80 Years Ago Today, Disney Animation Workers Went on Strike

Paul Prescod Jacobin
The Disney cartoonists and animators’ strike that began at a California studio on May 29, 1941, forever changed the labor standards of an industry — and inspired cultural workers to take greater ownership over their labor.

Cartoons and Class Struggle

Kenneth Bergfeld and Mark Bergfeld Jacobin
In 1941, Disney animators walked off work to demand that the New Deal be brought to the Magic Kingdom.
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