Gerry ‘the Monk’ Hutch Challenges Gangsters Inc.
At their inauguration, public leaders must swear to uphold unwritten law and weep to atone…
Browsing: Current Affairs
Sahel: Water does not become bitter without cause
Ruwa baya tsami a banza: Water does not become bitter without cause. There is…
Podcast: Murder Most Foul: Amanda Knox on the Lucy Letby Case
American journalist Amanda Knox joins Frank Armstrong to discuss the case of English nurse…
In God We Trust Inc.
Ryszard Kapuściński in Imperium (1993) warned of three plagues, or contagions threatening the world: nationalism, racism…
Podcast: Why I Joined the Revolution in Rojava
For this episode, we have asked our friend and contributor, Greek journalist and filmmaker,…
Archiving Gaza in the Present
Review: Archiving Gaza in the Present: Memory, Culture and Erasure. Edited by Dina Matar and…
Who is my Neighbour? On the Death of Renee Good
It’s very possible that Renee Nicole Good reasoned, as I would’ve, that her whiteness would…
Podcast: ‘Turkey’s Phrase of the Year: Gözaltina aliniyorum’
The Turkish phrase Gözaltına alınıyorum translates simply as: ‘I’m being taken into custody.’ This…
Review: Displaced in Gaza: Stories from the Gaza Genocide
Gaza’s history since the Nakba of 1948 is punctuated by waves of forced displacement. The…
My Mary & Me
Many good people will ‘do the right thing’ and spoil their vote this coming Friday.…
Ireland and Palestine: A Crucial Vote Awaits
Around Ireland and in its online expressions, there is vocal and colourful support for the…
I Have a Dream
There is a hidden global superpower that dominates all our lives. It does not reside…
It’s All Academic: Bad Ideas Bloom
A few years ago, I had occasion to walk regularly past the university in Galway.…
Guantanamo Founded on U.S. Occupation
A week after U.S. Democrat Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib wrote to the Department of Homeland Security…
Charity, Privatisation and Body Counts
The common denominator between charities and private service providers is that they all live off…
Turkey, Journalism and Erdoğan
The following is a Q and A between Luke Sheehan and Deniz Güngör. Can you…
Name-Calling and the Fall of the West
The cultural commentator Konstantin Kisin said recently in a podcast that the left had destroyed…
Kneecapped at Coachella
Kneecap caused a stir at Coachella this year—though you wouldn’t know it from the official…
Fearful Times, and Canada
On Tuesday last I had an email from the Chancellor of UMass Lowell, where I…
Exit through the Vestry
Vestry /ˈvɛstri/ Noun a room or building attached to a church, used as an office…