Yet another failed 'revolution' at the Dáil today. Another one is called for Friday. Which will also be failed. Irish far-right don't understand how little support they have in the real world. Their 'support' is only online, which is not real life. www.thejournal.ie/protest-dail...

100% this. Also, Paul basically doing his job, going to a protest and finding out from people on the ground, what they want from their government.

I remember the outrage amongst the media when Paul Murphy & Ruth Coppinger rightly refused to engage with them last year

14 April 1895 | A Pole, Stanisław Październy, was born in Krakow. A teacher. In #Auschwitz from 25 April 1942. No. 33160 He was executed by shooting on 27 May 1942. --- ▶ Watch a short video about Block 11 and its yard where shooting executions were held: https://t.co/VBgDxkWLMa

Released 34 years ago today Bricks Are Heavy, the third studio album by L7, featuring the single Pretend We’re Dead L7 - Pretend We're Dead - Live Letterman 1992 #punk #punks #punkrock #grunge #L7 #bricksareheavy #womenofpunk #punkrockhistory #otd

14 April 1924 | A French Jewish girl, Suzette Aaron, was born in Niederbronn-les-Bains. She arrived at #Auschwitz on 23 August 1942 in a transport of 827 Jews deported from Angers St. Laud. She did not survive.

Kinda depressing - and telling - that the 2 truck-drivers arrested in connection with the blockade attempt in Co Louth last night are young working men who do not look like they'll be claiming much from the Half Billion for big contractors and HGV fleet owners. Always the same old story...

The world watched as Israel razed Gaza to the ground. Now, the world is watching as Israel razes Lebanon to the ground. War crimes beget war crimes — and the failure to bring Israel to justice for genocide has emboldened it to destroy human life with total impunity.

Fury erupts in Ireland as war drives fuel prices sky-high ⛽Some filling stations have run dry and concerns have mounted over fuel availability for emergency services. socialistworker.co.uk/internationa...

Saturday in Dublin 💚✊️

This week's #cartooncelts answer is Victor Wanyama. The reliable Kenyan midfielder was at Celtic Park from 2011-13. Arguably his best moment in green-and-white was scoring as the Celts beat Barcelona in 2012. #Celtic #CelticFC

Poster for #LEXIT, The Left Leave Campaign in the UK Brexit Referendum

A heart-breaking moment captured in an SS photograph of a group of Hungarian Jews at Auschwitz II-Birkenau in or around May 1944. A child found a flower & is giving or showing it to an older boy. All the people in the picture were murdered in a gas chamber moments later. #YomHaShoah

Wishing a Happy #vaisakhi2026 to all who are celebrating. Wishing you a harvest of joy, love, and laughter. #happyvaisakhi

This is very good from Conor McCabe and one of the few piece's of analysis I have read that clearly links the fuel protests with Ireland's deeply unequal and dysfunctional grass-fed agricultural system. www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

#OtD 13 Apr 1985 Danuta Danielsson, the Polish-Jewish daughter of a Holocaust survivor, hit a neo-Nazi on the head with her handbag in Växjö, Sweden. The Nazis were then chased out of town. We have some anti-fascist merch here to help fund our work: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...

14 April 1920 | Czech Jewish woman, Věra Immergutová, was born in Prague. She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 19 October 1944. She did not survive. --- The history of deportations of Jews from the Theresienstadt ghetto to Auschwitz: https://bit.ly/3MdIVUA

14 April 1914 | A Polish Jewish woman, Gienia Judzki, was born in Sosnowiec. She was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive. --- Women at Auschwitz: 📖 Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en/ 🎧 Podcast: https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8

14 April 1897 | A Polish Jew, Lewi Lipsker, was born in Nowy Sącz. A worker. In #Auschwitz from 12 December 1941. No. 24319 He perished in the camp on 19 December 1941. --- 📖 Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/

13 April 1903 | Czech Jewish woman Olga Freundová was born in #Prague. She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt Ghetto on 18 December 1943. She did not survive. --- The history of deportations of Jews from the Theresienstadt ghetto to Auschwitz: https://bit.ly/3MdIVUA

Trump is an anti Catholic orange bastard, he’ll be trying to march in Drumcree come the 12th.

Happy 80th birthday to Al Green

13 April 1900 | A Polish woman, Stanisława Wiśniewska, was born in New York. In #Auschwitz from 30 July 1942. No. 13164 She perished in the camp on 5 November 1942. --- Women at Auschwitz: 📖 Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en/ 🎧 Podcast: https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8

b. 13.04.1906: #SamuelBeckett. Writer and anti-fascist.

John Devoy of Clan na Gael arranged the whaling ship Catalpa to rescue Fenian prisoners from Western Australia. 18–19 April 2026 marks the 150th anniversary. The Catalpa flag will be on display at the National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks for 2 days only. www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...

#OtD 13 Apr 1919 the Jallianwala Bagh massacre took place when British troops in Amritsar, India, opened fire on a crowd of predominantly Sikh pilgrims, but also with many Hindus and Muslims, murdering up to 1000 or more people and injuring many more stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8446...

13 April 1917 | A Polish Jew, Chaim Zuchowski, was born in Mniów. A worker. In #Auschwitz from 1 October 1941. No. 21284 He perished in the camp on 2 November 1941. --- 🎧/📖 Our podcast talks about the situation of Polish & Jewish prisoners in the camp: https://bit.ly/46t6L5w

13 April 1936 | Dutch Jewish girl Saartje Schnitzler was born in #Rotterdam. She arrived at #Auschwitz on 22 August 1942 deported from #Westerbork with her mother Betje & siblings: Alida, Isidor, Joseph, Leonardus, Louis. After the selection they were murdered in a gas chamber.

Saturday! It's more important than ever to come together to say No to War and Genocide and to call to Protect our Neutrality. Illegal wars and genocide are killing and displacing huge numbers of people, causing untold pain and misery, we must stand against them and protect our neutrality.

OTD in 1919, troops of the British Indian Army fired into a crowd of unarmed civilians in Amritsar, Punjab, killing 400 and injuring over 1000 more. From the HW archives, an episode of our podcast explores that event. www.historyworkshop.org.uk/s2-e5-the-vi...

13 April 1911 | Polish man, Władysław Król was born in Krakow. A teacher. In #Auschwitz from 24 April 1942. No. 32525 He was shot in the camp on 27 May 1942. --- ▶ A short video about Block 11 and its yard where shooting executions were held: https://t.co/VBgDxkWLMa

Hilly Fields, Lewisham and a distant view of Canary Wharf. Hilly Fields was saved from development by Octavia Hill, the Kyrle Society (its object 'to bring beauty home to the people') and Robert Hunter of the Commons Preservation Committee. Opened as a public park by London County Council in 1902.

Poster from 2023 exhibition in Warsaw on the Spanish Civil War, entitled “If Madrid falls today, Warsaw will fall tomorrow”, the prescient cry of Polish brigaders to defend the Spanish capital.

Hungarians cheer far right Viktor Orbán’s downfall. What comes next? ⭐What does the winner Péter Magyar stand for and what is he promising? socialistworker.co.uk/internationa...

13 April 1925 | A German Jew, Egon Kallmann Freund, was born in Berlin. He emigrated to the Netherlands. In 1942 he was deported to #Auschwitz from Westerbork. Registered in the camp where he perished on 23 August 1942. --- 📖 Jewish prisoners at Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/

The greed is wild. Apple is worth nearly $4 trillion but can't tolerate a single store with unionized workers because they're so against workers getting what they deserve.

13 April 1891 | A Polish Jew, Jankiel Abramowicz, was born in Przedbórz. A shoemaker. In #Auschwitz from 11 December 1941. No. 23969 He perished in the camp on 26 January 1942. --- ▶ Video about the history of Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/Fxnl5HTygrs

13 April 1891 | A German Jewish woman, Minna Lesser, was born in Gniezno (Gnesen) On 15 September 1942 she was transferred from #Berlin to #Theresienstadt Ghetto. On 18 December 1943 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.

Great piece by @tomashtengely.bsky.social on Orban’s fall and what Magyar represents socialistworker.co.uk/internationa...