Thomas Murray

Author | Researcher | Adult and Community Educator | Political Science / Theory | Constitutions | Economic and Social Rights | My book-

[Thomas Murray @tomasomuiri]

How can popular movements advance economic and social rights today? A piece I wrote for @OGR_EN on how past movements in Ireland traced a political path to realising rights in practice.
https://t.co/RjEb50JdBu

[Matt Kennard @kennardmatt]

18 months of this holocaust. Our leaders still support it.

“When I was in Gaza, I felt like it was the prelude to the end of humanity,” heroic doctor Tanya Hassan told UN.

Don’t you feel it, too? I cannot see a way back from what we’ve allowed to happen.
https://t.co/bf0YvDzF8c

[Thomas Murray @tomasomuiri]

Off to where the skies are blue. @tomasomuiri.bsky.social

Leaving with the most inspirational post I could find on my walk this morning...

[IPSC @ipsc48]

David Landy from @JewishPeace at our protest last week at the Central Bank against their facilitating the sale of apartheid Israel’s war bonds, which have raised €3 billion since October 2023. Utterly shameful, this must stop. We cannot be complicit in genocide #GazaGenocide

[Conor McCabe @CMacCaba]

Lovely review of the Lost and Early Writings of James Connolly in the Irish Times today. Thanks to @3CastlesBurning , really appreciated @iskrabooks

[Adhamhnán Ó Loingsigh @eunanjack]

Time to find a new provider for issuing and receiving online payments @officialgaa. Disgusting stuff from a corporate officer @stripe.

[Phoenix Law Belfast @PhoenixLawHR]

Win at court for @KNEECAPCEOL

Our @darraghmackin acts

[AONTAS @aontas]

As part of a new research initiative, led by the Alliance for Lifelong Learning and commissioned by @economy_ni, today we hosted a seminar in Belfast in partnership with @forum_learning.

Read more ➡️ https://t.co/fHxGN6uHE9

#LifelongLearning

[UNITE union Ireland @UniteunionROI]

Unite’s Community, Youth Work & Non-Profit Committee stand in solidarity with Section 39 care worker in viral video whose views were dismissed by Simon Harris. We support @forsa_union_ie & @SIPTU statements & echo calls for respect, fairness & justice for all workers in sector.

[Joe Brolly @JoeBrolly1993]

Israeli embassy in Dublin last night.

[Thomas Murray @tomasomuiri]

@soundmigration https://t.co/Sxek2jKDKx Stonecutter vibes.

[Dave Gibney @davegibney]

WE’rE All sTruGgling tO get by….

Meanwhile….

FF/FG give €48 million in tax relief to high paid executives to send their kids to private schools…

Your child, however, will wait YEARS for treatment for scoliosis or for autism services

#RTEUpfront

[Thomas Murray @tomasomuiri]

@CMacCaba Fair play Conor! It's a great read - really enjoying it!

[حسام شبات @HossamShabat]

This elderly man told me today that he wishes for death every second due to our horrific living conditions. Without exaggeration, this sentiment is shared by most people I meet; they say that dying seems better than living like this.

[Massive Attack @MassiveAttackUK]

https://t.co/F39a5nAq6h

[David Harvey | @davidharvey.org on Bluesky @profdavidharvey]

How is artificial intelligence going be deployed? We know historically that when machinery came into production, John Stuart Mill said, machinery should lighten the load of labor, I cannot understand why when machinery is actually employed, it is doubling the load of labor. [1/8]

[Michael Taft @notesonthefront]

Billions of Euros piled into a demand-side scheme, driving up house prices, creating a 'state-subsidy bubble' in a housing market that is struggling to increase supply to the levels we need. What could possibly go wrong?

[Laura Bambrick @drbambrick]

“Fine Gael will introduce a 3 year PRSI rebate to support employers with lower wage workers.”

TRANSLATION: We will raid the Social Insurance Fund, which funds workers’ pension & other contributory benefits, and subsidise all low pay employers, including highly profitable ones!

[IPSC @ipsc48]

Look at this amazing crowd at our huge National March for Palestine in Dublin today. The streets are with Palestine! #SolidarityIsAVerb #FreePalestine 🇵🇸

[David Wengrow @davidwengrow]

this clip is quite old, but anyone feeling surprised or shocked by today’s result clearly hasn't been paying attention. Obviously I'm biased, but my mate David had a clearer diagnosis of contemporary politics than anyone alive now.

[Matt Kennard @kennardmatt]

Genocide