THE SOCIALIST VISION

Conditions under Capitalism

Paintings © Ken Currie, Reproduced courtesy of The People's Palace, Glasgow

 

 

On the left of the panel the conditions of the workers are illustrated.

Find evidence in the this section of the painting of:

  • Overcrowding

  • Poverty

  • Alcoholism

  • Disease

  • Death

  • Pollution

     

If you were creating a painting showing the conditions of the poor in Scotland today what images would you choose to illustrate their conditions?

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