Political analyst. Nordic coord @RosaluxEuropa. Ex EU advisor @sinnfeinireland. Fenian. Bouzouki. Whistle. Notions. Cúpla focal. Find me at BlueSky.
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Duroyan Fertl retweeted
At the start of the war, a cozy online circle jerk of the “Ukrainian left” and its Western fans appeared, which loved to mock critical journalism and scholarship and to use the “mainstream media won’t report it” meme to dismiss outlandish conspiracy theories, and so on. Well, the reporting of the mainstream Western media on the key issues of the war and on Ukrainian and Russian societies has become abysmal. The cozy circle of the “responsible left” has, of course, gone mum now that commenting publicly on the war requires a bit more bravery, or too much Jesuitical justification of the unjustifiable.
Utter rubbish, of course. Republicans have extended the hand of friendship over & again, & had it slapped away.
Unionist & British culture have a place in a #UnitedIreland.
Sectarianism & supremacism don't.
#GarvaghyRoad is about unionism desperately trying to turn back the tide.
Duroyan Fertl retweeted
The decision tonight to overturn the court ruling, and force an unwanted orange march through the Garvaghy Road is disgraceful.
This march is steeped in a history of hate, sectarian violence, and murder, and championed by Unionist leaders.
Our message tonight is clear.
There is no going back.
Not tomorrow. Not ever.
Sinn Féin stands fully with the Garvaghy Road community, and they have the full support of people from right across Ireland in the period ahead.
Duroyan Fertl retweeted
The decision tonight to overturn the court ruling, and force an unwanted orange march through the Garvaghy Road is disgraceful.
This march is steeped in a history of hate, sectarian violence, and murder, and championed by Unionist leaders.
Our message tonight is clear.
There is no going back.
Not tomorrow. Not ever.
Sinn Féin stands fully with the Garvaghy Road community, and they have the full support of people from right across Ireland in the period ahead.
Duroyan Fertl retweeted
1/ If someone had said to me before this mess began ‘Name one thing that would end the peace process’ Garvaghy would have been up there. But the very idea of resurrecting that madness was unimaginable to me.
I was entirely, catastrophically wrong. The peace and dignity of the
Duroyan Fertl retweeted
BREAKING - High Court has granted interim relief to the Garvaghy Road residents, stopping the Orange march down Garvaghy road tomorrow, Sunday. #TeamPhoenix
Duroyan Fertl retweeted
Another important takeaway from Berlin: the weeks-long campaign by the German media establishment to brand Die Linke as antisemitic due to its (frankly lukewarm) support for Palestine utterly failed. Condemning the genocide in Gaza is no longer a political liability in Germany.
Duroyan Fertl retweeted
Replying to SNP, Andy Burnham has again misrepresented the Good Friday Agreement:
“Clear consensus” invents artificial supermajority threshold; GFA requires a simple majority (50%+1)
The SoS has a binding duty: Annex A states they ‘shall’ direct a vote, not merely “consider” it
Duroyan Fertl retweeted
Razumemo, zakaj je AfD pobrala več kot 44 % glasov na regionalnih volitvah v Saški-Anhaltu.
To je način, kako pokazati sredinec etabliranim političnim strankam, ki niso naredile nič glede rastoče neenakosti in gospodarskega propadanja na vzhodu Nemčije.
Ampak AfD ne bo rešila teh težav, enako kot Resnica ne bo počistila s korupcijo in enako kot se Trump ne ukvarja z ameriškim delavcem namesto z vojnami v tujini.
Skrajna desnica je druga linija obrambe statusa quo. Ko postanejo ljudje nezadovoljni z dolgoletnimi politiki, jih nadomestijo desni populisti, z nalogo, da preusmerjajo jezo ljudi iz dejanskih vzrokov na osovražene manjšine.
Ampak niso migranti privatizirali in zavozili tovarne. Ne zvišuje LGBT cen hrane, elektrike ali goriva. In niso kulturniki vzrok, da se ne da preživeti z normalno plačo.
Ni se dobro izšlo pod skrajno desnico prejšnjič, ne bo se niti tokrat. Odgovor na posledice kapitalizma je lahko samo socializem.
Duroyan Fertl retweeted
Democratic parties have lost the working class. In Saxony-Anhalt, a staggering 61% of workers voted for the right wing extremist AfD. We need an anti-fascist economics to win workers back. And we need it now.
Duroyan Fertl retweeted
L'extrême droite de retour en Allemagne. Catastrophique démonstration de l'aveuglement des politiques européennes centristes. Ce désastre est leur résultat. Dans ces conditions, le projet militaire allemand de créer la première armée conventionnelle d'Europe est inacceptable pour la France.
Duroyan Fertl retweeted
No matter where you stand on Ukraine, you'd have to recognize this is extremely problematic.
Not even 3 months ago this guy was Ukraine's Minister of Defence, meaning in charge of weapons procurement, including from Palantir - the company whose CEO is now the lead investor in his new private venture.
That alone should raise eyebrows, and not in a small way...
But also think about it from a European taxpayer's standpoint.
EU taxpayers have given literally hundreds of billions to Ukraine's war effort, much of it spent buying American defense technology - including from Palantir.
And now the expertise that spending generated is being privatized by those same Americans, and will likely be sold back to Europeans as a product.
There is a common talking point in Europe that goes "sure we're spending an eyewatering amount of money to support Ukraine but it's also an investment in European strategic autonomy - Ukraine's battlefield innovations will feed Europe's future defense capacity."
I'm not making it up, that's a real argument made by serious people, for instance the German Council on Foreign Relations (dgap.org/en/research/publica…): "The defense-industrial integration of Ukrainian innovation with European production and funding capacity bears huge potential for Europe’s collective security. Increased cooperation would give the EU and Ukraine greater autonomy from the US."
This deal illustrates perfectly just how wrong that argument is turning out to be. The first major privatization of Ukraine's defense expertise is... an American-owned startup.
Lastly there is the Palantir angle, a company so problematic that many, if not most, major European countries - such as France, the Netherlands, Switzerland and even Germany - are actively cutting ties with it, citing threats to data sovereignty and national security.
And yet somehow the man who ran Ukraine's defense with Europe's money - the single most expensive investment Europe made in several generations - is delivering the fruits of that investment to Palantir's CEO in a private deal.
Make it make sense 🤷
So, long story short, this is yet another chapter in what is becoming Europe's defining story: being the incompetent sucker in the room.
We are building our own defense tech company. Alex Karp, CEO of @PalantirTech, will become its first lead investor.
Our ambitious new project will strengthen Ukraine and help build a safer future for the entire world. More details to come.
Duroyan Fertl retweeted
Congratulations South Africa Legal Team. What a gift to humanity you are.
South Africa has officially submitted a substantial dossier to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), detailing Israel’s continued non-compliance with legally binding provisional measures.
The submission, formally handed over on 25 August 2026, serves to assist an ICJ committee of judges tasked with monitoring the implementation of the court’s orders in Gaza.
According to the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO), Israel’s non-compliance directly undermines the protective functions of international justice.
Hence, the submission is a vital milestone in the struggle for global accountability. By formally documenting Israel’s refusal to adhere to the court’s binding provisional measures, Pretoria is doing far more than advocating for Palestinian survival.
Read the latest commentary by Iqbal Jassat.
palestinechronicle.com/south…
