In Those Times: Cartoons on Carter
Looking back at Jimmy Carter’s legacy according to critical In These Times cartoons from the 1970s.
In These Times Editors
The late President Jimmy Carter is widely remembered for his humanitarian work — but he was also the bête noire of a scrappy Chicago-based socialist newspaper launched just after his 1976 election victory. “Almost everyone was dissatisfied with the available choices. Few are delighted with the result,” wrote In These Times founder Jimmy Weinstein of the election in his inaugural editorial, where he laid out the new paper’s role: to expose the major parties as “the protection agencies of corporate capitalism.” Its cartoons showed Carter no mercy.
Accompanying “Blacks decisive, North and South,” Nov. 15-21, 1976, on Carter’s debt to Black voters. IN THESE TIMES ARCHIVES/Jimmy Margulies/Rothco
Accompanying “Carter’s pardon pleases few, angers many,” Feb. 2-8,1977, on Carter granting amnesty to draft dodgers, but not deserters or the dishonorably discharged. IN THESE TIMES ARCHIVES/Mike Peters
Accompanying “Carter declares war on labor,” Nov. 8-14, 1978, charging that Carter’s “anti-inflation” measures amount to a class war, in which “the state will join hands with the corporations … to impose corporate stagflation upon the whole society.” IN THESE TIMES ARCHIVES/Mike Peters
Accompanying “Carter fudges on budget figures,” February 6-12, 1980, on Carter reneging on campaign promises to cut defense spending and fund public health insurance. ITT Archives
