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John Barry
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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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Environmental science 27%
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John Barry @profjohnbarry.bsky.social · 2d
"Yankee Go Home - Oil and Empire"

Stiofan O'Nuallain chatting to @joecguinan.bsky.social of the @democracycollab.bsky.social about Venezuela, Imperialism and the end of the 'rules based order'.

open.spotify.com/episode/4aQA...
Poster depicting a map of South America with the words 'Yankee go home' and images of an oil 'noddying donkey' and American troops and helicopter

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John Barry @profjohnbarry.bsky.social · 2d
"When times are hard, do something. If it works, do it some more. If it does not work, do something else. But keep going" – Audre Lorde
Photo of Audre Lorde with the following text, "When times are hard, do something. If it works, do it some more. If it does not work, do something else. But keep going" – Audre Lorde

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John Barry @profjohnbarry.bsky.social · 2d
“Politics is the entertainment division of the military industrial complex”
Frank Zappa.
Politics is the entertainment division of the military industrial complex, quote from Frank Zappa

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John Barry @profjohnbarry.bsky.social · 2d
“The Fascist State expresses the will to exercise power and to command.... Fascism sees in the imperialistic spirit — i.e., in the tendency of nations to expand — a manifestation of their vitality.” —
Benito Mussolini, The Doctrine of Fascism

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John Barry @profjohnbarry.bsky.social · 2d
A new trade deal with South America called the EU-Mercosur deal would bring more food grown with banned pesticides into Europe, threatening our health and the livelihood of European farmers. Act NOW to protect Europe’s food standards #StopMercosur action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-02...
Keep Banned Pesticides Out of our Food
A new trade deal with South America called the EU-Mercosur deal would bring more food grown with banned pesticides into Europe, threatening our health and the livelihood of small, local farmers. We ne...
action.wemove.eu

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Marty @marty-beck.bsky.social · 2d
The term is applicable to all US administrations. The US is a lawless rogue nation and we didn't just achieve this status with the coming of Orange Jesus. It's been this way for decades. But Trump has removed the mask, no more niceties, just raw unadulterated fascism and greed. Refreshing.

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John Barry @profjohnbarry.bsky.social · 2d
Surely we are now past the point where we need to start calling the ‘Trump administration’ the ‘Trump regime’?

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John Barry @profjohnbarry.bsky.social · 3d
Thanks Patrick!

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John Barry @profjohnbarry.bsky.social · 3d
Text I’ve just send into @BBC Good Morning Ulster … which they did not read out.

Falsely equating state finances to how household finances work is not only empirically incorrect, but in legitimating austerity will result in people dying and being harmed.

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John Barry @profjohnbarry.bsky.social · 3d
Stop the "Catapult Killer Influencers": Across the UK, children and teenagers are buying military-grade catapults hunting for "content". But now there’s something we can all do to end this sickening social media trend. Add your name: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/en...
Stop the "Catapult Killer Influencers"
Across the UK, children and teenagers are buying military-grade catapults hunting for "content". But now there’s something we can all do to end this sickening social media trend. Add your name:
you.38degrees.org.uk

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21d
Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.

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Patrick Bresnihan @pbresnihan.bsky.social · 21d
Beggars belief that a senior officer in the Irish Military Intelligence Service said this in an interview.

“It can be hugely detrimental to the West if you empower them [China] by educating them simply because they come to a university with funds."

www.thetimes.com/world/irelan...
Spy agency tells universities to beware China
The Irish Military Intelligence Service highlights sensitive research areas
www.thetimes.com

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💢Marx Was Right.🕊 @paulwalker44.bsky.social · 21d
🌲 Merry #Capitalism.
I WANT YOU TO SPEND A LOT TO PROVE YOU LOVE YOUR FAMILY

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💢Marx Was Right.🕊 @paulwalker44.bsky.social · 21d
The Zionist lobby is trying to convince us pro-Palestine protests caused the Bondi shootings.

They did not, but it still won’t stop Israel lying about it and weaponizing hate to create to more hate and killing.

www.threads.com/@kristenzeta...
kristenzeta • 1h The Zionist lobby is trying to convince us pro-Palestine protests caused the Bondi shootings. On 7 September 2025, two months before the shootings, a Jewish-led protest against the Palestinian genocide was held at Bondi Beach. Watch this to see how white nationalist, ethnosupremacist local Zionists turned out to greet them. It's not the anti-genocide protestors preaching hate and violence. • sleekit.scotsman "this our land" &SLEEKIT.SCOTSMAN THIS IS OUR LAND, teachers4palestine_nsw llow + racism on full display in the wiled above. The. Liked by tipsunbird and 1,295 others 950 +

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Jennie C Stephens @jenniecstephens.bsky.social · 24d
The fossil fuel industry’s “energy security” argument is dangerous, misleading and fundamentally flawed. Ireland should not be building new fossil fuel infrastructure. My piece in today’s Irish Times. #climate #climateobstruction #climatejustice #fossilfuels

www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Ireland is falling for the American fossil fuel industry’s ‘energy security’ con
One of the reasons this argument has been so effective is because, like all good propaganda, there is an element of truth to it
www.irishtimes.com

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John Barry @profjohnbarry.bsky.social · 27d
The EU could adopt Trump-style rules that would allow home raids and deporting people to countries they’ve never set foot in. If we don’t speak up now, this could become the new normal. Sign the petition! action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-12...
Say No to Mass Deportations in Europe
The EU could adopt Trump-style rules that would allow home raids and deporting people to countries they’ve never set foot in. If we don’t speak up now, this could become the new normal. Sign the petit...
action.wemove.eu

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Patrick Bresnihan @pbresnihan.bsky.social · 27d
I had to re-read this a few times because it is hard to believe.

Demand from proposed new data centres might be as high as 5.8GW, equivalent to *peak electricity demand for the entire country*.

www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
New data centres may need additional electricity supply close to Ireland’s peak demand
Expected new demand for data centres of 5.8GW would exceed Ireland’s 2030 offshore wind target of 5GW
www.irishtimes.com

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John Barry @profjohnbarry.bsky.social · Dec 12
'Settler Violence as Settler-Colonialism in Palestine'

Dr Mais Qandeel
Wednesday 28th January
@qubelfastofficial.bsky.social
7pm, Peter Froggatt Centre, room 02/017

Free and all welcome but registration required:
www.ticketsource.co.uk/qubseca/t-jx...

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John Barry @profjohnbarry.bsky.social · Dec 12
Hope is definitely not the same thing as optimism. It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.
Václav Havel

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John Barry @profjohnbarry.bsky.social · Dec 12
The EU is preparing a gift for pesticide giants: toxic pesticides could stay on the market forever, with no safety tests at all. Yes, forever approvals. Yes, this is real. Sign now to stop it. action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-12...
Protect Our Food From Toxic Pesticides
The EU is preparing a gift for pesticide giants, and a nightmare for the rest of us. A new proposal could let toxic pesticides, including glyphosate, stay on the market forever.Yes, forever approvals....
action.wemove.eu

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John Barry @profjohnbarry.bsky.social · Dec 10
From darkness to light: Wintersong
Saturday 13th December
7pm, Quaker Meeting House
South Belfast

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ray 鄺羡華 @raykwong.bsky.social · Dec 10
PSA

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · Dec 9
"Further attention must be given to this #climate tragedy, not only to apply pressure to speed up rescue & recovery...[&] to recognize the planetaryscale crisis that humanity is currently facing. A new future awaits us- we need to recognize its patterns now, before more lives are lost"

#Indonesia 🇮🇩
The Indian Ocean disaster is a climate tragedy — and needs more attention
A region unused to tropical cyclones has had three in a week. The world needs to ask why this happened, not look away.
www.nature.com

Reposted by John Barry, Julian R. Betts, Anne Norton

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Dec 7
What I always hear: “We can’t afford to pay our workers more than $15 an hour.”

What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”

Funny how that works.

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · Dec 6
A Palantir billionaire just called for public hangings.

“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.

This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:

www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
Joe Lonsdale Calls For Public Hangings
Silicon Valley radicalization escalates
www.thenerdreich.com

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John Barry @profjohnbarry.bsky.social · Dec 4
Gaza mourns latest victims of Israeli genocide that ‘never really ended

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Gaza mourns latest victims of Israeli genocide that ‘never really ended’
Gaza residents fear the return of full-scale war as Israel receives second-last captive's body.
aje.io

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John Barry @profjohnbarry.bsky.social · Dec 2
Open Letter: A Call to End University War Complicity

Please sign and pass on....

ded1.co/how-we-do-it...
Demilitarise Education | dED
ded1.co

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John Barry @profjohnbarry.bsky.social · Dec 2
'Science in Resistance: Scientist Rebellion for Climate Justice'
Fernando Racimo
9th Dec 7pm
@qubelfastofficial.bsky.social
Peter Froggatt Centre 02/018

Free and all welcome but registration required: www.ticketsource.co.uk/qubseca/t-ej...
Any questions or queries, please email [email protected]

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Patrick Bresnihan @pbresnihan.bsky.social · Dec 2
RTÉ news referring to planning law as 'red tape' is not good.

The Government is weaponising the housing crisis to weaken existing legal protections and democratic process (not the other way around as Minster Chambers tried to claim).

www.rte.ie/news/2025/12...
Govt to introduce legislation to fast-track key projects
The Government is set to introduce emergency legislation to fast-track key projects through the planning process under a plan Minister for Public Expenditure Jack Chambers will outline to the Cabinet.
www.rte.ie

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John Barry @profjohnbarry.bsky.social · Nov 26
All welcome !