#OtD 16 Apr 1889 Charlie Chaplin, actor, filmmaker and staunch critic of capitalism, militarism and racial prejudice, was born. His film, The Great Dictator, contains his most heartfelt speech against authoritarianism https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8750/charlie-chaplin-born
@workingclasshistory If you don’t have time to watch “The Great Dictator”, you can hear Charlie Chaplin’s famous speech sampled in Scottish musician Paolo Nutini’s “Iron Sky”. Listen here to inspire you to #resist : https://youtu.be/ELKbtFljucQ?si=1jDw8ojuCxhrc-Uj