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A New Year for Capitalism

By Eneko (Posted Jan 09, 2011)

CapitalismSpainNews

A New Year for Capitalism
“Happy New Swindle!”


Eneko Las Heras, born in Caracas in 1963, is a cartoonist based in Spain.  The cartoon above was first published on his blog . . . Y sin embargo se mueve on 3 January 2011.  Translation by Yoshie Furuhashi (@yoshiefuruhashi | yoshie.furuhashi [at] gmail.com).




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An Atrocious Act
Without Violence, Without Drugs
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