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DUAC and DHAC

The 1967 BSR closure prompted the formation by local trade unionists of the Derry Unemployed Action Committee (DUAC). Pickets, rallies and protests were organised. The Derry Housing Action Committee (DHAC) followed.

DERRY HOUSING ACTION COMMITTEE (DHAC)

Initially founded by a far-left group at Magee College, the DHAC quickly attracted support from republicans and others through a strategy of direct action. Prominent members included Brigid Bond, to be chairperson of Derry Civil Rights Association on Bloody Sunday. The occupation of a house in Harvey Street prevented a family being evicted. Homeless families were squatted into disused premises. Civic ceremonies and corporation meetings were regularly disrupted.

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