This week saw the 5th anniversary of the deadly terrorist attack on the Parisian weekly satirical Charlie Hebdo. France and cartoonists worldwide remember.
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The cartoonists and satirists of #CharlieHebdo never wanted to be martyrs for #freespeech. This Washington Post piece from 2018 looks at the uneasy fit.
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Five years after the massacre, many cartoonists think satire is in trouble and that the terrorists won — aided by fearful editors, cowardly censors, cynical politicians, and an angry public. The feeling of unity under “Je Suis Charlie” is gone say some.
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Finally — even as politicians and censors clamp down on #FreeSpeech, France plans to build a “centre dedicated to satirical cartoons”
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/france-to-create-house-of-press-and-satirical-cartoons
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The Daily Cartoonist has a roundup of the roundups as cartoonists mark this tragic anniversary.
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2020/01/07/je-suis-charlie-cinq-ans-apres/