Seán Mitchell

Struggle or Starve

Working-Class Unity in Belfast's 1932 Outdoor Relief Riots

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Produktbeschreibung

The story of how thousands of Catholics and Protestants united to challenge poverty and unemployment in Belfast, Ireland.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Haymarket Books
• Seitenzahl: 182
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Mai 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 137mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 227g
• ISBN-13: 9781608466788
• ISBN-10: 1608466787
• Artikelnr.: 44678332

Autorenporträt

Seán Mitchell: Seán Mitchell is a socialist activist based in Belfast. A founding member of the People Before Profit, he was the first person to stand for election under the party’s banner. He currently lives in Andersonstown in West Belfast, and works in Coláiste Feirste. He writes for the Irish Marxist Review.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Foreword by Brian Kelly
2. Introduction
3. Chapter 1: The Creation of the Northern Ireland State
4. Chapter 2: Unemployment and Relief in the North of Ireland
5. Chapter 3: The Unemployed Get Organised
6. Chapter 4: The Outdoor Relief Strike
7. Chapter 5: The ODR Riots: Belfast's 'Festival of the Oppressed'
8. Chapter 6: Aftermath: Class, Sectarianism and the Left
9. Conclusions