Memorial Day Massacre - Chicago Police Kill Ten Strikers and Wound 90 at Republic Steel Using Corporate-Supplied Weapons
On Memorial Day, May 30, 1937, Chicago police open fire on peaceful union demonstrators outside Republic Steel Corporation’s South Chicago plant, killing ten people and wounding more than ninety in what becomes known as the Memorial Day Massacre. The police use tear gas, firearms, and clubs …
Chicago Police Department
Republic Steel Corporation
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
striking workers
LaFollette Civil Liberties Committee
labor-rights
state-violence
police-brutality
steel-industry
corporate-power
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