Why people believe right wing propaganda
In his book, Drums in the distance – journeys into the global far right, Joe Mulhall describes his experiences of far right movements around the world. He watches these movements, often from the…
Writing From the Left, Changing the Conversation
In his book, Drums in the distance – journeys into the global far right, Joe Mulhall describes his experiences of far right movements around the world. He watches these movements, often from the…
Northern Ireland has been prominent in the headlines in the week beginning 9th May. The situation has been a thorn in the side of the Tories since the Brexit referendum…
Visualise the most important person in your life standing before you smiling. Focus on that nice warm feeling deep down inside of you. Focus on the happy memories you two…
The intelligence services of each country have colluded, behind the backs of their national parliaments and without people's knowledge, to ensure a truth teller can never be freely allowed to…
Have you ever wondered what it felt like to be present at the end of the Roman Empire? According to Donald Wasson, Rome grew from a few thousand citizens to over…
Short-term holding facilities (STHFs), where arrivals are very often sent immediately, are reported to be in a particularly shameful state, and those confined in them are among the most forgotten…
Over the past forty years or so, neoliberalism has contributed to the impoverishment of our language by the misuse of certain words. The aim of a Neoliberalspeak dictionary is to give some…
The climate crisis is a reason to be scared. Water rises but there are water shortages. Land becomes scarce. It is an extinction event.
FROM a drought in Kenya threatening more than 2 million people with starvation, to floods in China, to the very real danger of the world losing 18-49% of its insect species,…
The myth of a liberal and humane Europe does not always match up to the reality. Truth and lies are part of the story we tell ourselves.