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What kind of future did Sir James Craig & other #Unionist leaders envisage for the people of #NorthernIreland? As I walked the ground of my old homestead #Rathcoole I was shocked to see how the perfect storm of deprivation, disaffection & despair has broken over the estate 1/10 
Sir Basil Brooke, one of Craig’s successors, believed his government should build “homes fit for heroes” after the Second World War. Built in the 1950s, Rathcoole was to be a model village for his brand of Unionism’s vision of a “peaceful & prosperous Ulster” 2/10
Once an estate where Protestants & Catholics lived side-by-side, neighbours turned on neighbours in the 1970s, leading to the Rathcoole Defence Association intimidating many Catholics out of their homes. Tit-for-tat intimidation soon spread like wildfire across Belfast & NI 3/10
1. The diversity of the issues raised at @IrelandsFuture public meetings around preparing for unity tells us this is a current and important conversation which people want to engage in, says chair @andreemurphy at latest public meeting in #Sligo #preparingforanewireland
2. Now is the decade of opportunity and our constitutional future is being discussed by all sorts of people in both public and private forums, says @MacManusChris
3. #Unity is about the dynamic that provides a better standard of life for all the citizens says @MacManusChris . It is not the responsible of one or two political parties to outline that vision.
39. We can't wait until after a #unity referendum to make it clear what this will look like on the other side, says @columeastwood. Warns of a "corrupt, corrosive" British gov in place, capable of calling a referendum at any point to shore up the union - be prepared for that
40. @DeclanKearneySF says it's important for people from Protestant and #unionist backgrounds to feel they can shape and own and participate in the debate which will lead to a modernised Ireland
41. I don't want the North to be subsumed into the Republic or vice versa, says @aoifegracemoore . London could decide tomorrow and Dublin could be caught short. Let's all get off the fence and do the work.
1. We need expand the definition of Irishness - one million people living on this island were not born here but call it home, says @IRLPatricia in a discussion chaired in #Derry today by @SusanMcKay15 @IrelandsFuture
2. We need to have an approach to dialogue which allows every voice to be heard. But those who say it's divisive to have the #unity debate need to be gently but firmly reminded that closing down this debate is attempt silence legitimate political aspirations, says @IRLPatricia
@IRLPatricia 3. Many people are engaging in this constitutional conversation because they take the possibility of a "new Ireland" very seriously indeed - it has transformative potential says @cjhumanrights
1. British government has sole say in timing of #borderpoll and is not bound to make decision in good faith says @JohnDoyleDCU. It can choose to do so at a time when it thinks it will kill off the debate. So Ireland needs to be ready he warns @IrelandsFuture #jointheconversation
2. Waiting for #unionist politicians to be ready before having the #unity discussion is not only pointless but disrespects their position says @JohnDoyleDCU Discussion needs to proceed now, he says. Unionists will join the debate later @IrelandsFuture #jointheconversation
3. We need to put our #unity proposals on the table now and have the maximum amount of detail in them, says @JohnDoyleDCU @IrelandsFuture #jointheconversation
Quei “bambini della pace” che incendiano le notti di Belfast e che si sono rimessi a fare la guerra in Irlanda del Nord.
Il mio reportage da Belfast tra i "ceasefire babies", i ragazzi nati dopo la pace del 1998.
Spoiler: c’è poco da stare tranquilli.
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Il mio reportage da Belfast tra i "ceasefire babies", i ragazzi nati dopo la pace del 1998.
Spoiler: c’è poco da stare tranquilli.
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1. Forse molti l'hanno dimenticato
Ma Belfast ha ancora gli ultimi muri di Europa
Vergogna e dramma di queste enclave misere e maledette
Questo è il “muro della pace” che divide il quartiere unionista Shankill dal cattolico Falls (foto mie)
Ora cancelli chiusi anche di giorno
Ma Belfast ha ancora gli ultimi muri di Europa
Vergogna e dramma di queste enclave misere e maledette
Questo è il “muro della pace” che divide il quartiere unionista Shankill dal cattolico Falls (foto mie)
Ora cancelli chiusi anche di giorno
2. Lui si chiama Joel Keys @JoelKeysNI, ha 19 anni, è un unionista e brexiter di Belfast e ci spiega perché suoi coetanei e amici sono scesi in strada a combattere in Irlanda del Nord
“C’entra la Brexit, ma non solo. C’è un piano dei paramilitari dietro”
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“C’entra la Brexit, ma non solo. C’è un piano dei paramilitari dietro”
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"#Coders behind bars: The #prisoners training for future tech jobs"
Uptake of #automation has been accelerated by design.
"Around 40 million US jobs were lost in the early stages of the crisis, w/ an est. 42% believed to be gone for good."
#GreatReset
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Uptake of #automation has been accelerated by design.
"Around 40 million US jobs were lost in the early stages of the crisis, w/ an est. 42% believed to be gone for good."
#GreatReset
weforum.org/agenda/2020/12…
40 million US jobs were lost in the EARLY STAGES of #lockdowns, w/ an est. 42% "believed to be gone for good".
That's 16-17 million jobs - in 1st round - gone for good.
Billionaires Ivanka #Trump & Marc #Benioff discussing "reskilling revolution":
That's 16-17 million jobs - in 1st round - gone for good.
Billionaires Ivanka #Trump & Marc #Benioff discussing "reskilling revolution":
Luca Visentini, trade #unionist, General Secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation:
"#Jobs will be destroyed & new types of jobs will be created, but 90% of these new jobs [] are very low remunerated, & very low protected."
#GreatReset
"#Jobs will be destroyed & new types of jobs will be created, but 90% of these new jobs [] are very low remunerated, & very low protected."
#GreatReset
