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Vor 35 Jahren, am 30. Januar 1972, schossen britische Fallschirmjäger gezielt in eine große Kundgebung von fast 30.000 Menschen in der Bogside von Derry. Diese hatten sich dort trotz Demonstrationsverbot versammelt, um gegen die seit August 1971 üblichen Inhaftierungen von Verdächtigen auf unbestimmte Zeit und ohne Gerichtsverhandlung in Internierungslagern, in denen mißhandelt und gefoltert wurde, zu protestieren. Der demokratische Staat antwortete.

Die damaligen Ordensträger „Member of the British Empire“ John Lennon und Paul McCartney, inzwischen Ex-Beatles, engagierten sich politisch und schrieben unabhängig voneinander Protestsongs (McCartney: Give Ireland Back To The Irish), diese landeten auf dem Index der BBC.

John Lennon
Sunday Bloody Sunday

Sunday Bloody Sunday
Well it was Sunday bloody Sunday
When they shot the people there
The cries of thirteen martyrs
Filled the Free Derry air
Is there any one amongst you
Dare to blame it on the kids?
Not a soldier boy was bleeding
When they nailed the coffin lids!

Sunday bloody Sunday
Bloody Sunday's the day!

You claim to be majority
Well you know that it's a lie
You're really a minority
On this sweet emerald isle
When Stormont bans our marches
They've got a lot to learn
Internment is no answer
It's those mothers' turn to burn!

Sunday bloody Sunday
Bloody Sunday's the day!

Sunday bloody Sunday
Bloody Sunday's the day!

You anglo pigs and scotties
Sent to colonize the North
You wave your bloody Union Jack
And you know what it's worth!
How dare you hold to ransom
A people proud and free
Keep Ireland for the Irish
Put the English back to sea!

Sunday bloody Sunday
Bloody Sunday's the day!

Well, it's always bloody Sunday
In the concentration camps
Keep Falls Road free forever
From the bloody English hands
Repatriate to Britain
All of you who call it home
Leave Ireland to the Irish
Not for London or for Rome!

Sunday bloody Sunday
Bloody Sunady's the day!