Art Spiegelman Urges US Counter-Revolution at 78 Against 'Fascist' Trump Administration
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Updated · The Guardian · Aug 15
Art Spiegelman Urges US Counter-Revolution at 78 Against 'Fascist' Trump Administration
1 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Aug 15
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Art Spiegelman said the US needs a “counter-revolution,” arguing the Trump administration has dismantled democratic ideals, curtailed civil liberties and left no effective opposition.
The 78-year-old Maus creator said Trump is “fascist” rather than Nazi, describing a politics of “othering,” self-enrichment and repression that he believes has pushed the country beyond its previous crises.
Spiegelman linked that alarm to his long focus on trauma and state power, saying 9/11 first drove him back to comics as he watched security crackdowns and the creation of ICE reshape American life.
Maus, which won Spiegelman a Pulitzer in 1992 and was later banned by some Republican school boards, remains central to his critique; he said the bans only drove sales higher.
Speaking from the Soho home where he has lived for 5 decades, Spiegelman said he is still making art at 78 even as he grows more pessimistic about US politics.