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Unbiased journalism, and critical inquiry is absent in reporting of lockdown protests ‘When a fallacy is left unchallenged, it becomes strengthened in the average mind as the absolute truth’. This is something the mainstream media in Ireland know only too well. Following the anti-lockdown protests in Stephen’s Green and the ensuing scramble to denounce the […]
If you don’t agree with the protestors in Dublin city centre on Saturday, that’s fine. I am not sure I do myself. Or I haven’t really engaged with what they are protesting about to understand what aspects of ‘lockdown’ are being protested. However, I understand why many felt the need to protest and the right […]
To all those cheering on the 2021 purge, hear the account of a previous target before you pile in, and remember it might be you some day.
In the wake of the shooting of George Nkencho, Ben Scallan tells the truth about the violence in Blanchardstown. #gript
Residents of Blanchardstown and other parts of north county Dublin say they have endured 24 hours of violence and intimidation following the death of George Nkencho, an African man who was shot by Gardai after he attacked staff at a Eurospar armed with a knife. According to eyewitnesses, Mr Nkencho punched a manager in the store, […]
After all the media frenzy over the threat of the “far right” lately, it was a self-appointed lockdown far-left militia who were responsible for the violence in Dublin on Saturday. A group consisting of mostly it seems supporters of a deeply penetrated aspirational republican organisation, along with the usual ragtag of soccer casuals and ageing […]
Two police officers were shot multiple times Saturday while in their car in Los Angeles, in an attack described as an “ambush” by the Sheriff’s Department of the city. Update: The gunman walked up on the deputies and opened fire without warning or provocation. pic.twitter.com/cBQjyKkoxJ — LA County Sheriffs (@LASDHQ) September 13, 2020 The authorities said […]
Police in Hong Kong have arrested 289 people and used pepper spray and pepper balls to disperse pro-democracy demonstrators. Amongst those caught on camera being brutalised by the police was a 12 year old girl who was said to be shopping for crayons. The demonstration was called Sunday to challenge the postponement of elections, and the imposition of […]
The Democratic and Republican conventions presented two vastly different perceptions of America, with such little overlap, or agreement on basic narrative points, that each side seems to be past the point of acknowledging a basic validity in the other. The Republicans pinned the violence of the past 90 days on the mayors of the Democrat-run […]
A shocking stabbing in the north Dublin suburb of Balbriggan has been caught on camera, bringing attention to the gang violence in the area once more. Yesterday it was reported that a teenager was taken to hospital after a stabbing in Balbriggan. He is said to be refusing to co-operate with a Garda investigation into […]
Residents of the Elm Park housing estate in Clonmel, Co Tipperary, have spoken of their desperation and fears following a full week of sustained and violent clashes between a significant number of youths in the area. Speaking exclusively to Gript on condition of anonymity, Elm Park residents have said that the situation has now reached […]
“You want your window broken? You’ve really internalised capitalism if you’re more worried about getting a good nights sleep so you can FUCKING WORK, than BLACK LIVES, you piece of shit” Portland, Oregon is a barrel of laughs right now. Looking enviously at the short-lived autonomous space of Chaz in Seattle, Portland’s middle class Bolsheviks, […]
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