Anthony McIntyre's Blog, page 166

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of One Thousand Four Hundred And Sixty 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 CuriousDrogheda United Turn Full-Time - Will this impact Irish Football?Full-time set-up forces training ground switch for Drogheda

A Morning Thought @ 2383

100 Women In FEMEN Action Against Violence Against Women

Maryam Namazie ✊ *”Lifting the Veil on Violence Against Women Worldwide”*Photo by Sara Farid.On November 24, 100 FEMEN activists from different countries make an uncompromising statement of resistance from Paris to all women everywhere suppressed by theocracies, wars and dictatorships.Marking International Day against Violence against Women, a hundred women march to embody a living symbol of

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of One Thousand Four Hundred And Sixty Eight

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 CuriousIsrael attacks Gaza ‘humanitarian zone’, killing at least 11, wounding 15How Facebook restricted news in Palestinian

Where Was Jim Larkin Born?

Caoimhin O’Muraile ☭ Most students of Irish history will be aware of the trade union syndicalist leader Jim Larkin. Socialists, republicans, trade unionists and communists will know of Larkins role in the 1907 Belfast strike by Dockers who were members of the National Union of Dock Labourers (NUDL) and the militant speeches he gave encouraging the strike and urging the men to victory.

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of One Thousand Four Hundred And Sixty Seven

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 CuriousNumber of US troops in Syria has steadily increased over time, Pentagon now saysThe day the media decided militant jihadism was

A Morning Thought @ 2382

The Public Health Of A Nation And A Private Vengeance

Gearóid Ó Loingsigh ☭ writing in Substack on 10-December-2024.The murder of Brian Thompson the CEO of United Healthcare has sent shockwaves throughout the US, if the media are to be believed. There is consternation in some quarters that the motive for the murder may be that he was the CEO of a health insurance company, as evidenced by the message left behind of Delay,

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of One Thousand Four Hundred And Sixty Six

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“Total Moral, Ethical Failure”: Holocaust Scholar Omer Bartov on Israel’s Genocide in Gaza'We are human': Surviving 423 days of

Russian Anti-War Prisoner Igor Paskar 🪶 ‘I Acted According To My Conscience’

People and Nature ☭ Solidarity Zone, which supports people arrested in Russia for anti-war actions, tells the story of political prisoner Igor Paskar.26-November-2024Reposted from Solidarity Zone’s web site.Igor Paskar has been sentenced to eight-and-a-half years’ imprisonment for two anti-war actions.In June 2022, in the centre of Krasnodar, Igor set fire to a “Z” banner [a symbol of support for