Fantastic lineup for the upcoming Festival of Palestinian Culture in Maynooth. Well done to all the organisers. There are many highlights, including a screening of the Voice of Hind Rajab, a roundtable on sport and Palestine solidarity and a concert. sites.google.com/view/maynoot...

Thanks to Rundale and the editors for publishing my thoughts in what we might learn from the NUPES and the NFP as we seek to build left unity in Ireland.

couldn't come up with better PR for transgenders than "underground transgender mafia successfully heisted 12 tonnes of Kitkats"

Upcoming one-day symposium organised by and for postgrad and early career researchers on politically and socially engaged research in @musociology.bsky.social! Call for papers here: forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/respon...

Five great new articles this month from rundale.org >Derek Mahon - Ireland's Socialist laureate >Bohemians FC Coops - owning the economy >What is a 'good' job guarantee? >Anti-imperialism vs revisionism - the struggle over Irish history >Reading James Connolly with Franz Fanon

Cubas life task is a documentary about how cuba is preparing for climate breakdown in the short medium and long term. At the very least Ireland could take how they have communities organised *before* a disaster and the elderly, people with disabilities, the young, and animals are all accounted for

Academics can, but Universities as institutions have been taken over by a craven management class that will align themselves with state interests, as we saw with the policing of anti-genocide protests in the past two years.

A British soldier once used his gun to furiously knock out a tray of chips my uncle was carrying and eating after a night out in Newry, because no chippy in the town would serve them - sincerely hope no ICE officer is able to enjoy a treat for the rest of their days in their locality

The Neutrality Roadshow is back, with events throughout August in Dublin, Newry, Gort, Clifden, Mullingar and New Ross. First up is Clarke's City Arms on Wednesday, 6th August. Come hear about the Triple Lock & why we need a policy of active neutrality now more than ever.

Wrote this opinion piece with two colleagues in response to the concerted effort by Government, supported by conservative commentators and media, to undermine Irish neutrality. Original title was 'Co-ordinated attack on our neutrality is anti-democratic'. www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...