People's Democracy was a political organisation that, while supporting the campaign for civil rights for Northern Ireland's Catholic minority stated that such rights could only be achieved through the establishment of a socialist republic in all of Ireland. It was founded on 9 October 1968, after Royal Ulster Constabulary police had broken up a Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association march in Derry on 5 October. It demanded more radical reforms of the government of Northern Ireland than the NICRA. Civil rights or positive rights are those legal rights retained by citizens and protected by the government. ... Royal motto: Quis separabit (Latin: Who will separate?) Northern Irelands location within the UK Official languages English, Irish, Ulster Scots Capital and largest city Belfast First Minister Office suspended Area  - Total Ranked 4th 13,843 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 4th 1,685,267 122/km² NUTS 1... The color red and particularly the red flag are traditional symbols of Socialism. ... October 9 is the 282nd day of the year (283rd in Leap years). ... 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... The Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) was the police force in Northern Ireland from 1922 to 2001. ... The Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association was an organization which campaigned for civil rights for Northern Irelands Catholic minority. ... Derry or Londonderry (in Irish, Doire or Doire Cholm Chille), often called the Maiden City, is a city in Northern Ireland. ... October 5 is the 278th day of the year (279th in Leap years). ... The Parliament of Northern Ireland was the home rule legislature created under the Government of Ireland Act 1920, which existed from June 7, 1921 to March 30, 1972, when it was suspended. ...

The founders included Queen's University Belfast students such as Bernadette Devlin and Michael Farrell. The Queens University of Belfast Queens University, Belfast (QUB) - or officially The Queens University of Belfast - is a university in Belfast, Northern Ireland. ... Josephine Bernadette Devlin McAliskey (born April 23, 1947), also known as Bernadette Devlin and Bernadette McAliskey, is a Northern Ireland republican politician. ...

In imitation of Martin Luther King's Selma to Montgomery marches, about 40 People's Democracy members held a four-day march between Belfast and Derry starting on 1 January 1969. The march was repeatedly attacked by loyalists along its route, including an incident at Burntollet bridge on 4 January where the marchers were attacked by about 200 loyalists armed with iron bars, bottles and stones while police did little to protect them. Martin Luther King Jr. ... John Lewis (on right in trench coat) and Hosea Williams (on the left) lead marchers across the Edmund Pettus Bridge,March 7, 1965 The Selma to Montgomery marches, which included Bloody Sunday, were three marches that marked the political and emotional peak of the American civil rights movement. ... Belfast (Béal Feirste in Irish) is a city in the United Kingdom. ... January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... For the township in Canada, see Loyalist, Ontario In general, a loyalist is an individual who is loyal to the powers that be. ... January 4 is the 4th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...

The PDs were created out of a milleu of various leftist student organisations - in the late 1960s Queens University gained its first Labour Club (affiliated to the forerunner of NOLS as well as its Irish equivalent) and a Young Socialist Alliance which grouped together many radical leftists. Several different organisations use the acronym NOLS: The National Outdoor Leadership School. ...

The PDs became increasingly radicalised - many of their members turning towards Maoism in the heady atmosphere of 1968. They also attacked the censorship laws in the Republic - earning a rebuke from Ruairi Quinn, then a leader of the Union of Students of Ireland for letting British imperialism off the hook! In later years members of the PDs either quit politics altogether, moved towards the INLA's views (Devlin) or became leftist cheerleaders for the IRA (Farrell). Maoism or Mao Tse-tung Thought (Chinese: 毛泽东思想, pinyin: Máo Zédōng SÄ«xiÇŽng), is a variant of Marxism-Leninism derived from the teachings of Mao Zedong (1893–1976). ... 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Ruairi Quinn (born 1946) is an Irish politician. ... Union of Students Ireland (USI) Official Website Past Presidents include: Joe Duffy    This article is a stub. ... A cartoon portraying the British Empire as an octopus, reaching into foreign lands A cartoon showing the U.S. growing up and growing girth. ... The Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) was formed on 8 December 1974 as the military wing of the Irish Republican Socialist Movement (a political wing, the Irish Republican Socialist Party (IRSP), was formed the same day) by Seamus Costello and other activists who had left or been forced out of... The main nick name of these taig bastards is Coward Scum and wish they were half as good as S/Londonderry UVF IRA is an acronym with several different meanings. ...

People's Democracy fielded candidates in elections up until 1982. 1982 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...