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The Comrades

Pádraic Mac Coitir 🔖 I have read many books about the hunger strikes and prison protests. Some have been very good and others not so good. I called to see my friend Paddy yesterday and he asked if I had read a new book titled The Comrades. I told him I hadn't and to be frank I was sceptical about it but he suggested I take it and then give him my opinion on it.About 10pm last night I flicked

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of One Hundred And Thirty 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, Let Us At Least Be CuriousCancer vaccines could 'become a reality' soon thanks to Covid jab success, says Professor Luke O'Neill'Spooky' spinning object detected deep within the

Guinness Family Need To Engage

Micheál Choilm Mac Giolla Easbuig ✒ It is regrettable that better use is not being made of the vast Guinness estate in Dún Lúiche, Co Donegal. A huge dwelling-house surrounded by extensive out-buildings situated on thousands of acres of land and all owned by one family who rarely visit. Properly utilised and developed this property has endless possibilities for promoting the local economy on one

Soldier F’s Bloody Sunday Secrets

The Village ✑ David Cleary knows enough to blackmail the British government.By David Burke, author of ‘Kitson’s Irish War: Mastermind of the Dirty War in Ireland’.1. Kitson’s Private Army.David Cleary is the real name of Soldier F, the Bloody Sunday mass murderer. A judicial review has been brought by the family of some of his victims to reinstate criminal charges against him for their murder. If

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This Week In Terrorism History ➖ Nov. 14-20

Pete Trumbore ✒ In my experience, many Americans have the unfortunate tendency to think that the story of terrorism in America begins with 9/11 and continues in the years since with one episode of jihadist-inspired terror after another.15-November-2021Of course, as I’ve long argued in this space, this narrative is about as far from reality as you can get.What it ignores is the extent to which

Distance

Frankie Quinn with a poem from his book Open Gates.DistanceThe seed now sown in my mindIs free to grow, nurtured by scentedMemories of lavender and the aromaOf your body’s tenderness.Each passing moon brings it closerTo its flowering conclusion.♞♜♝Then I can smell its beauty and inhaleYou back into my stem, and encourageMy darkened mind to light upWith white smiling petalsThat fall at your feet

Cancelling Comedians While The World Burns

Christopher Owens 🔖 Sigh.The recent debacle involving the old guard verses Joe Rogan/Spotify is not only embarrassing, but also a paradigm shift. The former ‘radicals’ failing to adopt to Web 3.0, thinking that their status matters to the millions of Joe Rogan listeners, most of whom have never heard of the likes of Lloyd Cole, Stewart Lee and Neil Young. Seems the right time to revisit this

The Hunger Strike Against Cuba’s Show Trials

Matt Treacy ✒ Last Monday the Cuban Communist Party began its latest series of show trials. These involve some of those who were detained following the mass protests that took place in Havana and over 40 other locations in July.The protests focused on the perennial problems of mass poverty, poor housing, food prices and the lack of basic healthcare – which will no doubt come as a surprise to the