Bloody Sunday March Committee programme of events

The Bloody Sunday March Committee is running a programme of events as part of the 51st anniversary of Bloody Sunday.

The programme will culminate in the 'March for Justice' on Sunday, January 29, 2023, which will assemble at Central Drive in  Creggan at 2.30pm.

Speaking to Derry Now, a spokesperson for the Bloody Sunday March Committee said nobody had expected that the trek towards the truth about Bloody Sunday to take so long.

They said: "But it is too late to stop now. We can’t leave the Bloody Sunday story unfinished.

"If we were to do as we are told and stop pushing for the full truth, Britain’s rulers would heave a huge sigh of relief, believing they had gotten away with murder. We owe it to the victims, and to victims of imperialism everywhere, not to flinch or falter now.

"It is not true that Bloody Sunday was perpetrated by an undisciplined, unrepresentative  bunch of brutes in Parachute Regiment uniforms. The murder spree was ordered and orchestrated by the top brass of the British army in connivance with the Tory government of the day.

"Nobody now would dare suggest that the massacre at Sétif and Guelma in Algeria in May 1945, or at My Lai in Vietnam in March 1968, or at Bucha in Ukraine in March last year, could be explained by reference to out-of-control members of the French or American or Russian armies. In all these instances, as on Bloody Sunday, the men who pulled the triggers were doing what they’d been ordered to do by their political and military masters. The murders were done in service of the State.

"This is the truth which history must be made to record. The British ruling class wants to tell the world that Bloody Sunday may have been a terrible event - but it is all sorted now, no need to be rude to the Royals or their Empire anymore.

"The Bloody Sunday March Committee takes a different view. We march for all those everywhere who have lost family and friends and had their children’s hopes of happiness shattered by the armoured cars and tanks and guns of imperial armies.

"It would be putting it a bit strong to say that the truth will set us free. But without the truth about Bloody Sunday we will never be free of the terrible legacy the massacre left for Derry and the world."

Programme of Events: click HERE.

Monday, January 23 - 7.00pm: 'Injustice' exhibition by Square Bear Derry in Eden Place Arts' Centre.

Tuesday, January 24 - 1.00pm: Butchers Dozen: A Lesson for the Octave of Widgery, on Bloody Sunday March Committee's media platforms.

Tuesday, January 24 - 7.00pm: Film screening and Q & A of 'The Victims' Stories' in Nerve Centre, Magazine Street, Derry.

Wednesday, January 25 - 7.00pm: Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign Derry Branch hosting 'Not Just Your Picture' at Nerve Centre, Magazine Street, Derry.

Thursday, January 26 - 7.30pm: 'Justice begins in Creggan!' at OLT, Healthy Living Centre, Central Drive, Creggan.

Friday, January 27 - 1.00pm: 'Verdict', the unveiling of a mural at Lisfanon Park, Bogside, Derry.

Friday, January 27 - 7.00pm: Screening of 'North Circular' in the Nerve Centre, Magazine Street, Derry.

Saturday, January 28 - 12.00pm to 5.00pm: Derry Radical Book Fair, Pilots' Row Community Centre, Rossville Street, Derry.

Saturday, January 28 - 12.00pm: 'An injustice to one is an injustice to all' panel discussion, Pilots' Row Community Centre, Rossville Street, Derry.

Saturday, January 28 - 12.00pm to 3.00pm: DIY - Make your own placard! in Pilots' Row Community Centre, Rossville Street, Derry.

Saturday, January 28 - 3.00pm: 'Down with the Crown' in Pilots' Row Community Centre, Rossville Street, Derry.

Lunch will be available in Pilots' Row Community Centre on Saturday, January 28, 2023.

Sunday, January 29 - 2.30pm: March and Rally, from Creggan Shops to Free Derry Corner

For more information: www.bloodysundaymarch.org.