#thetroubles — Public Fediverse posts

I thought one of the points of the Licence Fee was that it "kept the BBC independent of the Government?"

What 'favours' are being done today for No 10?

https://www.declassifieduk.org/bbc-censored-film-on-british-army-killing-child/

#No10 #Panorama #BBC #BBCBias #UKPol #UKPolitics #Derry #TheTroubles

"Sunday Bloody Sunday" is a song by Irish #rock band U2. It is the opening track from their 1983 album #War and was released as the album's third single on 21 March 1983 in the #Netherlands and #WestGermany. "Sunday Bloody Sunday" is noted for its #militaryDrumbeat, harsh guitar, and melodic harmonies. One of U2's most overtly political songs, its lyrics describe the horror felt by an observer of #theTroubles in #NorthernIreland.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhMD7nt1LIg

"The battle of the Bogside was an important catalyst for change, triggering a determined British government intervention that ended the unionist monopoly on power. But it also marked the beginning of 30 years of violent conflict that would claim the lives of more than 3,600 people and bring untold suffering."

Niall Ó Dochartaigh: https://www.historyextra.com/period/20th-century/why-remember-battle-bogside-troubles-importance/ @histodons

"Teenage Kicks" was created in the same city in 1978. Listen to a later gig: https://yewtu.be/watch?v=PinCg7IGqHg

#punkRock #TheUnderTones #UnderTones #Derry #FreeDerry #Bogside #RUC #BritishArmy #Unionists #Nationalists #Republicans #counterInsurgency #Ulster #TheTroubles #NorthernIreland #UK #Ireland #British #colonies #IrishHistory #history #nowPlaying

"An estimated 90,000 Kenyans were slaughtered in the Kikuyu uprising while just over a thousand were hanged on a portable gibbet. Some 160,000 were detained in internment camps where torture was routine.

"One of Britain’s victims was US President Barack Obama’s paternal grandfather, Hussein Onyango Obama, who was arrested in 1949, and tortured by having pins inserted under his fingernails."

Kitson brought to Belfast his experiences in Kenya, fighting the Kikuyu Land and Freedom Army (exotically dubbed the “Mau Mau” by the British) in the early 1950s where he honed a practice of using “turned” or “converted” rebels into “counter-gangs”.

Anne Cadwallader: https://www.declassifieduk.org/the-general-who-terrorised-the-colonies/

#counterTerrorism #counterInsurgency #colonialism #Ulster #TheTroubles #NorthernIreland #UK #Ireland #British #colonies #IRA #stateTerrorism #FrankKitson #BloodySunday #DeathSquads #warCrimes #Kenya #IrishHistory #history #Kitson #DeclassifiedUK