Sue Coeis an artist, animal rights activist, and anti-fascist. She is the author ofThe Animal's Vegan ManifestoandCruel. She has depicted the rights struggles of women, children, queers, animals, refugees, and political dissidents. She has exposed the suffering of AIDS patients, displaced persons, and domesticated animals. Her art has also exposed the horrors of factory farms, zoos, prisons, and refugee camps. Coe's prints, drawings and paintings are found in many major art museums, and her illustrations have been published inThe New York Times,The Nationand elsewhere. Stephen F. Eisenmanis Professor Emeritus of Art History at Northwestern University and the author of a dozen books includingNineteenth Century Art: A Critical History, Gauguin's Skirt, The Abu Ghraib Effect, andThe Cry of Nature: Art and the Making of Animal Rights. He is an art critic and columnist forCounterpunchand the co-founder of the environmental justice non-profit, Anthropocene Alliance.
""Coe’s illustrations . . . don’t try to inform or debate: They just punch you in the face."" —The Washington Post “Prescient . . . searing social-political art.” —The New York Times ""The most clear, generous, and sincere book on fascism and anti-fascism I have read in recent years . . . delightfully willing to punch fascism in the nose."" —Andrew Tonkovich, Los Angeles Review of Books ""[A] powerful and impactful interweaving of punchy art and precise words that together lay bare the authoritarianism, racism, xenophobia, homophobia, and misogyny that characterises much of the political landscape of the US today."" —The Morning Star ""Sue Coe’s work is a visceral reminder of the power of art as resistance, offering a searing critique of fascism and injustice with every stroke."" —CounterPunch ""[Sue Coe's] characters seem to climb into each other; they elicit a horror and disillusionment that matches the moment."" —Middle East Eye