ISBN:
9781771132572
,
1771132574
Language:
English
Pages:
x, 198 pages
,
chiefly illustrations
,
28 cm
Year of publication:
2016
Parallel Title:
Online version Drawn to change
Parallel Title:
Drawn to change
Keywords:
Labor movement / Canada / History / Comic books, strips, etc
;
Working class / Canada / Social conditions / Comic books, strips, etc
;
Mouvement ouvrier / Canada / Histoire / Bandes dessinées
;
Travailleurs / Canada / Conditions sociales / Bandes dessinées
;
Labor movement
;
Working class / Social conditions
;
Canada
;
Comics (Graphic works) / Canada
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Comic books, strips, etc
;
Graphic novels
;
History
;
Nonfiction comics
;
Graphic novels
;
Bandes dessinées autres que de fiction
Abstract:
"Canadian labour history and working-class struggles are brought to life in this anthology of nine short comics, each one accompanied by an informative preface. Each comic showcases the inspiring efforts and determination of working people who banded together with others to fight to change the world. The history of working-class struggle is a fascinating story of conflict and coercion, of resistance and triumph. It has the drama of defeat mixed with the thrill of victory, though not always in equal measure. But, working-class history is not just interesting and exciting; it also contains important lessons for labour and social justice activists today. Illustrate! Educate! Organize! Contributors include Jo SiMalaya Alcampo, Althea Balmes, Christine Balmes, Sam Bradd, Paul Buhle, Nicole Marie Burton, David Camfield, Sean Carleton, Conely de Leon, Robin Folvik, Ethan Heitner, Greg Kealey, Orion Keresztesi, Mark Leier, David Lester, Andrée Lévesque, Zenee May Maceda, Dale McCartney, Doug Nesbitt, Bryan Palmer, Andrew Parnaby, Joan Sangster, Kara Sievewright, Julia Smith, Ron Verzuh, Tania Willard (Secwepemc Nation)"--Publisher
Description / Table of Contents:
Preface: Changing the world with comics / by Paul Buhle -- Introduction: Hope, history, and comics / by the Graphic History Collective -- Dreaming of what might be: The Knights of Labor in Canada, 1880-1900 -- Working on the water, fighting for the land: indigenous labour on Burrard Inlet -- The Battle of Ballantyne Pier: an injury to one is an injury to all! -- Bill Williamson: Hobo, wobbly, communist, on-to-Ottawa trekker, Spanish Civil War veteran, photographer -- Coal Mountain: The 1935 Corbin Miners' Strike -- Madeleine Parent: A life of struggle and solidarity -- An "entirely different" kind of labour union: The Service, Office, and Retail Workers' Union of Canada -- The Days of Action: The character of class struggle in 1990s Ontario -- Kwentong Bayan: labour of love
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