The general strike of 1932 was a major strike which broke out in Belgium on 7 July 1932. It began after a spontaneous strike by coal miners in the Borinage and involved communist agitation amid a severe decrease in living standards and real wages, as well as high unemployment, caused by the Great Depression. Two people were killed during the strike which only ended on 9 September 1932.
The strike served as the inspiration for the 1934 documentary film Misère au Borinage directed by Henri Storck and Joris Ivens.
Sources
- Deruette, Serge (1994). Mineurs en lutte! La grève générale de l'été '32. Brussels: Fondation Joseph Jacquemotte. ISBN 9782930109008.
- De Wasseige, Yves (1952). "La grève, Phénomène économique et sociologique. Étude inductive des conflits du travail en Belgique de 1920 à 1940". Bulletin de l'Institut de Recherches Économiques et Sociales. 18 (7): 663–724. doi:10.1017/S0770451800047552. ISSN 1373-9719. JSTOR 40730313. S2CID 251354370.
- Moreews, Alain (2015). La grève des mineurs du Borinage : (Belgique, 1932-1936). Paris: L'Harmattan. ISBN 9782343061993.
External links
- La Grève générale de 1932. 'Qu’est ce que cette grève du Borinage sinon le peuple ouvrier qui se met en colère ?' by Colette Hubert (Centre d'animation et de recherche en histoire ouvrière et populaire).
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