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Lynx By Ten To The Power Of One Thousand Three Hundred And Two

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 Curious11 killed, 48 wounded in Israeli strikes on Beirut ThursdayWhat “global south”? Most BRICS+ Regimes Nurture Israel

1996 & The End Of History

Christopher Owens 🔖 It’s now common consensus that the 1990’s were the Last Great Decade.I don’t know why, as my memories of that period involve Loughinisland, Rosemary Mallon, Arlene Arkinson, ceasefires, Bosnian War, Fred and Rose West, Rwandan genocide, Ayrton Senna's death, OJ Simpson, Tokyo subway attacks, Colombian football murders, Omagh, Dunblane, Oaklahoma City, Columbine. But

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of One Thousand Three Hundred And One

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 CuriousHow Kevin Doherty turned Drogheda United around from relegation certainties into FAI Cup finalistsLeague Preview: Waterford -v-

A Morning Thought @ 2300

Statement On The Far-Right Riots Following The Southport Attack

Maryam Namazie ✊ We, the undersigned, stand in utter condemnation of the murderous violence against girls in Southport and mourn the lives lost and harmed by violence against women and girls in all its forms.We are further alarmed by and we condemn the instrumentalisation of that violence by racists and fascists on the streets and in the corridors of power. Over the weekend racists set fire to

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of One Thousand Three Hundred

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/Palestine: A Year of HorrorFinally on the offensive, IDF's 91st Division slices through Hezbollah's front linesThe Israeli

Will Starmer Hammer In The Final Nail?

Caoimhin O’Muraile ☭ The British Labour Party was formed in 1906 out of a group consisting of the Labour Representation Committee (LRC), the Independent Labour Party (ILP), formed in its own right in 1893, and the trade union movement. The party has had a chequered history, with the ILP leaving its affiliation in 1932. The party formed a minority government in 1924 and again in 1929-32

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of One Thousand Two Hundred And Ninety 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 CuriousMorning Star backs Farage over UkraineUkraine: why we are closing our center for displaced women in LvivLenin on Serbia’s role in

A Morning Thought @ 2299

The ELN At The Crossroads @ Part One

Gearóid Ó Loingsigh writing in Substack on 28-September-2024.The recent attack by the ELN against Colombia’s official army caused a crisis in the dialogues between this insurgent group and the Colombian state. The talks had been frozen for months by the ELN due to the breakaway of the Comuneros del Sur front of the organisation, violations, from the ELN’s perspective, of agreements