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The (fantastic) organization Reprieve today announced the release of a UN report (click that link to download the full report) into secret detention that exposes UK collusion in secret detention and torture. The investigation found, among other things, that the UK knew of the US’ rendition practices in 2002 but continued to hand them [...]

Now that I can finally say I own a computer, I am finally getting around to writing a post about my participation in and my thoughts about the recent United Ireland forums hosted by Sinn Féin in New York and San Francisco. That’s a picture of me at the mic taken by my [...]

This afternoon I am off to New York, where aside from visiting long lost friends, I will be attending tomorrow’s Index 30 luncheon on Wall St, hosted by The Irish Echo. Mary Louise Mallick, Deputy Comptroller of NY State, whom I had the good fortune to meet in Belfast last May, will receive the [...]

Please read the instructions below, care of Pól Brennan and his defense campaign. We only have 7 days to act to stop Pól’s deportation! Copies of your letters of support should also be sent to President Obama, Vice President Biden, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and Senate Majority Leader, as well as your own [...]

Just returned from a fascinating lecture given by Jake Kosek, Assistant Professor of Geography at UC Berkeley, at the University of Michigan’s School of Natural Resources and the Environment.  The talk was entitled “The Natures of the Beasts: On Honeybees and the Bio-Politics of Terror, and focused on Kosek’s current research on the militarization of [...]

I ran into artist Danny Devenny (read this recent article about Devenny in the Financial Times) by the International Wall on the Falls Road in West Belfast today.  Danny and his friend Leah (a professor at UMass-Amherst) were updating some of the murals to reflect the ongoing attacks of Israel on the people of Gaza.  [...]

First, a confession: I yoinked this image from my friend’s Facebook page.  This is the famed wall at Free Derry Corner in Derry, Ireland, and is pretty regularly painted to show solidarity with oppressed people the world over.  I think the image speaks for itself, don’t you?

From the International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network:
The world majority stands with the Palestinian people in this devastating time that Israeli Defense Secretary Ehud Barak calls “just the beginning.” Israeli attacks on Gaza in the past 24 hours have killed over 200 people and injured hundreds more. We decry the multiple forms of collective punishment currently being [...]

If you read any of the commentary on Obama’s administration picks, read “This is Change? 20 Hawks, Clintonites and Neocons to Watch for in Obama’s White House,” by journalist Jeremy Scahill.  Scahill writes of the momentus opportunity that Obama has to create real change–how he was elected on a popular mandate to challenge the militaristic [...]

Check out this video from the Onion:

Obama Win Causes Obsessive Supporters To Realize How Empty Their Lives Are