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As somebody who actually has print copies of Charlie, who read it in 1980 - it halted in the 1980s until a relaunch in 1992 - and have read it since when I can get copies or visit France - I can only agree with those who defend our beloved Charlie.
They are specialists in Bad Taste - something I note is the basis of Family Guy (which I don't see any US leftists whinge about).
There are so many cartoons in each issue (I was looking at a few copies I have kept and gave up counting after thirty per issue) that it would be hard to be exact about this.
But they defend the rights of immigrants, sexual minorities, and social freedoms, as well as liberty of expression. The targeted the Front National, militarism, and satirised all religions.
The wonderful cartoonist 'Cabu' (Jean Cabut), murdered last week was a red-green leftists - gentle, ecology minded, person who was universally loved. I have collections of his cartoons. He was one of the most loved people in France and by French speakers internationally.
The very first article I had published in English, circa 1984 (in the Socialist Society's bulletin) on the rise of the Front National used Cabu's cartoons as illustrations.
The Editor Stéphane Charbonnier (Charb) was a supporter of the Front de gauche and a contributor to the communist aligned paper,L'Humanité . His partner Jeannette Bougrab, is of North African origin.
Wolinski, another of those killed, was also a L'Humanité contributor and more closely identified with the French Communist Party.
I note that L'Humanité has backed our beloved Charlie to the hilt - as has the French left more broadly.
Frankly many of us deeply insulted by attempts to portray Charlie as 'racist'.
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