Introducing the basics of Green Politics 🌾 - with a good slice of craic. 🌅
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Text I’ve sent into @BBCgmu that they have not read out in relation to their coverage of the UK budget …once again we see the myth of “the government is like a household” and “there’s no money”… the government does not create money for funding public services via taxes …
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'Alarmism'.
We're talking about a situation where Israel has occupied Southern Lebanon, displacing over 1 million people, destroying entire villages.
This mission, with no UN mandate, is to 'stabilise' Lebanon, led by an EU that has sided w/ Israel throughout the genocide.
There’s a lot of alarmism about this planned Lebanon mission. I have not yet formed a view about it, but here is a summary of the military side of the mission which is still at the planning stage.
“The military pillar will provide advisory support and training to strengthen the capabilities of the Lebanese Armed Forces, for border security andmaritime security, including in land border surveillance and control, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, counter-smuggling and operational coordination.”
That doesn’t sound too alarming but I’ll reserve judgement.
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'Are we going to wait for the European Union to tell us where to go to become active for peace? The evidence is that the European Union is not in favour of that kind of peace.'
irishexaminer.com/news/polit…
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If you think something could end humanity, the sane response would be to stop building it, not to build it faster and sell shares in it...
#AIbubble
#Aiapocalypse
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I'll be chatting about this on @BBCgmu shortly, if you fancy tuning in
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From Belfast, solidarity with the people of Brazil. A sovereign Latin America matters for all of humanity, and it's a clear rebuke to the Donroe Doctrine. Viva Lula! ✊ 🇧🇷
BREAKING: Brazil’s left-wing President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva won the presidential run-off against right-wing Senator Flavio Bolsonaro on Sunday, the electoral authority said, securing a fourth non-consecutive term.
🟠 LIVE updates: aje.news/vs1cfu
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An incredible victory for Serbia's students, beating an entrenched 14-year right wing regime. No party machine, no big donors, just organizing. Pobeda! ✊🇷🇸
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2/3 of the cause of the blue green algae blooms on Lough Neagh is agriculture, this misleading story in the @irish_news would have you believe the major cause is sewerage - which accounts for 25%. deflection from the need to change agricultural practices not impose water charges
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Countries under illegal occupation have the right to resist that occupation according to protocol one of the Geneva convention
BREAKING: At least two people have been killed in a shooting in the West Bank, and a further five have been injured, according to the IDF.
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'Your taxes pay for nothing'
This interactive workshop, led by me, challenges the way we think about money, government spending, and the economy.
@HAPPatQUB @QUBelfast
Free and all welcome but registration required: festivalofsocialscience.com/…
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'Troubled Waters: How Lough Neagh Is Being Destroyed by Corporate Greed and Political Neglect'
@Tommy___Greene
Wednesday 18th November, 1pm
Great Hall, @QUBelfast
Free and open to all, but registration required - ticketsource.com/qubseca/t-o…
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The Triple Lock is the only think protecting our sovereignty.
Without it there is no mechanism to stop the Govnt of the day sending our defence forces on EU/NATO military operations overseas.
And we have ample evidence as to why we, the people, shouldn't trust F/FG on this.
👉 No other country in the world gives Trump 🇺🇸, Putin 🇷🇺 and Xi 🇨🇳 a veto over their own foreign policy.
The Irish 'Triple Lock' is the opposite of national sovereignty.
The world has drastically changed. Irish military neutrality remains steadfast but must adapt.
.@sinnfeinireland seem to want Irish soldiers confined to their barracks. No young person wants to join such an army.
Irish peacekeepers have a proud record around the world and are now needed more than ever.
I welcome today's reform by the Irish parliament 🇮🇪.
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The main security risk relating to digital technology is not cyber-security or attacks on critical infrastructure, it is the monopoly character of cloud computing and society's increasing dependency on three US companies: AWS, Google and Microsoft.
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Micheál Martin all over.
Disingenuous arguments about 'maintaining our tradition of peacekeeping' when the removal of the Triple Lock ensures the opposite - overseas military operations outside the UN.
Followed by a snide 'pro-Russia' remark launched at Sinn Féin.
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Wow.... this is the kind of transformational economics that will lead to nothing...
Burnham vows end to 'rip-off parking charges' under new rules - BBC News
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ck87…
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Great work from @GAHargan
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Education Authority chief says typo prevented email from landing after finally admitting department requested £30k for football team
MLA accuses Education Minister of trying to ‘invent a mechanism’ to hand money to Richhill AFC
The head of the Education Authority (EA) has provided a belated explanation about the proposed allocation of £30,000 to a football team, claiming that an email from the Department of Education was “never received” due to a typo.
It comes as Education Minister Paul Givan has been accused of trying to “invent a mechanism” to award £30,000 to Co Armagh football team, Richhill AFC.
I revealed that Mr Givan wanted the EA to allocate £30,000 to Richhill AFC to cover a shortfall for a pitch estimated to cost £580,000 — a team that already received a grant of £500,000 from the Government.
(Comment: The department and EA are attempting to prevent me from doing my job effectively.
(No response from the department on this issue since July. It has ignored every query of mines since. This from a department whose Minister recently ordered officials to boycott his scrutiny committee. An order that is believed could be unlawful if he continues to uphold it.
(EA with a one-line response to this back in July and no admission until now.
(FoIs facing obstruction. I'd love to know if the department treats any other journalist with such contempt. Is it because of what I have exposed in the past 2 years?
(Full story available online. Along with other stories in this investigation).
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Two events this week at Connolly Books
Thursday @ 7pm covering the Criminalisation of Solidarity & 'The New Red Scare'
Saturday @ 3.30pm covering the idea of a 'People's Budget'
Both are free and all welcome ✊
connollybooks.org – at Dublin City, Ireland
