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Kevin O'Dell

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'Be realistic, demand the impossible' - all things Irish and with a particular interest in Guatemala. The plight of Palestine breaks my heart.

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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Sally Rooney: To publish my work in the UK could now constitute a serious criminal offence. After a process of consultation and deliberation, and with my full agreement, my publisher Faber has therefore determined that it can no longer supply my work within the UK. www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
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Sally Rooney’s books will no longer be available in UK over her support for Palestine Action
Faber blames UK antiterrorism legislation for decision to stop distributing bestselling author’s works
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Kevin O'Dell @kevodell.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Interesting - I hope it's the case. 🙏🏼
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Excellent piece, and ends with a quote from John Kenneth Galbraith: “People of privilege will always risk their complete destruction rather than surrender any material part of their advantage.” Sums up a lot of what @astra.bsky.social have been writing about in ETF... www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/o...
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Opinion | What Happens When You Can No Longer Fight a Wildfire? (Gift Article)
This year’s fast moving, virtually irrepressible events are not the seasonal burns of decades past.
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Kevin O'Dell @kevodell.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Her publisher has taken a walk, which is instructive for other authors thinking of signing with them.
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Kevin O'Dell @kevodell.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Good piece, I feel, from Jonathan Liew. This civil war on the British right is a charade – its politics are more united than ever | Jonathan Liew www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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This civil war on the British right is a charade – its politics are more united than ever | Jonathan Liew
Don’t be fooled by its bickering leaders. Their calibrated fake fighting will probably end in coalition, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew
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Kevin O'Dell @kevodell.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
His glasses are telling him what to say...
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Kevin O'Dell @kevodell.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Great piece, as usual. Reading this, I was reminded of the book by Robert D. Putnam, 'Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community'. He recognised, back in 2000, the trend towards the decline of social capital in the US.
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WWN @waterfordwhispers.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Poll: Do You Support Strike Action Or Are You Suckling On The Barren Tit Of Capitalism In Hope You'll Get A Drop Of Sour Milk? waterfordwhispersnews.com/2026/10/1…
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Kevin O'Dell @kevodell.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
The person with McEntee looks like a person, a 'humanoid' - is their name 'Meta'? Like, no name? Is every human interaction becoming infected with slop?
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Kevin O'Dell @kevodell.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
POTUS - The Petulant of the United States. There's no more cringe to give surely??
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Kevin O'Dell @kevodell.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Go raibh maith agat as do sheirbhís.. 🤣
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Front Line Defenders @frontlinedefenders.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The five winners of the 2026 Front Line Defenders Award for Human Rights Defenders at Risk pictured at Trinity College in Dublin, where a special ceremony was held in to honor them.
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Rania Khalek @raniaakhalek.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
MAGA members of Congress are threatening to individually subpoena me and my Breakthrough News colleagues if we don’t forfeit our First Amendment rights. All because they don’t like our reporting on Gaza and ICE. Help us fight this attack on freedom of the press breakthroughnews.org/2026/10/09/m...
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MAGA Congress escalates against BT, threatens reporters and editorial staff - BT News
Rania Khalek, Zoe Alexandra, and Amanda Yee, and other staff are now being personally targeted by the House Ways and Means Committee.
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Raimo Kangasniemi @rk70534.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
"In this video Professor Gary Younge reflects on the impact of the #Palestine solidarity movement in Britain over the past 3 years & why we have to keep pushing the government to end its complicity in Israel's genocide & apartheid against Palestinians." youtube.com/shorts/oBkIM... #Israel #Zionism
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Gary Younge on 3 years of Israel's genocide in Gaza
YouTube video by Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC)
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AIPAC Tracker @trackaipac.com · 08/10/2026
Over the past few months, Israel has rapidly expanded both military and civilian infrastructure across the Jenin governorate.
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Kevin O'Dell @kevodell.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
He may well have burning women on his list (but calling them witches..). It's insane to see and it seems he can do what he wants or, at least say what he wants, without consequence. How are people like that raised?
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Sally Hayden @sallyhayd.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Applications open for Oxford University scholarship which will "fully fund a Palestinian scholar to pursue a DPhil (PhD) commencing in October 2027 at the School of Geography and the Environment." www.geog.ox.ac.uk/study/gradua...
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Palestine-Oxford Scholarship in Geography and the Environment
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Kevin O'Dell @kevodell.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Don't forget to send pics ...
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Kevin O'Dell @kevodell.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Israel is the Jimmy Savile of nation states...
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EuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
One page from Norman Finkelstein's new book Gaza's Gravediggers - An Inquiry Into Corruption In High Places.
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caatuk.bsky.social @caatuk.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Britain armed the Saudi-led bombing of Yemen and Israel's genocide in Gaza. The arms exports system is fundamentally broken and rigged in favour of pre-determined conclusions. In our new report, we uncover how governments have circumvented international law to arm war crimes.
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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 07/10/2026
#OtD 7 Oct 1879 Joe Hill, songwriter and Industrial Workers of the World (@IWW) revolutionary union martyr, was born in Sweden. He wrote such working-class anthems as 'The Preacher and the Slave', and was executed in the US. Learn more in this book: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...
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Kevin O'Dell @kevodell.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Ronaldo Football
ALT: Ronaldo Football
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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 06/10/2026
#OtD 6 Oct 1976 Cubana de Aviación flight 455 crashed killing all 73 people aboard after 2 bombs on board exploded, planted by two men working for Luis Posada Carriles, a former CIA operative. Posada was later pardoned with support from the US.
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The Ditch @wereontheditch.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The US military fighter jets that landed at Shannon Airport on Saturday dropped missiles on Iran earlier this year. Micheál Martin lied to journalists when he said armed US soldiers – deployed for the illegal war on Iran – weren’t landing at the airport. www.ontheditch.com/fighter-jets...
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Fighter jets used to bomb Iran land at Shannon Airport
They launched a combined 35 missiles during Operation Epic Fury.
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El Faro English @elfaroenglish.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Between El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala, over two-fifths of the population go hungry. A Guatemalan man dies in a car accident while fleeing from ICE in Michigan. The region seeks to respond to electoral repression in Nicaragua.
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Podcast: Millions of Central Americans Go Hungry
Between El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala, over two-fifths of the population go hungry. A Guatemalan man dies in a car accident while fleeing from ICE in Michigan. The region seeks to respond to…
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Kevin O'Dell @kevodell.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Should we be worried?
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Kevin O'Dell @kevodell.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Ulster says 'moo', the cows say 'get tee fuck'...
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Kevin O'Dell @kevodell.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The moo-ing...🤣
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Outside Write (Chris Lee) ⚽️ @outsidewrite.co.uk · 04/10/2026
It’s the 90th anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street today (4 Oct 1936). If you’ve not been to the mural, it’s well worth a visit. The East End said “¡No Pasarán!” to the f*scists. @claptoncfc.co.uk also have a new mural to mark the battle. 📍Cable Street, London E1 🚆Stepney DLR/Tube
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Kevin O'Dell @kevodell.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Great piece and interview...
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Kevin O'Dell @kevodell.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
You take a bow @gillianbrockell.com ...
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Kevin O'Dell @kevodell.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
For no reason whatsoever , I'm listening to the soundtrack of the film, Takk, by Sigur Rós, and remembering how much I was moved watching it. I thought it outstanding for what it was... @sigurros.com
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Kevin O'Dell @kevodell.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I heard two people talking about this. The upshot was he couldn't be Bond because he had no chest hair (I have no idea either way.....). Is that a pre-requisite?
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AIPAC Tracker @trackaipac.com · 02/10/2026
Google Maps released new images of Gaza for the first time since 2023. We made a tool so you can easily compare the before and after. See the destruction at: destruction.trackaipac.com
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Kevin O'Dell @kevodell.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
And so it goes, sadly....
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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 02/10/2026
Troy Parrott's going viral again with maybe the greatest goal ever scored in an Irish jersey. Parrott's twisting and turning run through the Austrian defence is being shared online beyond these shores jrnl.ie/7180419
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Troy Parrott's going viral again with maybe the greatest goal ever scored in an Irish jersey
Ireland drew 2-2 with Austria, but Parrott’s goal will live longer than any result.
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Kevin O'Dell @kevodell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Are they suggesting that housing will be easier to sort out with a trade?? 🤔
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Kevin O'Dell @kevodell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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‘They take the water, the springs dry up’: fear as Guatemalan goldmine plan is revived
‘They take the water, the springs dry up’: fear as Guatemalan goldmine plan is revived #Euan_Wallace #Martina_Mariano @theguardian.com @truthout.org @pbicanada.bsky.social #Michael_Fox #Rights_Action ...
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Kevin O'Dell @kevodell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Happy memories...
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Kevin O'Dell @kevodell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I'm watching this and imagining the flags slowly moving around him and into him and taking him as their own.
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Guatemala Solidarity Network - GSN @gsn-guatesolidnet.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
‘Overland couple shot dead in Guatemala after local ICE stop led to deportations’ @brianmunoz.bsky.social @stlpublicradio.bsky.social #Guatemala #Guatemala_migration #Guatemala_migra #ICE
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Overland couple shot dead in Guatemala after local ICE stop led to deportations
Brian Munoz writes on the St. Louis Public Radio website, part of the NPR network, about the consequences of U.S. migration policies on a Guatemalan couple living in Overland, Missouri. This is a story of the human costs of the fear and violence of these policies. An Overland couple who had recently returned to Guatemala was found bound and shot to death in a sugarcane field.
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Guatemala Solidarity Network - GSN @gsn-guatesolidnet.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
‘GHRC – Recent Developments in Justice and Human Rights’ @ghrcusa.bsky.social #Guatemala #Guatemala_Human_Rights #Guatemala_Justice #Guatemala_Update
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GHRC – Recent Developments in Justice and Human Rights
Last month, the Guatemala Human Rights Commission (GHRC) presented an update on developments on Justice and Human Rights in Guatemala and some of the issues covered included: MP Ends Effort to Place Zamora in Detention Court Cancels Arrest Warrants for Former Prosecutors Court Dismisses Suit Against Molina Theissen Family Students Opposing Mazariegos Denied Enrollment Evictions Increase in 2026 Court Suspends Consultation Agreement…
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Guatemala Solidarity Network - GSN @gsn-guatesolidnet.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
‘Guatemala’s Future with the United States is Sealed at a Port’ @nacla-report.bsky.social Juan Luis Garcia #Juan_Luis_Garcia #Guatemala #Guatemala_US_relations #Guatemala_democracy #Guatemala_infrastructure
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Guatemala’s Future with the United States is Sealed at a Port
Over the past year, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has received $170 million from the Guatemalan government for road and port infrastructure projects that are deepening its dependence on the U.S. Juan Luis García writes in the North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA) website on the increasing US military presence in Guatemala and how it is seemingly replacing normal diplomatic channels.
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Kevin O'Dell @kevodell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Ned Broy Takes Notes by Vintage Car
Alt: Ned Broy Takes Notes by Vintage Car - Michael Collins film
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Kevin O'Dell @kevodell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Has anyone asked Al? 🙂
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Paul Simon & Chevy Chase - You Can Call Me Al
ALT: Paul Simon & Chevy Chase - You Can Call Me Al
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Kevin O'Dell @kevodell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The megalomaniacal madness helps.
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Kevin O'Dell @kevodell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
That font of intelligence, Marco Rubio, thinks otherwise...🤔. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Rubio says foreign actor was ‘clearly’ behind suspected RAF Fairford plot
US secretary of state, who offered no evidence for claims, also says many people ‘disturbed’ that five suspects released on bail
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Netpol @netpol.org · 29/09/2026
If anyone is struggling to understand how our media and politicians are still talking about an RAF Fairford "bomb plot" when there were no bombs found, then the Forest Gate raid in 2006 is a useful comparison en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_...
Photo taken by Netpol's campaigns coordinator in 2006 of the end of Lansdown Rd in Forest Gate, closed by police after a "bomb plot" terrorism raid led to the sealing off of the area for a week. One man was shot but fortunately survived – there was no bomb factory, yet the Kahar family were smeared by the media for weeks
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Kevin O'Dell @kevodell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
And it costs nothing to be miserable....
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