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“Don’t Talk—The Web Is Spun for You with Invisible Threads—Spies Are Listening” (1918) – Propaganda Poster

“Don’t Talk—The Web Is Spun for You with Invisible Threads—Spies Are Listening” (1918) – Propaganda Poster

by Wania Shabee | Nov 22, 2025

The year 1918 marked the final and most intense phase of the First World War, a moment when the U.S. government relied heavily on propaganda to mobilize the home front. One striking example is the poster that reads: “Don’t talk—the web is spun for you with invisible...
Don’t talk, the web is spun for you with invisible threads

Don’t talk, the web is spun for you with invisible threads

by Liam Cassidy | Mar 17, 2020

The 1918, Great War Era Propaganda Poster, “Don’t talk, the web is spun for you with invisible threads, keep out of it, help to destroy it–spies are listening” is an immaculate display depicting how widespread the effects of World War I was within the...

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