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

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 CuriousWhen the sun sinks over GazaA Historic UN Vote for Sanctions on Israel. Can it change reality for Palestinians?Electoral politics

Dublin 🌈 A Coat Of Many Colours

Anthony McIntyre ☠ Yesterday as I was travelling along O'Connell Street on a bus I saw a small contingent of people making its way up the street's centre in the direction of the Liffey. By the time I reached the GPO - the obvious destination of the smaller contingent - it was awash in a sea of green, white and orange, creating the imagery of a Nuremburg rally only

Paying For It 📚 A Comic-Strip Memoir About Being A John

Christopher Owens 📚🔖From the Holocaust to paying for sex, underground comix covers it all.A permanent fixture in the underground comix scene since the early 80’s, Chester Brown has depicted many an event in his work. From cock-worshipping pygmies to people whose arses lead to another world through to the myriad of emotions felt when viewing pornography, he somehow manages to tie it all

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of One Thousand Two Hundred And Fifty 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 CuriousSurvival on the mind for Darragh Markey and Drogheda United as season finale loomsFAI Cup wrap: Bohemians, Drogheda United and

A Morning Thought @ 2279

Boeing And The Ramifications Of Neo-Liberalism On Air Passenger Safety

Gowain McKenna ✍ Today the Boeing aircraft company is a perfect case study into the disastrous consequences of unconstrained capitalism and corporate greed. Even for those of you who have little to no interest in aviation, you should all by now have read about the continual mishaps and near-accidents involving Boeing aircraft over the last 6 months. But this is not a recent phenomenon,

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of One Thousand Two Hundred And Fifty 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 CuriousHow Jordan's elections sent a message of defiance to IsraelAysenur Ezgi Eygi | When the IDF Says 'Death to Inciters,'The US must

When Fans Die

Anthony McIntyre ⚽ In a world where identity politics continues to obscure, without managing to erode or alleviate, the universal primary societal cleavage - the structural antagonism between capital and labour - one of the more palatable forms of identity is that of the soccer fan. Philip Dooley's unused seat in MilanIn soccer fandom, things are much less complicated than they are in, say,

Ron Yeats

Caoimhin O’Muraile ☭ On Saturday 14th September I watched the BBC Match of the Day for the first time in many a day, due to the VAR garbage and commentators who go out of their way to agree with such rubbish.Ron Yeats “Big Ron” RIP.I watched it to grab the highlights of Man Utd's emphatic defeat of Southampton. It was while watching the programme, the match featuring Liverpool v

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of One Thousand Two Hundred And Fifty 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 CuriousLabour – We Never Promised You a Rose GardenStarmer's Britain: The Chilling Arrest Of Sarah WilkinsonLabour's Cold Comfort: Rachel