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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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Irish HistorySocial Movements

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ISBN10: 1608466787
ISBN13: 9781608466788
Publisher: Haymarket Books
Published: May 16 2017
Pages: 182
Weight: 0.50
Height: 0.40 Width: 5.40 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

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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