Great to participate in the 2nd Derry Peace & Conflict International Conference led by Maeve McLaughlin of The Bloody Sunday Trust. Fantastic to meet representatives from the Palestinian led liberation movement, catch up & co-present with former MEP Martina Anderson. #conflicttransformation

It’s lost on some that diversity + inclusion is about giving value to every citizen, no matter our differences. It’s creating space, improved space, for all. It’s unquestioned acceptance. Yet it’s conscious & unconscious prejudice & bigotry demonstrated almost every time. #NorthernFuckingIreland

Old habits, new protests: on the politics of Israel's allies aidanjmcquade.com/2024/09/23/o...

Old habits, new protests: on the politics of Israel’s allies?

Summary: those who have lost their moral compass will never understand that protest is leadership Rule of international double standards Today, it appears that many Western political leaders apply mul...

I reflect how hate, like acid, corrodes, rots + impairs those that house it which is so obvious when they speak or act. Do they ever get that a healthy mind does not hate? Their fear, hate + anger flowing from a deluded lack of perspective to what authentic life is? Sighs #NorthernFuckingIreland

This is a bloody brilliant piece of writing by Pádraig Ó Meiscill znetwork.org/znetarticle/...

A New Ireland: Owned and Run By the Ordinary People Not the Profiteers

A man I know – I’ll call him Liam – worked as a nurse in a Belfast care home throughout the Covid pandemic. With the world about to collapse, I read

This Autumn Equinox I reflect how the season always reminds me how beautiful it is to let things go. Smiling, I remember a mantra learned in India, may I always find light in the darkness and sunshine in the shadows. #LifeIsAJourney

Reject militarism. Reject war. Say ‘no’ to killing other humans and destroying earths resources. Refuse to purchase goods from those who thrive on War economies. Better than 1000 words about peace is 1 demonstrable action that enables peace. #InternationalPeaceDay2024

I follow my aunt Ann’s lead as widow of my uncle, DC Louis Robinson RUC GC:

I am a victim of armed action. Injured as a child in a no warning bomb, in later life, I’d family & friends murdered. I’d to move home twice due to threats on my life. As such I valued this article by Alex Kane in todays @irishtimes.bsky.social#IrishPeaceProcess#NorthernIrelandConflict

Oh!? Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #1,409,331!