Thomas Murray
@tomasomuiri.bsky.social
Writer, researcher, adult educator.
Roscommunista.
Omnia sunt communia.
Ní neart go cur le chéile.
Author: Contesting Economic and Social Rights in Ireland, 1848-2016. CUP 2016.
Roscommunista.
Omnia sunt communia.
Ní neart go cur le chéile.
Author: Contesting Economic and Social Rights in Ireland, 1848-2016. CUP 2016.
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We (@crossdale.bsky.social, Christina Pantazis, @roxana-pessoa.bsky.social, Tiê Franco Brotto and I) present the first academic peer-reviewed article, studying the criminalisation and repression of climate and environmental protest as a global phenomenon. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
December 13, 2025 at 4:38 PM
We (@crossdale.bsky.social, Christina Pantazis, @roxana-pessoa.bsky.social, Tiê Franco Brotto and I) present the first academic peer-reviewed article, studying the criminalisation and repression of climate and environmental protest as a global phenomenon. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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I left Ireland and moved to New York in 1997. Decades on, what the US has become has broken my immigrant heart.
It also baffled me, until I began to piece together Gen X memories of apartheid South Africa.
It also baffled me, until I began to piece together Gen X memories of apartheid South Africa.
June 23, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I left Ireland and moved to New York in 1997. Decades on, what the US has become has broken my immigrant heart.
It also baffled me, until I began to piece together Gen X memories of apartheid South Africa.
It also baffled me, until I began to piece together Gen X memories of apartheid South Africa.
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Even if you don’t care about sex workers losing one of the few voices in public life that spoke for instead of over them, you should 100% care that they were refused funding for not toeing the line of the parties in government.
Imagine if IFPA were unfunded until FFG changed their minds on abortion
Imagine if IFPA were unfunded until FFG changed their minds on abortion
SWAI Statement on Closing
We are heartbroken to announce that the Sex Workers Alliance Ireland (SWAI) is closing our doors after over 16 years, due to a lack of funding.
Since our foundation in 2009, we have brought an alternative voice to the dominant narrative about sex work in Ireland.
We are heartbroken to announce that the Sex Workers Alliance Ireland (SWAI) is closing our doors after over 16 years, due to a lack of funding.
Since our foundation in 2009, we have brought an alternative voice to the dominant narrative about sex work in Ireland.
SWAI Statement on Closing
We are heartbroken to announce that the Sex Workers Alliance Ireland (SWAI) is closing our doors after over 16 years, due to a lack of funding. Since our foundation in 2009, we have brought an…
sexworkersallianceireland.org
December 4, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Even if you don’t care about sex workers losing one of the few voices in public life that spoke for instead of over them, you should 100% care that they were refused funding for not toeing the line of the parties in government.
Imagine if IFPA were unfunded until FFG changed their minds on abortion
Imagine if IFPA were unfunded until FFG changed their minds on abortion
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The International Criminal Court is ditching Microsoft Office, saying it’s too dependent on US tech, in favor of Open Desk, a German open source alternative.
The move comes after Microsoft revoked ICC head Karim Khan’s email access when he was sanctioned by the US for the warrant against Netanyahu.
The move comes after Microsoft revoked ICC head Karim Khan’s email access when he was sanctioned by the US for the warrant against Netanyahu.
International Criminal Court to ditch Microsoft Office for European open source alternative | Euractiv
The court will move its internal work environment to Open Desk, a German-developed open source software
www.euractiv.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:36 PM
The International Criminal Court is ditching Microsoft Office, saying it’s too dependent on US tech, in favor of Open Desk, a German open source alternative.
The move comes after Microsoft revoked ICC head Karim Khan’s email access when he was sanctioned by the US for the warrant against Netanyahu.
The move comes after Microsoft revoked ICC head Karim Khan’s email access when he was sanctioned by the US for the warrant against Netanyahu.
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“Whoever controls AI infrastructure—compute, models, data, & cloud—will shape the economic & political order of the 21st century. The U.S. & China understand this & are mobilizing every instrument of statecraft to secure supremacy. Europe must understand it too.”
— @francescabria.bsky.social
#ai
— @francescabria.bsky.social
#ai
Reclaiming Europe’s Digital Sovereignty | NOEMA
Europe can accept permanent technological dependency, or it can build democratic digital systems rooted in climate commitments, labor protections and social diversity.
www.noemamag.com
October 2, 2025 at 5:22 PM
“Whoever controls AI infrastructure—compute, models, data, & cloud—will shape the economic & political order of the 21st century. The U.S. & China understand this & are mobilizing every instrument of statecraft to secure supremacy. Europe must understand it too.”
— @francescabria.bsky.social
#ai
— @francescabria.bsky.social
#ai
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Please take a minute to scroll through this—and share it.
It's the story of our time.
The Authoritarian Stack: How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic American—And Why Europe Is Next.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
It's the story of our time.
The Authoritarian Stack: How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic American—And Why Europe Is Next.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
The Authoritarian Stack
How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next
www.authoritarian-stack.info
November 5, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Please take a minute to scroll through this—and share it.
It's the story of our time.
The Authoritarian Stack: How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic American—And Why Europe Is Next.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
It's the story of our time.
The Authoritarian Stack: How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic American—And Why Europe Is Next.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
"...the flotillas reminded us all that the only sane response to a dystopian world is to have radical imagination. Imagination through which the inevitability of Palestinian freedom continues to be held as a lighthouse within the storms of injustice".
www.hotpress.com/opinion/glob...
www.hotpress.com/opinion/glob...
Global Sumud Flotilla: "The flotillas reminded us all that the only sane response to a dystopian world is to have radical imagination" | Hotpress
Caoimhe Butterly is an Irish activist, family therapist and healthcare worker. She sailed on the recent Sumud Flotilla with the Alma and Irish Legal Support ...
www.hotpress.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:38 PM
"...the flotillas reminded us all that the only sane response to a dystopian world is to have radical imagination. Imagination through which the inevitability of Palestinian freedom continues to be held as a lighthouse within the storms of injustice".
www.hotpress.com/opinion/glob...
www.hotpress.com/opinion/glob...
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from "The Second Estate: How the Tax Code Made an American Aristocracy" by Ray D. Madoff
October 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
from "The Second Estate: How the Tax Code Made an American Aristocracy" by Ray D. Madoff
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Today was a powerful show of solidarity with Palestine, against Israel's genocide and apartheid, and an insistence that our government ends our complicity and imposes sanctions. #FreePalestine #SanctionsNow
www.rte.ie/news/dublin/...
www.rte.ie/news/dublin/...
Thousands take part in Dublin's pro-Palestine rally
Thousands of people have taken part in a pro-Palestinian rally in Dublin.
www.rte.ie
October 4, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Today was a powerful show of solidarity with Palestine, against Israel's genocide and apartheid, and an insistence that our government ends our complicity and imposes sanctions. #FreePalestine #SanctionsNow
www.rte.ie/news/dublin/...
www.rte.ie/news/dublin/...
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Three Irish citizens among activists detained as Israeli forces seize flotilla ships, organisers say. Thinking of Sarah Clancy - all eyes on the flotilla #speirgorm jrnl.ie/6832196
Three Irish citizens among activists detained as Israeli forces seize flotilla ships, organisers say
The Global Sumud Flotilla is now just 45km from Gaza, but over a dozen Israeli warships are approaching.
jrnl.ie
October 1, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Three Irish citizens among activists detained as Israeli forces seize flotilla ships, organisers say. Thinking of Sarah Clancy - all eyes on the flotilla #speirgorm jrnl.ie/6832196
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#globalsumudflotilla livestream, as interceptions are reported. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEN2... #Gaza
24/7 LIVESTREAM OF GLOBAL SUMUD FLOTILLA
YouTube video by Global Sumud Flotilla
www.youtube.com
October 1, 2025 at 6:10 PM
#globalsumudflotilla livestream, as interceptions are reported. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEN2... #Gaza
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Our friend, poet and activist Sarah Clancy, is on the Spectre, one of the boats on the Flotilla which was attacked last night. Contact the Taoiseach and Tánaiste to demand protection, there must be safe passage for all trying to break apartheid Israel's illegal siege of Gaza. #LiftTheSiege
September 24, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Our friend, poet and activist Sarah Clancy, is on the Spectre, one of the boats on the Flotilla which was attacked last night. Contact the Taoiseach and Tánaiste to demand protection, there must be safe passage for all trying to break apartheid Israel's illegal siege of Gaza. #LiftTheSiege
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Ireland praised for Palestine support but Government urged to do more at solidarity march #SanctionsNow
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
Ireland praised for Palestine support but Government urged to do more at solidarity march
Organisers estimate at least 10,000 gathered at US embassy after almost two years of war
www.irishtimes.com
September 6, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Ireland praised for Palestine support but Government urged to do more at solidarity march #SanctionsNow
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
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We absolutely love to see it! Irish fans at the Ireland Hungary game tonight saying Show Israel the Red Card. The FAI should listen to the fans and insist that UEFA and FIFA expel apartheid Israel for its genocidal crimes against Palestinians. #BDS #FreePalestine
September 6, 2025 at 7:51 PM
We absolutely love to see it! Irish fans at the Ireland Hungary game tonight saying Show Israel the Red Card. The FAI should listen to the fans and insist that UEFA and FIFA expel apartheid Israel for its genocidal crimes against Palestinians. #BDS #FreePalestine
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Protests are taking place in cities and towns across Ireland in support of the people of Palestine
Protests in support of Palestine under way across Ireland
Protests are taking place in cities and towns across Ireland this afternoon in support of Palestine.
www.rte.ie
September 6, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Protests are taking place in cities and towns across Ireland in support of the people of Palestine
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We take the win and we keep pushing, Occupied Territories Bill with services included is next. #StopFundingGenocide
IPSC chair Zoë Lawlor: “today is a huge victory for the people of Ireland who stand resolutely in solidarity with the people of Palestine”.
www.irishtimes.com/business/202...
IPSC chair Zoë Lawlor: “today is a huge victory for the people of Ireland who stand resolutely in solidarity with the people of Palestine”.
www.irishtimes.com/business/202...
Central Bank of Ireland confirms it will no longer approve sale of Israeli ‘war bonds’
Use of Irish prospectus to market Israel bonds has been hugely controversial
www.irishtimes.com
September 1, 2025 at 12:23 PM
We take the win and we keep pushing, Occupied Territories Bill with services included is next. #StopFundingGenocide
IPSC chair Zoë Lawlor: “today is a huge victory for the people of Ireland who stand resolutely in solidarity with the people of Palestine”.
www.irishtimes.com/business/202...
IPSC chair Zoë Lawlor: “today is a huge victory for the people of Ireland who stand resolutely in solidarity with the people of Palestine”.
www.irishtimes.com/business/202...
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One by one our waterways are being poisoned to death to maintain buoyant farm exports. The Boyne is just the latest to enter its death rattle phase.
www.independent.ie/regionals/lo...
www.independent.ie/regionals/lo...
River Boyne salmon in crisis as Inland Fisheries Ireland warns of critical decline
Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) has issued stark warnings about the status of Atlantic salmon in the River Boyne, confirming that stocks have fallen to some of the lowest levels on record, with surviva...
www.independent.ie
August 28, 2025 at 6:38 AM
One by one our waterways are being poisoned to death to maintain buoyant farm exports. The Boyne is just the latest to enter its death rattle phase.
www.independent.ie/regionals/lo...
www.independent.ie/regionals/lo...
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Amnesty International has called on the PSNI to “uphold people’s right to protest against the genocide being perpetrated in Gaza.”
“The police have obligations under the Human Rights Act and international law to facilitate the right to peaceful protest.” www.irishnews.com/news/norther...
“The police have obligations under the Human Rights Act and international law to facilitate the right to peaceful protest.” www.irishnews.com/news/norther...
Protest organiser warned of potential criminal charges over Palestine Action displays in crowd
Ahead of multiple protests this weekend, Derry organiser told she could face criminal action over her name being on Parades Commission documents
www.irishnews.com
August 16, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Amnesty International has called on the PSNI to “uphold people’s right to protest against the genocide being perpetrated in Gaza.”
“The police have obligations under the Human Rights Act and international law to facilitate the right to peaceful protest.” www.irishnews.com/news/norther...
“The police have obligations under the Human Rights Act and international law to facilitate the right to peaceful protest.” www.irishnews.com/news/norther...
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Sally Rooney: I support Palestine Action. If this makes me a ‘supporter of terror’ under UK law, so be it
Sally Rooney: I support Palestine Action. If this makes me a ‘supporter of terror’ under UK law, so be it
I would happily publish this statement in a UK newspaper – but that would now be illegal
www.irishtimes.com
August 16, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Sally Rooney: I support Palestine Action. If this makes me a ‘supporter of terror’ under UK law, so be it
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Israeli 'thugs' board Gaza-bound aid ship Handala in international waters - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-thugs-board-gaza-bound-aid-ship-international-waters
Israeli 'thugs' board Gaza-bound aid ship Handala in international waters
Israeli forces intercepted the Handala aid ship en route to Gaza, detaining activists, journalist and European politicians
www.middleeasteye.net
July 26, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Israeli 'thugs' board Gaza-bound aid ship Handala in international waters - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-thugs-board-gaza-bound-aid-ship-international-waters
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Listen. Eminent human rights lawyer Michael Farrell on why he resigned from the ECRI, European Commission Against Racism and Intolerance, due to its silence on apartheid Israel's genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. European institutions are truly complicit. #GazaGenocide
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
Michael Farrell
He resigned from a European Human Rights Body after 15 years, the eminent Irish lawyer Michael Farrell explains why due to the ECRI'S failure to call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
www.rte.ie
July 18, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Listen. Eminent human rights lawyer Michael Farrell on why he resigned from the ECRI, European Commission Against Racism and Intolerance, due to its silence on apartheid Israel's genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. European institutions are truly complicit. #GazaGenocide
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
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An international call for action just got louder:
Today, 7 Nobel Laureates have issued a powerful call for a minimum tax on the ultra-wealthy in Le Monde
Here’s a quick breakdown of the debate—and where things stand globally
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www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/a...
Today, 7 Nobel Laureates have issued a powerful call for a minimum tax on the ultra-wealthy in Le Monde
Here’s a quick breakdown of the debate—and where things stand globally
🧵
www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/a...
Tax on ultra-rich: 'France has the opportunity to lead the way,' say Nobel Prize-winning economists
OP-ED. As public deficits balloon and extreme wealth explode, creating a minimum tax on the assets of billionaires should be a priority, argue seven Nobel Prize-winning economists in an op-ed for Le M...
www.lemonde.fr
July 7, 2025 at 5:09 PM
An international call for action just got louder:
Today, 7 Nobel Laureates have issued a powerful call for a minimum tax on the ultra-wealthy in Le Monde
Here’s a quick breakdown of the debate—and where things stand globally
🧵
www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/a...
Today, 7 Nobel Laureates have issued a powerful call for a minimum tax on the ultra-wealthy in Le Monde
Here’s a quick breakdown of the debate—and where things stand globally
🧵
www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/a...
Gaza: Doctors Under Attack review – this crucial film is the stuff of nightmares. But the world needs to see it www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Gaza: Doctors Under Attack review – this crucial film is the stuff of nightmares. But the world needs to see it
The film the BBC refused to air shows the targeting, detainment and torture of medics in Gaza. Its relentless timeline of horrors will never leave you
www.theguardian.com
July 3, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Gaza: Doctors Under Attack review – this crucial film is the stuff of nightmares. But the world needs to see it www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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1/3 One of the best and most refined arguments out there for water in public hands. Worth the read.
Water should work for us but is really run to make rich people richer. Yet "nationalisation" isn't always the answer.
in-abundance.org/reports/beyo... @abundance-org.bsky.social @kmilb.bsky.social
Water should work for us but is really run to make rich people richer. Yet "nationalisation" isn't always the answer.
in-abundance.org/reports/beyo... @abundance-org.bsky.social @kmilb.bsky.social
Beyond the Public: Experiences in the Social Control of Water | Bertie Russell & Keir Milburn
Jun 26, 2025
in-abundance.org
June 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
1/3 One of the best and most refined arguments out there for water in public hands. Worth the read.
Water should work for us but is really run to make rich people richer. Yet "nationalisation" isn't always the answer.
in-abundance.org/reports/beyo... @abundance-org.bsky.social @kmilb.bsky.social
Water should work for us but is really run to make rich people richer. Yet "nationalisation" isn't always the answer.
in-abundance.org/reports/beyo... @abundance-org.bsky.social @kmilb.bsky.social
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Our next National March for Palestine is on Saturday 19th July. Join us! The government is feeling the pressure so we have to keep it up so they end Ireland’s complicity in Israel’s genocide of Palestinians and sanction the apartheid state.
Be there in solidarity! #FreePalestine #SanctionsNow
Be there in solidarity! #FreePalestine #SanctionsNow
June 26, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Our next National March for Palestine is on Saturday 19th July. Join us! The government is feeling the pressure so we have to keep it up so they end Ireland’s complicity in Israel’s genocide of Palestinians and sanction the apartheid state.
Be there in solidarity! #FreePalestine #SanctionsNow
Be there in solidarity! #FreePalestine #SanctionsNow