🎙 New episode of the Irish Left Archive Podcast:

https://www.leftarchive.ie/podcast/45-one-small-step-by-michael-flavin/

We talk to academic and author Michael Flavin about his novel, One Small Step . Published by Vulpine Press, the novel tells the story of a young boy from a Northern Irish catholic background growing up in Birmingham in the 1970s and the impact of the 1974 Birmingham bombings. We discuss Michael’s own background, coming from an Irish family in Birmingham, which he drew on for the novel, and his research into the Troubles, which also led to publishing the academic article, “Four Typologies of Leadership Applied to a Survey of the Provisional IRA and Sinn Féin in the Troubles ”.

#Ireland #Politics #History #Birmingham #IrishLeftArchive

New Zealand’s Jacinda Ardern, an icon to many, to step down

https://apnews.com/article/politics-new-zealand-government-covid-jacinda-ardern-0e6d8eedd96f94aab07eeb0c37164591

Dear BBC: Criminals who use ransomware to steal do not have "earnings" -- they have loot, proceeds of crime.

Do any editors work there anymore?

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-64323980

An astounding image of our moment at the precipice:

Climate activists standing against the inhuman-scale machinery of the open-pit Lützerath brown coal mine, with a wind farm visible in the distance.
#climate #LützerathLebt #coal #renewable

We just hit the federal debt limit.

If we don't raise the debt ceiling, it could trigger a global financial crisis.

But the House GOP refuses to raise it unless Biden agrees to Social Security and Medicare cuts.

Let's be clear: There must be no negotiating on the debt ceiling.