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Ville : Albuquerque
Région : NEW MEXICO
Pays: US
Date d’inscription :: 1/08/2006

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décembre 11, 2006 - lundi 4:50

Humeur actuelle :  léthargique


On 30 January 1972, soldiers from the British Army's 1st Parachute Regiment opened fire on unarmed and peaceful civilian demonstrators in the Bogside, Derry, Ireland, near the Rossville flats, killing 13 and wounding a number of others. One wounded man later died from illness attributed to that shooting.

The march, which was called to protest internment, was "illegal" according to British government authorities. Internment without trial was introduced by the British government on August 9, 1971.

The British-government-appointed Widgery Tribunal found soldiers were not guilty of shooting dead the 13 civilians in cold blood.

(Sounds like what happened after government troops fired on civilians on 5 March 1770 (The Boston Massacre), 21 August 1992 (Ruby Ridge), and the Waco Massacres (28 February 1993 / 19 April 1993))

Thirty-five years later and still no justice.

On 30 January 2007, The Irish Freedom Committee will host three showings of the remarkable film "Bloody Sunday" at the Guild Cinema located at 3405 Central Ave. NE, Albuquerque. Phone: 255-1848



Show times -- 4:30 PM, 6:45 PM (followed by a short question-and-answer session) and 9:15 PM. $7.00 admission

Proceeds from these screenings will go directly to the families of Irish Republican POWs being held in English and Irish Free State prisons.

The I.F.C will hold a benefit raffle the night of the show.

For more info, go to http://www.irishfreedomcommittee.net

Contact Chuck McLaughlin -- 505-235-5906 -- for details.

Ronan MacLochlainn Cumann
Albuquerque, NM

Sides note from KCUF --

1. What's really appalling and disgusting is how those in ranks of those who pull the triggers in these incidents get awarded, decorated and promoted after these incidents. Those jack-booted (or combat-booted, as appropriate) thugs who are justifiably killed or wounded by their intended victims have buildings and statues named after them, as well as showy, flashy memorial services paid for by their intended victims.

2. The IFC will have one or more representatives as guests on The Weekly Sedition on 24 January 2007 from 8 PM to 9 PM to promote the 30 January showings.
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Beast from the East
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Date de publication : 25 October, 1990
Jim

 
Dear Mike,

Not to mention the soldiers who shot students at Kent State in 1971 and the soldiers who seized guns, in some cases quite violently in 2005 after Katrina.

Regards,

Jim

 
Publié par Jim le décembre 12, 2006 - mardi - 1:32
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KCUF Media (L-NM)

 
Another one that comes to mind is the 13 May 1985 MOVE Incident of Osage Ave -- I remember watching parts of that one on TV. After the "investigations" were completed, then-Mayor W. Wilson Goode gave a few million FRNs to a political crony who owned a construction company to rebuild the houses. This buddy disappeared with the cash, and Wilson Goode was re-elected in 1987, despite facing a primary challenge.



 
Publié par KCUF Media (L-NM) le décembre 21, 2006 - jeudi - 7:12
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KCUF Media (L-NM)

 

Myspace has a little bug in its system, such that when you post anything with a "pound sign" (the little "tic-tac-toe" sign you get with Shift-3), it comes out as two period marks -- like this: #


Hence, the link to the Widgery Tribunal that I posted above got hosed -- what it should have led to is below, and can be found here:

Widgery tribunal

Shortly after taking over, Widgery was handed the very politically sensitive job of conducting an inquiry into the events of January 30, 1972 in Derry where troops from the Parachute Regiment had killed 14 unarmed civil rights demonstrators. Widgery was faced with testimony from the soldiers that they had been shot at, while the marchers insisted that no-one from the march was armed. Widgery rushed out a report which took the army's side; his fiercest criticism was that the firing "bordered on the reckless". The Widgery tribunal was immediately denounced by nationalists in Ireland as an establishment whitewash.


 
Publié par KCUF Media (L-NM) le décembre 21, 2006 - jeudi - 6:48
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