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Leah 🐸 McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 6d

Mark Bray wrote a great book about antifascism and its history. He’s now being targeted by right-wing provocateurs.

You can buy his book here:
a.co/d/7Gvdrtt

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Aileen O’Carroll @aaocarroll.bsky.social · 3d

Solidarity with Mark Bray - it is absolutely shocking that threats and harassment against his family is forcing him to leave his country.

Stanislav Vysotsky @professorstas.bsky.social · 3d

Excellent statement in support of Mark Bray, academic freedom, and implicitly antifascism.

RutgersAAUP-AFT @ruaaup-aft.bsky.social · 4d

This week, our colleague Dr. Mark Bray came under attack by Turning Point USA’s Rutgers chapter for his public scholarship. Rutgers AAUP-AFT and the Rutgers Adjunct Faculty Union condemn this campaign and stand in solidarity with our colleagues. Read our full statement here: https://loom.ly/BDXasRY

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Caitríona Beaumont @caitbeaumont.bsky.social · 3d

Very excited launch of #Saothar50 is today 🥳 🥳. Looking forward to attending later as part of #DublinFestivalHistory & being in fab company of @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social @sonjatiernan.bsky.social @fionnualawalsh.bsky.social @helenbeaumont.bsky.social. Hope to get quick 🌊🏊‍♀️ in as well 🥶. ❤️Dublin.

Caitríona Beaumont @caitbeaumont.bsky.social · 12d

So grateful to @sonjatiernan.bsky.social & editors of #Saothar50 for opportunity to write on Irish housewives. By mad coincidence my ma was interviewed about her everyday experiences in 1968 & that features in my new article. #familyhistory #femaleactivism
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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 8d

“When the Irish dockers went out on strike in 1912, it was a terrible time. Jewish families took in hundreds of their children. They were starving.

“We knew they wouldn’t forget. They wanted to repay the debt.”

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Lorraine Grimes @lorrainegrimes.bsky.social · 10d

Delighted to finally finally see this in real life 😂 Available to order here: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/single-mo...
Book launch details to come...

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Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 10d

“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall

💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero

Jane Goodall with monarch butterfly scarf

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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 11d

Three Irish citizens among activists detained as Israeli forces seize flotilla ships, organisers say. Thinking of Sarah Clancy - all eyes on the flotilla #speirgorm jrnl.ie/6832196

Three Irish citizens among activists detained as Israeli forces seize flotilla ships, organisers say

The Global Sumud Flotilla is now just 45km from Gaza, but over a dozen Israeli warships are approaching.

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Caitríona Beaumont @caitbeaumont.bsky.social · 12d

So grateful to @sonjatiernan.bsky.social & editors of #Saothar50 for opportunity to write on Irish housewives. By mad coincidence my ma was interviewed about her everyday experiences in 1968 & that features in my new article. #familyhistory #femaleactivism
dublinfestivalofhistory.ie/event/specia...

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The Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · 11d

Scene representing #October, from the 15th-century Très Riches Heures — taking place at what would now be the centre of Paris (a block or two south of l'École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts). More here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/labors-of-the-months-from-the-tres-riches-heures

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Dan Gillmor @dangillmor.bsky.social · 13d

Google deletes history:

Google just erased 7 years of our political history

Google appears to have deleted its political ad archive for the EU; so the last 7 years of ads, of political spending, of messaging, of targeting - on YouTube, on Search and for display ads - for countless elections across 27 countries - is all gone. We had been told

www.thebriefing.ie

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Sam Tranum @samtranum.bsky.social · 19d

I'd no idea that random Irish-MAGA chancer in Indonesia was posting mad stuff about Micheál Martin and Jim Gavin on X until the Irish Times and Independent helpfully signal-boosted him with stories on their homepages.

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Lamhfada @lamhfada.bsky.social · 24d

Shame on UCD. #Spéirgorm #Spéirghorm

UCD has joined a new European Union-funded research project alongside Israel’s Technion

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University College Dublin teams up again with Israel's Technion

Irish authorities are under an obligation to act against genocide.

electronicintifada.net

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Evan @evansmithhist.bsky.social · Sep 12

I finally transferred to ad-free version of Wordpress, so that people had easier to my site, especially my list of radical online collections & archives (nearly 1000 collections listed).

It'd be great if people clicked on the link to see if it is all working!

hatfulofhistory.com/radical-onli...

radical online collections and archives

I am very interested in the growing amount of radical literature from around the world that is being scanned and digitised. As there are so many and from many different places, I thought it would b…

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Dr Neutopia @oceanclub.bsky.social · Sep 7

Maria Steen starting her campaign by claiming immigrants do not share "our" social or culture values all the more amazing in the context of her exposing an extreme and doctrinaire version of Christianity that is not even shared by most of her fellow Christians in Ireland.

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Oral History Network Ireland @oralhistoryie.bsky.social · Aug 22

A new oral history project has launched at the University of Galway. 'Voices of the Showmen,' will create a new archive to preserve the unique stories of Irish circus families and members of the Irish Showmen's Guild.

@heritagecouncil.ie @uniofgalway.bsky.social

Image taken from: The Irish Street Art, Circus and Spectacle Network – ISACS.

New oral history project launched at University of Galway as part of Heritage Week. 'Voices of the Showmen' marks the undertaking of a new oral history archive of Irish Circus families and members of the Irish Showmen's Guild.

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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · Aug 13

There's a REALLY quick and easy survey for the public consultation on the Basic Income for the Arts scheme - it only takes a few seconds, anyone can fill it in, and it could make a huge difference to arts workers in Ireland. Take a few ticks to places a few ticks here: ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...

Screenshot of the first two questions in the survey - there's only six to answer.

#SpéirGorm #SpéirGhorm #Ireland #Art

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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · Aug 1

The EU Court of Justice has ordered Ireland to pay €1.54 million to the European Commission over delays in introducing laws allowing for flexible and remote working.

Ireland fined €1.5m by EU for flexible work law delays

The EU Court of Justice has ordered Ireland to pay €1.54 million to the European Commission over delays in introducing laws allowing for flexible and remote working.

www.rte.ie

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Aoife O'Donoghue @aoifemod.bsky.social · Jul 29

Great new post on The Morrigan blog on an incredible durational reading of Bunreacht na hÉireann/Irish Constitution
‪@ucdschooloflaw.bsky.social‬ led by @drmaebhharding.bsky.social & Julie Morrissey

#Bunreacht #constitution #feminism #lawandarts #lawandpoetry

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Bunreacht Aloud now available at the Digital Repository of Ireland - Doing Feminist Legal Work

Have you ever wanted to listen to the whole 1937 Irish Constitution read aloud? Well, now you can! Just access here and while there you can check out other

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Jamie @fctwentebenson.bsky.social · Jul 26

He is so obviously going to position himself as the main fash/just asking questions candidate it's fucking laughable. A man who claims he meets the average Irish person on the street all the time and they are not happy despite him living in Monaco for years

The Guardian @theguardian.com · Jul 25

Riverdance star Michael Flatley to seek Irish presidency nomination

Plans for retired dancer to return from Monaco for run at post revealed during mansion dispute in court After finding fame and fortune in Riverdance and other stage shows, Michael Flatley is to seek a new role: president of Ireland. The Irish American dancer and impresario planned to move back from Monaco to Ireland and would seek nomination in the upcoming election, a Dublin court heard on Friday. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · Jul 26

Irish medical professionals protest against the Israeli genocide in Gaza outside the College of Surgeons in Dublin on Saturday.

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Rycar @rycar.bsky.social · Jul 21

"And even when they built computers to do some thinking for them, they designed them not so much for wisdom as for friendliness. So they were doomed."

Kurt Vonnegut, Breakfast of Champions (1973)

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Aileen O’Carroll @aaocarroll.bsky.social · Jul 19

To the far right (unusually) is Irish anarchist Alan Mac Simoin who died a number of years ago.

Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · Jul 19

#OtD 19 Jul 1984 the Dunnes Stores anti-apartheid strike began in Dublin, Ireland when Mary Manning was suspended for refusing to check out South African fruit. She and 11 others went on strike for three years until the govt banned SA goods stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9108...

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Anne-Marie @amflynn.bsky.social · Jul 16

"The Irish Embassy in Tel Aviv’s requirement that flights be purchased before visa approval resulted in a €38,000 loss on non-refundable tickets for the club."

Joe O’Brien @pnamblath.bsky.social · Jul 16

#speirgorm #IrishNews
www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

'A blatant disregard for fairness': GAA Palestine outraged after Irish visit postponed over visa refusal

GAA Palestine slams Government after €38,000 lost on tickets and no clear reason for denied travel

www.irishexaminer.com

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Katy Montgomerie 🦗 @katymontgomerie.com · Jul 15

Ireland has had "sELf iD" for 10 years now and not one single issue that the media, government and anti-trans movement predicted has come to pass. Not one.

If it works in Ireland why would it not work here? No one who opposes it can give a good answer, because the real answer is transphobia

Denise Breen @denisebreen.bsky.social · Jul 15

Ten years ago, on this day 15 July, the Irish Oireachtas passed the Gender Recognition Act 2015 (An tAcht um Inscne a Aithint, 2015).
It was a piece of legislation that allowed me to live my life authentically & I'm forever grateful.
Despite what others may have you believe, the sky did not fall in.

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Denise Breen @denisebreen.bsky.social · Jul 15

Ten years ago, on this day 15 July, the Irish Oireachtas passed the Gender Recognition Act 2015 (An tAcht um Inscne a Aithint, 2015).
It was a piece of legislation that allowed me to live my life authentically & I'm forever grateful.
Despite what others may have you believe, the sky did not fall in.

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