Killers of the Flower Moon is a recent epic movie set in the 1920s examining a series of murders of members of the Osage Nation, who became... Continue reading
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In his book, How The Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland’s Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe, Thomas... Continue reading
The ancient Egyptians, Chinese, and Hebrews used evergreen wreaths, garlands, and trees to symbolise their respect for nature and their belief in eternal life. The pagan Europeans... Continue reading
“I hugged the olive tree. It was precious to me, so I hugged it. I felt like I was hugging my child. I’d raised the tree like... Continue reading
Image above: Ralph Chaplin – Cartoon published in the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) journal Solidarity on June 30, 1917. “My unlucky countrymen have always had a taste... Continue reading
Image above: Che (2008 film) directed by Steven Soderbergh. “Just a short time ago it would have seemed like a Quixotic adventure in the colonised, neocolonised, or even the imperialist... Continue reading
Questions From a Worker Who Reads (by Bertolt Brecht, 1935) Who built Thebes of the 7 gates?In the books you will read the names of kings.Did the... Continue reading
Caoimhghin O Croidheain reviews Extraordinary Attorney Woo (2022) and White Tiger (2021) “None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free“― Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, (Elective Affinities, Die Wahlverwandtschaften, 1809)... Continue reading
March 17 is traditionally St Patrick’s Day, a day when ‘Irishness’ is celebrated all over the world. This date is traditionally held to be the date of... Continue reading
Introduction The rapid spread of the science-based Enlightenment (c1687-c1804) across Europe during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries was a cause of much dismay to the reigning monarchies... Continue reading
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