The artist Rafael Barajas Durán, better known as El Fisgón, has since 2018 served as the president of the National Institute for Political Education, the agency responsible for the political education of Morena party members and the general public. He also contributes to Morena’s political theory and strategy development.
Good political art has always been hard to do. El Fisgón — “The Rubbernecker" — has been a master at it. You can look at his people, their faces and body language, and almost immediately know what’s going on, even without knowing the specifics of their situations.
El Fisgón has been an architect and a cartoonist since the 1980s. He’s also been everything from a historian and leading left activist to an educator and children’s book writer. All this varied background shows up in his cartoons and throughout his work.
Always current and fierce in his defense of people’s struggles, El Fisgón draws beautifully. And he’s funny!
“Since I’ve been working in the factory, my father doesn’t beat me anymore...Only my boss beats me.”
- And maybe you don't have weapons of mass destruction, but you can't forget that you have this thing that is so much used for war.
- What's that?
- Petroleum.
El Fisgón’s always clear and consistent point of view helps him never lose sight of human beings. His humanity and empathy shape his politics. The human condition, his work reminds us, can be laughable — and frustrating and sad. But that work leaves us feeling that the world and our all-too-human foibles really belong to all of us. We are all we have!
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