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

by Sean Mitchell

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1608466787
• ISBN13: 9781608466788
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: Haymarket Books
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.4" x 8.5"