Hold your satirical tongue
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
Satire: no holds barred
The meaning of laughter, humour and satire in European society
LinEa babelblog: caricatures in democracy
A babelblog where satire is a speciality. Italian and Belgian cartoonists
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
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
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
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
