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Political cartoonist draws about world problems

Political cartoonist draws about world problems
Stephanie McMillan, political cartoonist and activist, greeted guests at her opening reception at CSUN's West Gallery Monday night. Photo credit: Luis Rivas / Opinion Editor
Stephanie McMillan, political cartoonist and activist, greeted guests at her opening reception at CSUN’s West Gallery Monday night. Photo credit: Luis Rivas / Opinion Editor

Stephanie McMillan, a political cartoonist, is displaying her political art in the West Gallery at the Art and Design Center until Thursday.

She wants people to be aware of the global environment, garment industry, and capitalism.

“My whole purpose is to build organizations to become strong enough to challenge, weaken, and ultimately get rid of this horribly, destructive, omnicidal system of capitalism and to build a future that is sustainable and without class division,” said McMillan.

McMillan's art focuses on environmentalism, the destructive role of capitalism and other social justice issues. Photo credit: Luis Rivas / Opinion Editor
McMillan’s art focuses on environmentalism, the destructive role of capitalism and other social justice issues. Photo credit: Luis Rivas / Opinion Editor

One of her cartoons, Inter-Capitalist Conflict, portrays two wealthy executives on top of the world with bloody mouths and hands like vampires dripping on the earth fighting for land.

“Her art is politically bold by portraying the problems of the world,” said Veronica Ramos, a junior liberal studies major. “It gives great, simple, truthful information about the environment and economic injustice.”

With her art and ideas, McMillan tries to encourage people to be bold and to organize and fight injustice and capitalism. For those who want to create change, she suggests creating or joining organizations to become a strong, social force against the capitalist’s lies and wealth.

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McMillan, political cartoonist and activist, greeted guests and gave her autograph at her opening reception at CSUN’s West Gallery on Monday. Photo credit: Luis Rivas / Opinion Editor

“Capitalism is a form of a class divided society where production is geared for profit. It’s not for what people need; it’s for a minority to make money,” said McMillan. “The minority exploits people and destroys the planet for profit. It’s for the accumulation of wealth.”

McMillan will be speaking at the Campus Sustainability Day on Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the USU Northridge Center. The award-winning cartoonist will discuss the topic “Capitalism Must Die! Our Planet is not Expendable.”

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