#anti-Treaty

[stairnaheireann]

#OTD in 1868 – Birth of Irish patriot and revolutionary, Countess Constance Markievicz, née Gore-Booth in London.

Countess Markievicz, born Constance Georgine Gore Booth, politician, revolutionary, tireless worker with the poor and dispossessed, was a remarkable woman. Born into great wealth and privilege, she lived at Lissadell House in Co Sligo. She is most famous for her leadership role in the 1916 Easter Rising and the subsequent revolutionary struggle for freedom in Ireland. Born in 1868, Constance was…

[redpenship]

tails is a maoist. perhaps even one with third worldist characteristics

[zvaigzdelasas]

[ThePrint is Private Indian Media]

13 Mar 24

[pwrn51]

Putin Using Nuclear Weapons in Space?

  In the latest episode of “Lest We Forget-Historical,” host Lillian Cauldwell delves into the rumors surrounding Russian President Vladimir Putin’s alleged development of a nuclear anti-satellite weapon in space. According to CNN, this weapon, akin to an electromagnetic pulse (EMP), poses a significant threat to both government and commercial satellite operations for the United States and its…

[nando161mando]

Happy Waitangi Day to all the New Zealand folk.

I hope the current right wing NZ Government doesn't get a chance to water down the treaty like they are proposing.

#newzealand #treaty

[muirneach]

altho that has me wondering if my grandmother’s family are actually still republicans 🤔 she is, and her father was, but she hasnt seen or spoken to any of her family in like 60 years so we have no clue…. like theyre protestants and statistically a northern prod republican is not super common

[ithacanradio]

sure policies are systemic but having known a couple of people who intern for the UN or the European parliament i can confirm that explaining everything they do with "theyre just a bunch of assholes" isn't that far off

[dougielombax]

Just leaving this here.

Feel free to reblog.

[knight-of-ashes]

I'm very proud of this picture I took in the Badlands today

(I also visited the Badlands for the first time! Only took me four years of living in this fucking state [affectionate] [but also derogatory])

[istandwithrussiaandpalestine30]

Protesters hold an anti-NATO banner outside of the presidential residence in Kiev during a visit by Russian President Putin in Kiev on December 22, 2006.

Протестующие держат баннер против НАТО у президентской резиденции в Киеве во время визита президента России Путина в Киев 22 декабря 2006 года.

[stairnaheireann]

#OTD in 1921 – In an extremely hostile environment over the Treaty debate, Michael Collins smells some dirty work and addresses the House.

MR. MICHAEL COLLINS: Mr. Speaker, there is just a little matter to which I would like to refer before anything else is said. It is this. My private office was raided last night and important books and documents were taken. Is there any member here who accepts responsibility for that raid? PRESIDENT DE VALERA: As head of the Government here I must say I know nothing whatever about any such…

[notaplaceofhonour]

One of the most frustrating parts of the extreme rhetoric around Israel/Palestine (besides the obvious reliance on antisemitic & anti-Arab, Islamophobic tropes) is that it exceptionalizes so many things that are actually pretty standard features of nation-states and war in a way that completely compartmentalizes the criticism of these things into just being about criticizing the “few bad apple” countries instead of criticizing the entire institution of nation-states and war as a whole.

For instance: the fact is that war kills civilians, at an alarming average of 6:1 civilians-to-combatants deaths. The status quo of war, across the board, is that way more civilians die than combatants. And yet, despite the high death toll, despite Hamas using civilian infrastructure & noncombatants as human shields (which Hamas has openly admitted to doing), despite the imprecise & destructive nature of using bombs on urban targets, and despite the inadequate humanitarian aid that has been able to make it into Gaza… the IDF has still managed to stayed well below the average of civilian casualties.

The point of saying this is not “this is what war looks like so it’s not a big deal” it’s “this is what war looks like so we as a species need to stop doing it”—seeing the devastation war has brought to the people Gaza should move you, and it should make you never want to see another war again. It should make you want a ceasefire not just for Israel and this war but all wars always. And obviously, in practice, it’s not that simple—peace is more than “just don’t do war” and the thing about ceasefires and peace treaties is they kind of have to be mutual to mean anything—but the point stands: War Bad.

However, if instead you see the destruction in Gaza and think it’s an exceptional case, where Israel is evil and the only way war could be this destructive is genocide, you get to preserve this romanticized, idealistic fantasy of war as, violent yes, but perhaps only in a cathartic, tragic-but-beautiful way—a glorious struggle where two armies clash on a battlefield far removed from everyday life and only soldiers die. You get to preserve your belief in Just War, to look forward to a morally uncomplicated Glorious Revolution™️—you may even preserve your ability to cheer on the death of Israelis.

And that’s just one issue. There are others: the claim of “ethnostate” obscures criticisms of nation-states as a concept, the claim of “apartheid” obscures criticisms of how borders & citizenship are set up across the world, etc. This inverse Israeli Exceptionalism where Israel is treated as uniquely or exceptionally problematic isn’t simply discriminatory or rooted in prejudice (which are reasons enough to criticize it, as I have), it’s actively impeding the left’s ability to criticize the actual structural systems that are the problem.

[lizardsfromspace]

I'm not actually sure what Very Online types think should happen in Palestine and I don't think they're sure either bc what is this

We shouldn't praise a teenager resisting the draft too hard bc. Bc...? I struggle to even parse what's being said here. It's guff about how "the bar is really this low" and then a reminder of how "we are seeing what is happening to Palestinians...and this is what people are uplifting?" but like. What does that mean though

They want Israeli oppression of Palestine to cease, but we can't be happy that a teenager refused to join in that oppression? So what should we do. Should we not encourage teens to resist the draft in a country with mandatory military service, heavy propaganda, and that has organized society to heavily stigmatize resisting military service? No, genuinely, what do they want people to do? We need the occupation to end, but also can't support anyone who's fighting for that to happen, since uhhh is the bar really this low??? Would it have been better if he joined the IDF

(do people not know Israel has mandatory military service? I've seen people agreeing with this by saying "refusing to join is the bare minimum, deciding to enlist is horrific". But they're not enlisting, it's conscription. Do they think this person enlisted then withdrew or something...? And why would that not be worth celebrating???)

The answer is ofc this person hasn't really thought about any of this. It's just raging id and an idea that engaging in online discourse is what's truly helpful. It's like the people who treated Hozier as if he was some pro-genocide goon for saying there needs to be "peace" in a statement far more condemnatory than most, since...I still don't know. "How can you talk about peace when one side's oppressing the other?" Well ending that is what peace is, definitionally speaking. How else will it end but with a treaty

The scenario here seems to be, we need the genocide and occupation to end. But also we can't support any Israelis trying to stop it, and should be sus of activism in general. Also we can't talk about "peace" in any way. We just need to post about how it should happen

Anyway when people pointed this out they instantly locked replies and said the "kumbaya libs found it 💔"

It reminds me of those people who swarm any story about Russian anti-war activists by saying it doesn't matter unless they personally assassinate Putin. Like cool. I guess people in the oppressor state should just do nothing to oppose it then if they can't fix anything. Screaming at someone who refuses to join the military that it's actually very problematic that they aren't joining in the oppression, when there's so much oppression to oppose instead of praising them for refusing to join the oppression

[liberty1776]

Peace Heroes

[seachranaidhe]

Take a look at this post… 'Penny Mordant's Irish roots traced back to Catholic family from Co Wexford '.

Take a look at this post… ‘Penny Mordant’s Irish roots traced back to Catholic family from Co Wexford ‘.

http://seachranaidhe-irishandproud.blogspot.com/2022/07/penny-mordants-irish-roots-traced-back.html BREXIT ISN’T WORKING