 16, 1969. Copyright, 1969, by Herblock. Forms part of: Herbert L. Block collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: "Herblock Looks at 1969 : Fifty Years Ago in Editorial Cartoons" at the Graphic Arts Gallery, Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., September 2019 - March 2020. Orwell, George, 1903-1950. Animal farm. Animals--1960-1970. Communism--1960-1970. Europe--1960-1970. Soviet Union--1960-1970. Romania--1960-1970. Czechoslovakia--1960-1970. Yugoslavia--1960-1970. Poland--1960-1970. Hungary--1960-1970. Herbert L. Block collection (Library of Congress) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hlb.07218 Publication may be restricted. For information see "Herbert Block ("Herblock") Rights and Restrictions,"