Philip O'Connor

Welcome to Sweden, and the election nobody won - how hope is in short supply, despite an apparent win for the red-green bloc after four years of far-right chaos. philipoconnor.com/welcome-to-s...

At the Barents Observer, a Norwegian news outlet located nine miles from the Russian border, a team of Russian journalists cover their country from exile. www.cjr.org/analysis/put...

The seeds of his downfall.

Oh but there is - a border poll. 👍

Hmmmmm

Sinn Féin: We should totally base all our policies on this.

Note how you NEVER see an expectation or suggestion that prices will go down, despite companies trying to get rid of more than a quarter of their workforce because they don't want to pay them. AI's only purpose is to turn the wages of workers into profit for capitalists.

Is this the beginning of the end?

More the fool I, but I really didn't imagine the current regime not simply leaning in to racism but braying it from every rooftop. Fuck RFK Jr., fuck his wife, and fuck anyone—anyone—who thinks that the Republican party deserves anything short of oblivion.

There is no human on earth more easily or predictably baited than this man.

Lula got his first mobile phone last Wednesday. He’s 81 in a few days. 10% of Brazil are in his WhatsApp groupchat. El Pais journalist in Latin America, Nicholas Leal joined us to talk about his historic comeback. Out now.

The lessons from Brazil and Serbia? Don't concede one inch of ground to the far right. Don't appease. Don't triangulate. Don't grovel. Don't say they have "legitimate concerns". Mobilise your base, and fight them with all the democratic means at your disposal.

I fucking hate the fact that, in the year 2026 in what the government tells us is one of the wealthiest countries in the world, some Irish children are still living in poverty. It's just wrong.

Lol of course they're not. They're about hating queers.

Ireland has some responsibility on this. One of the greatest contributions we could be making to collective EU & global democracy & security (far more useful then disastrous attempts to remove the triple lock) would be having the courage to step up to our role as digital regulator in a serious way.

What's striking to me are the rules of engagement and the methodology of action here, which more or less is predicated on burying liberal delusions about "debate" or the "marketplace of ideas". The rules were ultimately very simple: amplify your own message and suppress your opponent's.

First they erased a ‘Protect the Dolls’ t-shirt from Strictly Come Dancing. Now they’ve erased Pride badges from University Challenge. The BBC are saying that our visibility as LGBTQ people is a political issue. Meanwhile they’ve commissioned a 2-part series on JK Rowling. Impartial? My arse!

Reminds me of how important Repeal Shield was during the 2018 referendum. The amount of mental space that was freed up by just ignoring the anti-choicers instead of trying to argue with them. It let us focus on putting forward our own points

Why are you doing this

Grattis, alla er som röstade på Tidöpartierna - och ett extra-stort grattis till er som röstade på "Liberalerna"! Era jävla idioter.

You there! Yes you, follower of this account who knows about clothes in Dublin. I need your help. I want to buy a cord jacket. I accept vintage or new equally, as long as it fits. Local or EU with shipping, who will sell me this best? Links to jackets appreciated, but even shops/sites are ace

Women and students will save what's left of the world.

Any journalist fancy asking the minister why she's so keen to associate with a company that did its utmost - again! - to detail free and fair elections? And that's before we get to Musk's personal spend on the mid-terms ...

No pasaràn.

lula even won without the help of brazilian gay men, all of whom are living in dublin

This alone - the govt telling housing providers NOT TO DELIVER HOMES in the middle of a housing crisis - should have Irish people on the streets in their millions. The govt is there only to line the pockets of themselves and their pals. www.independent.ie/irish-news/l...

Saw a great quote from a Brazilian (ironically on a site which tried to steer the election for the fascists). “The streets have no algorithm!”

Sinn Féin morning meeting today: - Did you see the election results in Serbia and Brazil? - Oh I did aye, very unexpected. - I wonder if there's any lessons in that for us? - Let's go ask Matt Carthy, and maybe check Peadar's tweets, sure he's a gas man, Peadar! - Bang on.

Att robotarna ska vara "komplement till personalen" är en dimridå. Företagen som säljer robotarna utvecklar dem inte för att vara ett komplement till människor utan för att ersätta dem, för de ekonomiska ramarna i kommunernas budgetar kräver färre människor. www.svt.se/nyheter/loka...

The news from Brazil and Serbia are great and show that you don't defeat the far right by copying it or trying to appeal to their supporters You do it by being uncompromising, showing the danger they pose and offering something different to the many crises people suffer from

The full story here needs told globally In 2024, students began protests. In 2025, the movement evolved into sustained, civil disobedience - from road blockades to mass demos. In 2026, the protesters formed their own political party. Weeks later, they turfed an authoritarian from office. Resist.

Check out how easy this is.

I won't tell you to suck it up and vote for the left parties if they're falling short on issues that matter to you. I am gonna tell you that picking the one that offends you the least, and working to improve them is a better use of your energy than lamenting the absence of your perfect party.

Your turn, Ireland. This is how simple change can be. Tomorrow is not yet written.

If you were minded to support the Jim O’Callaghan position this week I invite you here, into this tiny calm and quiet room to just reflect on the people you’re standing with. Do these people (the ChatgTD, Aontú, Genghis Khan, an actual burning waste basket full of rotten potato peelings) appeal?

This is just pure racism. Republicans objectively are campaigning on little more than bigotry.

Irish troops to be deployed to participate in an Israeli instigated Lebanese civil war. We’ll have officially gone from peacekeepers to peace enforcers. But people worried about the removal of the triple lock are overreacting…

Lol.

Manchester United's players are a disgrace to the club and the game of football. A bunch of no-mark mercenaries with no professional pride or guts. #PremierLeague