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Bea White

@bealwhite.bsky.social

Brussels-based writer and editor covering European politics - democracy, justice, climate, society.

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Is Ireland Europe’s Exception? Despite apparent stable politics, trends of fragmentation and new cleavages are emerging in Ireland, especially concerning housing.

Making sense of how Ireland voted - amid a high level of public discontent with the gov's handling of core issues, why were the Greens the only incumbents who lost out? www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/is-ireland-e...

17.12.2024 21:01 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

I don't undertand why there isn't more outrage about this.

Are we able to normalise this so easily?

23.11.2024 07:17 — 👍 29    🔁 14    💬 5    📌 0
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Fighting terror with terror: Tracing the roots of a familiar foe Governments around the world have used the label “terrorist” to define a specific group of enemies in the public consciousness and justify its actions to fight them. A look back at the term’s origins ...

The German foreign minister’s pledge to “destroy terrorists” in Gaza recalls previous instances of states using the term to justify violence and human rights abuses.

wordwatch.eu/fighting-ter...

21.11.2024 11:49 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0