Download or read book The Memorial Day Massacre and the Movement for Industrial Democracy written by M. Dennis and published by Springer. This book was released on 2010-11-22 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores one of the most dramatic and scandalous events in the movement for American democratic reform. Dubbed the Memorial Day Massacre, it saw Chicago police shoot and kill ten demonstrators and beat more than one hundred others as they tried to form a mass picket line at the Republic Steel Plant in South Chicago.