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Bloody Sunday – 37 Years On

03/02/09

Thousands again marched on Sunday (February 1) in solidarity with the families of British state violence on Bloody Sunday, January 30th 1972. The annual march for truth and justice was attended by people from all over Ireland, young and old.

Kevin Mc Elhinney (17), Micheal Kelly (17), John Young (17), Gerard Donaghy (17), Hugh Gilmore (17), John Duddy (17), William Nash (19), Micheal McDaid (20), James Wray (22), William Mc Kinney (27), Patrick Doherty (31), James Mc Kinney (34), Bernard Mc Guigan (41) and John Johnston (59) were gunned down in a march organised by the Civil Rights Association against internment without trial in the Six Counties 37 years ago. To date the families of the victims, six of whom were children at the time of their murder by the Parachute regiment of the British army, have received no justice or truth from the British state. They continue to march.

The Bloody Sunday rally which has drawn masses of progressives from Ireland and further afield for more than three decades this year was interwoven with a massive display of international solidarity. All in attendance showed powerful support for the people of Palestine, who have endured so much in the month of January this year at the hands of Israeli forces, aided and abetted by the same British government who deny Irish people justice and freedom.

Hundreds of Palestinian flags were carried by all sections of the march to show support for the Palestinian people, demand an end to the inhuman siege of Gaza and freedom for Palestine. It was a fitting tribute and one which all in the crowd were happy to partake in.

As the march came to a close it was clear that generation after generation would continue to fight for the victims of British state violence and an end to British rule In Ireland.

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