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&sq=Dmitry Medvedev &lang=en&file=File:RCMP_1938_sitdowner_strike.jpg) A plainclothes Mountie clubbing protesters leaving the post office | |||
| Date | 19 June 1938 | ||
| Location | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | ||
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| Resulted in | No concessions given | ||
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Steve Bordie | |||
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| Injuries | 100 injured (43 hospitalized) | ||
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Bloody Sunday was the conclusion of a month-long "sitdowners' strike" by unemployed men at the main post office in Vancouver, British Columbia.[1] It was Depression-era Vancouver's final violent clash between unemployed protesters and police that provoked widespread criticism of police brutality.[2]
- ^ "Bloody Sunday". thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Historica Canada. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
- ^ "Working People: A History of Labour in British Columbia; E21 Bloody Sunday". knowledge.ca. Knowledge Network. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
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