Audio interview with Austin Currie, co-founder of the SDLP, by Don Anderson for BBC Radio Ulster History Lessons in 2007. In this interview Currie discusses the Ulster Workers’ Council strike and the beginning of republican and loyalist violent campaigns. History Lessons was a BBC Radio Ulster series which re-interpreted events in Northern Ireland during the Troubles and Peace Process. This is the second part of a three part interview.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 2007
Name of First Interviewee: Austin Currie
Role at time of Interview: Co-founder of the SDLP
Interviewer: Don Anderson
Purpose: Research
Media: Audio
Copyright: BBC © 2013
Link: Listen to the interview
Programme/Book/Article: BBC Radio Ulster History Lessons
Time Period covered: 1964-2007
Key Individuals: Austin Currie, Merlyn Rees, Harold Wilson, Gerry Fitt
Key Words: SDLP, Ulster Workers’ Council, Sunningdale Agreement, rent and rates strike, internment, UVF, Provisional IRA, Bloody Sunday, religion, paramilitary