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Antonello Guerrera

Jan 30, 2022 • 8 tweets • 7 min read • Read on X

Mezzo secolo dopo, quelle lacrime di sangue e dolore non si sono asciugate. Gerry Duddy, 64 anni, prova a trattenerle. Charlie Glenn, 68, proprio non ce la fa.

Il mio reportage da #Derry: "Chiediamo giustizia per il #BloodySunday" 🇬🇧🇮🇪

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#BloodySunday50

1. Gerry Duddy davanti al murales che rappresenta la morte di suo fratello Jackie, 17 anni, nel Bloody Sunday del 1972 (foto di Antonello Guerrera)

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2. Ecco Charlie Glenn, 50 anni dopo: ossia quel ragazzo al centro del murales di #Derry con gli occhiali, mentre regge Jackie Duddy morto durante il "Bloody Sunday" di cinquant'anni fa (foto di Antonello Guerrera) #BloodySunday50 #BloodySunday 🇬🇧🇮🇪 @repubblica

3. Gerry Duddy con la foto di suo fratello e il fazzoletto di Padre Daly, il parroco nel murale di Jackie e Charlie che sventola il fazzoletto bianco ai militari: "Non sparate, siamo disarmati". Preghiera inutile. (foto di Antonello Guerrera) #Derry #BloodySunday50 #BloodySunday

4. Damien Donaghey, il primo ferito del #BloodySunday, davanti al luogo dove gli spararono i britannici, a 17 anni, a Derry (foto di Antonello Guerrera)
#BloodySunday50 🇬🇧🇮🇪

5. Il leggendario murale "You are now entering Free #Derry" è stato ridipinto per le celebrazioni di oggi. Ora si legge, con una bandiera a lutto in cima: "There is no British justice". (Foto di Antonello Guerrera)
#BloodySunday50 #BloodySunday 🇬🇧🇮🇪

6. Kate Nash, sorella di William, vittima del #BloodySunday a 19 anni nel 1972 (foto di Antonello Guerrera)
#BloodySunday50 #Derry 🇬🇧🇮🇪

7. All'improvviso, decine di abitanti di Bogside invadono la strada. In mano cartelli contro le detenzioni arbitrarie. Quelli di 50 anni fa. "Wipe the tears from your eyes", cantavano gli U2 in Sunday #BloodySunday. Ma quelle lacrime sono sempre qui.

#BloodySunday50 #Derry 🇬🇧🇮🇪

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Ahead of Keir Starmer's major speech today, I interviewed veteran Labour MP Jon Cruddas @JonCruddas_1 in @repubblica about his new book “A Century of Labour” (Polity Books).

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@simoncoveney

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@BBCArchive

This video is an absolute gem. ❤️🇬🇧

In 1967 John Reith, the first ever Director General of the BBC, spoke to Malcolm Muggeridge about the "BBC accent". - via @BBCArchive

P.S. I’m just mesmerised by the way he pronounces tower, tar and tyre. 😵‍💫😍

@northumbriana

My buddy @northumbriana hasn’t commented on that yet!

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@Hanifkureishi

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