Bogside-Collective

Collection of articles, photos and various other items that were persevered in the attic of a Bogside home.

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A further  article taken from the paper “An Phoblacht” May 30th 1981. This article depicts the reaction in Derry at the time of the murder of Patsy O’Hara. The top photo depicts youth in the area taking it upon themselves to resist British Imperialism in Ireland.  In the article itself we note that there was first aid posts set up in order to assist rioters who were injured, the reasoning for this was because many of the rioters who had sustained an injury, they were almost certain to come to the attention and be picked up by the RUC, intelligence services or British Army if they were to attend the local hospital, Altnagelvin as many of the crown forces had spotters waiting in the hospital wings.

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A sad and highly emotive article published in the paper “An Phoblacht” May 30th 1981.  Patsy was a relentless socialist who gave his life fighting for both a socialist republic and also the demands of the Hunger Strikers. In the right side of the paper we have the last photographs that were taken of Patsy before his death. We can see that the British Govt. had let these men live in states of despair, pain and isolation in order to uphold and suppress growing resistance within Socialist Republican communities. Patsy O’Hara, his last words to his mother Peggy. “Please Mammy let the fight go on!” Peggy right  up until her death in 2015, carried on the message of her son Patsy and has been a strong resilient  voice of socialism in Ireland, even standing against Sinn Fein in the 2007 elections as a protest to their support for British devolution and support for the RUC/PSNI.

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A memorial card issued on behalf of the Republican Socialist movement in commemoration of both Vol. Colm McNutt and Vol. Neil McMonagle. Both Colm and Neil were active members of the Irish National Liberation Army who sought to achieve a Socialist Republic, by any means necessary. They were murdered by both the occupational crown forces and intelligence services, who still to this day seek to marginalize the working class and all attempts to build a Socialist Republic based on the principals of Connolly. “The British government has no right in Ireland,never had any right in Ireland and never can have any right in Ireland”

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An article taken from the Daily Mail the day after the British Army’s parachute regiment carried out one of its most brutal massacres, Bloody Sunday. It was on this day that the British Army shot a total of 23 unarmed civilians, killing 13 on the day and a further victim died of injuries sustained a number of months later. When we look at the sub heading “who are the real killers”  and  “ Army : We fired back”  we see the British establishment use the media as a tool in order to instill lies to its general population. Its noted that on the day from the findings of the Saville inquiry the British Army were not fired upon first. Following murdering civilians the British Army then planted evidence on a number of victims in a inhumane attempt to cover their tracks.