Columns / Cartoon History

ILYA charts the long ‘dirty war’ that left Algeria finally free of French rule, but at what cost?

David Lester and Marcus Rediker with Paul Buhle.

French rule in Algeria. Illustration by Ilya.

Jack Dunleavy and Lawrence Dodgson tell the story of the soda giant’s botched campaign in the Philippines.

The Malayan Emergency and Batang Kali massacre by Ilya.

Polyp tells the astounding story of an almost forgotten revolutionary.

ILYA recounts how hundreds of unarmed civilians were slaughtered by troops under British command in the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.

A people's history by Darryl Cunningham.

ILYA sketches the uplifting life-story of an inspirational legal defender of the rights of women and religious minorities in Pakistan.

The rise of a dictator by Darryl Cunningham.

ILYA brings to life a second chapter in the life of the Māori warrior chief as he becomes embroiled in a bitter rebellion against the British and their allies in the War of the North.

How Britain robbed an island and made its people disappear by Florian Grosset.

ILYA’s account of a Māori chieftain who struck against British control of his community’s income.

A poem by Otto René Castillo.

Nowhere Man. The eventful life – and ultimate betrayal – of an Inuit boy brought to New York City in 1897, as told by ILYA.

Carol Isaacs conjures up her own lost heritage – that of the Jewish community in Iraq.

ILYA recounts the illustrious deeds of South America’s independence hero, ‘the Liberator’ Simón Bolívar

The global oligarchy problem by Darryl Cunningham.

Sudanese political activist, pioneer feminist, and the first female MP in all of Africa and the Middle East. Illustration by ILYA.

The Sri Lankan war of 2009 marked the termination of a long and bitter fight for autonomy for the island’s Tamil community. Benjamin Dix and Lindsay Pollock tell the story of Vanni, the Tamil region on the island’s north.