The selected cartoons appeared first in other publications, either in print or online, or on social media, and are credited appropriately.
Adam Zyglis for Buffalo News weighs in on the crackdown of authoritarian leaders on artistes who speak up for a cause. The cartoon comes in light of US President Donald Trump calling for “retribution” after the American TV show Saturday Night Live mocked his national emergency. The cartoonist projects this against the arrest of cartoonist Musa Kart in Turkey, the detention of Uighur musician and poet Abdurehim Heyit in China, and the arrest of art dealer Karan Vafadari and his wife in Iran.
Antonio Rodriguez weighs in on the socio-political uproar underway in Venezuela amid the rival claims to presidency staked by opposition leader Juan Guaido, who has US support and is depicted in the cartoon, and Nicolas Maduro.
Carlos Latuff draws on allegations that the US is exploiting Venezuela’s need for humanitarian aid to launch a military intervention.
Fresh congressional elections are due for a constituency in the US state of North Carolina after the state election board said it suspected irregularities in polling during the November midterms. Here, Kevin Siers portrays Mark Harris, who won the midterm by a narrow margin. As reported in NPR, “After months of insisting that he knew of no illegal activity being done on behalf of his campaign, Republican Mark Harris, who leads the race for North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District, called Thursday for the State Board of Elections to hold a new election.”
Morten Morland takes a dig at the Labour Party split, which saw seven MPs leaving the party over an ideological conflict. The split, he suggests, was catalysed by none other than Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn.
Peter Brookes weighs in on the resignation of MPs Heidi Allen, Anna Soubry and Sarah Wollaston from the UK’s Conservative Party. The trio said their decision to quit was driven by the precedence gained by hardline Brexiteers in the party under UK Prime Minister Theresa May.