john-canty.bsky.social
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My take on the UAE-backed slaughter now unfolding in Sudan, and the refusal of the US and others to call out the UAE for its role. This was preventable, but neither Biden nor Trump cared enough to try: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/o... Thank God some members of Congress are speaking up.
Opinion | The World Has Again Failed to Prevent Atrocities in Darfur
www.nytimes.com
October 30, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Now, if only we made an attempt to address homelessness..
June 23, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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Israel's security cabinet has approved a plan to expand military operations in Gaza, including the "conquest" of the Palestinian territory and a push for its residents to leave, an official has said.
Israeli leadership votes to expand Gaza ground offensive
Israel's security cabinet has approved a plan to expand military operations in Gaza, including the "conquest" of the Palestinian territory and a push for its residents to leave, an official has said.
www.rte.ie
May 5, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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Kneecap are not the story.
Gaza is the story.
Genocide is the story. ✊️

www.nme.com/news/music/m...
Massive Attack: "Kneecap are not the story. Gaza is the story. Genocide is the story"
Massive Attack have issued a statement on the ongoing Kneecap controversy, stressing that “Gaza is the story” and “genocide is the story”.
www.nme.com
April 30, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Israeli strikes on Gaza kill more than 90 people in 48 hours, say Palestinians
Israeli strikes on Gaza kill more than 90 people in 48 hours, say Palestinians
Toll includes people who were ‘sheltering in a designated humanitarian zone’
www.irishtimes.com
April 19, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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It has been a month since any aid entered Gaza. Meanwhile, Israel has announced its intention to seize large areas of Palestinian territory.

Our government's response? To continue to allow the supply of arms to Israel.
April 2, 2025 at 3:11 PM
This is brilliant "communication is not what is said, but what is heard" well done for tackling
March 31, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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This week I wrote about vigilance, and how I'm less interested in litigating whether Garron Noone is a racist, than in whether what he said was true or not. It wasn't. And people are right to be alarmed that he said it, and to wonder why he did.

www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
Séamas O'Reilly: I think anti-racists are right to be on high alert
I’m less concerned with why Garron Noone said what he said, than with whether it’s true or not
www.irishexaminer.com
March 29, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Here is the aftermath of Israel's bombing of one of the few operating hospitals in Gaza, Nasser Hospital, four days ago.

5 people were killed, including staff and teenage patient. Operating room was hit.

Israel says bombed the hospital to kill a wounded Hamas official.

How many in US noticed?
March 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Another attack on a hospital..
Israel’s relentless bombardment of Gaza continues with at least 21 Palestinians killed in attacks across the enclave since the early hours, medical sources tell Al Jazeera.

🔴 LIVE updates ⤵️
Israel kills 21 Palestinians in attacks including on key Gaza hospital
Latest bombardment comes as the death toll from Israel’s devastating war on Gaza crossed 50,000 since October 2023.
aje.io
March 24, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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6th for Sarah Healy in the 3000m final in 8:40.00. Hailu with the gold with the returning Shelby Holohan pipping Jessica Hull on the line for silver. #WorldIndoorChamps #Nanjing2025
March 22, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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Funding cuts mean essential and lifesaving healthcare services and vaccinations, among other critical health issues, have shut down, leaving thousands without treatment worldwide.

This isn’t just a policy change - it’s a death sentence.

www.msf.org.za/news-and-res...
March 21, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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“Any approach that leaves to a few countries such as Ireland to condemn what are international breaches of humanitarian principles and international law will rightly be seen by future generations as their having by their silences been complicit in collective punishment”
Statement by President Higgins on violence in Gaza | President of Ireland
Welcome to the website of the President of Ireland.
president.ie
March 19, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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"What Ceasefire? Trump Helps Netanyahu Kill Over 400 Palestinians in Gaza"

For Zeteo, @attackerman.bsky.social lays out how the Trump administration backs war against Palestine abroad and repression against supporters of Palestine at home.
What Ceasefire? Trump Helps Netanyahu Kill Over 400 Palestinians in Gaza
The Trump administration backs war against Palestine abroad and repression against supporters of Palestine at home.
zeteo.com
March 19, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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A new Manchester United stadium isn’t about regeneration and never will be | Jonathan Liew
A new Manchester United stadium isn’t about regeneration and never will be | Jonathan Liew
If ‘New Trafford’ is such a nailed-on wealth generator, then why aren’t Ratcliffe and the Glazers funding it themselves?
www.theguardian.com
March 18, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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Making economic growth the overriding purpose, to which all else must be sacrificed, not only trashes ecological and social values. It's also spectacularly bad politics. Governments can't control growth, but when it dips, this government, by its own criteria, fails. A rod for its own back.
March 16, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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It feels like a new government misleading the electorate on the most important issue of the day in order to get elected should be a bigger news story. #SpéirGhorm
March 15, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Elon Musk says that no one has died because he slashed humanitarian aid. I went to South Sudan to check if that's true. It's not. Meet Peter, Achol and Evan, ages 10, 8 and 5. The reckless actions of the world's richest men are killing the world's poorest kids www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut. That Isn’t True. (Gift Article)
A journey through the front lines of global poverty shows that when the world’s richest men slash aid for the world’s poorest children, the result is sickness, starvation and death.
www.nytimes.com
March 15, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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Budapest today. People are demanding that PM Orban resign.
March 15, 2025 at 4:37 PM
"Thanks to a cavalcade of imperial domination, clerical repression and economic isolationism, almost everyone in Ireland agrees that the past was, to use a technical term, shit."
March 15, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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My take on the latest greyhound injuries stats - 1 in 8 racing greyhounds injured in 2024. About 1 in 15 killed. The State subsidised the sport with €19.8m in funding last year:

Time to re-evaluate exactly what greyhound racing contributes to Irish life

www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Time to re-evaluate exactly what greyhound racing contributes to Irish life
A survey ahead of last year’s election showed that 70% of the electorate either oppose or strongly oppose the State’s funding of greyhound racing
www.irishexaminer.com
February 25, 2025 at 9:47 AM