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@seanmacr.bsky.social
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nuim.academia.edu/JohnReynolds teaches international law @ Maynooth University, Ireland author 'Empire, Emergency & International Law' (CUP) editorial collective @ TWAIL Review (Third World Approaches to International Law Review) — www.twailr.com

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Nick McGeehan @ncgeehan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Has UEFA lied to the Football Association of Ireland about its anti-racism rules and protocols? If so, it should be a big problem for UEFA and the Israel Football Association. But only if the FAI takes this seriously and puts this latest incident in context. A 🧵 www.rte.ie/sport/soccer...
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FAI investigating alleged racial abuse of Idah
An alleged racist incident involving Ireland goalscorer Adam Idah during the Israel Nations League game is being assessed by the FAI.
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The Ditch @wereontheditch.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
With the state – for the first time in a decade – refusing more Palestinian visas than it grants, a group of international academics have called off a gathering at Maynooth University in protest. ‘It would be an act of bad faith to proceed.’ 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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John Reynolds @seanmacr.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
thousands more still missing under the rubble
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John Reynolds @seanmacr.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
new piece on the TWAIL Review site — @margotsalomon.bsky.social on the possibilities of systemic economic reconfiguration across the spheres of land, food, and natural resources. twailr.com/a-new-politi...
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A New Political Economy of Human Rights
Margot E Salomon reflects, through a human rights lens, on the possibilities of systemic economic reconfiguration across the spheres of land, food, and natural resources.
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Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign @ipsc.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Join us on Thursday for a super panel on ending Ireland's complicity in apartheid Israel's genocide of the Palestinian people. Hear about boycott, sanctions and militarism. Teacher’s Club, be there. #FreePalestine #BDS
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Maynooth University Social Sciences Institute (MUSSI) @mu-ssi.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Powerful discussion last night with @sallyhayd.bsky.social @seanmacr.bsky.social at @maynoothuniversity.ie Her insights into reporting on conflict, human rights, & displacement offered a stark reminder of realities behind headlines & the responsibility of journalism to tell these stories with care.
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Elizabeth Boyle @thecelticist.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
This evening, my brilliant friend @sallyhayd.bsky.social spoke at @maynoothuniversity.ie about her recent reporting from Lebanon & beyond. We were moved by her insightful & powerful account of recent events. I was also fortunate to receive a copy of her forthcoming book: This is also a Love Story.
Poster for tonight's Maynooth University event entitled "In conversation with Sally Hayden: Reporting from Lebanon, Syria & beyond in turbulent times", with a subheading "Join us for an evening of insights from the frontlines of international journalism". The event was hosted by Maynooth University Social Sciences Institute and the Department of Law & Criminology. A proof copy of Sally Hayden, This is also a Love Story: Searching for Good in a Divided World. This book will be published in May 2026 by 4th Estate.
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John Reynolds @seanmacr.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
1948 > 2026 www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
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John Reynolds @seanmacr.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
1982 > 2006 > 2024 > 2026
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John Reynolds @seanmacr.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
oil and war, spoils of war archive.is/VSRcF
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John Reynolds @seanmacr.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
very generic
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John Reynolds @seanmacr.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
universities hollowing out their own long-standing traditions and rituals (whatever me might think of them) just to make sure no 'stakeholders' have to hear their students uttering verboten words like 'free' or 'Palestine'
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John Reynolds @seanmacr.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
'As we sat there, watching a settler prepare to dig into one of the places where my father, born in 1947, spent his childhood, I realized I had taken those hills for granted. I should know by now that nothing is safe.'
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John Reynolds @seanmacr.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
machine-learned crimes against humanity, from gaza to tehran
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John Reynolds @seanmacr.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Dahiyeh doctrine returns to Dahiyeh
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John Reynolds @seanmacr.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Dahiyeh doctrine in Tehran
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John Reynolds @seanmacr.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Opening & closing keynote conversations from the TWAIL conference in Toronto, Sept 2025 Balakrishnan Rajagopal interviewed by Ọláolúwa Òní: twailr.com/whose-rights... Usha Natarajan interviewed by Jake Okechukwu Effoduh: twailr.com/structured-a...
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Whose Rights, Whose World? TWAIL-ing International Law’s Ambivalences
In the closing keynote conversation of the 2025 Toronto TWAIL Conference organized by Osgoode Hall Law School, on 6 September 2025, Ọláolúwa Òní engaged Balakrishnan Rajagopal on the conference the…
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John Reynolds @seanmacr.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
"death and destruction all day long"... the decadence and depravity of a dying empire
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John Reynolds @seanmacr.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
big day for law on the use of force discourse and the most circular of logics: US imperialist aggression was actually US pre-emptive self-defence against imminent Iranian self-defence in response to planned Israeli aggression which US fully supported in the first place
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John Reynolds @seanmacr.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
In Your hungering after more riches and land You make us suspect force us to justify our existence
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John Reynolds @seanmacr.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
the consistency in the european deflections, deceptions and prevarications is striking amidst the military-industrial complex, the international-law-is-complex complex
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John Reynolds @seanmacr.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
📣 Documenting & Challenging EU Border Violence Thurs 9 Oct 2025, 1pm MUSSI Seminar Room (+ online) @mu-ssi.bsky.social with Charles Heller @borderforensics.bsky.social Niamh Keady-Tabbal @maynoothlaw.bsky.social Hanaa Hakiki @ecchr.bsky.social Register: www.maynoothuniversity.ie/news-events/...
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John Reynolds @seanmacr.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
self-proclaimed “fully paid-up member of the neoimperialist gang” Niall Ferguson + wanted war criminal Yoav Gallant performing a Bush/Blair tribute act and beating more war drums
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John Reynolds @seanmacr.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
on 'Law, Social Transformation and the Third World' with @vijayprashad.bsky.social @tricontinental.bsky.social this coming Wednesday, link to register here: twailr.com/law-social-t...
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John Reynolds @seanmacr.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Important interventions from Francesca Albanese in Maynooth last night on the nature of the Israeli genocide in Gaza, Ireland's role and response, the responsibilities of our universities & much more. + her interview on RTÉ radio this morning: www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
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John Reynolds @seanmacr.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Join us in Maynooth on Wed 19th March with UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese @afp-ire.bsky.social @trocaire.bsky.social www.maynoothuniversity.ie/news-events/...
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John Reynolds @seanmacr.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
A reading list on international law and the question of Palestine twailr.com/internationa...
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International Law & the Question of Palestine: A Reading List
A resource for anyone researching, teaching or writing about international law’s impacts, iniquities and incapacities in Palestine.
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John Reynolds @seanmacr.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
new TWAIL Review dialogue piece — a roundtable reflection on a reading group on Palestine / a tribute to Palestinian scholars who have enriched our understanding of international law's impacts and failures in response to the Palestinian struggle twailr.com/reading-pale...
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Reading Palestine: A Roundtable Dialogue
A roundtable discussion involving Sumedha Choudhury, Julia Dehm, André Dao, Haris Jamil, Richard Joyce, Adil Hasan Khan, Tanvee Nandan, Dianne Otto and Saika Sabir, expressing their indebtedness to…
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John Reynolds @seanmacr.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Keir Starmer pledges to close legal 'loophole' which allowed Palestinians to be counted as human www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Keir Starmer pledges to close loophole that let Gazan family settle in UK
The family won an appeal to come to the UK, after originally applying through a scheme for Ukrainians.
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John Reynolds @seanmacr.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
"if you’re shocked by Trump’s comments about Gaza then you simply haven’t been paying attention. There are hundreds of documented statements from high-profile Israeli figures calling for the complete destruction of Gaza"
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John Reynolds @seanmacr.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
algorithmic genocide & big tech complicity: "Soldiers described accessing classified info on Amazon servers for lethal bombing as ‘making an order from Amazon’" "Microsoft Azure staff were called ‘people already working with the unit’ as if they were active soldiers" www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ja...
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Sophia Goodfriend | Militarised AI
Last week, a trove of leaked documents offered a glimpse into the role that large technology companies have played in...
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John Reynolds @seanmacr.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
the political economy of states of emergency: "Instead of addressing the real emergency of the climate crisis, like the ongoing fires in California, Trump's plan to declare an energy emergency is another attempt to boost the profits of his fossil fuel donors" oilchange.org/news/oil-cha...
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Oil Change International Statement on Trump’s Day One Assault on Climate Action
As Donald Trump prepares to take office as the 47th president, fossil fuel executives are expecting a return on the $75 million they spent to elect him. Trump’s Day One executive orders represent a…
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John Reynolds @seanmacr.bsky.social · 28/10/2023
غزة على بالي
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