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Every day I see people post and share about how mobilising 3.5 per cent of the population in non violent protest is the magic mythical number to overthrow a regime or win a campaign and I wonder who or what this is supposed to serve.

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One of the great poems about a father #fathersday Those Winter Sundays by Robert Hayden

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If you don't want to see this happen in Ireland, come out this Saturday 14th June for the national demo to keep the Triple Lock + demand active neutrality.

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''Israel had asked Egyptian authorities to prevent people from making the march.''

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It's been really demoralizng how much the press mindlessly repeats the lie that the National Guard was sent to quell violence. It was sent to start violence. People know this, so just say it.

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🚨 Have you taken action yet? The pressure on the government is mounting. Let's make sure their inboxes are flooded ahead of tomorrow's vote! 🚨 Demand the government stop the Central Bank regulating apartheid Israel's genocide bonds. #StopFundingGenocide www.ipsc.ie/action-item/...

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On the 12th June I'll be one of the featured poets, along with @sarahmaintains.bsky.social for the Poems for Palestine fundraising event at Street 66. All of the proceeds will go to Irish Visual Artists for Gaza. Tickets are still available! conscious-connections.geektickets.ie/events/118696

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Data centres in Ireland are using as much electricity as 1.6 million homes as power demand surges again. Latest figures from @csoireland.bsky.social show their usage rose 10pc last year www.independent.ie/irish-news/d...

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The weird, often whitewashed way the civil rights movement is taught (or not taught) seemed to convince a lot of people that nonviolence was met with nonviolence, instead of you know, dogs, hoses, beatings, death, etc

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The injustices of the current regime will fall.

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The terrorist War Criminal nation of Israel have kidnapped Greta Thunberg and the other 11 on the Madleen in international waters. Yet another War Crime to add to their list.

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Freedom Flotilla illegally captured by the IDF. Activists bringing humanitarian aid isn't a crime. freedomflotilla.org/2025/06/09/i...

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The EHRC Guidance is a wicked exercise in removing rights from trans people - and is bad too for employers and service providers, those outside gender norms, people with disabilities and the economy. We've created a tool to make it easy to respond. Please use and share. goodlaw.social/9e59e9

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If you see a genocide paid for by the American government and perpetrated by a military that has 23,000 American citizens in it using weapons manufactured by the American military industrial complex as "not our problem" because the victims are Palestinians, you don't actually understand fascism.

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Let’s be clear: ICE injured and detained the president of SEIU California for peacefully observing. ICE picked the wrong side. The wrong state. The wrong person. and the wrong union. David Huerta stood up. And now 750,000 SEIU workers are standing up behind him. seiuca.org/press-releas...

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14th June in Dublin - reclaiming Ireland's active neutrality is about asserting independence from EU/NATO alliances and stopping Ireland's facilitation of Israeli genocide via Shannon, war bonds and trade.

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This is residents in San Diego telling Ice-Gestapo agents to get TF out of their neighborhood. More of this please. 💙👊

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JUST IN: Newark Mayor Ras Baraka sues interim US Attorney Alina Habba for "false arrest and malicious prosecution." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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'Understanding Ireland’s dependency as a defining feature of Irish economic development allows us to see how the State’s undemocratic actions to support global extractive industries, erode our neutrality, and fail on Palestine are part of the same political economic matrix.'

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Excellent and informative article here from Paddy Breshinan and Patrick Brodie: www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

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This is the worst news. Sunny was like an actual extra sun in the life of everyone who knew her, she lit up every space. I am so sorry to all who had the pleasure and education that knowing her was. Her life was truly spent in service. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...

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Delighted that the second piece on contemporary fascism is from Brian Massumi: criticallegalthinking.com/2025/06/03/s...

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Ireland has opinions

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The Ditch can exclusively report that EU states exported 69 million rounds of ammunition to Israel since October 2023 under the controversial EU-Israel trade agreement. That includes 15 million rounds sent to Israel in the first four months of this year. www.ontheditch.com/eu-states-se...

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But not disgusted and sickened enough to vote against facilitating the sale of Israeli war bonds. The Irish people are against the genocide of the Palestinian people, but the government is actively aiding it in every was it can. Never judge them on what they say - judge them by what they do.

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Now say we are not complicit: www.rte.ie/news/ireland...

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My latest 2c worth on IE data centre expansion via #RTÉ #DriveTime ("broken record edition"...). #TLDL? No ifs or buts: we need a moratorium. [Skip in to about 56:55.] www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

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Radical Bookfair! Saturday, 31 May, 12-7pm @ the Teacher's Club Pop by at any time throughout the day. 📚There will be dozens of stalls from bookshops, publishers, magazines and campaign groups (IPSC Mothers Against Genocide, Rebel Books, Connolly Books, and more). 🚩All completely FREE!✊

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Pretty terrifying that this is where we are in Ireland. 'We’re having to think about prioritising what is the social need of the energy demand – is it housing or is it AI?' www.independent.ie/irish-news/p...

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Another day of ignominy for our government and its supporters as the bill to stop the Central Bank regulating Israel's genocide bonds was defeated by 87 votes to 75. Well done to Sinn Féin for bringing the bill and all the opposition TDs who voted to #StopFundingGenocide

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Don't miss our Radical Bookfair Saturday May 31st in the Teachers Club! (and now expanded 'Radical Book Talks') The Radical Bookfair with dozens of stalls will be running from 12-5pm, and our 'Radical Book Talks' will be running 12-7pm 🗓 Mark your calendar! ✊ Spread the word! rupture.ie/bookfair

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A great line up of talks at the Radical Bookfair this weekend! Don't miss it! #SpéirGhorm

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The government just voted down a proposal to stop the Central Bank authorising the sale of Israeli war bonds in the EU. This is shameful. We must stop financing genocide. The opposition parties are collaborating on a joint motion as the next step.

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'In what world does a member of government declare that it intends to wipe out what remains of an area and aims, “with God’s help”, to remove its inhabitants, only for the response be nothing more than vague threats of “concrete action"?' @nesrinemalik.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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This is what genocide looks like. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/...

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Wish me some tiny bit of courage.

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This is not news to anyone but dem elites www.commondreams.org/news/harris-...

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'When outspoken artists are charged but soldiers participating in what has been characterised by so many as genocide are not; when govts and global institutions speak of intl law and values, but do not uphold them, anger, frustration, despair, pessimism take hold.' www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

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Israeli military strikes have killed at least 20 Palestinians across Gaza, including a local journalist and a senior rescue service official, local health authorities said

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Martha O’Neill obituary: Film and TV producer whose work spanned multiple genres – The Irish Times www.irishtimes.com/obituaries/2...

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🚨Breaking 🚨 A FedEx flight from Memphis to Cologne carrying six shipments of F-35 combat jet parts to Nevatim IDF airbase has just entered Irish airspace. The state continues to allow FedEx break Irish air navigation law while Shannon activists are prosecuted.

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In trying to remove the Triple Lock, the Govnt has spun a narrative that Ireland should be mistrustful of the UN and supportive of the EU and Western alliances. That this narrative has gained any purchase says a lot about the media and political commentary in this country.

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Worth reading this article in detail. The Commissioner admits that the protestors were in fact searched, and there is no video evidence of same.

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