The Memorial Day Massacre and the Movement for Industrial Democracy
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Politics, History & Theory, History, Americas
| Author: | M. Dennis | ISBN: | 9780230114722 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan US | Publication: | November 22, 2010 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan | Language: | English |
| Author: | M. Dennis |
| ISBN: | 9780230114722 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan US |
| Publication: | November 22, 2010 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Language: | English |
This book explores one of the most dramatic and scandalous events in the movement for American democratic reform. Dubbed the Memorial Day Massacre, it saw Chicago police shoot and kill ten demonstrators and beat more than one hundred others as they tried to form a mass picket line at the Republic Steel Plant in South Chicago.
This book explores one of the most dramatic and scandalous events in the movement for American democratic reform. Dubbed the Memorial Day Massacre, it saw Chicago police shoot and kill ten demonstrators and beat more than one hundred others as they tried to form a mass picket line at the Republic Steel Plant in South Chicago.
