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The History Hour
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Global strikes and industrial action

52 min•15 oktober 2022

A collection of the latest Witness History programmes, presented by Max Pearson. We look at moments from around the world when workers took industrial action in pursuit of better conditions from geisha in Japan to tortured wig factory workers in South Korea. This programme contains descriptions of torture.

Disney cartoonists went on strike for nine weeks in 1941. They were led by Art Babbitt, Disney’s top animator who created Goofy. The picket line was remarkable for its colourful artwork and support from Hollywood actors.

Anousha Sakoui, an entertainment industry writer for the Los Angeles Times discusses the impact of the Disney strikes and significant moments when Hollywood workers fought for their rights.

(Photo: Art Babbitt leads Disney animators holding placards with cartoon characters at a film premiere. Credit: Kosti Ruohomaa, a former Disney worker, courtesy of Cowan-Fouts Collection)

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A papal visit and German reunification
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The 'Cyprus Emergency’ and India’s nuclear mango deal
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Movie history: Seven Samurai and Casablanca
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Sweden and the USA's diplomatic freeze and Elvis in the UK
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Blood diamonds and the meeting between Florence Nightingale and Aga Khan III
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The Shetland Bus and toxic shock syndrome
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Italian history
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Creating Mr Men and the Austrian wine scandal
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Chile’s Penguin Revolution and the 5,000-year-old frozen mummy
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