Knights of Labour

A cadre of historians, artists and activists champion social justice via comic books. Together, they have published a free comic on Canada’s early labour movement.

The Graphic History Collective is a cadre of historians, artists and activists championing social justice via comic books. Together, they have published a free comic on Canada’s early labour movement. This one is called Dreaming of What Might Be: The Knights of Labor in Canada 1880–1900.

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