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Riga

Anthony McIntyre ☠ Until recently Latvia was a name in passing.Due to an ingrained tendency to read up on World War 2, as one of the occupied Baltic states I had some awareness of it having being crushed between the twin dictatorships of Stalinism and Nazism.  At one time a Latvian family lived in the same street as ourselves in Drogheda, while a love of Scandinoir led me to 

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Man Sues Catholic School In Battle Over Whose Faith Counts For Vaccine Mandates

Friendly Atheist ✊Boston College says it had a religious right to require employees to get a COVID shot. Avenir Agaj says he had a religious right to reject the vaccine.A religious man is suing a religious school after he was fired over COVID vaccines. He claimed a religious right not to get vaccinated while the school insists they had a religious right to demand employees get the shot. The legal

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Dominionist Tim Sheets 🪶 Trump Win Brings Era Of Church ‘Anointed To Reign’

Right Wing Watch 👀 New Apostolic Reformation “apostle” Tim Sheets, brother of pro-Trump “apostle” Dutch Sheets, appeared on ElijahStreams Thursday, where he described “prophetic downloads” that he said God has given him since the election. Peter MontgomeryDonald Trump’s victory will usher in “the most supernatural era” ever and a “higher level of Christianity,” Sheets said, along

A Morning Thought @ 2365

BRICS And Imperialism

Tommy McKearney ☭ Since at least the final stages of World War II, the United States has sought to achieve global hegemony through the unrestrained use of its economic and military might.8-November-2024 Constrained for several decades by the presence of socialist states, the demise of the Soviet Union appeared to give the American empire a free hand to exercise its dominance. However, now a

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News From Ukraine 💣 Bulletin 123

A Digest of News ✊ from Ukrainian Sources ⚔ 18-November-2024. In this week’s bulletin⬤ Trade union statement on 1000 days since invasion.⬤ How oil profiteers helped the Kremlin on Kazakh pipeline.⬤ Opinion poll on war in Ukraine.⬤ Russia’s runaway regiment.⬤ Russian persecution of children and other violations.⬤Russian execution of Ukrainian POWs.News from the territories

Out Now 📚 Rebecca Brownlie

Merrion Press 🔖has just published a new book by Rebecca Brownlie.