John Barry

Text I’ve sent to BBC that they have not read out in relation to coverage of the UK budget. once again we see the myth of “the government is like a household” and “there’s no money”.the government does not create money for funding services via taxes,it creates money by spending it into existence

Please consider signing this call for the suspension of Israel’s participation in the Horizon Europe programme as well as suspension of the EU-Israel association agreement and for the protection of Palestinian academic life www.universitiesforjustice.eu

“Racism appears then , not as an incidental detail, but as a consubstantial part of colonialism. It is the highest expression of the colonial system, and one of the most significant features of the colonist.” P.140

Tonight’s reading : “everything would be perfect if it weren’t for the natives. But the colonialist realizes that without the colonized, the colony would no longer have any meaning. This intolerable contradiction fills him with a rage, a loathing, always ready to be loosed”p.132

Not one mention of the #climatecrisis either from PM Burnham or the journalist who wrote this … so we’re left with a piece that addresses the effects and not the causes of the “unexpected events” … as if they ‘just happen’ … banning disposable barbecues all over again

'Troubled Waters: How Lough Neagh Is Being Destroyed by Corporate Greed and Political Neglect' @Tommy___Greene Wednesday 18th November, 1pm Great Hall, @QUBelfast Free and open to all, but registration required - www.ticketsource.com/qubseca/t-oe...

Last night, a group of our PLDP Alumni met with former Health Minister, Mike Nesbitt MLA, for a wide-ranging discussion on his career, how to make a difference, health policy, and his upcoming memoir. Our thanks to Mike for taking the time to talk to the next generation of policy leaders.

'Your taxes pay for nothing' This interactive workshop, led by me, challenges the way we think about money, government spending, and the economy. @HAPPatQUB @QUBelfast Free and all welcome but registration required: festivalofsocialscience.com/events/your-...

Wow, this paper feels long overdue "Across climate policy, public health, and economic governance, we demonstrate a consistent pattern: powerful actors reframe structural problems as individual failures, behavioral science supplies the intellectual tool kit,...

Note the juxtaposition: “activists say, developers say” Missing: climate science. They’re not centring the actual science because it would prove that the ‘activists’ are supporting science while the government is supporting more disasters bsky.app/profile/prof...

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New episode on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social in Anthropology! I spoke with @ralucabiancaroman.bsky.social about Kaale Belongings and Evangelical Becomings (Brill, 2025): family, culture, Pentecostal faith and Kaale mission from Helsinki to Romania. newbooksnetwork.com/kaale-belong...

Made it to #CoP17Armenia - spending the morning observing the negotiations, & very pleased to see leafleting by CBD Alliance urging the CoP to address the structural drivers of biodiversity loss esp global economy #capitalism

a reminder if you are about Wexford town the book fair is on + The Lake has no voice brings spoken word, art, ecocide in direct conversation with the audience at 3pm today in Sunday 18 October in Red Books Underground, Eclectic Ave, 51 North Main Street (Bull Ring). Free event

A less highlighted aspect of the academic jobs crisis is an acute shortage of alternative employment, with hundreds of applicants routine for each advertised post, and employers who don’t like PhDs because they are considered overqualified and difficult.

I remember when our grammar school headmaster lost his shit when a pupil wore one of these. Never saw him so angry.

Ooh. I wrote a thing a few years ago about the Peace Pledge Union’s monument in Central London, and the involvement in setting it up of Bill McIlroy, a secular humanist originally from Ballynahinch.

My annual White Poppy delivery has just arrived from the Peace Pledge Union. If anyone in the Belfast area would like one, please DM me.

A round of applause for our newest Class of 2026 graduates! Today, we celebrated 54 young people who have completed their Level 4 Certificate in Youth Leadership and Community Action. Find out more here: and head over to Facebook to see the full photo album. Find out more: https://ow.ly/TzFu50ZWzC7

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: my.uplift.ie/petitions/op... @uplift.ie

Post-growth and post-carbon futures in spatial planning? Questions between green political economy, social justice, and planning? @profjohnbarry.bsky.social visited us in 'City Matters: Urban Inequality and Social Justice' at @frw-rug.bsky.social yesterday. Thanks! #CityMatters26 #postgrowthplanning

For the campesino community of Filogringo in Colombia's Catatumbo region, "defending the territory" means collective memory, and cultural survival against state abandonment, paramilitary violence, resource extraction, and military bombardment. Available in EN, ES, AR and RU. buff.ly/xpXxZDK

In 2013, Micheál Martin said the Triple Lock was at the core of Irish neutrality. Now he says removing it is essential to our 'peacekeeping tradition'. He is twisting words to deceive the Irish people. www.irishexaminer.com/news/politic...

Green AI or greenwashing? Why NVIDIA can’t compute its way out of the climate crisis www.greenpeace.org/internationa... via @greenpeace.org

Higher Education and the Planetary Crisis: Teaching, Research and Scholar-Activism in a World on Fire Thursday October 15th, 1pm 27 University Square, Room 1/003 Queen’s University Belfast Free and open to all, but registration necessary: www.ticketsource.com/qubseca/t-nj...

Open letter calling on the Irish governemnt of ban LNG terminals in Ireland - please sign my.uplift.ie/petitions/op... @uplift.ie

Economy minster in the North of Ireland Caoimhe Archibald celebrating economic growth (up 1%), yet we have almost 40% of households in fuel poverty, 19% child poverty... maybe we should focus on the welfare of people - the ends - NOT economic growth - at best an imperfect means to those ends?

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Queen's University Belfast Annual Sustainability Lecture Whose Loss Counts?: Climate Coloniality and the Politics of Evidence Profg Farhana Sultana Thurs Oct 15 6pm Drinks reception 7pm lecture Great Hall Free and open to all, but registration necessary: www.ticketsource.com/qubseca/t-nj...

Leader of #ItWasAScam 'antisemitism' plot to oust Jeremy Corbyn wins plum job promoting genocide perpetrator founded by paedophile BFF meme via Leanne Wood

'Store food for climate shocks'-UK Environment Secretary ...up there with UK PM Burnham's response to the UK wildfires...ban disposal barbeques...both exacerbated by the climate crisis, but this government is not addressing root causes of these crises theecologist.org/2026/sep/10/...

Talk I'm giving at @QUBelfast next month 'Your Taxes Pay for Nothing: Why Government Spending is Nothing Like That of a Household' 28 Oct, 6-9pm Registration and more details here: festivalofsocialscience.com/events/your-... Free and open to all

If only we had domestic energy security to protect us from the increase in oil and gas prices from the war in West Asia and leading to a cost of living crisis … ideally from a source that doesn’t contribute to the climate crisis as well … if only….

This is giving serious “Trump starting to wonder what Xi Jinping meant by that Thucydides Trap thing,” isn’t it.

Looks like a certain petulant brat got his saggy ass handed to him by a strong woman. You know how much he must have delighted in that. Thank you, President Connolly!

It's on. I'm running to be the next Green MP for Holborn & St Pancras. donatetothe.greenparty.org.uk

Do you want to protest any welcome being given to Donald Trump in Ireland this weekend? Well then here are some options (pictured below): (And do stay safe peaceful and happy. We want frightened USA citizens to know we stand with them against Trump.) #TrumpsNotWelcomeInIreland

British detain Irish neutrality activists www.ontheditch.com/british-deta...

This piece in the Conversation misses the point: it is an AND not an OR. This summer’s climate shocks will put climate action on the agenda AND responsible climate action must include disaster response and recovery, along with building resilience everywhere! theconversation.com/can-the-sear...

I'm attending a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social event: Next System Teach-Ins Organizer Workshop: Lessons from the Ground. RSVP here: actionnetwork.org/events/pract...

Glad to have added my name to a letter from 50 green groups urging PM to be clear that #climate breakdown is the cause of the current extreme heat crisis. The public deserves leadership that speaks honestly about the nature of the challenges the country faces & offers a robust plan to tackle them

🌰🌳 Hazel season is nearly here at Ardan Wood! Join us this August to collect and sow locally sourced hazelnuts from the reserve's ancient coppices. Every nut sown could become part of the next generation of native trees. 📧 volunteer@nativewoodlandtrust.ie 🌱

What brazen liars. By restoring water-retaining natural ecosystems, rewilding REDUCES wildfires.

1/ So Rosebank would pay to store 62.5 MtCO2 (2.5/yr) whilst Rosebank generates 250MtCO2 in same 25 years Even if CCS works (a very big IF), then this is a great deal for Equinor, Shell, Ithaca Energy, Delek Group and Eni AND a very bad deal for the planet. One reason why CTBO is non-starter