Muhammad Ali is widely remembered as a dominant athlete and is celebrated for his boxing prowess; however, Ali also fought for social justice. He was active in the Civil Rights Movement and routinely spoke out against racism, imperialism, and militarization. He was a radical figure who, while a professional fighter, used his words and deeds … Read More
The Little Red Colouring Book – Free Download The Graphic History Collective is pleased to release our first labour history colouring/activity book, The Little Red Colouring Book, just in time for May Day 2016. The colouring book is available as a FREE DOWNLOAD. We hope that this alternative colouring book, created by donated union labour … Read More
Just in time for May Day 2016, Between the Lines Press is offering a special 10% discount on orders of our books May Day: A Graphic History of Protest and Drawn to Change: Graphic Histories of Working-Class Struggle. Order from BTL until May 6th and use the promo code: mayday. Get your dose of radical working-class … Read More
The Graphic History Collective is pleased to release GHC member Sean Carleton’s comic book, “James Connolly: The Irish Rebel.”Written and illustrated by Sean, the comic book commemorates the life of Irish socialist James Connolly and the 100th anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin.The comic book is available for free exclusively on the GHC … Read More
Sassy, smart, and subversive: this was She Named It Canada (SNIC), an early comic book or ‘graphic novel’ published in 1971 by the aptly-named Corrective Collective, a Vancouver-based feminist group dedicated to re-writing Canadian history for a popular audience. The Corrective Collective members included Karen Cameron, Colette French, Andrea Lebowitz, Barbara Todd, Cathy Walker, Dodie … Read More
Tell us about the process of creating She Named it Canada. How did you come up with the idea? How did you do the research/writing/etc.? SNIC was prepared for the Indochinese Women’s Conference held in Vancouver. . . . This was a travelling road show of North Vietnamese women who wanted access to American women … Read More
How and why did the Corrective Collective get started? How did you come up with the name? The Vancouver Women’s Caucus was mostly composed of women with a left-wing point of view. It had been formed at Simon Fraser University as part of the Students for a Democratic University, but by the time of writing … Read More
Our friends at the Workers Arts and Heritage Centre (in Hamilton, Ontario) recently gave kids the opportunity to colour our Joe Hill commemorative poster as part of one of their great Professional Development Days. The kids did a great job and had a lot of fun. We are going to be donating a copy of … Read More
We are thrilled at the response to our Activist Colouring Contest, commemorating the life of union singer and organizer Joe Hill. It was great to see folks of all ages participate and learn a little bit about Joe Hill in the process of making activist art. In the end, we selected three winners: Abby Vassey … Read More
To mark the life of union organizer, songwriter, and cartoonist Joe Hill, the GHC is pleased to release this free commemorative colouring poster entitled “Don’t Mourn, Organize!” (see contest instructions below). Hill was executed by the state of Utah 100 years ago, on 19 November 1915. Joel Emmanuel Hägglund (also known as Joseph Hillström, or … Read More