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Israeli 'thugs' board Gaza-bound aid ship Handala in international waters Israeli forces intercepted the Handala aid ship en route to Gaza, detaining activists, journalist and European politicians

Israeli 'thugs' board Gaza-bound aid ship Handala in international waters - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-thugs-board-gaza-bound-aid-ship-international-waters

Michael Farrell He resigned from a European Human Rights Body after 15 years, the eminent Irish lawyer Michael Farrell explains why due to the ECRI'S failure to call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.

Listen. Eminent human rights lawyer Michael Farrell on why he resigned from the ECRI, European Commission Against Racism and Intolerance, due to its silence on apartheid Israel's genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. European institutions are truly complicit. #GazaGenocide
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

Tax on ultra-rich: 'France has the opportunity to lead the way,' say Nobel Prize-winning economists OP-ED. As public deficits balloon and extreme wealth explode, creating a minimum tax on the assets of billionaires should be a priority, argue seven Nobel Prize-winning economists in an op-ed for Le M...

An international call for action just got louder:

Today, 7 Nobel Laureates have issued a powerful call for a minimum tax on the ultra-wealthy in Le Monde

Here’s a quick breakdown of the debate—and where things stand globally

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www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/a...

Gaza: Doctors Under Attack review – this crucial film is the stuff of nightmares. But the world needs to see it The film the BBC refused to air shows the targeting, detainment and torture of medics in Gaza. Its relentless timeline of horrors will never leave you

Gaza: Doctors Under Attack review – this crucial film is the stuff of nightmares. But the world needs to see it www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Beyond the Public: Experiences in the Social Control of Water | Bertie Russell & Keir Milburn Jun 26, 2025

1/3 One of the best and most refined arguments out there for water in public hands. Worth the read.

Water should work for us but is really run to make rich people richer. Yet "nationalisation" isn't always the answer.
in-abundance.org/reports/beyo... @abundance-org.bsky.social @kmilb.bsky.social

Our next National March for Palestine is on Saturday 19th July. Join us! The government is feeling the pressure so we have to keep it up so they end Ireland’s complicity in Israel’s genocide of Palestinians and sanction the apartheid state.
Be there in solidarity! #FreePalestine #SanctionsNow

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New research shows that believers in conspiracy theories have no idea how fringe their own beliefs are, and they vastly overestimate their own abilities

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Taking away sick leave from nurses with Long COVID is a disgrace.

www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

Call for 'ambitious' strategy for climate-neutral economy The Just Transition Commission has called on the Government to urgently provide a visionary, ambitious, just and joined-up strategy for the Ireland to transition to a climate-neutral economy.

The Just Transition Commission has called on the Government to urgently provide a visionary, ambitious, just and joined-up strategy for Ireland to transition to a climate-neutral economy

Eco-paradox USA: The relationships between economic growth and environmental concern generally, and by different income groups Environmental values are commonly explained through three theories: post-materialism suggests affluence enables environmental concern, materialism arg…

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Environmental concern is not the preserve of the well heeled. 25 years of surveys in America show the poor care more about the natural world than the rich or the middle class.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

This is essential viewing.

A remarkable interview with Dr Tanya Haj-Hassan, a paediatrician working in Gaza, following the killing of her colleague’s NINE children by Israeli forces.

Going to post this video in two clips.

Here she responds to ludicrous IDF denials & calls out the genocide.

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Adam's Protocols - Someone presenting as suicidal shouldn't have to go through A&E I just signed this petition calling for a new admissions unit for people having a mental health emergency that's separate from A&E. Will you sign too?

Our loved ones shouldn't have to go through A&E. There should be a separate general admission unit for those experiencing a mental health emergency.

#Speirgorm

The rise of end times fascism The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them

The rise of end times fascism. An essay by Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor

RUMEYSA OZTURK KIDNAPPING VIDEO

Here is a video of federal agents detaining Tufts University PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk Tuesday night.

Rumeysa was abducted as she was heading to meet with friends to break her Ramadan fast.

Brian Ó Gallachóir: Gas infrastructure is needed while we wean off fossil fuels The granting of planning permission for a new gas power plant in North Kerry has had mixed reactions. It's necessary, for now, but only if it's used to wean us off fossil fuels safely, writes Professo...

There is a lot of context missing from this article, and it ultimately agrees with last week's decision to grant Shannon LNG permission to build a new gas plant which is odd coming from a Professor in Sustainability. Key things missing 🧵

www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

Join us Saturday, all out for Palestine! Bring your rage to the government's doorstep - no more pathetic excuses, no more hiding, no more words: we want sanctions on Israel now! #FreePalestine #SanctionsNow 🇵🇸

‘Virtually every organ in the human body can be affected’: Doctor pleads for LNG rethink as evidence of fracked gas harms grows A paediatrician who campaigned successfully for a fracking ban in New York state has pleaded with the Irish Government to rethink plans to import LNG (liquefied natural gas).

As Government presses ahead with plans to import fracked gas/LNG, a doctor reminds why Ireland banned fracking on home soil. Dr Kathy Nolan was among speakers hosted by @uplift-ireland.bsky.social
www.independent.ie/irish-news/v...

Joint Statment: Call for University’s Withdrawal from CATALOOP Partnership with Israel’s Technion and Ben-Gurion University — UCD Students' Union Date: 13 March 2025 University College Dublin has recently joined a new EU-funded consortium, CATALOOP, which researches artificial intelligence. The €2.6 million project includes Israel’s Be...

Shocking that Irish universities are still entering into these partnerships with Israeli universities.

@afp-ire.bsky.social @ucdpalestine.bsky.social

www.ucdsu.ie/news/joint-s...

Brilliant Irish poet Pat Ingoldsby addresses his country.

A poster image for a protest at Shannon Airport tomorrow against it's use by US Military, and the permitting of transporting arms on overflights to to Israel. 2pm at Shannon 9th February. The images has a person holding Irish and Palestinian flags crossed in front of a military plane.

Tomorrow at Shannon airport, the best antidote to helplessness is action. 2pm

The view from the stage at our huge National Demonstration for Palestine. #SolidarityIsAVerb #FreePalestine 🇵🇸

Letter in Irish Times today from Academics for Palestine calling on new Govnt to reverse its support of the IHRA definition of anti-semitism, a definition 'that seeks to censor valid and important criticism of human rights abuses carried out by the Israeli state.'