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Benchmark 25

Muiris Ó Súilleabháin ✍ I am not one for New Year resolutions, not having the self-discipline that is essential nor the aversion to temptation that most of my peers seem to have acquired through age.On New Year’s Eve, I was resolute that 2025 would be the year when I would get fitter, lose weight, read more about the world and write less about Ireland, revolutions and politics. And so, I

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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 Curious‘I pray to God it succeeds’: Fragile hope spreads in Gaza as ceasefire deal reachedKeir Starmer’s support for the Gaza ceasefire

There’s Profit In Wrecking The NHS

Barry Murray writing in Socialist Voice 9-October-2024.“Crumbling to the point of crisis”: so reads the headline from the Irish News of 16th April 2024, referring to the dire state of our GP medical services and the NHS in general. What should have been added to the headline were the words “by design”. Those of us who live here; and are activists here, know all about it. It doesn’t matter

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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 Curious5 realistic transfers Liverpool could make in January after Zubimendi and Kvaratskhelia setbacksLiverpool line-ups as Darwin Nunez

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Zuckerberg 🪶 Anti-Woke Money Goes For Broke?

Gearóid Ó Loingsigh ☭ writing in Substack on 15-January-2025.Mark Zuckerberg, the right-wing owner of Meta caused quite a stir when he announced that he was terminating his platform’s fact checkers programme and then went even further by announcing that he would also put an end to his companies’ Diversity, Equality and Inclusivity (DEI) initiatives. The decisions were

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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 CuriousPeace In The Eleventh Hour: Biden's Last Dance With Genocide And RedemptionIsrael Continues to Pound Gaza as Cabinet Votes on

Even When It Makes No Sense

Christopher Owens 🔖 By the early 80’s, it was entirely possible for someone living in a bedsit to run an international label.Thanks to the punk explosion, there were a plethora of indie labels that bypassed mainstream circuits and made their own via fanzines, word of mouth and tape trading. As it was cheaper and quicker to make cassettes than vinyl, the most violent, nasty and noisy

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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 CuriousWalsall complete signing of Drogheda United defender Elicha AhuiWalsall sign Elicha Ahui, loan defender back to Drogheda

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