Eamonn McCann has been campaigning for social justice in Derry
for more than 40 years. A lifelong socialist and trades unionist, he is
a member of the National Executive of the NUJ and of the Northern
Ireland Committee of the ICTU.
He has campaigned against militarism and war since the days of CND
and the Vietnam protests, and was among those who successfully
took non-violent direct action against the bomb-makers Raytheon.
He is chairman of the Bloody Sunday Trust and a member of Amnesty
International and of the Rail lobby, Into the West.