Bloody Sunday

BLOODY SUNDAY, 19 June 1938, ended a peaceful occupation of three downtown VANCOUVER buildings by protesters hoping to pressure the government into improving conditions for unemployed people. In Apr the provincial government had closed its winter RELIEF CAMPS for lack of funds and cut single men off relief. As a result hundreds of destitute transients converged on Vancouver. They were organized into brigades by Steve BRODIE, a Communist who had taken part in the ON-TO-OTTAWA TREK, and on May 20...

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