patrick bresnihan
@PBresnihan
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Lecturer Geography // climate, land, tech + energy // political ecology, environmental justice // All We Want is the Earth (2023)
Dublin City, Ireland
Joined July 2015
Our book is out today! Comes out of 10 year of friendship & collaboration with @NaomiMillner for which I am v grateful. Also a beautiful cover courtesy of @cenza_v . Short 🧵on what the book sets out to do:
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RT @moranjustin: It is genuinely hard to think of a single issue pushed so relentlessly and confidently hard across the Irish media - spend…
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RT @DondeNiamh: The government's plan to erode the Triple Lock is reckless and dangerous. There are no good arguments for doing so. It may…
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And on this, read @wereontheditch: 'Journalists and politicians share the same class interests, the same beliefs about how society should function and occupy complementary positions in producing ideology that legitimises the ruling class.'
How is it a debate when every national broadsheet and broadcaster repeat the same thing?
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RT @ciarannugent: Just over 1,200 people were polled by the polling company Ireland Thinks, and 75% said ‘yes’ to Ireland maintaining the c…
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In a national poll last month, 75% said 'yes' to continuing Irish neutrality. The casual dismissal of this popular view is typical of how this 'non-debate' led by conservative commentators like Dan O'Brien goes.
A referendum on neutrality would bring focus on an issue that the moderate majority don’t fret much about. The arguments of the fringe who sacralised ‘neutrality’ and demonise nato would be exposed. Might be the only way to get everyone thinking about our defencelessness.
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It becomes clearer by the day that there is a concerted effort by the Government, under pressure from the EU, to undermine Ireland's neutrality. Every opinion piece is repeating the same line - the absence of actual debate is worrying.
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How is it a debate when every national broadsheet and broadcaster repeat the same thing?
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Google employs approximately 5,500 people in Ireland. It's EU HQs is located in Dublin. The company are complicit in genocide. Tech workers in Ireland need to get organised.
STATEMENT—from Google workers with the No Tech for Apartheid campaign on Washington Post’s reporting that Google rushed to sell the Israeli military its AI tools since the launch of its genocidal attack on Gaza began on October 7, 2023 [THREAD]
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RT @NoTechApartheid: STATEMENT—from Google workers with the No Tech for Apartheid campaign on Washington Post’s reporting that Google rushe…
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For some background, read Killian O'Sullivan's excellent piece on the limits of cost rental and the importance of social housing @Rundale_Media
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RT @eoinmauricedaly: The Irish government will pay lip service to international law and the 'rules based international order', but removing…
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Enjoyed chatting to @AnoushkaZoob on @future_natures podcast. Got to talk a bit about the book Pat Brodie and I are working on - covering monopoly tech, imperialism, and eco-modernity in Ireland.
New podcast episode! @PBresnihan talks to us about resisting harmful digital infrastructures in Ireland, and the neglected histories of environmental and anti-colonial movements
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And in case you missed it or aren't clear on the significance of the Triple Lock to Irish neutrality, @dondeniamh @TNInstitute report is a must-read.
A week after the Dept of Defence warned that the EU was becoming 'less tolerant' of Ireland's neutrality, a law has been drafted to remove Ireland's triple lock - opening the door to Irish troops being deployed overseas for conflict, not peacekeeping.
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A week after the Dept of Defence warned that the EU was becoming 'less tolerant' of Ireland's neutrality, a law has been drafted to remove Ireland's triple lock - opening the door to Irish troops being deployed overseas for conflict, not peacekeeping.
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RT @AliAbunimah: Europe is not safe or free. The levels of repression are shocking. This will never happen to loyal regime journalists who…
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Packed house in The Teacher's Club for launch of @dlandy100 and @oisingilmore book on the contemporary Irish Left. So many familiar faces!
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33 years they've waited for this most basic form of justice. "You don’t go from an arrest situation to 514 bullets for four people." Use of force in killing of four IRA men 'not justified' via @rte
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