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John Joseph Barry is an Irish academic, green political economist and former Green Party politician. He was a councillor on… more

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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
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'Genocidal colonialism and the ongoing Nakba in Palestine'
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Peter Froggatt Centre 02/013
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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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Hopefully every military personnel understands their OATH & understands UMCJ.
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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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by John Barry

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'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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'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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‘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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by Rosaleen Duffy — Reposted by: John Barry

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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 ⬇️
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Environment and Climate Politics Working Group @bisa-ecpwg.bsky.social · 14d
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.

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Pathways for environment research: academia, activism, policy- Environment and Climate Politics | BISA
- Environment and Climate Politics Working Group
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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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by John Barry

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Free and all welcome but registration required:
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Solidarity gathering today in belfast in support of the Palestine Global Sumud Flotilla
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by John Barry

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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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by Rosaleen Duffy — Reposted by: John Barry

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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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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.
A dark textured background with bold white and lime green text. Headline reads “Northern Ireland is trapped in a brutal cycle - poverty and division deepen while political elites play sectarian games to protect their own power and privilege.” The subtext below says “For 27 years, they’ve taken turns governing - and delivering little more than broken promises.” Several words are highlighted in lime green: “political elites” and “delivering little more than broken promises.” Green Party logo and a stylised right-pointing arrow appear at the bottom. Black mottled background with large white headline: “Failed Elites, Collapsing Communities.” Below, in smaller white text: “Our economy is frozen; public services crumble; housing is a crisis of greed. Yet political leaders point fingers at each other - not their own catastrophic failure.” The words “not their own catastrophic failure” stand out in lime green. Green Party logo and a right-pointing arrow feature at the bottom. The left two thirds of the background are dark, fading into teal on the right. The headline in white: “Austerity Is Their Weapon.” Body text reads: “Britain enforces brutal austerity while our sectarian power-sharing elite clings to a stagnant system designed to keep us divided and powerless.” The phrases “brutal austerity” and “keep us divided and powerless” are highlighted in lime green. The Green Party logo and arrow sit at the bottom. 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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by John Barry

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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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This is amazing.
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by John Barry

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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?
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by John Barry

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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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by John Barry

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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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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
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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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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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by John Barry — Reposted by: Rosie Meek

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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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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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by John Barry

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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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by John Barry

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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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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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by John Barry

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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

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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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Reading this couldn't help but think of Lough Neagh.

Also destroyed by industrial-chemical agriculture and pollution, but the prospects of any kind of restoration are limited by the inability of the NI state to formulate and implement an alternative.

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Reviving Erhai Lake: A Socialist Approach to Balancing Human and Ecological Development
In recent decades, China has increasingly focused on environmental protection. The restoration of Erhai Lake illustrates the achievements of these efforts as well as ongoing challenges.
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Ireland's dependence on US FDI increasingly undermines the basic democratic functions of the Irish state and our ability to pursue a sovereign foreign policy.

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Israel sought to exploit Irish reliance on US FDI
It looked to pressure the Irish government to drop the Occupied Territories Bill.
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