Jarrow March

Quando

out. de 1936

Tipo

Protesto

Coordenadas

54.98° N, 1.49° W

Description

Protest about UK Northern unemployment

1936 protest about unemployment in the north of England

The Jarrow March of 5–31 October 1936, also known as the Jarrow Crusade, was an organised protest against the unemployment and poverty suffered in the English town of Jarrow during the 1930s. Around 200 men, or "Crusaders" as they preferred to be called, marched from Jarrow to London, carrying a petition to the British government requesting the re-establishment of industry in the town following the closure in 1934 of…

Da Wikipedia, CC BY-SA · Ler o artigo

• Wikidata: riots, protests, strikes and revoltsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Página da fonte