The past two weeks have been been one astonishing exhibit of post-modernist tropes after another Somebody ought to frame the last two weeks of American life and exhibit them on a wall in the Museum of Post-Modern Landmarks. Ever since the appalling death of George Floyd on May 25, it has been one astonishing post-modernist […]
‘Cometh the hour, cometh the man’. The man or woman may be statesmanlike,out of their depth or just opportunistic. The Covid crisis has tested leadership around the world and the jury is still more or less out on who best rose to the challenge because the entity we were dealing with is still far from […]
There’s more than enough police brutality in Kenya ‘Sizeable’, according to the Concise Oxford dictionary, means ‘of large size’ — several hundred people perhaps. Not according to the photo or the news story on the back page of the Kenyan Daily Nation the following day — even allowing for social distancing — which just mentioned […]
I have been out with the protesters, marched with them, prayed with them on street corners, and at what’s left of the heart-wrenching auction block that once “sold” enslaved people in Fredericksburg. I’ve participated in the very moving almost 9 minute silent hand raising demonstration a few times, representing the mind-blowing amount of time that […]
US President Donald Trump has announced on Twitter that Antifa will be labelled a terrorist organisation, following their involvement in the nationwide riots and vandalism seen in America. One Social Democrats TD responded in an interesting way. Ben Scallan reacts. #gript
The brother of George Floyd, whose horrific death in police custody has sparked global protests, has called on rioters and looters to stop the violence saying their actions would not bring his brother back. Speaking publicly for the first time, Terrence Floyd knelt and cried and prayed at the intersection in Minneapolis where his brother […]
Anger and frustration have been widely expressed on social media at the decision of thousands of people to ignore social distancing restrictions and march through Dublin city centre yesterday. Many commentators were also critical of news outlets who covered the protest without any critical observations of the breach of the lockdown which has seen people being unable to attend funerals […]