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La Cucaracha y Mas
Before Fox News, ‘fake news’ was ‘yellow journalism’ (toons)
Nasty lying scoundrels, despicable peddlers of lies, and, mostly, people who published stuff others hoped would never see the light of day, were called “Yellow Journalists” in the 19th Century.
Who is the villain in the cartoon above? The sensational newspapers spinning “twaddle” about an election.
Public Domain Review, which curates public domain images like these, explains:
Mas…Before Fox News, ‘fake news’ was ‘yellow journalism’ (toons)
Public Service Announcement: Please Don’t Bully Nazis (toon)
Don’t Bully Nazis, Please! This Community Advice brought to you by the Scarfolk Council.
Warner Bros vs Fascists: ‘The Ducktators’ (Looney Tunes 1942)
The world is a big barnyard in Warner Brothers’ 1942 black and white The Ducktators. When a Hitler-mustachioed duckling hatches, you won’t believe what happens next!
Racism is a disease! Music video by The Specials and a toon
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Mas…Racism is a disease! Music video by The Specials and a toon
Donald Trump: Can’t we all just cherish our history? (toon)
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‘Donald Duck in Nutzi Land’ aka ‘Der Fuehrer’s Face’ (1943 video)
Der Fuehrer’s Face (originally titled Donald Duck in Nutzi Land) is a 1943 American animated anti-Nazi propaganda short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released in 1943 by RKO Radio Pictures.
The cartoon, which features Donald Duck in a nightmare setting working at a factory in Nazi Germany, was made in an effort to sell war bonds and is an example of American propaganda during World War II.
The film was directed by Jack Kinney and written by Joe Grant and Dick Huemer from the original music by Oliver Wallace. The film is well known for Wallace’s original song Der Fuehrer’s Face, which was actually released earlier by Spike Jones.
Der Fuehrer’s Face won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 15th Academy Awards. It was the only Donald Duck film to receive the honor, although eight other films were also nominated.
In 1994, it was voted Number 22 of “the 50 Greatest Cartoons” of all time by members of the animation field. However, because of the propagandistic nature of the short, and the depiction of Donald Duck as a Nazi (albeit a reluctant one), Disney kept the film out of general circulation after its original release.
Its first home video release came in 2004 with the release of the third wave of the Walt Disney Treasures DVD sets.
Lady Elote lifts her lamp: Send me your hungry, your poor (toon)
We will not be denied our rights to elotes!
Immigrant street vendors are among the most cherished people in our communities. They bring two things we can’t do without: food and culture.
[Hey, pochos: This design is available on t-shirts, too! Women’s in baby blue and men’s in black on sale now. Wear this shirt with Elote Pride!]
Marvel Comic’s Stan Lee: ‘Expose and destroy racism and bigotry’
Stan Lee‘s Marvel Comics characters aren’t shy about fighting racists and bigots. And neither is Stan.
From “Stan’s Soapbox”, Bullpen Bulletins, December 1970:
Mas…Marvel Comic’s Stan Lee: ‘Expose and destroy racism and bigotry’
And then they came for the white women of Virginia (toon)
RIP HEATHER HEYER, NAZI FIGHTER.
