Be a shame for something this epic not to become a real event in history.
PS Hey, go big or go home right? I just used Fox News to help me know which celebrities to message. And of course, it’s not a party until you invite the Jedi Master and HRH the Dutchess of Cambridge. ❤
There is a current history of knitting and activism – check out Knitting Nannas, who protest against fracking and coal seam gas in Australia. They are a peaceful protest organisation, but that doesn’t mean they don’t get arrested for doing things like chaining themselves to fences. I don’t see why knitters in the US couldn’t use the same approach to protest ICE. Basically it’s using what’s perceived as a genteel, unthreatening hobby to be subversive and get attention. It never looks great for authority when they’re dragging grandmas in cardigans into police cars, and they know this.
Actually, according to the 1923 Supreme Court interpretation of the Naturalization Act, you could also become a naturalized citizen if you were of African descent. 1924 was when Native Americans were included. Gotta exclude those Asiatics, though. But this is too complicated to put in that one line so… yeah.
I wanted Steve and Bucky to be in more worker strikes, but apparently the biggest ones in NYC were either immediately post-WWII, or in 1911 following the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, and most of the protestors were Jewish women who worked in the garment industry. (And lbr, they totally missed the Civil Rights movement.)
Here’s the quick Wikipedia link to the child labor thing. 🙂 I learned so much making this comic!
Happy Birthday, Steve. The world is not that great right now, both here and in Marvel-verse, but let’s keep on trucking.
knitting in the dark 