Hatred of the police was one of the factors which enabled the IRA to emerge and extend its influence. ... They wanted to ensure the maximum confrontation possible and Eamonn McCann, a rising star from Derry's Bogside claims: "a howl of elemental rage was unleashed across Northern Ireland, and it was clear things were going to be the same again. ... This kind of inequality invariably leads to conflict and can be summed up well by the following quote: "When a society is content, a small group like those who took over the GPO in 1916, or the People's Democracy in Belfast in 1...

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