Bloody Thursday

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Bloody Thursday (July 5th, 1934) street fighting

photo: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library

July 5th saw a pitched confrontation between workers on one side and scabs and police on the other.

Bloody Thursday newsreel, Pathe News, 1934

Video: Prelinger Archive

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