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Criticising capitalism

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Criticising capitalism

Tomorrowmagazine was founded by the artist and political leftist Kennaway Henderson. He was a gifted cartoonist and used his magazine to critique and satirise politicians and the establishment. This 1934 cartoon represents capitalists as charlatans who trick the poor. It was images like these that led to the magazine being accused of subversion and closed down by the government. 

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: Tomorrow, 12 September 1934, p. 9. (S-L-1272-9)

by Kennaway Henderson

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Ben Schrader, Magazines and periodicals – Art and literary magazines, 1930 to 1950, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/cartoon/44385/criticising-capitalism (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Ben Schrader, published 6 March 2014, updated 1 April 2020.