Northern Ireland Civil Rights Movement
In October 1988, Fortnight, the leading and longstanding current sociopolitical affairs review in Northern Ireland, celebrated 20 years of the regional civil rights movement (hereafter, CRM), by offering a meticulous discussion on the topic. The editorial started like this: “For, warts and all, the Civil Rights Movement was the only moment this century when a politics that was defined by something other than unionism or nationalism seemed suddenly to be possible” (Fortnight, Oct. 1988: 3). 
 
 
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Writing the Sixties into Northern Ireland and Northern Ireland into the Sixties
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