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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Haymarket Books
Published: 05/16/2017
ISBN: 9781608466788
Pages: 182
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.40w x 0.40d