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Irish composer, pianist, author, activist... www.raymonddeane.com

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Raymond Deane @raymo27.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
We already know who will win the midterms: expert www.alternet.org/trump-midter...
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We already know who will win the midterms: expert
It's already over.
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David Nice @davidnice.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Building further the case for getting Palantir out of the NHS, and the UK. Watson stinks.
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Raymond Deane @raymo27.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Tell Canada: Anti-Zionism is not Antisemitism. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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Tell Canada: Anti-Zionism is not Antisemitism
Cliquez ici pour une version française de cette campagne. Last week, Public Safety Canada tried to quietly redefine anti-Zionism as antisemitic. This marks the first time the Canadian government has...
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Raymond Deane @raymo27.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Israel beheads another Palestinian in Gaza. But you probably didn’t hear about it palestinewillbefree.substack.com/p/israel-beh...
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Israel beheads another Palestinian in Gaza. But you probably didn’t hear about it
When the victims are Palestinian, even a severed head can become invisible.
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Raymond Deane @raymo27.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
www.eventbrite.ie/e/min-el-mai...
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Min El Mai Lal Mai
Palestinian Cultural Days Dublin (PCD) is excited to announce its second annual cultural festival, under the theme “Min El Mai Lal Mai”
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Jinjirrie @jinjirrie.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Finlay does the usual hasbara dance, genuflecting to whining Zionists' hurt feelings as they appropriate antisemitism and Jewishness to assist in the normalisation of #Israel 's genocidal response to Oct 7 23, which is duplicitously cast as 'defence'. www.jwire.com.au/the-watchdog... #Gaza #auspol
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The watchdog that looked away
The Australian Human Rights Commission’s belated apology cannot erase three decades of institutional failure on antisemitism—but it can become the starting point for reform. Australia’s Human Rights C...
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Raymond Deane @raymo27.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: Call on the UN General Assembly to suspend genocidal Israel. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe...
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Call on the UN General Assembly to suspend genocidal Israel
Dear supporter, World leaders are gathering at the 81st Session of the UNGA this week. On 18 September 2024, the UN overwhelmingly endorsed the ICJ ruling that Israel’s occupation is illegal and cons...
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Raymond Deane @raymo27.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
My letter in today's (22nd September) Irish Times
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Raymond Deane @raymo27.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Police Scotland told ‘come clean’ after arresting Palestine protesters for legal signs www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...
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Police Scotland told 'come clean' after arresting Palestine protesters for legal signs
MSP Maggie Chapman: "It beggars belief that Police Scotland would take such an authoritarian approach to peaceful protesters..."
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Raymond Deane @raymo27.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Review of my latest CD in the Journal of Music journalofmusic.com/reviews/dram...
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The Drama of Destruction and Rebuilding
Raymond Deane’s new album, 'Scintillae', performed by pianist Moritz Ernst, brings together piano works from across more than half a century. Adrian Smith reviews.
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Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign @ipsc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
If you are doing the Dublin City Marathon this year, why not run in support of our work?! All info here ➡️ www.ipsc.ie/event/dublin...
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Raymond Deane @raymo27.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Ed Sheeran: Cancel your US tour! action.eko.org/a/ed-sheeran...
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Ed Sheeran: cancel your genocide-friendly tour
Macklemore stood on stage with pop superstar Ed Sheeran and said two words: "Free Palestine."Days later, Ed Sheeran dropped him from his remaining US shows.Ed Sheeran chose warmongering billionaires o
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Paul Sandars🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @paulsandars.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
BBC News - Westminster's time is coming to an end, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish leaders say www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Westminster coming to an end, say Welsh, Scottish and Northern Irish leaders
The leaders of Plaid Cymru, SNP and Sinn Fein say the UK government should prepare for constitutional change.
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Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This strikes me as more than a PR stunt or even a pressure point. In 1918 Westminster held elections. Nearly all the MPs elected from Ireland were from a nationalist party. They ignored Westminster & formed an Irish Parliament in Dublin* - thus independence as a fait accompli…
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
“They treated us like we were criminals” 😕
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Jinjirrie @jinjirrie.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Settlement boycotts aren't sufficient. The settlers perpetrate and get away with their crimes of theft and murder because #Israel assists them and delivers them impunity. Support full #BDS, @albomp.bsky.social www.dropsitenews.com/p/ansarallah... #IsraelFascism #Palestine
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Ansarallah completes takeover of Yemen’s Red Sea coast, strikes Saudi pipeline; Oil tops $108
Drop Site Daily: September 11, 2026
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Clémence Guetté @clemenceguette.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
À la fête de l’Huma, nous sommes si nombreuses et nombreux !
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Colin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
A campaign for *MSF* to be banned as a terrorist group (on the paper thin basis of claims about 2 past employees) is the product of the UK Govt being willing to divorce any meaningful conception of societal threat from its use of proscription powers. Govt needs to wake up to the madness of this:
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Thinking about how a girl at Christian summer camp asked me if my dad was in Al Qaeda and I got in trouble for asking if her dad was a Klansman bc “her question was understandable”
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Houthis just filmed a warehouse full of US-made armor they took off Saudi-backed forces after Mocha fell. Shot on an iPhone. Such a damaging image! The coalition’s decade-long war in Yemen is ending in captured American equipment & open humiliation.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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Jinjirrie @jinjirrie.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
#Gaza Genocide denial and denigration of international law at a gruesome hasbaroid JNF event. The JNF should be banned from raising money in Australia, @albomp.bsky.social . michaelwest.com.au/modern-blood... #IsraelFascism #auspol #BDS #Israel
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"Modern blood libels." UN genocide findings dismissed at JNF fundraiser - Michael West
Speaker at Jewish National Fund Australia’s annual fundraiser describes UN findings on Israel's Gaza genocide as “modern blood libels”
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Raymond Deane @raymo27.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Dublin City Council, again, bans poster to spare US president's feelings www.dublininquirer.com/dublin-city-...
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Dublin City Council, again, bans poster to spare US president's feelings
Even a version which made no direct reference to Trump and removed his image, and simply read: “No welcome for warmongers” was turned down.
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Raymond Deane @raymo27.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Uplift members from across the country have drawn a line in the sand and made it clear to everybody around the world that Trump is not welcome here in Ireland. action.uplift.ie/campaigns/tr...
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Share your message to Trump
Uplift members from across Ireland have drawn a line in the sand and made it clear to everybody around the world that Trump is not welcome here in Ireland.
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Raymond Deane @raymo27.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Adding another drive-thru at one of the worst junctions in Galway City will only make traffic worse. Sign the petition objecting to the proposed Starbucks in Terryland my.uplift.ie/petitions/ob... @uplift.ie
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Object to another Starbucks in Galway
Adding another drive-thru at one of the worst junctions in Galway City will only make traffic worse. Sign the petition objecting to the proposed Starbucks in Terryland
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Raymond Deane @raymo27.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
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Raymond Deane @raymo27.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Tell the EU to fine Meta and X the maximum and force them to protect kids. action.eko.org/a/force-the-...
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Raymond Deane @raymo27.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Eva von Redecker: “Fascism Is Liberalism Broken Off to the Right” hannohauenstein.substack.com/p/eva-von-re...
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Eva von Redecker: “Fascism Is Liberalism Broken Off to the Right”
Political philosopher Eva von Redecker on how fantasies of possession and loss fuel fascism. This is part one of an in-depth interview.
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Jinjirrie @jinjirrie.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Omar Barghouti's words apply to Australia and its inadequate measures against genocidal, thieving #Israel and its criminals as well. @albomp.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s... #BDS #IsraelFascism #auspol
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UK must end all trade with Israel, says co-founder of BDS movement
Exclusive: sanctions against ministers and settler groups are ‘smoke and mirrors cop-out’ says Omar Barghouti
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Raymond Deane @raymo27.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Internal paper shows Ireland supports Israel lobby davidcronin.substack.com/p/internal-p...
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Internal paper shows Ireland supports Israel lobby
Dublin government enables weaponization of anti-Semitism.
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Jinjirrie @jinjirrie.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
'A collective of more than 170 prominent Jewish artists and academics – including Todd Haynes, Joel Coen, Miranda July, Hannah Einbinder, Wallace Shawn and Naomi Klein – have signed an open letter supporting Mark Ruffalo.' www.theguardian.com/film/2026/se... #BDS #Israel #IsraelFascism #Gaza
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Todd Haynes and Wallace Shawn among signatories of letter backing Mark Ruffalo amid antisemitism charge
More than 170 Jewish artists, also including Joel Coen, Hannah Einbinder and Miranda July, have supported the actor after he criticized Paramount
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Raymond Deane @raymo27.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Serbia and Israel's Alliance Is Even Worse Than It Looks thebattleground.substack.com/p/serbia-and...
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Serbia and Israel's Alliance Is Even Worse Than It Looks
Ruthless Cosmopolitan
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Raymond Deane @raymo27.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
International academics protest Palestinian visa refusals www.ontheditch.com/internationa...
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International academics protest Palestinian visa refusals
The impact on the capacity for Palestinians to engage freely in intellectual exchange is grave
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Raymond Deane @raymo27.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Good music (I'm prejudiced...) and a good cause: Palestine variousartistsforpeace.bandcamp.com/album/the-ri...
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The River Seeds, by Various Artists for Peace
22 track album
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Raymond Deane @raymo27.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Meet the new ‘superstar’ of the Israeli left, who is so progressive she only supports apartheid mondoweiss.net/2026/08/meet...
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Meet the new ‘superstar’ of the Israeli left, who is so progressive she only supports apartheid
Naama Lazimi is being hailed as the Israeli left’s rising star. But when she isn’t busy making excuses for the genocidal turn in Israeli society and politics, she’s advocating for a return to good old...
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Raymond Deane @raymo27.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
As a co-founder and former chairperson of the IPSC, I couldn't be more proud of the organisation!
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Jinjirrie @jinjirrie.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
David Shoebridge is a terrific, ethical leader. Solidarity with the Indigenous people of West Papua against the predations of Indonesia and the West. www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/breakin... #FreeWestPapua #auspol
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Breaking the Wall of Silence: Shoebridge on the Inaugural International Parliamentarians for West Papua Meet in Canberra
The inaugural meeting of the Australian chapter of International Parliamentarians for West Papua was hosted by Australian Greens Senator David Shoebridge on 17 August 2026.
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Raymond Deane @raymo27.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
After two decades, Palestinians prepare to vote for a new political leadership. But will it change anything? mondoweiss.net/2026/08/afte...
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After two decades, Palestinians prepare to vote for a new political leadership. But will it change anything?
Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and rival Fatah dissidents have united in an unprecedented coalition for the first Palestinian elections since 2006. But Israeli repression and foreign pressure raise doubts abou...
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($194/$700) Untitled Anarchist Seagull Channel/Hyperpolyglotting @uaschyperpolyglot.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
A country where presidential elections are contested between one candidate most people hate and another candidate nobody wanted doesn't need to worry about threats to democracy, because there is no democracy to threaten.
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ZackZack @redaktionzack.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
In weiten Teilen des südlichen Libanons greift die israelische Armee gezielt Wälder und Anbauflächen mit Weißer Phosphor-Munition an und behindert die Löscharbeiten. Der Einsatz des chemischen Stoffes in besiedelten Gebieten verstößt gegen das Völkerrecht.
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Weißer Phosphor: Israel setzt den Libanon in Flammen - zackzack.at
In weiten Teilen des südlichen Libanons greift die israelische Armee gezielt Wälder mit Weißer Phosphor-Munition an und behindert die Löscharbeiten. Der Einsatz des chemischen Stoffes in Gemeinden ver...
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Raimo Kangasniemi @rk70534.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
"Palestinians are clearing the rubble of their destroyed homes in the Khan Yunis camp, in the southern #Gaza Strip... Displaced residents say that overcrowding... in displacement areas have driven them to attempt to return to... their destroyed homes." m.youtube.com/watch?v=SH_q... #Israel
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الاكتظاظ والحشرات والقوارض تدفع النازحين للعودة إلى منازلهم المدمرة جنوب قطاع غزة
YouTube video by Wafa Agency
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Raymond Deane @raymo27.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: my.uplift.ie/petitions/te... @uplift.ie
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Tell Electric Picnic to Drop Coca Cola as a Sponsor
Since October 2023, Gaza has faced one of the deadliest assaults in modern history. Over 300,000 Palestinians have been killed, the majority of them women and children. Entire communities have been er...
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Raymond Deane @raymo27.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
UN experts condemn escalation in attacks against Palestinians in Gaza and West Bank (Press Release) srdefenders.org/un-experts-c...
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UN experts condemn escalation in attacks against Palestinians in Gaza and West Bank (Press Release) - UN SR Human Rights Defenders
GENEVA (10 August 2026) – UN experts* condemned the sharp escalation of attacks against Palestinian civilians across the occupied Palestinian territory in July, registering a sharp deterioration of an...
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zane trow @zanetrow.net · 10/08/2026
www.haaretz.com/west-bank/20...
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Israeli settlers attack Haaretz crew, block road to Palestinian family's home
Settlers blocked two Haaretz journalists from reaching a home in the village and attacked them. Soldiers who arrived at the scene refused to assist the journalists. Earlier, soldiers were filmed prayi...
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Raymond Deane @raymo27.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Tell Airbnb: Remove Every Listing in Israel's Illegal Settlements action.eko.org/a/tell-airbn...
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Raymond Deane @raymo27.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
#ApartheidIsrael loves to claim that Palestinians "teach their children to hate..."
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David Robie @davidrobie.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
"Journalists that highlight [#ABC support for #Israel] are sacked, staff that seek to expand those details are cautioned, exhausted into leaving, or guided ... until they retire ..." #asiapacificreport #TheShot #mediacredibility #palestine #freemedia asiapacificreport.nz/2026/08/09/t...
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The ABC’s intellectual and moral decline comes at the worst possible time | Asia Pacific Report
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Robin Herman @argusdreamer.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
After images like this start to surface on the internet, now Israel wants to pay for the repairs for Gaza. What makes matters worse; there's still many Israeli far right fundamentalists who cheer at the sight of genocide. They hyper normalized it like the nazis did. Absolutely evil.
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From the pics community on Reddit: Lone toddler in Gaza
Explore this post and more from the pics community
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thepiaz.bsky.social @thepiaz.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
#Israel just announced tenders for 627 new illegal settler units in the occupied #West #Bank. This isn't 'housing development,' it's a direct violation of international law, actively severing #Palestinian ties to Jerusalem. Since 2017, UN Security Council Resolution 2334 declared these settlements
Israel Expands West Bank Settlements Amidst International Silence
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Cross-Posted News #TheyLiedToYou @crosspostnews.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Al Jazeera correspondent: Ministers and members of the Knesset lay the foundation stone for the Emek Dotan settlement in the town of Arraba, west of Jenin, in the northern West Bank. #Palestine
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