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A Morning Thought @ 2341

From The Truth Commission To Covering Up The Truth

Gearóid Ó Loingsigh ☭ writing in Substack on 4-November-2024.When the scandal broke of a criminal case against the former head of the Truth Commission of Colombia (CEV), Francisco de Roux, for covering up sexual abuse,[1] I took the decision not to write anything about the issue. Not because it was not an important issue, but rather because over the years I have

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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 CuriousAl Jazeera journalist injured while reporting on Israeli attackThis is not Holocaust guilt - it's entrenched German racist

Shooting Crows

Tommy McKearney🔖 ‘Whenthe police approached a judge, in order to secure the search warrants to pursueBirney and McCaffrey, the judge asked whether this was not “an exercise inshooting a crow to warn other crows about landing in the farmer’s field”.' - Blurb.Shooting Crows by Trevor Birney is a work of extraordinary importance and inestimable value. While focusing on his mistreatment by the

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A Morning Thought @ 2340

Lithuania 🪶 ‘For Us, The Fear Of Being Occupied Is More Real’

People And Nature ☭ Trade union organiser and activist Jurgis Valiukevičius talks to Simon Pirani about the new workers’ movements in Lithuania, emigration and immigration, and about how sympathy for Ukrainian resistance has opened up space for discussions about the meanings of nationalism and anti-imperialism.Simon: Please tell us about the labour movement in Lithuania. What are its strengths

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Freedom To Hate Or Not 🪶The Curious Case Of The Telegraph Journalist And The “Thought Police”

Barry Gilheany ✍ On first impressions, it was a cause celebre for all victims of the dictatorship of the woketariat; of zealous policing of the boundaries of free speech and freedom of expression. Telegraph columnist Alison Pearson received a knock on the door on the morning of Remembrance Sunday from Essex Police informing her that she was under investigation for allegedly

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