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John Lowman

Vancouver Sun ✒ John Lowman was a great support during the court cases over the subpoenas of the Boston College archive. His work with Ted Palys on academic confidentiality and the law is vitally important. We are deeply saddened by his loss. John Lowman 1950-2022On Thursday, June 23, 2022, the underdogs and oppressed of the world lost a great friend, Professor Emeritus John Lowman, after a

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Sleeping Quite Well At Night

Irish Times ✒ Patrick Radden Keefe: 'Gerry Adams is sort of similar to the Sacklers, in that he seems to sleep quite well at night.’Patrick Freyne2-July-2022The long-form journalist reflects on a remarkable career investigating, among others, cartel bosses, arms dealers, mass shooters, fraudsters, whistleblowers and the Troubles.Patrick Radden Keefe is an author who writes in deeply researched

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of Two 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 Curious'Decisions made in the US have an impact far beyond their borders' — MSI's statement on the overturning of Roe v WadeNHS privatisation

Quantum Diaper Punks

Christopher Owens 🔖 Rebelling is too easy these days.“Wow, look at that one across the street with multi-coloured hair, facial piercings and multiple tattoos. They’re really sticking it to the system”. *devil horns intensify*In actual fact, said “one across the street” is more than likely a well-paid middle management type in a company that extolls the virtues of ‘bringing yourself to work’, so

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The Twelfth Is A Celebration Of Dispossession And Subjugation ✑ But Its Time To Move Beyond The Zero-Sum Game

Matt Treacy ✒ The death of John Steele in Larne while building a bonfire for the Orange 11th night celebrations in Larne was predictably followed by the social media celebration common when one of their ones dies, preferably in tragic circumstances.Steele was engaged in constructing a more than 50-foot-high bonfire that was to have been burned last night but it was taken down as a mark of respect

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of Two 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 CuriousSupport for the Government drops as Sinn Féin continue to rise in popularity'You want to subsume PBP into Sinn Féin': Rent bill questioning

The Factories Acts, Parliamentary Reform And The Rise of New Unionism ✑ 19th Century

Caoimhin O’Muraile ☭ Back in the nineteenth century, as the Industrial Revolution gathered momentum apace the new machinery, now harnessed to motive power and operated by working-class people was producing in ever increasing quantities.By mid-century, Britain was known as the “Workshop of the World” due to its immense lead in industrialisation. Out of this situation were born two classes of

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