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What Follows Roe’s Reversal? The Far Right Calls For Christian Nationalism

Right Wing Watch ✒ The Supreme Court overruled Roe v. Wade on Friday, eliminating the constitutional right to abortion.Kristen Doerer24-June-2022The decision, authored by Justice Samuel Alito, reversed 50 years of precedent to return the question of abortion rights back to the states.The ruling has immediate impacts: 26 states are likely to move quickly or immediately to ban abortion; half of

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Nearly €1m Per Year And Runs Rogue Crisis Pregnancy Agency

The Beacon ✒ Irish Branch Of US Anti-Abortion Catholic Group Has Income Of Nearly €1m Per Year And Runs Rogue Crisis Pregnancy Agency.Bryan WallThe accounts for the Irish branch of US anti-abortion and anti-gender rights group Human Life International (HLI) show annual income of almost €1m for the last number of years. In returns made to the Companies Registration Office (CRO), and which are also

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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 Curious British “Watchdog” Journalists Unmasked As Lap Dogs For The Security State Marquez: From Maid To Colombia’s First Black Vice PresidentA

‘Murder Does Not Have A Statute Of Limitations’

Bloody Sunday March Committee ✒ Press ReleaseCommenting on the recent case in Germany and the sentencing of a former Nazi concentration camp guard, the Bloody Sunday March Committee’s Betty Doherty said:The Tories in Britain argue there’s no point charging British soldiers for killings during the conflict because it was all too long ago. The chance of convictions was “vanishingly small”, NI

The Life, Times & Death of John Sheil, The Drogheda Radical Weaver & Song Maker 1784 – 1872

The Old Drogheda Society ✒ Walking Tour with Brendan Matthews on Wednesday 6-July-2022.A special Commemoration Walk N Talk presented by Community Historian Brendan Matthews on the extraordinary life of John Sheil, who had written & supplied hundreds of songs to the massive Ballad-Sheet Industry of the early 19th century. Brendan will begin this Walk on Wednesday evening next July 6th at the

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Battle Of The Somme, 1st July 1916 ✑ In Remembrance

Shirley McMichael ✒ writing earlier this week in anticipation of today's anniversary of the Battle of the Somme.Next Friday, the 1st July is the anniversary of the Battle of the Somme. By the end of the battle, the British Army had suffered 420,000 casualties including nearly 60,000 on the first day alone. The French lost 200,000 men and the Germans nearly 500,000. It is heartbreaking to even try

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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, Let Us At Least Be CuriousMarjorie and Milo: A Marriage Made in…Well, SomeplaceECHR: Boris Johnson’s government threatens attack on human rightsIsrael, an Apartheid Nation? Of

Agitation

Christopher Owens 🔖 A listless world creates a certain type of character.Vaguely disaffected, bored and seemingly always searching for something that may not be there, such a character can be a fascinating plaything for an author: think of the commentary, the metaphors, the zinger dialogue. But this is the real world. And listless people are often just that: listless. A sequel to last year’s