American comics: I drew Superman during the Great Depression

"What is this?!"

Looking at Colin in the projection, Natasha's inner emotions did not change at all, but she still pretended to be surprised on the surface.

She turned her head and looked at the bird beside her, and saw the stunned expression on the latter's face.

There is no doubt that the bird had some influence on Colin in Anthony's projection. After all, the scene when they were interviewed by the other party, the level Colin showed in the interview was too impressive.

And Natasha's emotions were a little more complicated.

Because she knew very well.

Colin Luper was not a member of the resistance.

The other party's contact with the Dark Avengers was somewhat mixed with some unexpected elements.

For this reason, Nick Fury also specially asked her to investigate whether there was any problem with Colin's identity.

"There is no doubt that Colin Looper is a breakthrough. Regardless of whether he is really a member of the resistance army, his contact with the Iron Avengers and others is real."

"So, our next task, in addition to dealing with the crackdown on "unregistered superheroes" that New York City may launch, is to do our best to find the traces of the Dark Avengers and clues related to them."

"At the same time, Hydra will cooperate with the Thunderbolt Team's actions and provide us with necessary assistance to find the resistance forces hiding in the dark."

"Natasha, you are best at investigation and tracking, and you have had brief contact with Colin Looper."

As he said, the Master of Imitation looked at Natasha below: "So, the task of investigating Colin Looper is left to you."

"Understood."

Nodding, Natasha answered calmly.

...

In the positive world, in the Messenger newspaper.

He didn't know that his identity had been exposed to the members of the Thunderbolt Team.

Fortunately, he was handed over to Natasha.

Colin flipped through the latest newspaper of the day to learn about the news events that happened during this period.

In this era when the Internet was not well developed, newspapers became an important channel for him to obtain information.

"…On one of the coldest days of the winter, with a chilly wind howling from the northwest, about 3,000 to 5,000 workers held signs reading "Give us jobs," "We want bread, not crumbs," and "Tax the rich, feed the poor" and marched in front of the Ford plant in Dearborn."

"The marchers intended to present 14 demands to Henry Ford, head of Ford Motor Company, including rehiring the unemployed, funding health care, ending racial discrimination in hiring and promotions, providing winter fuel for the unemployed, abolishing the use of corporate spies and private police against workers, and giving workers the right to organize unions."

"Initially, the workers' march remained peaceful, but everything turned violent in front of the Ford plant in Dearborn, where the Dearborn police tried to stop the march by firing tear gas into the crowd and began beating the marchers with clubs. An officer shot at the marchers, and the unarmed crowd dispersed to a field covered with stones, picking up rocks and throwing them at Police. "

"The angry marchers regrouped and marched nearly a mile toward the factory. There, two fire trucks began spraying cold water on the marchers from the overpass, and the police and the factory jointly fired at the crowd. Marchers Joe York, Coleman Laney and Joe de Blasio were killed, and at least 22 people were injured..."

"Seeing the seriousness of the situation, the organizers decided to cancel the march, and the workers began to retreat in an orderly manner. But Harry Bennett, head of Ford's security department, drove to the scene, opened the window, and shot at the unarmed crowd. His car was then hit by stones by the workers, and Bennett was injured, so he got out of the car and continued to shoot at the retreating crowd. The police and Ford security personnel also fired at the workers with machine guns to cover Bennett, and shot and killed a 1 Basel, causing dozens of injuries. "

"At present, according to the results reported by the police, 48 workers have been arrested, some of whom were even chained by the police on their hospital beds. "

"Anti-Hunger March" in Detroit.

Colin scanned the news in the newspaper at a glance. Seeing the content of the last line of the report, he silently retracted his gaze and sighed.

Detroit, a city full of tragedy, but it is self-inflicted.

Perhaps the bitter fruit of its future decline has been buried from this moment.

"The senator called for workers' wage losses to be too low, and they had to use one week's income to maintain a month..."

"The chairman of the National Association of Manufacturers, Edgerton, believes that paying wages cannot solve the current difficulties faced by workers. It should be based on demand and efficiency. The problem of workers should be dealt with in a way that is based on efficiency. Food and other living necessities should be used instead of wages. At the same time, Edgerton also said that he had fulfilled his social welfare responsibilities in the church and was unable to bear more social responsibilities."

Then in the next newspaper of Detroit's "Anti-Hunger March", the news reports of the senator and the chairman of the National Association of Manufacturers, Edgerton, gave Colin an inexplicable sense of absurdity.

Obviously, in the previous newspaper, workers in Detroit had already launched a large march because of hunger and poverty.

The latter newspaper published a report that workers should be asked to reduce their wages or even not receive any wages.

The senator and the association president who said this should be thankful that they are not in Detroit.

Otherwise, if they dare to say these words, they will definitely be torn to pieces by the angry workers.

The darkness before dawn is often the most difficult to endure.

When it comes to the Great Depression, the world only knows about 1929, but they don’t know that the closest the United States came to collapse was not 1929, but 1932.

During this period, the market value of all listed companies fell to 11% of its 1929 level, and investors lost enough money to cause the United States to fight World War I three times.

In order to survive, the hungry and poor people launched many desperate strikes, but the results were not ideal. Hoover's behavior was relatively cold-blooded in the face of demonstrations and strikes. At that time, the National Guard and the armed forces of the capitalists worked together to suppress the striking people forcefully.

Many people who did not die from the hunger of the Great Depression died from the bullets of repression.

The police armed with tear gas and riot guns locked all the striking demonstrators into a temporary camp, denying them water, food, and access to the toilet.

After crouching on the cold ground for 48 hours, the protesters were released. When they left, they sang the song they had just learned: "Rise up, hungry and cold slaves. Rise up, the suffering people of the world. The blood in their hearts is already boiling. , we must fight for the truth..."

The Great Depression was an era of struggle and failure against capitalism.