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You Want It Darker?

George Monbiot with:
The remarkable story of how the hard-right Koch brothers funded a Trotskyite splinter group
Dark money is among the greatest current threats to democracy. It means money spent...



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Bombin', Beats And B-Boys

Christopher Owens reviews a film about the North's hip hop culture.



Put together by local filmmaker Chris Eva, 'Bombin'...' is described as an attempt to document Northern Ireland's "...growing...



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A Morning Thought @ 216

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Hind Legs

Anthony McIntyre reflects on Gerry Kelly's support for British state prosecution strategies against former IRA activists.

On occasion I relay the story of having received George Orwell’s Animal...



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Fapaticci

Daithi O’Donnabhain looks over the recent arrest of British Army spy in the Provisional IRA, Freddie Scappaticci aka Stakeknife. 


On Wednesday 5th December, the British Army’s top informer...



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A Morning Thought @ 215

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Bolsonaro Is Not A Fascist

Read Brendan O’Neill’s essay from Spiked Online on the danger of branding everyone a fascist.

Jair Bolsonaro’s victory in Brazil has led to global handwringing about the emergence of ‘actual...



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The Tide Is Turning ➖ Israel Is Losing On Two War Fronts

Ramzy Baroud believes the tide is turning against Israel. 


The botched Israeli military operation in the Gaza Strip on 12 November is delineating Tel Aviv’s failure to utilize its army as a...



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A Morning Thought @ 214

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Last Dance

Sean Maguire with a poem from a published collection of his work. 

We took a chance for one last dance, at the hall where we first met. It was October 78, the year was getting...



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