John Barry

@profjohnbarry.bsky.social

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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

Political science 27%

Environmental science 27%

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John Barry @profjohnbarry.bsky.social · 57m

The Planetary Crisis: Causes, Consequences and Solutions

Saturday 29th November

11am-3pm

Peter Froggatt Centre room 02/018

@qubelfastofficial.bsky.social

Free workshop but registration needed: www.ticketsource.co.uk/qubseca/t-oe...

Any question please email j.barry@qub.ac.uk

John Barry @profjohnbarry.bsky.social · 3d

Comhghairdeas! Congratulations! Pete....

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Peter Newell @peternewell.bsky.social · 3d

My new book is out States of Transition: From Governing the Environment to Transforming Society published by @universitypress.cambridge.org
With thanks to @carolinelucas.bsky.social @profjohnbarry.bsky.social & Jennifer Clapp for generous endorsements

John Barry @profjohnbarry.bsky.social · 4d

Climate Justice and the University: Reclaiming Higher Education for the Public Good as Polycrises Worsen

@jenniecstephens.bsky.social from @maynoothuniversity.ie speaking at weekly @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social politics seminar

John Barry @profjohnbarry.bsky.social · 6d

The people most impacted by climate change are the least likely to have caused it. The wealthy individuals most responsible for this destruction stay in the shadows. Naming storms after billionaires will make it impossible for them to hide. Add you name! action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-11...

Name storms after climate culprits

The world’s wealthiest 10% have caused two thirds of global warming since 1990. The people most impacted by climate change are the least likely to have caused it. The wealthy individuals most responsi...

action.wemove.eu

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💢Marx was right.🕊 @paulwalker44.bsky.social · 6d

Good evening, comrades.

“You know a brothers gotta eat, right?”

#BobVylan: youtu.be/st6qnWeePDY?...

Fuck the MSM. #EBT #SNAP

Bob Vylan - GDP (Official Visual)

YouTube video by Bob Vylan

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John Barry @profjohnbarry.bsky.social · 6d

Crimes Against Animals & Nature: During Israel’s Genocide-Ecocide on Gaza

Dr. Rimona Afana
27th November
6 pm (GMT)
@qubelfastofficial.bsky.social
Peter Froggatt Centre, room 02/017 & online

Free & all welcome
Join here:
us02web.zoom.us/j/8152577973...
Meeting ID:815 2577 9735, Passcode:46512

Advertisment for a talk by Dr. Rimona Afana on 'Crimes against animals and nature during Israel's Genocide-Ecocide in Gaza'

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Patrick Bresnihan @pbresnihan.bsky.social · 6d

Next Thursday (13th) for anyone who is around Dublin - in conversation with the brilliant Sinéad Mercier. Register at link below.

www.tudublin.ie/explore/abou...

From the Bog to the Cloud - In Conversation with Authors Patrick Bresnihan and Patrick Brodie

www.tudublin.ie

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 6d

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"Perhaps the most striking findings is that the British public vastly overestimates the cost getting to net zero by almost 14,000%, fueling scepticism & a reluctance to pay. On average, they estimate it will need 28% of GDP by 2050, compared to @thecccuk.bsky.social forecast of just 0.2%"

Are the advocates for net zero losing the fight?

The cost of misunderstanding: How public perception shapes the net zero debate

fgsglobal.com

John Barry @profjohnbarry.bsky.social · 6d

Palestinian Liberation Theology: hope in the midst of hopelessness

Omar Haramy
Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center, Jerusalem

20th Nov
3-4pm
27 Univ Sq, Room 01/003 & online
@qubelfastofficial.bsky.social

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

www.ticketsource.co.uk

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 7d

Yet more report whiplash, as groups vie to frame the #climate discourse ahead of #COP30.

"progress... has largely failed to materialize"

"Renewables are expanding faster than any previous energy technology"

"No major economy is on track"

"emerging markets have made major strides"

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Patrick Bresnihan @pbresnihan.bsky.social · 9d

Grateful for this woman's emotion and clarity.

'Everyone deserves to have a safe home, no matter what country you come from.'

www.rte.ie/video/id/288...

Drogheda resident: How can anyone just be so cruel?

www.rte.ie

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Patrick Bresnihan @pbresnihan.bsky.social · 9d

The elephant in the room is the impossibility of mainstream media to fathom the possibility of a movement of hope built on values of neutrality, peace and social justice against the deep alienation from politics that so many feel in this country.

www.rte.ie/news/analysi...

Size of spoiled vote the elephant in the room of election

A total of 213,738 people spoiled their vote in the recent Presidential Election, and questions remain as to why so many people chose to do so.

www.rte.ie

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Patrick Bresnihan @pbresnihan.bsky.social · 10d

Stephen Collins actually wrote the exact same piece in February. Aren't we lucky to have such sharp and rigorous journalists.

John Barry @profjohnbarry.bsky.social · 10d

What is to be Done in Responding to the Planetary Crisis?: Theories and Practices of Transformation from Reform to Revolution

19th November - 2-5pm
Peter Froggatt Centre, 02/017
@qubelfastofficial.bsky.social

Free but registration required: - www.ticketsource.co.uk/qubseca

John Barry @profjohnbarry.bsky.social · 11d

Yes .. it is extremely worrying to see the uncritical acceptance and promotion of GAI within education in general and higher education in particular … let it clean the toilets or other unpleasant jobs and free people to develop their critical thinking .

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 12d

“The prevailing assumption is that the world has closed off pathways above 3°C warming – but in fact we could be derailed by vicious cycles in societies & nature. Catastrophic environmental change is still very much on the table“ - @jamesgdyke.info Assistant Director of @gsiexeter.bsky.social

‘Derailment’ warning as world faces threats to its ability to act on climate change

The worsening consequences of the climate crisis could fatally “derail” climate action, researchers have warned. With global warming breaching 1.5°C – and Earth system tipping points, such as the wide...

news.exeter.ac.uk

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 13d

🥳🎉 “This is a major step forward. It’s a relief to see the Court recognise... that new oil and gas fields threaten our most basic human rights. Requiring governments to assess the global #climate consequences of oil &gas combustion before approving new fossil projects is common sense,& long overdue"

European human rights court sets climate limits for the oil industry - Greenpeace International

Today, The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that Norway must assess the global climate impacts of oil and gas before opening new oil fields on the Norwegian continental shelf in order ...

www.greenpeace.org

John Barry @profjohnbarry.bsky.social · 15d

“A market garden renaissance for Northern Ireland”

New report from the Landworkers Alliance
academia.edu/resource/wor...

A Market Garden Renaissance for Northern Ireland

Organic, agroecological market gardens are supplying local communities with nutritious, fresh, climate and nature friendly produce and attracting new entrants into horticulture. If there were more mar...

academia.edu

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 16d

23/ Taken together it is hard to escape McGeown & @profjohnbarry.bsky.social's regrettable conclusion that in their current operations "universities play a key role in the reproduction of un-sustainability”

www.frontiersin.org/journals/sus...

John Barry @profjohnbarry.bsky.social · 17d

@unison.org.uk has had to abandon its annual conference at The Waterfront Belfast due to political vetting by its management.

This is the graphic that has been vetted, it is UNISON policy. It reflects the position of the United Nations and the International Court of Justice

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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 19d

Arrived in Bangor Uni, and genuinely wondering why I have never been here before. Jaw.Officially.Dropped. The views!!! Looking forward to the talk later

John Barry @profjohnbarry.bsky.social · 19d

'Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia'
zenodo.org/records/1706...

zenodo.org

John Barry @profjohnbarry.bsky.social · 20d

Free and all welcome

Flyer for talk at Queen's University Belfast by Mark Garavan ' Who cares? how to heal a careless world?'

John Barry @profjohnbarry.bsky.social · 24d

Gaza Sanitation, Engineering and Education Symposium
Wednesday, 29 October, hosted at the Museum Building, Trinity College Dublin, and available online via a hybrid format.

John Barry @profjohnbarry.bsky.social · 26d

Cork (Ireland), will host the 12th International Conference on Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity in August 2027 with satellite gatherings in Covilha (Portugal) and Cluj-Napoca (Romania)
degrowth.info/en/conferenc...

Cork 2027

Coming in August 2027 the 12th Conference will take place in Ireland, with satellite gatherings in Covilha (Portugal) and Cluj-Napoca (Romania). With a thematic focus on "policy, practice and culture"...

degrowth.info

John Barry @profjohnbarry.bsky.social · 28d

Daughters of Jerusalem Choir / Banat al Quds

Belfast Concert
7.00pm
30th October 2025
Whitla Hall, Belfast
Tickets here: linktr.ee/irishartists...

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3 Sides🪶🟥🍁🟥🐦‍⬛🖇️ @3sides.bsky.social · 28d

John Barry @profjohnbarry.bsky.social · Oct 10

Trump Classifies “Anti-Capitalism” as a Political Pre-Crime
@jacobinmagazin.bsky.social

jacobin.com/2025/10/trump-classifies-anti-capitalism-as-a-political-pre-crime

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...

jacobin.com

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Tom Spencer @tpspencer88.bsky.social · Oct 9

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
archive.is/ZOUmn
#SpeirGorm #Budget25 #Climate

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