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Bloody Sunday took place 53 years ago , 30th of January 1972 in Derry.

British soldiers shot 26 people during a civil rights march resulting in 14 deaths.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/calendar/on-this-day/01/30/#event-4800

On This Day, 30th January

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Bloody Sunday poster

A 1972 poster from the Revolutionary Marxist Group (RMG), then Irish section of the Fourth International.

A poster with a photograph of Bloody Sunday victims lying on the street. The text reads: Ireland: Britain Out Now!; Bloody Sunday, Jan 30 1972; Fourth International.
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To mark the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday last year, we spoke to Dr. Brian Hanley about the reaction in the Republic of Ireland to the events in Derry on 30th January 1972, when British soldiers opened fire on civil rights marchers, killing 14 and injuring several others. The reaction in the South saw walkouts and strikes, a national day of mourning, the burning of the British embassy in Dublin, and mass protests around the country.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/podcast/35-bloody-sunday-reactions-in-the-republic-of-ireland/

Episode 35: Bloody Sunday: Reactions in the Republic of Ireland, with Brian Hanley — Irish Left Archive Podcast

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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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"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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30th January 1972, Bloody Sunday in Derry -- British soldiers shot 26 people during a civil rights march in Derry, resulting in 14 deaths.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/on-this-day/01/30/#event-4800

On This Day, 30th January

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To mark the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday on 30th January, we spoke to historian Dr. Brian Hanley about the reaction in the Republic of Ireland to the events in Derry in 1972, when British soldiers opened fire on civil rights marchers, killing 14 and injuring several others.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/podcast/35-bloody-sunday-reactions-in-the-republic-of-ireland/

Episode 35: Bloody Sunday: Reactions in the Republic of Ireland, with Brian Hanley — Irish Left Archive Podcast

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