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#OnThisDay 5th October 1968, a civil rights march in Derry was stopped by the RUC at its starting point in the Waterside and marchers were attacked with batons. The march is often cited as the start of the "Troubles".

https://www.leftarchive.ie/calendar/on-this-day/10/05/#event-5536

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New document:

Barricade Bulletin, No. 10, 2020.

Produced by the Derry Anarchist Collective, Barricade Bulletin takes its name from the 1969 Derry paper.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/6506/

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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/

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