Sean Mitchell: Struggle Or Starve : Working-Class Unity in Belfast's 1932 Outdoor Relief Riots

Struggle Or Starve : Working-Class Unity in Belfast's 1932 Outdoor Relief Riots


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In October 1932, the streets of Belfast were gripped by vicious and widespread rioting that lasted the best part of a week. Thousands of unarmed demonstrators fought extended pitched battles against heavily-armed police. Unemployed workers and, indeed, whole working-class communities, dug trenches and built barricades to hold off the police assault. The event became known as the Outdoor Relief Riot--one of a very few instances in which class sympathy managed to trump sectarian loyalties in a city famous for its divisions.

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Author: Sean Mitchell
Number of Pages: 250 pages
Published Date: 20 Jul 2017
Publisher: Haymarket Books
Publication Country: Chicago, United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9781608466788
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