(en) WSM.ie: Bloody Sunday: Justice, it concerns us all

As the relatives of those murdered and injured on Bloody Sunday gathered this week to 
launch this year's commemorative events, anarchists in the city echoed their call by 
encouraging everyone interested in standing up for human rights and social justice to 
support the annual 'march for justice' which will take place on Sunday 2nd February. ---- 
This year marks the 42nd anniversary of Bloody Sunday which unfolded on the streets of 
Derry back in January 30th 1972. In order to teach an unruly population a lesson in power 
and control, the State ordered an elite commando unit of the Parachute Regiment into 
Derry's Bogside, fresh from a similar venture on the streets of West Belfast's 
Ballymurphy, in an attempt to prevent a peaceful anti-internment march from reaching the 
city centre.

In the scenes that followed, paratroopers murdered 14 innocent unarmed civilians and 
wounded a further 26. Each year the March for Justice retraces the steps of the original 
march from the Creggan to the Bogside for a rally, which gives voice to many other justice 
campaigns.

This year's planned events include the London community activist Stafford Scott who will 
give an insight into the context and alarming events surrounding the killing of Mark 
Duggan in Tottenham, London in 2011 and give his reaction into the verdict of 'Lawful 
Killing' made by the Royal Courts of Justice.

There will also be a number of public discussions on the experiences of current campaigns 
in search of lessons and insights that help us resist the outrages of the present and 
build a future without injustice. They are said to include representatives from Shell To 
Sea and the Belfast Not for Shale, as well as a number of other campaigns.

The Workers Solidarity Movement continues to stand in solidarity with the Bloody Sunday 
families who continues to struggle for justice to this day. We support and encourage all 
to attend this year's 'March for Justice' on Sunday 2nd February, to stand with all who 
defy state terror and exercise the right to protest wherever they maybe.

For a full list of movies, exhibitions and debates please go to the Bloody Sunday 'March 
for Justice website

Bloody Sunday March for Justice Programme

Bloody Sunday in Derry - Origins & Consequences of a Massacre

Event date and time:
Sun, 2014-02-02 14:30 - 15:30