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Hillary Clinton Installed As New Chancellor Of Queens University Belfast

Fra Hughes ✒ The promotion of a warmonger like Clinton to a seat of learning must surely be, at the very least, controversial, and at the very most a shameful act of denial of power abuse that she, her husband, and the corporate imperialist American political system represent.First Published InAl Mayadeen English.A protest of 50 people organized by Lasair Dhearg, an Irish republican socialist and

Back Table

Dixie Elliot ✒ I was talking to a journalist over the weekend, who told me that he had been at the Sinn Féin Ard Fheis.He said he noticed that the 'old hands' were standing at the back & seemed to keep their distance except when Gerry Kelly took the podium to support the non-jury courts motion.  I thought this was ironic given that back in late 1976, while I was on remand in Crumlin Road jail

Leeds Living Dangerously

Peter Anderson ⚽This week in the EPL saw the top three "title contenders" win a combined total of 10-nil with statement wins against Leicester, Arsenal and Everton. It was a stroll in the park for the most part.We also saw the inevitable demise of Ole Solksjaer after a shocking hammering from Watford. As much as I have enjoyed seeing the enemy suffer, it really had become almost cruel to keep him

A Morning Thought @ 1258

Social And Ecological Crisis ➖ It’s About Living Differently

People And Nature ✒ Review by Simon Pirani of The Imperial Mode Of Living: Everyday Life And The Ecological Crisis Of Capitalism (Verso, 2021), by Ulrich Brand and Markus Wissen.Imagine, if you will, a British trade union branch that votes to oppose expansion of the local airport. After their meeting, some members head for the pub.“That was a good decision. It’s not working class people flying in

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of One Hundred

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 CuriousRevealed: How UK Spies Incited Mass Murder Of Indonesia’s CommunistsCallum Robinson 2. Nanny State 0Pre-K Research Is Mixed, Running To Discouraging, At

Should Sinn Fein Jump To The Right And Become A Populist Movement?

Provisional Sinn Fein has always been dominated by the Marxist politics of Easter Rising icon James Connolly, but in the present overall Brexit upheaval, could the party swing to the Right-wing in nationalism to re-invent itself politically on both sides of the Irish border to maintain its lead in the polls? That’s the contentious debate which commentator Dr John Coulter sparks. Sinn Fein has

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Dirty Davy

Anthony McIntyre ✒ As a rule I am not given to responding joyously to the death of other people.I used to back in the day when the IRA took out its enemies, in particular torturers, but not any more. Maybe it is just age but too much energy goes into sustaining a life and so little into ending it, that the balance sheet never quite works out no matter how it is flipped.Sun Tzu' s observation that