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March 22, 2025

March 21, 2025

Petro, The Neoliberal Wolf No Longer Dressed In Sheep’s Clothing

Gearóid Ó Loingsigh ☭ writing in Substack on 26-February-2025.Photo: Internet, Petro and Colombian oligarchLuís Carlos Sarmiento Angulo (in suit)Before he won the elections there were already motives for doubting the political postures of Gustavo Petro and what a government led by him would be like. There is one year to go to the next elections to Congress and just 14
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Published on March 21, 2025 14:00

The Irish Times 📚 Past and Present

Christopher Owens 🔖 Archives can throw up the most extraordinary things.Documents containing off the cuff remarks or new information can completely transform our understanding of a particular event or can confirm long standing suspicions. So one can imagine the surprise Jack Lane (Aubane Historical Society) had when he found a letter written by the British Ambassador to Ireland from October
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Published on March 21, 2025 03:00

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of One Thousand Five Hundred And Eighty

Ten links to a diverse range of opinion that might be of interest to TPQ readers. They are selected not to invite agreement but curiosity. Readers can submit links to pieces they find thought provoking.Before We Conform, Or Condemn, Let Us At Least Be CuriousShamrock Rovers defeat Drogheda United thanks to stoppage time penalty save from Ed McGintyGlentoran mourns the passing of club
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Published on March 21, 2025 02:15

A Morning Thought @ 2510

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A Morning Thought @ 2509

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March 20, 2025

Palestinian Prisoners Conference

The Peadar O’Donnell Socialist Republican Forum ☭ is organising a conference this weekend in Dundalk.The theme for the event is Palestinian and Irish prisoners.
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Published on March 20, 2025 14:00

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of One Thousand Five Hundred And Seventy Nine

Ten links to a diverse range of opinion that might be of interest to TPQ readers. They are selected not to invite agreement but curiosity. Readers can submit links to pieces they find thought provoking.Before We Conform, Or Condemn, Let Us At Least Be CuriousBacked by Trump, Israel Shreds Cease-Fire Deal and Kills Over 400 Across GazaGlobal outrage as hundreds killed in Gaza Ramadan
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Published on March 20, 2025 13:00

US Isolationism

Caoimhin O’Muraile ☭ Is The USA Retreating Back Into Isolationism?A good question and one with multiple answers.The US was, prior to World War One, very much an isolationist country meaning it would keep out of European wars as far as possible. This policy had its origins in the 19th century and in 1812 the US and UK fought a war on US soil, not European. This policy was compounded somewhat
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Published on March 20, 2025 03:00

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