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Ideas merchant, activist-academic, worried parent and angry citizen, hypocrite on a burning planet trying to replace passive and dangerous tech-optimism about the future with active and collective hope.. Democratise. Decolonise. Decarbonise. Decommodify.. .. more

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John Joseph Barry is an Irish academic, green political economist and former Green Party politician. He was a councillor on Ards and North Down Borough Council from May 2014 to March 2018. .. more

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John Barry @profjohnbarry.bsky.social · 2h

Trump Classifies “Anti-Capitalism” as a Political Pre-Crime
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Trump Classifies “Anti-Capitalism” as a Political Pre-Crime

Donald Trump’s new security directive labels anti-capitalist beliefs as a predictor of political violence. The irony: left-wing structural analysis actually pushes people away from lone-wolf attacks a...

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Tom Spencer @tpspencer88.bsky.social · 15h

Budget 2026 leaves us more exposed to the ravages of climate change than ever

Spending almost four times more on subsidising fossil fuels than we do on climate change mitigation shows the utter contempt this government has for the environment
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#SpeirGorm #Budget25 #Climate

Photograph of many people silohuetted against the setting sun, which has made the sky a burnt red

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John Barry @profjohnbarry.bsky.social · 5d

DUPers not only attacking the NI Climate Change Act, its now against surveys on it, including school children... Carla Lockhart MP in today's Newsletter claims the survey is 'manipulative'... I've pasted some of the survey questions below for people to make up their own minds

John Barry @profjohnbarry.bsky.social · 6d

'Genocidal colonialism and the ongoing Nakba in Palestine'
Shatha Al-Azzeh
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Free and open to all

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Patrick Bresnihan @pbresnihan.bsky.social · 6d

I wonder if this was expressed as publicly owned, or socially owned, supermarkets would the response be different?

If we can't get the majority of people behind not for profit groceries (supporting local, sustainable food production), we're losing.

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Should the government introduce state-owned supermarkets?

People Before Profit has proposed the introduction of state-run grocery shops.

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The Desert Veteran @jkz12769.bsky.social · 7d

Hopefully every military personnel understands their OATH & understands UMCJ.

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John Barry @profjohnbarry.bsky.social · 9d

Race and the Question of Palestine: In-Conversation with Dr Lana Tatour

November 24, 2025, 5-6.30pm

Moot Court, Main Site Tower

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25.08.2025 Lecture: In-Conversation with Dr Lana Tatour | Research | Queen's University Belfast

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John Barry @profjohnbarry.bsky.social · 10d

'A Call to End University War Complicity' - open letter

Please consider signing and passing on to staff and students

...https://ded1.co/how-we-do-it/open-letter-2025

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John Barry @profjohnbarry.bsky.social · 13d

'The Grammar of Resistance: Rethinking Palestine Beyond Pity and Fear' - fantastic interview with Omar Abdaljawad

"To resist Israel, then, is not merely to engage a settler colony. It is to pierce through a wider imperial grammar"

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The Grammar of Resistance: Rethinking Palestine Beyond Pity and Fear - Monthly Review

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Patrick Bresnihan @pbresnihan.bsky.social · 15d

‘America should write the rules. America should call the shots. Other countries should play by the rules that America and our partners set, and not the other way around.’

President Obama in 2016, the year the US bombed six different countries.

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Call for boycott of Obama Freedom of Dublin award

A number of Independent Dublin councillors have called for a boycott of the Freedom of the City award to former US President Barack Obama.

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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 15d

Very much looking forward to this - I’ll be talking about the job search in academia, with key insights from some very generous ECRs about their own journeys in to academia. Sign up is in the link ⬇️

Environment and Climate Politics Working Group @bisa-ecpwg.bsky.social · 16d

Our next event! 17th October, 1pm-2.30pm. Online, and free to attend.

'Pathways for environment research: academia, activism, policy' with speakers Professor Rosaleen Duffy, Dr Kai Heron and Dr Jane Clarke.

@kaiheron.bsky.social @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social

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Pathways for environment research: academia, activism, policy- Environment and Climate Politics | BISA

- Environment and Climate Politics Working Group

www.bisa.ac.uk

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Patrick Bresnihan @pbresnihan.bsky.social · 17d

7 Local Councils have passed a motion calling on the Govnt to retain the Triple Lock. The motion was due to come before Galway Council today but it was deemed 'irrelevant' to the needs of city and county.

Protest today against this latest effort to block democratic debate.

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John Barry @profjohnbarry.bsky.social · 18d

Free and all welcome but registration required:
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John Barry @profjohnbarry.bsky.social · 18d

Solidarity gathering today in belfast in support of the Palestine Global Sumud Flotilla

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John Barry @profjohnbarry.bsky.social · 18d

As Israel faces increasing international isolation, BDS becomes more crucial than ever mondoweiss.net/2025/09/as-i...

As Israel faces increasing international isolation, BDS becomes more crucial than ever

Benjamin Netanyahu walked back claims about Israel’s international isolation after causing a stock market crash, but he was right - the Gaza genocide has severely hurt Israel’s standing. We must deepe...

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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 18d

We completed our exchange visit btwn UCT & Sheffield with, what else, but a trip around the Peak District National Park 😀 A perfect landscape to discuss land ownership patterns & models of National Parks - thanks so much to @ahubschle.bsky.social & Maano Ramutsindela for great conversations

Three people and a dog stood on grey rocks looking out cactus’s moorland.

Two people shaking hands in front of the boundary marker for the National park (circular millstone)

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Green Party Northern Ireland @greenpartyni.org · 19d

Northern Ireland is caught in a brutal cycle - poverty and division grow while elites and their political allies manipulate sectarian games to protect obscene wealth and unaccountable power. As they enrich themselves, local communities are left behind with broken promises and few opportunities.

Teal textured background. Large white headline: “Profiting from Our Pain.” Underneath: “Corporate fat cats and property developers feed off public land sales and housing misery, while paramilitary shadows police communities with fear and control.” The words “police communities with fear and control” are highlighted in lime green. Green Party branding visible at the bottom.

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John Barry @profjohnbarry.bsky.social · 19d

Fascist Agitation Lesson -Unite the Kingdom, Part I

"Unite the Kingdom was less a celebration than a symptom, less a victory than a diagnosis. It showed us a Britain eager to laugh at its own decline, provided the jokes were pointed at someone else".

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Fascist Agitation Lesson

Unite the Kingdom, Part I

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 19d

This is amazing.

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John Barry @profjohnbarry.bsky.social · 22d

I've just signed this petition calling on the Irish government to expand the Community Sponsorship Ireland scheme to include Palestinians. Will you sign too? my.uplift.ie/petitions/gi... @uplift.ie

Give an Irish welcome to Palestinians. Expand the Community Sponsorship Ireland scheme.

I've just signed this petition calling on the Irish government to expand the Community Sponsorship Ireland scheme to include Palestinians. Will you sign too?

my.uplift.ie

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John Barry @profjohnbarry.bsky.social · 22d

680,000 Have Been Murdered in Gaza Genocide. New Study Estimates

🔗 WhatsApp: bit.ly/S4P_WA
🔗 Telegram: t.me/Stand4Palestine

Stand 4 Palestine | #16 | News Updates ⭕

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John Barry @profjohnbarry.bsky.social · 23d

Civil Society Open Letter calling on Ireland to formally join the Hague Group and commit to six concrete pledges to end complicity in Israel’s genocide of the Palestinian people- please sign: my.uplift.ie/petitions/jo... @uplift.ie

Join the Hague Group in Opposing the Genocide in Gaza

Across Ireland, people have struggled with horror and outrage, as measures to halt the genocide in Gaza have been repeatedly blocked at the UN.    Led by South Africa and Colombia, the Hague...

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John Barry @profjohnbarry.bsky.social · 25d

Campaign to demand Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA)end corporate sponsorship from businesses linked to fossil fuels and occupation of Palestinian land - please consider signing
my.uplift.ie/petitions/pu... @uplift.ie

Public Art, Public Values: IMMA Must Divest

The question of Palestine is directly connected to our responsibilities. Ireland’s recognition of Palestinian statehood in May 2024 reflects its commitment to international law, human rights, and the ...

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Tom Spencer @tpspencer88.bsky.social · 25d

Exciting to be at the IMMA Earth Rising Festival 2025

The Climate Alarm Clock team is here and will be doing a live podcast recording on the Reception Stage at 2:30 today

Come join us
#ClimateEmergency #Dublin #Ireland #SpeirGorm #Climate @climatealarmclock.bsky.social @profjohnbarry.bsky.social

Photograph of Professor John Barry wearing a Palestine Action t-shirt while being interviewed by the Climate Alarm Clock Podcast team at the Irish Museum of Modern Art as part of the Earth Rising Festival. They are inside a large building with tall glass windows

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John Barry @profjohnbarry.bsky.social · Aug 30

Great Yarmouth is set to host the biggest neo-nazi music festival in over a decade. The Home Office has the power to block entry of overseas bands, which will scupper the promoters plans. But they won’t act unless we demand it. Email the Home Office now: hopenothate.org.uk/2025/08/28/g...

Great Yarmouth to Host Britain’s Biggest White Power Concert in Years – HOPE not hate

Great Yarmouth is set to host the largest white power music gig held in the UK for at least 10 years, HOPE not hate can...

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Patrick Bresnihan @pbresnihan.bsky.social · Aug 28

US-backed Israel has killed more UN workers in Gaza than in any other conflict worldwide. They have now ended the UNIFIL mission in Lebanon.

US-Israel are intent on destroying the UN - the only organisation we have for international cooperation.

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UN mission in Lebanon on course to end in 2027

The UN peacekeeping operation in Lebanon is on course to be brought to a close in 2027, bringing to an end a mission which Irish troops have been associated with for nearly 50 years.

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John Barry @profjohnbarry.bsky.social · Aug 28

Climate crisis made wildfires in Europe 22% more intense - new study www.rte.ie/news/2025/08...

Climate change made wildfires 22% more intense - study

The first rapid attribution analysis on a wildfire in Europe has found that human-caused climate change made the weather conditions that drove deadly fires in Turkey, Greece and Cyprus this summer abo...

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John Barry @profjohnbarry.bsky.social · Aug 12

I've just signed this petition calling on the Irish government to expand the Community Sponsorship Ireland scheme to include Palestinians. Will you sign too? my.uplift.ie/petitions/gi... @uplift.ie

Give an Irish welcome to Palestinians. Expand the Community Sponsorship Ireland scheme.

I've just signed this petition calling on the Irish government to expand the Community Sponsorship Ireland scheme to include Palestinians. Will you sign too?

my.uplift.ie

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Katie Holten @katieholten.bsky.social · Aug 11

The Israeli military is carrying out MASSIVE surveillance of Palestinians and leaked files suggest a large proportion of sensitive data is being stored in Ireland. => Ireland’s neutrality is compromised & war crimes?! So this talk—zoom link below—is timely. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

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John Barry @profjohnbarry.bsky.social · Aug 11

The militarisation of Ireland and the drive towards war

Speaker: Róisín McAleer (Social Rights Ireland)

Tuesday 12th August 2025
19.00 London/Dublin
Zoom platform

Register

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The militarisation of Ireland and the drive towards war Speaker: Róisín McAleer (Social Rights Ireland) Tuesday 12th August 2025 19.00 London/Dublin Zoom platform Summary We are living through a p...

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