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"What Happened in Derry?"

Written by Eamonn McCann in 1972, and published by the International Socialists (later SWP).

https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/319/

What Happened in Derry (1972) — International Socialists [UK]

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An article from The Worker on the seizure of McCann's pamphlet.

Pamphlet Seized Eamonn McCann, a supporter of the Socialist Workers Movement, had 500 pamphlets seized from him at the end of February. The pamphlet was his own account of "What Happened in Derry". It shows how the shooting of 13 innocent citizens in Derry on Bloody Sunday was not the result of a few paratroopers losing their heads. On the contrary, the events of 30 January were the result of a definite plan. The British Army expected the IRA to retaliate for the shooting of two demonstrators standing apart from the main crowd. They were prepared for a big shoot-out in which the IRA would be discredited for using the crowd as "cover". To judge from their evidence to Widgery, some of them have actually convinced themselves that the shoot-out did occur. Eamonn McCann's pamphlet is the only true account of the events of Bloody Sunday to have been published in Britain. Although several British newspapers had a full account of the massacre, they have not dared to publish it for fear of contradicting the inevitable Widgery white-wash. "What Happened in Derry" is available in Ireland through the Socialist Workers Movement, Price 5p plus postage, from 30 Strandville Avenue, Dublin 3, and from "Worker" sellers.
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The article is taken from The Worker, No. 3, April 1972: https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/2906/

The Worker, No. 3 (1972) — Socialist Workers' Movement

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