The Memorial Day Massacre and the Movement for Industrial Democracy

Dennis, M.

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.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2011-01-19

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780230618213

DOI: 10.1057/9780230114722

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 278