40th Anniversary of 1981 battles Part 2 Background I began this series last week based on the knowledge that we cannot afford to forget, or worse not know of, critical periods in our history, especially those which had a significant bearing on our continuing fight to preserve our sovereignty, democracy and fundamental human rights. It was nice to get some positive feedback on the initiative especially as it relates to getting our people not just to be aware of our historical circumstances but also our own role in it and in determining both our destiny and quality of life. Very often history is portrayed as made by the deeds of men and if we look at 1981 there was no shortage of deeds, some of them evil but in turn giving rise to the noble deeds of resistance and sacrifice which ensured the preservation of some fundamental rights that we continue to have up to today.