| Description | Interview with Eamon McCann who ran for political office in Derry. He talks about participation in the Labour movement amongst Protestant working class youth from factories and students unions, the importance of getting young activists from exclusively Protestant areas to work more in their communities to try to broaden opinions and progress in the Shankhill Road area of Belfast where there has been cooperation between a Paisleyite organisation and a Shankhill Labour organisation to discuss the need for housing improvements. He goes on to discuss his views about national anthems, his honesty about his own religious beliefs or lack of them and the lack of prejudice against Jewish people or black and Asian people, partly because there are not many people from these communities living in Northern Ireland, and partly because prejudice is directed towards sectarianism. He talks about the influence of Catholic teaching on the constitution of the Republic of Ireland relating to divorce and contraception and his belief that this encourages sectarianism, his views about the Orange Order marches and their attractiveness for the local Protestant working class, and the lack of political representation for the Catholic and Protestant working class. He thinks that many people feel that they have been abandoned and betrayed by Unionist politicians and are having to shoulder guilt for the beliefs they have been taught to believe at a time when they feel their community is under threat (tracks 1-7).
Interview with Dr Abernathy. He talks about the history and value of the ships canons dislayed outside that he thinks may be contemporary with the siege. He goes on to discuss the history of the city and its fortifications, the period around the 1688 siege of Derry and the events of the siege. He talks about the presence of Catholics amongst the Apprentice Boys who defended the city and the sense of common identity that people in Derry have (tracks 8-14).
Total: 32.27 mins
Dubber's reference number: PLA KF565D0876780 |