Judge, 1935-11 · page 5 of 36
Judge — November 1935 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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# Political Cartoon Analysis (Judge Magazine, November 1, 1935) The main cartoon depicts a street vendor ("Little Gem Spot Co" from Brooklyn) selling shoes in Addis Ababa, with the caption "They're shoes and yet they ain't shoes, see!" This appears to reference Italy's 1935 invasion of Ethiopia (then called Abyssinia). The vendor's absurd logic—claiming shoes are "not shoes"—likely satirizes diplomatic doublespeak around the invasion: nations condemned Italy while continuing to trade with it, creating contradictory positions. The shoe-seller represents American hypocrisy or equivocation regarding international sanctions against fascist aggression. The surrounding editorial snippets touch on timely issues: highway safety, arms sales to foreign powers, and wrestling as American sport.
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