The following is a short preview, the full comic is published in the book, Drawn to Change: Graphic Histories of Working-Class Struggle, an anthology of Canadian labour history comics edited by the Graphic History Collective and historian Paul Buhle and published by Between the Lines Press in 2016. Working on the Water, Fighting for the Land: Indigenous Labour on Burrard Inlet … Read More
GHP
Preview #11: Coal Mountain: A Graphic Re-telling of the 1935 Corbin Miners’ Strike
The following is a short preview, the full comic is published in the book, Drawn to Change: Graphic Histories of Working-Class Struggle, an anthology of Canadian labour history comics edited by the Graphic History Collective and historian Paul Buhle and published by Between the Lines Press in 2016. Coal Mountain by Nicole Marie Burton Bio Nicole Marie Burton is a comics … Read More
Preview #10: Kwentong Bayan: Labour of Love
The following is a short preview, the full comic is published in the book, Drawn to Change: Graphic Histories of Working-Class Struggle, an anthology of Canadian labour history comics edited by the Graphic History Collective and historian Paul Buhle and published by Between the Lines Press in 2016. Kwentong Bayan: Labour of Love by Althea Balmes and Jo SiMalaya Alcampo Learn … Read More
Preview #9: The Days of Action
The following is a short preview, the full comic is published in the book, Drawn to Change: Graphic Histories of Working-Class Struggle, an anthology of Canadian labour history comics edited by the Graphic History Collective and historian Paul Buhle and published by Between the Lines Press in 2016. Looking Back at the Ontario Days of Action A quirk of how we … Read More
Preview #8: An Entirely Different Kind of Labour Union: The Service, Office, and Retail Workers’ Union of Canada
The following is a short preview, the full comic is published in the book, Drawn to Change: Graphic Histories of Working-Class Struggle, an anthology of Canadian labour history comics edited by the Graphic History Collective and historian Paul Buhle and published by Between the Lines Press in 2016.
Project #7: A Brief, Accurate Graphic History of the Environmental Movement (Mostly in Canada)
Project #7 from the Graphic History Collective is A Brief, Accurate, Graphic History of Environmental Activism, Steph Hill’s attempt to fit a broad swath of history into a short little book. A Brief, Accurate Graphic History of the Environmental Movement (Mostly in Canada) By Steph Hill From Steph: The idea was to relate the fundamental … Read More
Preview #6: Bill Williamson (Part 1)
The following is a short preview, the full comic is published in the book, Drawn to Change: Graphic Histories of Working-Class Struggle, an anthology of Canadian labour history comics edited by the Graphic History Collective and historian Paul Buhle and published by Between the Lines Press in 2016. Bill Williamson: Hobo, Wobbly, Communist, On to Ottawa Trekker, Spanish Civil War Veteran, … Read More
Project #5: Flint Sit-Down Strike
Stick and Stay, They’re Bound to Pay: The Flint Strike in Comics By Ethan Heitner Edited by Paul Buhle The storied Sit-Down Strike in Flint, Michigan has a special significance for today. Led in large part by left-wingers—Communist, Socialist, and Trotskyist alike—it was, more important, the most dramatic part of a movement that swept across … Read More
Preview #4: Battle of Ballantyne Pier
The following is a short preview, the full comic is published in the book, Drawn to Change: Graphic Histories of Working-Class Struggle, an anthology of Canadian labour history comics edited by the Graphic History Collective and historian Paul Buhle and published by Between the Lines Press in 2016. The Battle of Ballantyne Pier By David Lester Written and illustrated by the multi-talented … Read More
Project #3: Suzanne Voilquin Socialist Feminist
Suzanne Voilquin: Socialist Feminist By Linda Kelly Alkana, Lorna Alkana and Alex Alkana Growing out of Linda Kelly Alkana’s PhD research, this illustrated biography of Suzanne Voilquin provides fascinating glimpses into the life of a woman striving for equality and justice in the 19th century, charting a journey that took her to Egypt, America and … Read More