Paddy Hillyard
Emeritus Professor of Sociology. Human Rights and climate activist, former chair of Independent Water Review Panel, Zemiologist. Latest book: Decades of Deceit: The Stalker Affair and its Legacy. beyondthepalebooks.com
- Reposted by Paddy HillyardIs the Empire coming home? This 2014 paper examines the relationship between neoliberalism and the increased use of incarceration in the British state, incorporating colonial experiences into the discourse. It contends that current punitive measures are not a new phenomenon but rather a…
- Reposted by Paddy HillyardUK child poverty up 34% in a decade. Families can't afford the cost of food, rent, childcare, heating, essentials. 72% of poor children live in working families. Secure jobs, universal basic income/services, curbs on profiteering, free school meals would help. Must eradicate parental poverty.
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- ICE faced ‘an act of domestic terrorism’ in Minneapolis’ and in UK over 1000 peaceful protestors arrested under terrorism law. Humpty Dumpty Madness! “When I use a word it means just what I choose it to mean.” See my arguments against the use of the word: What Is Terrorism? | Cato Unbound
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- Reposted by Paddy HillyardThis is madness. Freezing offshore wind projects in progress will waste money, cost jobs, make electricity less reliable and more expensive, and will cause health harms given that fossil fuels will be used instead. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
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- Reposted by Paddy HillyardGeorgetown’s removal of UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese comes after relentless pressure aimed at silencing voices consistently standing with Palestinians under occupation. This is a dangerous precedent for academic freedom and human rights advocacy.
- UK Supreme Court Thompson decision will lead to further cover-up of killings by state agents in the conflict in N. Ireland. Shockingly, just 4 are now known to have been involved in over 160 murders in MI5’s secret policy of running agents without a legal framework. See my book: Decades of Deceit.
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- Reposted by Paddy HillyardFiduciary Duty out the window then.
- Reposted by Paddy HillyardOn BBC Radio Wales after 6pm talking about the Kenova report
- Kenova Report notes that MI5 tried to cover up truth over 'Stakeknife' spy in IRA. For background detail see my Decades of Deceit: The Stalker Affair and its Legacy.
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- The first terrorism act was introduced by the Labour government in 1974 with Temporary Provisions in the title. It was described by Roy Jenkins, SoS Home Dept, as ‘draconian’ and ‘unprecedented in peacetime’. How are we to describe Order 803 under the latest iteration?
- Reposted by Paddy HillyardPhilippe Sands on the chilling effect of order 803: "Readers, poets and writers who wish to protest, take note! Peaceful protest and expression should not ever be an act of terror or a crime."
- Modern houses in Hobart Hall, near Comber, but no heat pumps unlike in the Republic where they are standard in all new build. When will Northern Ireland get serious about climate change?
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- What a farce of a rugby match! As an ex Bath player, sad to see the game being ruined by weight power and constant rucking on the try line. Small nations will never be able to complete with those that have enough heavies to bring on at 60 mins. Reduce sides to 13 and introduce weight limits!
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- Reposted by Paddy HillyardTwo-thirds of California's power comes from clean energy. For 9 in 10 days so far this year, we were 100% powered for some part of the day by clean energy. The Golden State has become the world's fourth-largest economy because of our climate leadership, not in spite of it.
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- Reposted by Paddy HillyardThe Trump Action Tracker has an update! Main change is to break down the five authoritarian domains into ten - this allows for easier understanding of why actions have been logged and more tools for searching / filtering the now 1621 actions. www.trumpactiontracker.info? 1/2
- Reposted by Paddy Hillyard#SpéirGhorm #IrishBookWeek #Day8 📚💙 An Irish Book I discovered at a bookshop event. I picked up #TheGhostLimb by @clairemitchell.bsky.social at the #DromoreBookFestival - organised by the legendary @bridgebooksdromore.bsky.social. Claire was joined onstage by @lindaervine.bsky.social that night.
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- ‘The verdict in Belfast is not the end of the Bloody Sunday story. It is merely the latest chapter in a decades-long struggle between truth and concealment, between families seeking accountability and a state that denied it.’ John Finucane, M.P. Tribunemag.co.uk
- Reposted by Paddy HillyardThe Bloody Sunday massacre was the biggest mass murder of British citizens since Peterloo, Manchester in 1819. Let that sink in. Not only was no one convicted of the murders but the colonel in charge of the Paras was given an honour.
- Reposted by Paddy HillyardThe acquittal of soldier F came about according to Justice Lynch because F would not give evidence & refused to answer police questions. Also the statements of other soldiers who had been with soldier f had committed perjury and altered their statements under pressure of the MP.
- Reposted by Paddy HillyardThere are more questions which now need addressing. What action will be taken against those who committed perjury during the Saville inquiry? What action will be taken against the MoD who destroyed tge weapons used by tge murderers even after they were told not too by Saville
- Soldier F found not guilty in Bloody Sunday murder trial. So no convictions for the murder of 13 people during an anti-internment March in Derry in 1972. So much for the rule of law in the UK? ‘And in the dirt lay justice like an acorn in winter.’ The Road to Derry, Séamus Heaney, 1972.
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- Reposted by Paddy HillyardReal time data coming out of the world’s climate measurement systems should be stopping us in our tracks. The latest estimate shows that, this week, the Earth is 1.9°C warmer than before we began burning fossil fuels. #climatecrisis #ClimateEmergency #auspol www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/we-re-t...
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- Outrageous. So much for the rule of law in the US and internationally. Frightening times.
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- MI5 admit to spying on Belfast-based journalist’. @Irishnews.com For more on MI5’s lawlessness, cover-up and lack of accountability in Northern Ireland, see my book: Decades of Deceit. @beyondthepalebooks.com
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- This image distortion is what Mussolini did for his march on Rome in 1922.
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