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This Week In Terrorism history ✑ Oct. 17-23

Pete Trumbore ✒ This week is all about New Left and Black revolutionary terrorism. That’s 1970 for you. The key group in the spotlight is the Black Liberation Army.18-October-2021The BLA was an underground Black Power revolutionary organization active from 1970 to 1981. Its membership was initially drawn from former members of the Black Panther Party and the Republic of New Afrika. Black

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of One Hundred And Eleven

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 CuriousRecycling Science DenialIt’s Time For The U.S. To Treat Israel Like A Normal Country And Tell It To Screw OffFurious Father Shares ‘Rules’ Given To

From the Vaults ➖ Cockney Rejects ‘Hammer ✑ The Classic Rock Years’

Christopher Owens 🎵 revisits some classics.Progression: damned if you do, damned if you don’t. Stay still and watch your fan base slowly dwindle with each release. Fumble the ball when trying something new and find yourself playing to no one. And normally, it’s ones who kick things off that make the missteps that later generations know to avoid. This 4 CD box set is a testament to how difficult

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Ó Broin Says Gerry Adams Should Apologise For Christmas Video

Matt Treacy ✒ on the call by Eoin O'Broin for Gerry Adams to apologise.Waterford Local Radio has broadcast an interview with Dublin Mid-West Sinn Féin TD Eoin Ó Broin in which he suggests that it “might be helpful” if former party President Gerry Adams apologises for making a Christmas video which had been found to be offensive by families of victims. “It would have been better if it had not been

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of One Hundred And Ten

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 CuriousBiden’s $650 Million Arms Sale To Saudi ArabiaGerry Adams Sketch 'Pays Homage To Massacre of 1,700 People' - Austin StackConspiracy Theories And Tragedy

The 1984/85 British Coal Miners' Strike ➖ Destroying The Myths & Highlighting The Truth

Caoimhin O’Muraile ✒ looks back on the most important industrial action in the UK post-World War 2. The Question of a National BallotMany contributors to TPQ will remember the 1984/85 British Coal Miners' Strike, some as supporters of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), others perhaps a little less enthusiastic about the union case. The dispute lasted one year, from March 1984 until the same

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No Cause For Grave Concern

Anthony McIntyre ✒ Gerry Adams might not be causing controversy again but has been placed at the centre of one all the same. His latest outing has drawn the noisy flak of some people whose concern about the past has always been expressed silently anytime the violent role of British state forces and prison staff has fallen under the strobe. The heavy thump of applause for denunciations of the IRA