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McGurk’s Bar: blaming the victims
The explosion which killed 15 and injured many more was never likely to be the work of the IRA — but that is exactly the lie the British government deliberately tried to spread, writes RICHARD RUDKIN
The new TUC Cymru general secretary speaks to Morning Star Wales reporter David Nicholson about her trade union background and ambitions for the movement
The Claudia Sheinbaum government is no pushover and is holding firm despite US abuses of the relationship, says DAVID RABY
As we approach the grim anniversaries of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, SIMON BARROW sounds the alarm over the dangerous and murderous direction our government is heading
The new PM may offer more of the same, but early signs on his housing policies look promising, says GLYNN ROBBINS
CLAUDIA WEBBE argues that Burnham’s U-turn on tackling greedy landlords has let the country down
“The British state is literally withholding evidence of mass murder and cover-up from us, evidence that we have found and are forced to fight for.” — McGurk’s Bar Truth and Justice Campaign.
ON DECEMBER 4 1971 a bomb explosion in McGurk’s Bar in north Belfast claimed the lives of 15 innocent people including two children. It was recorded as the country’s worse massacre since the Blitz of WWII.
To the British military, it was just another IRA bomb exploding in the process of being handed over to be planted elsewhere — or as it was called in those days, “an IRA own goal.” That was the narrative pushed out by the British army commanders and the Royal Ulster Constabulary via the media. While that bomb ended many lives, for the survivors and families of the deceased, it was just the beginning.
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