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 by Seán Mitchell
2017 | ISBN: 1608466787 | English | 182 pages | PDF | 14 MB
2017 | ISBN: 1608466787 | English | 182 pages | PDF | 14 MB
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.