Peter Cushing and his creation, Susan Denberg. Frankenstein Created Woman (1967)
endless list of my favourite male horror characters:
Ted White as Jason Voorhees
FRIDAY THE 13TH: THE FINAL CHAPTER
1984 | dir. Joseph Zito
A more complete compilation of the Gojistomp review banners I was able to track down, including a couple other banners from the site.
On this day, 21 October 1929, anarchist, feminist, poet and world-renowned sci-fi and fantasy novelist Ursula K. Le Guin was born in Berkeley, California. Le Guin produced a huge body of work, including seminal novels like The Dispossessed, and maintained her radical views right up until her death in 2018. And she was always keen to remind people not to lose hope: that however bleak the situation appears, we can make a difference. This came across in a particularly powerful way in her 2014 speech at the national book awards: “We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words.”
We are very happy to be able to make available some of her little-known works in our online store, as well as a t-shirt featuring part of this quotation with permission from Le Guin’s foundation. Proceeds help fund our work: https://shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/all/ursula-k-le-guin https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/2115255091992963/?type=3
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
The 13 April 1919 Jallianwala Bagh Massacre (aka Amritsar Massacre) was an infamous episode of brutality which saw General Dyer order his troops to open fire on an unarmed crowd of men, women, and children trapped in an abandoned walled garden during a Sikh festival. At least 379 people died, and over 1,500 were injured in the massacre.
The Jallianwala Bagh massacre took place in the context of violent riots in April 1919 in the Punjab and elsewhere. The British authorities had lost control of Amritsar on 11 April, and Dyer had been sent by the Governor of Bengal to restore order. Dyer was unrepentant of his actions, thinking he had displayed the necessary force to prevent a further escalation in the civil unrest that had included the murder of five Europeans. An inquiry after the terrible massacre resulted in Dyer’s dismissal from the army. The massacre was one of the most infamous episodes, perhaps the most infamous in the entire history of British colonial rule in India.
