🔥 “New York in Flames: The 1863 Draft Riots and the War Within the North” 🔥 The New York City Draft Riots of July 1863 stand among the darkest chapters of Northern home-front unrest during the Civil War. Sparked by anger over the newly enacted draft law, which allowed wealthier men to pay a $300 commutation fee to avoid service, working-class citizens—mostly Irish immigrants—saw it as a war fought for the rich but paid for the poor. When the names of draftees were drawn on July 13, the city ex

Fires burn in the streets of a Northern Irish town after riots sparked by a protest over an alleged sexual assault of a teenage girl https://reut.rs/3FQY5fc | Reuters

8.8K views · 32 reactions | The streets of Dublin erupted with riots last night after five people, including three children between the ages of five and six, were stabbed on Thursday afternoon. Police confirmed 34 people have been arrested after chaos erupted in the Irish capital. One police officer was reportedly seriously injured in what’s been described as a ‘huge destruction by a riotous mob’. #MetroUk #Uknews #Irishnews #DublinRiots | Metro | Facebook