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David M. Perry

@lollardfish.bsky.social

Journalist & historian. Pub musician. Dad. Husband. Fishing obsessed. I also do dishes. Preorder: #ThePublicScholar - https://tinyurl.com/thepublicscholar. Subscribe to the Modern Medieval Newsletter: https://buttondown.email/ModernMedieval

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And here's the link! I know what we're up to tomorrow... 🎸

06.03.2026 00:53 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There’s a reason people were singing and playing Come Out Ye Black and Tans this winter

06.03.2026 00:49 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Andrea!!

06.03.2026 00:48 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Abolish Ice

it's live streaming tomorrow. abolishice.live

06.03.2026 00:48 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

Wish we were closer! We loved getting to watch their virtual concerts for St Patrick's Day when we were all stuck at home. Much love.

06.03.2026 00:47 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

"sounds like something a fascist would say."

(I do not leave comments on my pieces. that's why I have bluesky)

06.03.2026 00:46 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Man this really makes all the β€œrule of law” people hit different.

06.03.2026 00:44 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

abso-FUCKIN-lutely πŸ’™ wish I could be at this rally!

06.03.2026 00:30 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œTo believe in laws over belief in people is to be colonized.” Natalie O’Shea

06.03.2026 00:21 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

☘️☘️ ☘️

06.03.2026 00:23 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That's the thing. When you look at it like fascist colonizing Minne, it's easier to see in all the ways it's ICE and more that are tentacles-ing into the community, and stretching back to MAGA, Colonizer.

I gotta sit with this a minute.

06.03.2026 00:23 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They are playing here tonight. Wish I could have gotten tickets

06.03.2026 00:15 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

That's my Friday night sorted. Dropkick Murphys have been walking the walk for a long, long time.

06.03.2026 00:15 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Perry: This St. Patrick’s Day, don’t forget Irish music’s anti-fascist roots Dropkick Murphys, the iconic Irish American punk band, are headlining a free block party March 6 near where Alex Pretti was killed by immigration agents, contributing columnist David M. Perry writes.

NEW β€œWe’re celebrating a tradition that is at its core about resisting occupation and maintaining community in the face of horrors. You can’t keep politics out of Irish music. No one should try, for two reasons. First, it’s ahistorical. Second, Minnesotans are ready for a big anti-fascist party.”

05.03.2026 23:24 β€” πŸ‘ 626    πŸ” 211    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 16

Friday night?

Sorry, I’m busy.

Super stoked they’re live streaming this.

06.03.2026 00:03 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah I’m going to both shows on a press pass and yes, I’m gonna write about it, and yes, I’m also gonna have a good time.

06.03.2026 00:05 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Let’s not tempt fate

06.03.2026 00:04 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Dropkick Murphys coming to town tomorrow and Jayson Tatum is back good day to be a Minnesota masshole like me.

06.03.2026 00:03 β€” πŸ‘ 45    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

The great thing is that you can use it to not write and then your house is cleaner!!!

06.03.2026 00:02 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh dear

05.03.2026 23:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm sorry I can't let this go. Instead of focusing on the actual threat (CHRISTIAN ZIONISM), too many people on the left decided to go all-in on antisemitism. As if the WHOLE PLAN isn't getting Jews and Arabs to kill each other until we're all dead and these assholes control everything. (1/2)

05.03.2026 23:52 β€” πŸ‘ 56    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

This is supersessionism. Like the definitive example (not Chris. Hesgeth).

05.03.2026 23:54 β€” πŸ‘ 44    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

May that moment carry you through the hard times.

05.03.2026 23:52 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Well. Or they’ll be playing John Denver. It is what it is.

05.03.2026 23:47 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

literally have my whistle in my hand as I take a break from learning a reel while I'm reading this, HELL yes

05.03.2026 23:45 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That moment when paddy (from young Wolfe tones) compared the bin lids in Belfast to the whistles … unprompted by me … and then I knew my essay.

05.03.2026 23:43 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I've been thinking so much about Ireland during the ICE siege here in Minnesota and David, as always, puts on paper what for me was just a sort of inchoate blob of feelings. Terrific piece.

(side [musical] note: listen to Kneecap on St. Pat's Day and every day)

05.03.2026 23:41 β€” πŸ‘ 56    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Γ‰ire go BrΓ‘ch

05.03.2026 23:40 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yep. It’s not … subtle

05.03.2026 23:41 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I grew up listening to Irish music in the back of my parent's car - every other song is a rebel song or a lament over what was taken away from them. If you remove the politics, you remove the entire core of it.

05.03.2026 23:40 β€” πŸ‘ 49    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0