Agitprop 's a portmanteau of agitation and propaganda. The term originated in Bolshevist Russia (the future Soviet Union), where the term was a shortened form of отдел агитации и пропаганды (otdel agitatsii i propagandy), for example, Department for Agitation and Propaganda, which was part of the Central and regional committees of the Communist Party of… (More on Agitprop)