Repubblica.it: Barry Keoghan tra “Butterfly jam” e i Beatles. E nel film spunta Monica Bellucci

L’attore irlandese, candidato all’Oscar per “Gli spiriti dell’isola” è il protagonista del film che apre la Quinzaine des cinéastes. Lo firma il regista russo Kantemir Balagov che ha lasciato il suo paese dopo lo scoppio della guerra in Ucraina

Barry Keoghan between “Butterfly Jam” and the Beatles. And in the film, Monica Bellucci appears.

The Irish actor, nominated for an Oscar for “The Spirits of the Island,” is the protagonist of the film opening the Quinzaine des cinéastes. It’s directed by Russian director Kantemir Balagov, who left his country after the outbreak of the war in Ukraine.

#BarryKeoghan #ButterflyJam #MonicaBellucci #Irish #Oscar #Russian #KantemirBalagov #Ukraine

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Today in Labor History May 13, 1846: The U.S. declared war on Mexico. Over 1,733 U.S. soldiers and more than 5,000 Mexican soldiers died in the Mexican-American War. However, the Mexican death toll was probably closer to 25,000, if you include deaths from disease and accidents related to the war. As a result of the war, the U.S. conquered Texas, Alta California, New Mexico, Nevada, Arizona and Utah. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo promised U.S. citizenship to the Mexican and Indigenous Peoples living in these conquered territories. Yet, the U.S. denied citizenship to the Indigenous Peoples of the southwest until the 1930s.

Whigs and Abolitionists opposed the war as a land grab by the slave owners. In 1880, the Republican Campaign Textbook described the war as “Feculent, reeking Corruption…One of the darkest scenes in our history—a war forced upon our and the Mexican people by … President Polk in pursuit of territorial aggrandizement of the slave oligarchy.” In many ways, the Mexican-American War created the conditions for the Civil War and the wars against Indigenous Americans that followed. It also paved the way for the brutal exploitation of Chinese and Irish labor in the construction of the transcontinental railroad.

Another lesser-known legacy of this war was the defection of Irishmen from the U.S. Army. Many joined the Saint Patrick’s Battalion fighting for the Mexican side. These defectors were often recent refugees from the Potato Famine and had joined the U.S. army in order to earn enough to feed themselves. However, the wages were low and the Irish recruits were subjected to racism and religious intolerance. The Mexican government offered them higher wages and land grants, as well as a common religion. The San Patricios were responsible for some of the fiercest resistance the U.S. faced in the war. In addition to the Irish, the San Patricios also included other disgruntled Americans, emigres from Europe and escaped slaves.

Frederick Douglass opposed the war, as did writers Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Henry David Thoreau, who spent night in jail for his Civil Disobedience against the war. The accompanying video, “Stolen at Gunpoint,” by Tijuana No and Kid Frost, refers to the U.S. states taken from Mexico during the war. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jlO5RqXFLM

#workingclass #LaborHistory #mexico #imperialism #indigenous #irish #slavery #abolition #civilwar #sanpatricios #civildisobedience #racism

Agi: Quarantena a Bordeaux: morto un passeggero, 1700 bloccati in nave

AGI - Oltre 1.700 persone sono state messe in quarantena a bordo di una nave da crociera arrivata a Bordeaux ieri sera da Brest dopo la morte di un passeggero novantenne per un sospetto caso di gastroenterite. Lo riferiscono le autorità sanitarie.
Tra i 1.233 passeggeri, per lo piu' britannici e irlandesi, oltre al defunto, circa una cinquantina hanno manifestato sintomi e sono in corso test per rilevare l'eventuale presenza di norovirus. A bordo si trovano anche 514 membri dell'equipaggio.
Il percorso della nave e i test sanitari
La nave della Ambassador Cruise Line, partita dalle Isole Shetland il 6 maggio, ha fatto scalo a Belfast, Liverpool e Brest prima di arrivare a Bordeaux, da dove è previsto il suo ritorno in Spagna.
I primi test a bordo hanno escluso la presenza di norovirus, ma ulteriori analisi sono in corso presso l'ospedale di Bordeaux, hanno indicato le autorita' sanitarie. Non e' stata esclusa la possibilità di un'intossicazione alimentare e sono stati smentiti tutti i collegamenti con l'hantavirus, ritenuto responsabile della morte di tre passeggeri della nave da crociera MV Hondius, in viaggio da Ushuaia a Capo Verde.
Dinamica dei sintomi e decesso a bordo
Secondo le autorità, il picco dei sintomi - vomito e diarrea - si e' verificato l'11 maggio, quando la nave si trovava nella citta' francese di Brest. La vittima novantenne e' deceduta prima che la nave raggiungesse quel porto.

Quarantine in Bordeaux: a passenger has died, 1700 stranded on a ship.

AGI - More than 1,700 people have been placed in quarantine aboard a cruise ship that arrived in Bordeaux last night from Brest after the death of a 90-year-old passenger due to suspected gastroenteritis. Health authorities report this.
Of the 1,233 passengers, mostly British and Irish, along with the deceased, about fifty have shown symptoms and tests are underway to detect the possible presence of norovirus. There are also 514 crew members on board.
The ship's route and health tests
The Ambassador Cruise Line ship, which departed from the Shetland Islands on May 6th, made stops in Belfast, Liverpool and Brest before arriving in Bordeaux, from where its return to Spain is planned.
Initial tests on board ruled out the presence of norovirus, but further analyses are underway at the Bordeaux hospital, according to health authorities. The possibility of food poisoning was not ruled out and all links with hantavirus were denied, considered responsible for the death of three passengers on the MV Hondius cruise ship, en route from Ushuaia to Cape Verde.
Symptoms and death on board
According to authorities, the peak of symptoms – vomiting and diarrhea – occurred on May 11th, when the ship was in the French city of Brest. The 90-year-old victim died before the ship reached that port.

#Bordeaux #Brest #British #Irish #theShetlandIslands #Belfast #Liverpool #Spain #Ushuaia #CapeVerde #French

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The Irish word 'Ancaire' (anchor in English) has its origin in the Norse word 'akkeri'. There's a few of these nautical terms! ⚓️

Focail Gaelach as Lochlainnis ó dhúcas: ancaire ⚓️

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