Today in Labor History January 30, 1972: Bloody Sunday in Northern Ireland occurred when British soldiers gunned down 14 Roman Catholic civil-rights marchers in Derry. The victims were all unarmed and running away from the soldiers when they were shot. Many more were injured by shrapnel, rubber bullets or batons. The soldiers who killed them were members of the 1st Battalion Parachute Regiment, which had committed the Ballymurphy Massacre several months prior. Two days after Bloody Sunday, Paul McCartney recorded, “Give Ireland Back to the Irish.” It was one of the only songs banned by the BBC. John Lennon later recorded “Sunday Bloody Sunday.” In 1973, Black Sabbath recorded a song about the incident, “Sabbath Blood Sabbath.” And, of course, there is the 1983 U2 song, “Sunday Bloody Sunday.”

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more #AdrianBelew, this time with the late Prophet Omega (a nutty radio preacher in Nashville in the 70s) #Troubles #progrock #sampling https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwCuVLy-2kc

and when you got that pocketbook trouble baby, you got a whole 'lotta trouble!

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Condé Nast title Ars Technica reports a new form of Twitter-Trolling loose in the world. Apparently, it is easy-peasey to create a fake blue check account that lives for a short while, at least long enough to be seen. Companies and celebrities are being mocked. #birdsite #troubles

Backlash after O’Neill says there was ‘no alternative’ to conflict during Troubles | Northern Ireland | The Guardian #backlash #after #oneill #says #there #alternative #conflict #during #troubles #northern #ireland #guardian #4agosto https://parliamodi.news/article/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlZ3VhcmRpYW4uY29tL3VrLW5ld3MvMjAyMi9hdWcvMDQvYmFja2xhc2gtYWZ0ZXItbWljaGVsbGUtb25laWxsLXNheXMtdGhlcmUtd2FzLW5vLWFsdGVybmF0aXZlLXRvLWNvbmZsaWN0LWR1cmluZy10cm91Ymxlcy1ub3J0aGVybi1pcmVsYW5kLWlyYQ==