Comments on: Collective Memory, A Different Kind of DNA (Teruel, 1938-Derry, 1972)

By: Peggy Yeats

Peggy Yeats — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 14:43:40 +0000

I was in Derry during the ’80s, hanging out with the Nelis family and witnessing the international atmosphere of solidarity among international political visitors! Recently at an ALBA workshop I recounted how many Derry folks were ready to go support Argentina in the Falklands and that at night, after last orders, the song that was sung was The Internationale and Viva La Quinta Brigada. Everyone in the Castle or Dungloe bar knew every word,

By: Tom Cooper

Tom Cooper — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 19:26:20 +0000

I welcome and commend the tenacity and endurance of all who persevered for so long under most difficult circumstances which eventually brought about the Saville Report findings. Were it not for the people like Elaine and many others who refused to be silenced, Saville may well have ended up just like Widgery. The British were forced to tall some of the truth, but not all. They got away light.
Well done, Cameron’s apology is your legacy.

By: javier

javier — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 15:13:22 +0000

beautiful article. thanks for sharing it!
great work!
free mary jane!

By: rob stradling

rob stradling — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 09:22:36 +0000

I wonder if Ms Ziff’s use of the word ‘murder’ is quite justified. According to Corral, these soldiers (ten men from each company of the 84th chosen by lot) were shot for rejecting an order to return to the front: in effect ‘desertion in the face of the enemy’. The fact that the same men had only just been withdrawn after some 10 days of fighting in the bloodied ruins of Teruel in sub-zero temperatures and with virtually zero supplies of food and ammo. was irrelevant. The same fate could easily have been meted out to British and N. American survivors at Brunete. The same fate WAS meted out to thousands of Russians at Stalingrad.

By: William L Rukeyser

William L Rukeyser — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 20:13:49 +0000

Yes Tricia, it was a long wait.
-Bill Rukeyser