John McGuffin
John McGuffin (1942–2002) was an anarchist from Northern Ireland who was prominently involved with People's Democracy (Ireland), People's Democracy upon the onset of the Troubles in the 1970s. Biography McGuffin was born in 1942 into a middle-class Presbyterian family. His uncle Samuel McGuffin was a Labour Unionist member of parliament for Belfast Shankill (UK Parliament constituency), Belfast Shankill from 1917 to 1921 and then for Belfast North (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency), Belfast North between 1921 and 1925. As a young man, John McGuffin attended Campbell College in Belfast and then Queen's University Belfast, where he earned a degree in history and psychology. McGuffin subsequently took up a lecturer's post at Belfast Metropolitan College, Belfast Technical College. While still attending Queen's University, McGuffin became a prominent figure in People's Democracy, one of the main organisations involved in the Northern Ireland civil rights movement. As part o ...
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