Political cartoonist Khalil Bendib

Talk by political cartoonist Khalil Bendib

Khalil Bendib is the janitor -- or minesweeper -- of political cartooning in America. Potentially explosive issues avoided by other cartoonists, such as racial injustice, labor and class struggles, U.S. imperialism, environmental degradation, the scapegoating of Muslims and Arabs and the complicity of our Orwellian media are all grist to his mill. Where others see sacred cows, Mr. Bendib sees the potential for shish kebab.

Through Minuteman Media News Service, Bendib's award-winning cartoons are distributed to over 1,700 small and mid-size newspapers natiowide and are regularly featured in dozens of Muslim, Arab and African-American newspapers, and have been published in USA Today, the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle and other major newspapers.

* Political Cartooning
* Media Censorship
* Issues in the Middle East/North Africa
* Post 9/11: U.S. Muslims and Identity in a Big Brother State
* Divide and Conquer: the Politics of Colonialism

Thu, Aug 30, 2007 7:00 pm
Mudrakers Cafe, 2801 Telegraph Ave., Berkeley

The program will be repeated on Wed, Sep 5, 2007, 7:00 pm, at Cody's Books, 4th Street, Berkeley