{"id":971,"date":"2009-01-14T11:04:37","date_gmt":"2009-01-14T18:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cartoonistconspiracy.com\/conspire\/?p=971"},"modified":"2009-01-14T11:04:46","modified_gmt":"2009-01-14T18:04:46","slug":"is-your-country-a-banana-republic-talk-by-kirk-anderson-saturday-january-31st-in-minneapolis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cartoonistconspiracy.com\/conspire\/?p=971","title":{"rendered":"Is Your Country a Banana Republic? Talk by Kirk Anderson Saturday, January 31st in Minneapolis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kirk Anderson has another presentation coming up Saturday, January 31st&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Saturday, Jan. 31, 10:00 am<br \/>\nBook talk and cartoon presentation<br \/>\n&#8220;Is Your Country a Banana Republic?&#8221;<br \/>\nBanana Republic: Adventures in Amnesia, by Kirk Anderson<br \/>\nSt. Martin&#8217;s Table<br \/>\n2001 Riverside Ave., Minneapolis<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Is Your Country a Banana Republic?&#8221;: Local author and political cartoonist Kirk Anderson will show cartoons from his latest book, BANANA REPUBLIC: Adventures in Amnesia, discuss its timely themes and sign and illustrate books. With America&#8217;s funny little banana republic quirks like torture, rendition, surveillance, secret evidence, indefinite imprisonment without charge, an unstable currency and unsupportable foreign debt, we&#8217;re not getting rid of our banana republic ways, we&#8217;re only getting used to them &#8212; even as our republic gets a new top banana.<br \/>\nBANANA REPUBLIC is a collection of the weekly, quarter-page cartoons of the same name that ran on the Star Tribune&#8217;s opinion page for years. Come on down for a fun, provocative and irreverent presentation.<\/p>\n<p>For more about the book, visit Molotov Comix Press at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.MolotovComix.com\">www.MolotovComix.com<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kirk Anderson has another presentation coming up Saturday, January 31st&#8230; Saturday, Jan. 31, 10:00 am Book talk and cartoon presentation &#8220;Is Your Country a Banana Republic?&#8221; Banana Republic: Adventures in Amnesia, by Kirk Anderson St. Martin&#8217;s Table 2001 Riverside Ave., Minneapolis &#8220;Is Your Country a Banana Republic?&#8221;: Local author and political cartoonist Kirk Anderson will &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cartoonistconspiracy.com\/conspire\/?p=971\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Is Your Country a Banana Republic? 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