Apparently so, as the article from Salon.com highlights.
Back in the 1960's some students at UCLA decided to create their own "radical" newspaper aimed at taking on "American Imperialism", which they apparently coded as Godzilla.
For their mascot they created their own monster "Gidra" which as the article states would "...destroy American imperialism in Southeast Asia and racism at home".
(Hmmm...I've never heard of a Godzilla villain known as "Gidra" unless someone knows otherwise. Were they perhaps referring to "King Ghidorah
")?In any case the newspaper ran for a strong 5 years, with most of its content consisting of drawings (such as the one pictured above) showcasing the students' united front towards their enemy.
You can see how patriotic they made themselves in that drawing with those few students holding off a row of military tanks, and a worried Godzilla wondering how he's going to be able to take them on!
(Flashforwarding to today...something tells me these hippies now have high five/six figure incomes with good retirements, the standard two-story house and latest luxury car parked right outside. I wonder what they would state if they were to revisit articles like the ones they wrote here).
In any case here's the original article for further info, including a whole bunch of trippy, weird drawings from that newspaper:
salon.com: Gidra takes on the American War Machine
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