workingclasshistory:On this day, 30 May 1937, the Memorial Day Massacre occurred when Chicago police
workingclasshistory:On this day, 30 May 1937, the Memorial Day Massacre occurred when Chicago police opened fire on a peaceful march of striking steel workers, their families and supporters. The police murdered 10, shot, beat and hospitalised many others, nine of whom were permanently disabled. No police were prosecuted, and the press called it a “red riot”. As is only too clear today, US police continue to murder working class people, particularly young Black men, with impunity. This is a history of the massacre: https://libcom.org/history/%E2%80%9C-man-died-my-lap%E2%80%9D-one-women-recalls-memorial-day-massacre-1937 https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1438444423007370/?type=3 -- source link