Hold your satirical tongue

Sine Hebdo's second edition, a weekly by French caricaturist Sine

Public space draws comedians like a moth to the flame, and activists don’t mince matters. From Italy’s comedian-cum-prime ministerial candidate Beppe Grillo, to his French counterpart Coluche and disputed French-Spanish sex and anti-semitic caricatures. Western and central Europe’s colourful protest culture

ANALYSIS Satire: no holds barred

Satire: no holds barred

The meaning of laughter, humour and satire in European society

by Louisa Reichstetter @ // 25/09/08

satire, culture

MULTIMEDIA LinEa babelblog: caricatures in democracy

LinEa babelblog: caricatures in democracy

A babelblog where satire is a speciality. Italian and Belgian cartoonists

by Marco Riciputi @ // 25/09/08

war, satire, culture

FOCUS Zur Firma, Berlin’s Stasi-themed bar

Zur Firma, Berlin’s Stasi-themed bar

‘The Company’ opened in Berlin in July, not far from where the former east German state security ministry lay. How to sell beer and wustel at the expense of history

by Marco Riciputi @ // 25/09/08

berlin, culture

INTERVIEW Siné: ‘Satire has to be iconoclastic‘

Siné: ‘Satire has to be iconoclastic‘

Interview with the former caricaturist from French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, who founded his own newspaper after he was sacked for his anti-semitic tendencies

by Francesca Barca @ // 23/09/08

anti-semitism, comics, satire, culture

ANALYSIS Italy's Beppe Grillo vs France's Coluche

Italy's Beppe Grillo vs France's Coluche

Comparison with the late French comedian who attempted to run for the French presidential elections in 1981

by maria cerino @ // 23/09/08

silvio berlusconi, beppe grillo, satire, culture

INTERVIEW El jueves 's caricatures: 'Banning a magazine is grotesque'

El jueves 's caricatures: 'Banning a magazine is grotesque'

Interview with Oscar Nebarada, editor of the Spanish newspaper El jueves banned from sale on 18 July for containing a caricature of the Prince and his wife in the throes of passion

by Jane Mery @ // 27/07/07

freedom of opinion, barcelona, media

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