“Love is stronger than hate” – France 2011

“Love is stronger than hate” – France 2011

What do we see? On November 8, 2011, the front page of the weekly Charlie Hebdo showed a cartoon, captioned “Love is stronger than hate” by cartoonist Luz (pseudonym of Renald Luzier). The image was published a week after a fire-bomb attack by radical Muslim...
Teddy bear guilty of corruption – Portugal 2022

Teddy bear guilty of corruption – Portugal 2022

What do we see / read? The mock article was published in January 2022 in a Portuguese spoof newspaper entitled O Inimigo Público (The Public Enemy), which is a weekly supplement of the Público daily newspaper. Text of the article in translation: “João Rendeiro was...
Judge’s testicles – Slovenia 2021

Judge’s testicles – Slovenia 2021

What do we see? The cartoon shows the current Slovenian Minister of the Environment Andrej Vizjak squeezing the testicles of a judge (“sodnik” is the word for ‘judge’ in Slovenian). The cartoon is by Marko Kočevar and first published in the Slovenian daily Delo, on 5...
Racist humour – Greece 2021

Racist humour – Greece 2021

Meme (1): Afghan migrants outside the tax office waiting to get a TIN for their investment Meme (2): Shortly in Omonoia Square [i.e. a central square in Athens]! What do we see here? In meme (1), a photo of quarrelling people (perhaps of Asian descent) is transformed...