Paula Gilligan
@gilliganpaula.bsky.social
Digger. Senior Lecturer in Film and Cultural Studies, Dublin. #socialist #transrightsarehumanrights #FreePalestine
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Paula Gilligan
@gilliganpaula.bsky.social
· Jan 10
Extreme Weather and Global Media
In the two decades bracketing the turn of the millennium, large-scale weather disasters have been inevitably constructed as media events. As such, they challenge the meaning of concepts such as identi...
www.routledge.com
For those of you interested in critical takes on media narratives, colonial spaces (property), extreme heat, and wildfires, I have an essay in this book.
www.routledge.com/Extreme-Weat...
www.routledge.com/Extreme-Weat...
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Since Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza began, night raids – often targeting children – have become even more common.
Night raids rise in Palestine
Spike in detentions and incursions since October 2023 only accelerate decades of military abuses.
electronicintifada.net
September 15, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Since Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza began, night raids – often targeting children – have become even more common.
yeah and golf is not political, Doonbeg?
⚡️Drop Site Daily | September 16, 2026
Trump approves $2.8 billion arms deal for Israel, including 40,000 bombs; Building collapse in Gaza kills at least 21; U.S. diesel prices top $6.30
dropsitenews.com/p/trump-arms...
Trump approves $2.8 billion arms deal for Israel, including 40,000 bombs; Building collapse in Gaza kills at least 21; U.S. diesel prices top $6.30
dropsitenews.com/p/trump-arms...
Trump approves $2.8 billion arms deal for Israel, including 40,000 bombs; Building collapse in Gaza kills at least 21; U.S. diesel prices top $6.30
Drop Site Daily: September 16, 2026
dropsitenews.com
September 16, 2026 at 7:27 PM
yeah and golf is not political, Doonbeg?
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More than 100 people, including 50 children, are estimated to have been sheltering in the building, with rescuers struggling to reach survivors amid a severe shortage of specialized machinery due to Israeli restrictions. “We can still hear the voices of people alive beneath...
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x.com/gazanotice/s...
September 16, 2026 at 3:46 PM
More than 100 people, including 50 children, are estimated to have been sheltering in the building, with rescuers struggling to reach survivors amid a severe shortage of specialized machinery due to Israeli restrictions. “We can still hear the voices of people alive beneath...
x.com/gazanotice/s...
x.com/gazanotice/s...
I can't bear it ....such a conversation..you can hear the heartbreak in the rescuer' s voice.
September 16, 2026 at 7:26 PM
I can't bear it ....such a conversation..you can hear the heartbreak in the rescuer' s voice.
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“For too long, Israel’s policies in the West Bank have been treated or looked at as isolated events,” says Ori Givati, director of international relations at B’Tselem. “We actually find that there is one very coherent logic behind all of them, and this is the logic of elimination."
“The Elimination Project”: Israel's Systematic Dismantling of Palestinian Life in West Bank: B'Tselem
A major new report by the Israeli human rights group B'Tselem titled “The Elimination Project” accuses Israel of “dramatically intensifying its attacks on every aspect of Palestinian life in the West Bank.”
“For too long, Israel's policies in the West B...
www.democracynow.org
September 16, 2026 at 4:48 PM
“For too long, Israel’s policies in the West Bank have been treated or looked at as isolated events,” says Ori Givati, director of international relations at B’Tselem. “We actually find that there is one very coherent logic behind all of them, and this is the logic of elimination."
Internationalist Law Center
@Intllawcenter
12h
'Today, 100 South Florida residents alongside Noura Erakat, Oliver Larkin, and former US State Department Official Charles Blaha came to give public comment during the Palm Beach County Budget hearing against Israel Bonds'.
She was released on bail.
@Intllawcenter
12h
'Today, 100 South Florida residents alongside Noura Erakat, Oliver Larkin, and former US State Department Official Charles Blaha came to give public comment during the Palm Beach County Budget hearing against Israel Bonds'.
She was released on bail.
September 16, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Internationalist Law Center
@Intllawcenter
12h
'Today, 100 South Florida residents alongside Noura Erakat, Oliver Larkin, and former US State Department Official Charles Blaha came to give public comment during the Palm Beach County Budget hearing against Israel Bonds'.
She was released on bail.
@Intllawcenter
12h
'Today, 100 South Florida residents alongside Noura Erakat, Oliver Larkin, and former US State Department Official Charles Blaha came to give public comment during the Palm Beach County Budget hearing against Israel Bonds'.
She was released on bail.
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For example it costs the government £310 to process a settlement (also known as indefinite leave to remain) application, but charges ten times as much: £3226.
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026...
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026...
September 15, 2026 at 6:47 AM
For example it costs the government £310 to process a settlement (also known as indefinite leave to remain) application, but charges ten times as much: £3226.
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026...
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026...
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Webinar with myself, Pat Brodie, Miriyam Aouragh and Mona Shtayya this Wednesday (16th) @tninstitute.bsky.social
'Considering how imperial digital infrastructures materialise and formulate across geographies and in local settings, from Ireland to Palestine.'
www.tni.org/en/event/dig...
'Considering how imperial digital infrastructures materialise and formulate across geographies and in local settings, from Ireland to Palestine.'
www.tni.org/en/event/dig...
Digital Fortresses Webinars | Transnational Institute
The Digital Fortresses Project is hosting a webinar series where we hope to learn from and with researchers and activists working on understanding and exposing digital infrastructures that underpin an...
www.tni.org
September 14, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Webinar with myself, Pat Brodie, Miriyam Aouragh and Mona Shtayya this Wednesday (16th) @tninstitute.bsky.social
'Considering how imperial digital infrastructures materialise and formulate across geographies and in local settings, from Ireland to Palestine.'
www.tni.org/en/event/dig...
'Considering how imperial digital infrastructures materialise and formulate across geographies and in local settings, from Ireland to Palestine.'
www.tni.org/en/event/dig...
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“Every relationship of ‘hegemony’ is necessarily an educational relationship.”
“I’m a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will.”
—Gramsci
canaan48.substack.com/p/what-they-...
#FreePalestine #PalestineSolidarity #Decolonization #WesternLiberalism
“I’m a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will.”
—Gramsci
canaan48.substack.com/p/what-they-...
#FreePalestine #PalestineSolidarity #Decolonization #WesternLiberalism
What They Read
The Tactics of Eliminating the Palestinians from Palestine
canaan48.substack.com
September 15, 2026 at 5:52 AM
“Every relationship of ‘hegemony’ is necessarily an educational relationship.”
“I’m a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will.”
—Gramsci
canaan48.substack.com/p/what-they-...
#FreePalestine #PalestineSolidarity #Decolonization #WesternLiberalism
“I’m a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will.”
—Gramsci
canaan48.substack.com/p/what-they-...
#FreePalestine #PalestineSolidarity #Decolonization #WesternLiberalism
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The venues that allegedly objected to Macklemore performing because he said "Free Palestine":
🏈 Gillette Stadium
🏈 Lincoln Financial Field
🏈 Mercedes-Benz Stadium
🏈 Lucas Oil Stadium
🏈 Bank of America Stadium
🏈 AT&T Stadium
🏈 Raymond James Stadium
🏈 Gillette Stadium
🏈 Lincoln Financial Field
🏈 Mercedes-Benz Stadium
🏈 Lucas Oil Stadium
🏈 Bank of America Stadium
🏈 AT&T Stadium
🏈 Raymond James Stadium
September 15, 2026 at 3:34 AM
The venues that allegedly objected to Macklemore performing because he said "Free Palestine":
🏈 Gillette Stadium
🏈 Lincoln Financial Field
🏈 Mercedes-Benz Stadium
🏈 Lucas Oil Stadium
🏈 Bank of America Stadium
🏈 AT&T Stadium
🏈 Raymond James Stadium
🏈 Gillette Stadium
🏈 Lincoln Financial Field
🏈 Mercedes-Benz Stadium
🏈 Lucas Oil Stadium
🏈 Bank of America Stadium
🏈 AT&T Stadium
🏈 Raymond James Stadium
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***URGENT PLEASE SHARE*** University of Brighton management have announced today that they ‘give notice of termination of all collective agreements’. This is a fundamental erasure of workers' rights. Management have announced the termination of all contractual documents, which includes:
UCU members at Brighton University face the threat of derecognition. We have called an emergency rally tomorrow at 1:15pm.
It would be amazing to see as many #TUC26 delegates as possible in attendance.
58-67 Grand Parade, Brighton and Hove, Brighton BN2 0JY
It would be amazing to see as many #TUC26 delegates as possible in attendance.
58-67 Grand Parade, Brighton and Hove, Brighton BN2 0JY
September 14, 2026 at 7:40 PM
***URGENT PLEASE SHARE*** University of Brighton management have announced today that they ‘give notice of termination of all collective agreements’. This is a fundamental erasure of workers' rights. Management have announced the termination of all contractual documents, which includes:
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Just for context, Youssouf E. The young man who was so violently thrown to the concrete ground by this horrible police officer died a couple of weeks later.
Disposable lives that whiteness manufactures.
May Youssouf E. rest in peace! May we have the spine to stop French police monsters.
Disposable lives that whiteness manufactures.
May Youssouf E. rest in peace! May we have the spine to stop French police monsters.
French police. Is the UN or any international org taking note of the violence? Human rights were never French — they love to take ownership of rights they never were familiar with in the first place.
Dismantle the police, esp French police. The violence against POCs is well recorded over the ages!
Dismantle the police, esp French police. The violence against POCs is well recorded over the ages!
September 14, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Just for context, Youssouf E. The young man who was so violently thrown to the concrete ground by this horrible police officer died a couple of weeks later.
Disposable lives that whiteness manufactures.
May Youssouf E. rest in peace! May we have the spine to stop French police monsters.
Disposable lives that whiteness manufactures.
May Youssouf E. rest in peace! May we have the spine to stop French police monsters.
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Quick equalities check: across English, History/Politics/War Studies 6 women have lost their jobs and 0.5 men. 4 men and one woman are safe. English goes from 50:50 (6M, 6F) to 1 woman and 2.5 men.
September 14, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Quick equalities check: across English, History/Politics/War Studies 6 women have lost their jobs and 0.5 men. 4 men and one woman are safe. English goes from 50:50 (6M, 6F) to 1 woman and 2.5 men.
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I woke up to find Nick Radburn on the front of the Guardian this morning! This is such important evidence of the intentionality of a wide range of people in the violence of the slave trade.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-i...
The royal crown branded on enslaved Africans: Britain’s monarchy and the slave trade
From Elizabeth I’s backing of early voyages to royal investment in trafficking companies, generations of monarchs were central to Britain’s slave trade
www.theguardian.com
September 14, 2026 at 12:25 PM
I woke up to find Nick Radburn on the front of the Guardian this morning! This is such important evidence of the intentionality of a wide range of people in the violence of the slave trade.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-i...
New song for Dublin. Doono. 'The Trump he came to call on us, he didn't want to see all of us/we're afraid he'll fall on us -he's eighteen stone'. '
youtu.be/M6PDGBfIMVg?...
youtu.be/M6PDGBfIMVg?...
Monto - Luke Kelly & The Dubliners
YouTube video by The Dubliners
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September 14, 2026 at 11:21 AM
New song for Dublin. Doono. 'The Trump he came to call on us, he didn't want to see all of us/we're afraid he'll fall on us -he's eighteen stone'. '
youtu.be/M6PDGBfIMVg?...
youtu.be/M6PDGBfIMVg?...
Great piece on recent AI 'frontier' discourse from Nicolas Mirzoeff.
toseeinthedark.beehiiv.com/p/decolonize...
toseeinthedark.beehiiv.com/p/decolonize...
Decolonize AI
The Genocidal Logic of Anthropic
toseeinthedark.beehiiv.com
September 14, 2026 at 11:11 AM
Great piece on recent AI 'frontier' discourse from Nicolas Mirzoeff.
toseeinthedark.beehiiv.com/p/decolonize...
toseeinthedark.beehiiv.com/p/decolonize...
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Despite international protest, Israel forges ahead with E1 colony plan to end Palestinian aspirations for statehood.
E1: Not just another colony
Decades-old settlement project not only threatens the contiguity of occupied West Bank territory, it entails forced urbanization in order to squeeze Palestinians into the smallest possible area.
electronicintifada.net
September 13, 2026 at 8:18 AM
Despite international protest, Israel forges ahead with E1 colony plan to end Palestinian aspirations for statehood.
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French police. Is the UN or any international org taking note of the violence? Human rights were never French — they love to take ownership of rights they never were familiar with in the first place.
Dismantle the police, esp French police. The violence against POCs is well recorded over the ages!
Dismantle the police, esp French police. The violence against POCs is well recorded over the ages!
September 13, 2026 at 8:54 AM
French police. Is the UN or any international org taking note of the violence? Human rights were never French — they love to take ownership of rights they never were familiar with in the first place.
Dismantle the police, esp French police. The violence against POCs is well recorded over the ages!
Dismantle the police, esp French police. The violence against POCs is well recorded over the ages!
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A big thanks to the people protesting THAT PIG in Doonbeg. As always Sarah Clancy able to get to the heart of the matter. Reminding us of the terrible attrocities prepatrated by the united states of terror on ordinary citizens. Both directly or indirectly.
September 12, 2026 at 5:56 PM
A big thanks to the people protesting THAT PIG in Doonbeg. As always Sarah Clancy able to get to the heart of the matter. Reminding us of the terrible attrocities prepatrated by the united states of terror on ordinary citizens. Both directly or indirectly.
'Knobhead'...Dublin souvenir.
September 12, 2026 at 6:04 PM
'Knobhead'...Dublin souvenir.
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This is neat!
A new volume from Rashid Khalidi, based on The Hundred Years' War, and seemingly aimed at younger (High School) readers.
A new volume from Rashid Khalidi, based on The Hundred Years' War, and seemingly aimed at younger (High School) readers.
September 11, 2026 at 3:05 PM
This is neat!
A new volume from Rashid Khalidi, based on The Hundred Years' War, and seemingly aimed at younger (High School) readers.
A new volume from Rashid Khalidi, based on The Hundred Years' War, and seemingly aimed at younger (High School) readers.
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Our government is pandering to the racist right with the new citizenship legislation
The GAA has yet again proven itself to be a intractable misogynistic boys club
And we are paying for a rapist to stay in the state guest house at Farmleigh
Not a good week for the country
The GAA has yet again proven itself to be a intractable misogynistic boys club
And we are paying for a rapist to stay in the state guest house at Farmleigh
Not a good week for the country
September 11, 2026 at 9:40 AM
Our government is pandering to the racist right with the new citizenship legislation
The GAA has yet again proven itself to be a intractable misogynistic boys club
And we are paying for a rapist to stay in the state guest house at Farmleigh
Not a good week for the country
The GAA has yet again proven itself to be a intractable misogynistic boys club
And we are paying for a rapist to stay in the state guest house at Farmleigh
Not a good week for the country
RP with your home river.
September 11, 2026 at 10:58 AM
RP with your home river.
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Let it be on record that I support Adèle Haenel who speaks truth about the current genocide in Palestine and sexual violence in the film industry.
Gurinder Chadha of the Bend it like Beckham fame has not uttered a word on Palestine.
Skin folk ain’t kin folk was never truer.
💚💚💚🙏🙏🙏Adèle Haenel
Gurinder Chadha of the Bend it like Beckham fame has not uttered a word on Palestine.
Skin folk ain’t kin folk was never truer.
💚💚💚🙏🙏🙏Adèle Haenel
September 11, 2026 at 7:51 AM
Let it be on record that I support Adèle Haenel who speaks truth about the current genocide in Palestine and sexual violence in the film industry.
Gurinder Chadha of the Bend it like Beckham fame has not uttered a word on Palestine.
Skin folk ain’t kin folk was never truer.
💚💚💚🙏🙏🙏Adèle Haenel
Gurinder Chadha of the Bend it like Beckham fame has not uttered a word on Palestine.
Skin folk ain’t kin folk was never truer.
💚💚💚🙏🙏🙏Adèle Haenel
Can we have a debate on the expansion of alcohol industries, and related tourism? The Scottish model is failing. Just thinking of the Whiskey and porter 'quarters'- Teeling and Diageo, and the branding of Dublin.
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2653820...
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2653820...
Strike announced at major Scottish distillery after huge job cuts announced
Around 100 people are set to strike at the largest grain distillery in Scotland after plans for swingeing job cuts were announced
www.heraldscotland.com
September 10, 2026 at 10:47 AM
Can we have a debate on the expansion of alcohol industries, and related tourism? The Scottish model is failing. Just thinking of the Whiskey and porter 'quarters'- Teeling and Diageo, and the branding of Dublin.
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2653820...
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2653820...