Ballymurphy Massacre march demands justice.
Hundreds gathered today [08/08/2021] to stand with the families of those slain by British armed forces in August of 1971, and to demand justice for those so brutally slaughtered during what is known as the ‘Ballymurphy Massacre’.
Speaking at the event, a Lasair Dhearg spokesperson said, “Lasair Dhearg activists are marching here today on the eve of the 50th anniversary of the introduction of Internment and the Ballymurphy Massacre, to remember the brutal injustice inflicted upon this area and its people by British imperialism, and to further highlight that such injustice has yet to be corrected.”
“Internment still exists today in altered forms, with Republican activists across The Six Counties still finding themselves subject to detention because of their beliefs and activism.”
“Total justice for the Ballymurphy Massacre has yet to be delivered. The families of the victims recently won the truth about what happened that day, and were vindicated in their demands that those killed that day were innocent and therefore murdered.”
“Yet despite this vindication we are yet to see one conviction for any British soldiers involved. The same regiment who massacred people in Ballymurphy, did it six months later in Derry on Bloody Sunday.”
“Those soldiers, members of the notorious British Parachute Regiment, their names protected by the British state, are free to walk because they did it in service of British colonialism.”
“And now the British government seek an amnesty for all those involved in state sponsored injustice, so they can protect their elites at the top, like Kitson and Jackson, who directed British terrorism in Ireland.”
“Justice, as paddy Hill said, is something the British government can’t even spell, never mind dispense.”
