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The Scum - comic about the Wapping dispute, 1986

The Scum

A contemporary spoof of The Sun newspaper containing a "Tintin" cartoon about the Wapping printers dispute of 1986.

Author
J. Daniels
Submitted by Steven. on May 14, 2008
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scum-wapping.pdf (1.63 MB)
  • 1980s
  • media and culture
  • strikes
  • London
  • United Kingdom
  • comics
  • printing
  • Wapping dispute
  • Attack International
  • spoofs

Serge Forward

4 years ago

In reply to Welcome by libcom.org

That was a great little pamphlet, a precursor to the "Breaking Free" book. Nice to see it on here.

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