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Belfast Anarchist Group and the long march to Derry (1969)
Excerpt from: Belfast Anarchist Group and the long march to Derry (1969)
There is a myth about John McGuffin carrying the Belfast Anarchist Group‘s banner singlehanded on the Belfast to Derry civil rights march organised by Peoples Democracy in January 1969. People’s Democracy march with Belfast Anarchist Group banner, January 1969 In his A Wee Black Book of Belfast Anarchism (1867-1973) the Derry anarchist and historian Máirtín O Catháin described that episode: “It was during the ‘long march’ and savage attack on the demonstrators at Burntollet by police and Paisleyites, that McGuffin was written into history for having an anarchist banner on...Published By: Anarkismo - Thursday, 14 June, 2012