LEO BOIX recommends a film that portrays how fascism feeds on ignorance, machismo and myth in isolated communities abandoned by the state
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Got to laugh at it all
BEN CHACKO salutes the Morning Star cartoonists
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GABRIELE NEHER draws attention to an astoundingly skilled Flemish painter who defied the notion that women cannot paint like men
“FREEDOM and justice for all are infinitely more to be desired than pedestals for a few,” said Honore Daumier 200 years ago, a sentiment reflected in today’s battle cry “for the many not the few.”
We can see that Daumier’s spirit is very much alive among Morning Star cartoonists who have, throughout 2025, entertained our readers with a merciless disparaging of those few who use power against the interest of the many.
And what better antidote than laughter. We remain forever indebted to these comrades for their unwavering generosity and solidarity, without which we’d be all visibly poorer.”
