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'''Carlos Latuff''' ([http://latuff2.deviantart.com/art/Carlos-Latuff-19193141 photo]) is a freelance [[political cartoonist]], born in [[November 30]], [[1968]], in [[Rio de Janeiro]], [[Brazil]].
'''Carlos Latuff''' ([http://latuff2.deviantart.com/art/Carlos-Latuff-19193141 photo]) is a freelance [[political cartoonist]], born in [[November 30]], [[1968]], in [[Rio de Janeiro]], [[Brazil]].


==Published works==
Latuff's works have been posted on various [[Indymedia]] websites and blogs; and several of his cartoons were also published on other websites such as [[Norman Finkelstein]]'s official website.<ref>[http://www.normanfinkelstein.com/article.php?pg=11&ar=176 Official site of Norman G. Finkelstein: Latuff's gallery (normanfinkelstein.com)]</ref>
Latuff's works have been posted on various [[Indymedia]] websites and blogs; and several of his cartoons were also published on other websites such as [[Norman Finkelstein]]'s official website.<ref>[http://www.normanfinkelstein.com/article.php?pg=11&ar=176 Official site of Norman G. Finkelstein: Latuff's gallery (normanfinkelstein.com)]</ref>


Revision as of 21:14, 25 February 2008

Carlos Latuff (photo) is a freelance political cartoonist, born in November 30, 1968, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Latuff's works have been posted on various Indymedia websites and blogs; and several of his cartoons were also published on other websites such as Norman Finkelstein's official website.[1]

Themes

'Global Intifada' by Carlos Latuff shows a 'global persona' dressed in a Keffiyeh while holding the V sign (for victory) in front the Palestinian flag.
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'Uncle Sam wants you DEAD!' by Carlos Latuff shows Uncle Sam (representing the U.S.A.) with Adolf Hitler's features and a Nazi swastika atop his top-hat.

Latuff has authored several comics about Middle East situations such as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the Iraq War, mainly highly critical towards Israel and the United States while sympathizing with their opposition.[original research?]

In his We are all Palestinians cartoon series, various famous oppressed groups, including Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto, Black South Africans during Apartheid, Native Americans, and Tibetans in China, are all shown stating "I am Palestinian".[2] (See also: Controversies)

Latuff has also made a series of cartoons that portray Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon,[3][4][5] United States President George W. Bush, Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and British PM Tony Blair among other politicians as monsters and as Nazis.[6]

In his comic series by the name of Tales of Iraq War (also translated into Arabic), he features 'Juba, the Baghdad sniper' as a hero[citation needed] while US soldiers are portrayed as villains[citation needed][7] sent by US President George W. Bush, caricatured laughing over US casualties.[8][original research?]

Controversies

'Just following orders' by Carlos Latuff shows an Israeli and Nazi soldiers. Text in the shape of a Nazi swastika says: "Israeli soldiers are just following orders".

Latuff himself has described his work as controversial and stated that his pages have been arbitrarily removed from the Internet by the U.S. free host service company.[9]

In 2002 the Swiss-based Jewish organization Aktion Kinder des Holocaust sued the Independent Media Center (IMC, also known as Indymedia) of Switzerland on the charge of anti-Semitism. The reason was a cartoon of Latuff's We are all Palestinians series, published in Swiss IMC website, which depicted a Jewish boy in Warsaw Ghetto saying: "I am Palestinian."[10][11][12] The criminal proceedings were suspended by Swiss court.[13]

In August 2006, Latuff reported that comic strips from his 'Tales of Iraq War' [14] series were published, alongside an interview, in Al-Raed, "a Sunni magazine in Iraq".[15]

In 2006, Latuff entered and was placed second, winning $4,000, in the controversial Iranian 'International Holocaust Cartoon Competition'. Latuff's image compared the Israeli West Bank barrier with the Nazi concentration camps.[16] The competition itself was controversial - it was criticised by the then United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, the Israeli foreign ministry, Reporters Without Borders, the Anti-Defamation League and many others.[17][18][19] Latuff's entry was described as "Holocaust inversion" by investor Manfred Gerstenfeld.[20]

A cartoon by Latuff depicting Alan Dershowitz masturbating over the killing of Lebanese citizens, which illustrated an article by prominent anti-Zionist Norman Finkelstein, also provoked controversy.[21]

References

  1. ^ Official site of Norman G. Finkelstein: Latuff's gallery (normanfinkelstein.com)
  2. ^ Carlos Latuff: "We Are All Palestinian"
  3. ^ "Ariel Sharon portrait by ~latuff". DeviantArt. 2003-06-08. Retrieved 2007-09-21. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ^ "Ariel Sharon by ~latuff". DeviantArt. 2003-06-07. Retrieved 2007-09-21. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  5. ^ "The Godfather by ~latuff". DeviantArt. 2003-05-02. Retrieved 2007-09-21. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  6. ^ [1][2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
  7. ^ An example episode of Juba the Baghdad sniper at Latuff's blog
  8. ^ 'Laughs' by Carlos Latuff (infoshop.org)
  9. ^ Letter from Latuff to fans Feb 10, 2001
  10. ^ Alex Schärer: Linke und Antisemitismus: Der Indymedia-Streit - Aufpassen, was im Kübel landet, Die Wochenzeitung, April 4, 2002
  11. ^ Junge Welt: Ärger im Internet: Wegen antisemitischer Beiträge hat Indymedia Schweiz den Betrieb gestoppt, February 25, 2002
  12. ^ Aktion Kinder des Holocaust: Is this cartoon by Latuff, published at indymedia-switzerland, anti-Semitic? An analysis
  13. ^ Hamadeh, Anis (August 2002). "Jewish peace activists and Israeli violence". Retrieved 2007-09-21.
  14. ^ Latuff: TALES OF IRAQ WAR by LATUFF (blog)
  15. ^ Carlos Latuff: Comics read by IRAQIS in IRAQ, DeviantArt, August 21, 2006
  16. ^ Winners of the Iranian Holocaust Cartoon Competition, IRANCARTOON International
  17. ^ Associated Press: Iran says Holocaust cartoon contest expresses hatred toward oppressors, November 2, 2006
  18. ^ ADL: Arab Media Review: Anti-Semitism and Other Trends July - December 2006: Iranian Holocaust Cartoon Contest, January 24, 2007
  19. ^ David Cesarani: Deep in denial, The Guardian, December 11, 2006
  20. ^ Manfred Gerstenfeld: "Ahmadinejad, Iran, and Holocaust manipulation: methods, aims, and reactions", Scholars For Peace in the Middle East, February 1, 2007
  21. ^ Alan Dershowitz: The Lerner-Finkelstein duet, The Jerusalem Post, October 16, 2006 (mirror: [8])
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