PhD researcher in anthropology, Maynooth University. The witch in art|performance. Chair @IrishAntiWarMvt #FreedomforPalestine 🇵🇸 #repealedthe8th (she/her)
In Dublin/From Corca Dhuibhne
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Who came before the witches, she asks. Very proud to have a small part in this. The Tower by Jesse Jones opening on May 27th at @RuaRed in Tallaght. @jessejonesarti2 @junkensemble @olwenfouere
#JesseJones #Witches #Mystics #Fieldwork
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Voters have delivered an historic rejection of Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil and a victory for the left. Despite a negative campaign of fears and smears from the political establishment, people appear to have delivered the largest Presidential vote ever - for Catherine Connolly. This is a vote for the values she embodies - defending our neutrality, opposing war and genocide, and ending the normalisation of homelessness and inequality.
It is a vote for an Ireland which values our language and our history of anti-colonial struggle and solidarity. It is also a vote against Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael and their budget that delivered for big developers and fast food outlets by pushing more working-class people into poverty. The campaign stood with and gave voice to carers, disabled people, communities and young people who have been left behind by FF and FG.
The biggest single issue in this election was Irish neutrality. Again and again, Catherine was criticised for having the guts to call out the re-armament taking place across Europe and the role of the US in arming Israeli genocide. In contrast, Heather Humphreys refused to criticise what she called our allies. The people have decisively chosen to defend neutrality and stand against militarism and war. The government must heed this vote and drop their plans to remove the Triple Lock and eradicate what is left of our neutrality.
The mass movement that was galvanised behind Catherine Connolly must continue beyond today’s result. There is a lesson for all of the left - if we unite and mobilise people, we can win. For People Before Profit, we want to continue this cooperation on issues like neutrality, Palestine, housing and cost of living, as well as looking towards the next general election. People need to be offered a very clear choice - continuation of the over 100-year rule of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, or the first left government in the history of the state.
We are now calling on all those who supported Catherine Connolly to jointly organise a major conference of the left to discuss the next steps of continuing and deepening left co-operation.
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Irish academic and university staff across the island of Ireland have appealed to President Michael D Higgins to nominate Dr Francesca Albanese for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize
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Protests have erupted in several cities across Europe, North Africa and the Middle East in response to Israel's illegal seizure of ships and crew members of the Global Sumud Flotilla
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⚒️ BREAKING: Italian Union Threatens ‘General Strike Without Notice’ if Flotilla Blocked
Italy’s Unione Sindacale di Base (USB) - the Rank-and-File Union - has announced a “permanent mobilization” in 100 squares across the country in solidarity with the Global Sumud Flotilla. In Rome, the protests will begin Friday in Piazza dei Cinquecento.
Following attacks yesterday involving drones and 12 explosions on 9 different flotilla ships carrying humanitarian aid for Gaza, USB warned that if authorities “try again to stop the flotilla, the response will be immediate: general strike without notice.”
USB is one of Italy’s largest independent unions, with tens of thousands of members concentrated in the public sector, logistics, transport, health care, and precarious or temporary work. Founded in 2010, it is known for its militant politics: strongly anti-austerity, anti-NATO, and anti-war. It has led strikes against privatization, labor precarity, and international wars.
On September 22, USB led Gaza solidarity strikes that shut down ports and transport hubs across Italy. Its new call raises the stakes: organized labor is now threatening nationwide walkouts to defend the flotilla’s right to sail.
Da piazza Montecitorio oggi è partita la chiamata: mobilitazione permanente in 100 piazze in tutta Italia.
A Roma, da venerdì, sarà Piazza dei Cinquecento.
Se proveranno ancora a fermare la #globalsumudflotilla, la risposta sarà immediata: sciopero generale senza preavviso.
#Gaza
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"Israel is not an ally of the United States and the West, but an appendage of Western imperialism." - Dr @GhassanAbuSitt1
#PeoplesConferenceForPalestine #GazaIsTheCompass
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📖 Xikrin Children and the Bacajá River
Knowledge and Knowing from Others
⌲ By Clarice Cohn
✨ New #OpenAccess article in Volume 33: Issue 1 of Social Anthropology/Anthropologie sociale
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This is my will and my final message. If these words reach you, know that Israel has succeeded in killing me and silencing my voice. First, peace be upon you and Allah’s mercy and blessings.
Allah knows I gave every effort and all my strength to be a support and a voice for my people, ever since I opened my eyes to life in the alleys and streets of the Jabalia refugee camp. My hope was that Allah would extend my life so I could return with my family and loved ones to our original town of occupied Asqalan (Al-Majdal). But Allah’s will came first, and His decree is final. I have lived through pain in all its details, tasted suffering and loss many times, yet I never once hesitated to convey the truth as it is, without distortion or falsification—so that Allah may bear witness against those who stayed silent, those who accepted our killing, those who choked our breath, and whose hearts were unmoved by the scattered remains of our children and women, doing nothing to stop the massacre that our people have faced for more than a year and a half.
I entrust you with Palestine—the jewel in the crown of the Muslim world, the heartbeat of every free person in this world. I entrust you with its people, with its wronged and innocent children who never had the time to dream or live in safety and peace. Their pure bodies were crushed under thousands of tons of Israeli bombs and missiles, torn apart and scattered across the walls.
I urge you not to let chains silence you, nor borders restrain you. Be bridges toward the liberation of the land and its people, until the sun of dignity and freedom rises over our stolen homeland. I entrust you to take care of my family. I entrust you with my beloved daughter Sham, the light of my eyes, whom I never got the chance to watch grow up as I had dreamed.
I entrust you with my dear son Salah, whom I had wished to support and accompany through life until he grew strong enough to carry my burden and continue the mission.
I entrust you with my beloved mother, whose blessed prayers brought me to where I am, whose supplications were my fortress and whose light guided my path. I pray that Allah grants her strength and rewards her on my behalf with the best of rewards.
I also entrust you with my lifelong companion, my beloved wife, Umm Salah (Bayan), from whom the war separated me for many long days and months. Yet she remained faithful to our bond, steadfast as the trunk of an olive tree that does not bend—patient, trusting in Allah, and carrying the responsibility in my absence with all her strength and faith.
I urge you to stand by them, to be their support after Allah Almighty. If I die, I die steadfast upon my principles. I testify before Allah that I am content with His decree, certain of meeting Him, and assured that what is with Allah is better and everlasting.
O Allah, accept me among the martyrs, forgive my past and future sins, and make my blood a light that illuminates the path of freedom for my people and my family. Forgive me if I have fallen short, and pray for me with mercy, for I kept my promise and never changed or betrayed it.
Do not forget Gaza… And do not forget me in your sincere prayers for forgiveness and acceptance.
Anas Jamal Al-Sharif
06.04.2025
This is what our beloved Anas requested to be published upon his martyrdom.
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Israel just assassinated the entire Al Jazeera crew in Gaza: fearless journalists and cameramen reporting the truth amid genocide.
This is a war crime and a crime against humanity.
Where are the Western journalists? Will they condemn this, or choose silence and complicity?
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Today the whole world watches, in shock and disgust, the escalation and acceleration of decades-old abusive practices and crimes inflicted on the Palestinians -by the state of Israel, its army and ideological settlers.
With absolute impunity granted by "the west".
This must end.
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This isn't true at all. Palestinian journalists have been reporting from day one about everything happening on the ground in Gaza. They have routinely broken stories weeks in advance of subsequent coverage in the west. So many of them haved died doing so. Western media could have consistently amplified their voices at any time.
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It is unbelievable how nonchalantly leaders like @kajakallas and @vonderleyen continue to ignore (and stand against) intl law and the decisions of the highest intl Courts re Israel: among others, I shall remind them, the ICJ ordered Israel to:
- withdraw its troops and remove settlers from the WHOLE OF THE OPT by September 17, 2025 and meahwile
- other states not to recognise, aid and assist Israel in its wrongdoings.
No one can ask Israel to ensure anything other than LEAVING and then responding to justice. It is that simple.
Instead, @kajakallas and @vonderleyen's persistence denote knowledge, intent and purpose, which shall be missed by the relevant authorities when assessing their failure to prevent and stop genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity, and bring to an end the underlying unlawful occupation.
The killing of civilians seeking aid in Gaza is indefensible.
I spoke again with @gideonsaar to recall our understanding on aid flow and made clear that IDF must stop killing people at distribution points.
All options remain on the table if Israel doesn’t deliver on its pledges
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Medical teams at Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis send a farewell message amid the surrounding danger:
“We are currently working in the hospital, and the tanks are only a few meters away. We are now closer to death than to life.
The soldiers show no mercy—not to a child, not to an elder, not to a doctor, nor a nurse. We remain here because we are human, and our mission is humanitarian.
If these vultures steal our souls… don’t forget us, and don’t turn us into numbers. We love life. We have dreams just like you. We have children and spouses we love. But to truly be human means never abandoning those who need your humanity.”
“Tell the world about us… Tell them we were more human than those who only claimed to be. Tell them we chose death over abandoning our noble mission.”
“Don’t just call us heroes. Just say we understood what it truly means to be human. And forgive us—we are not numbers.”
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BREAKING: 🚨 Over 100 BBC staff have signed a letter declaring they're being FORCED to do PR for Israel.
This is one of biggest scandals of Western journalism of our time.
Fuck the @BBC, you will be remembered as participants in genocide.
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"Let’s be clear: the Irish endured 800 years of British colonial rule. Kneecap understands occupation. Their solidarity with Palestine isn’t symbolic — it’s lived, generational, and emotionally immediate.
By the time they hit the stage at Worthy Farm, Kneecap were locked in and defiant. Rumours that the BBC would censor or pull their broadcast only amplified their message.
The result? A blistering flashpoint that will go down as one of the most talked-about performances in Glastonbury history.
This dystopian reality — where artists face prosecution for protest while the crimes they condemn continue unchecked— is playing out in real time. It exposes how deeply compromised the political and cultural establishment has become. In a fog of smoke, mirrors, and money, the music industry, once a space for rebellion, now resembles a maze of moral cowardice."
👉plinth.uk.com/blogs/magazine… – at Dublin City, Ireland
