On this day, 20 August 1948 workers for the African Wharfage Company (AWC) in Zanzibar City struck for higher wages. Due to intimidation by the British authorities (what is now Tanzania was then a colony of the British Empire) the strike won the sympathy of many other workers on the island. A general strike developed that paralysed the city and much of the island’s economy. The strike lasted until September 13th when the company gave in on wage increases and improved working conditions. A detailed account of the strike can be found here: http://libcom.org/history/1948-zanzibar-city-general-strike https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1192026954315786/?type=3
Blonde Phantom Comics #17 (March, 1948) Cover by Syd Shores
James Coburn as John Mallory in Sergio Leone’s
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Beginnings
@thetwinhalls is doing a lovely little challenge per month thing, and since this is the first one, the challenge was “beginnings” - I went with a cosmic Amun-Ra creating the earth~
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T’s Facto : GODZILLA FINAL WARS YASUSHI NIRASAWA CONCEPT DESIGN MODEL完成品を購入したもの。韮沢靖氏のデザイン画をモチーフとした造形はまさに狂気の凶器で狂喜です。 https://t.co/EKFV5uyevB
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