(2025-10-29). Catherine Connolly Wins: An Historic Victory For The left In Ireland. popularresistance.org The combined forces of the political and media establishment threw everything they could at Connolly to try to stop the momentum behind her campaign. "Smear the bejaysus out of her", as Ivan Yates [1] suggested, was the strategy deployed. Her trip to Syria, her employment of a Republican convicted of a gun crime, her comments in opposition to US, French and British imperialism, as well as her previous work as a barrister, were all endlessly scrutinised and picked over. | The red thread running through the majority of the smears was the fact that she is out of touch with the political and media establishment in he…
(2025-10-29). Israeli Forces Raid Syrian Village, Establish New Checkpoints in Quneitra. news.antiwar.com Direct negotiations between the Israel and Syrian governments continue, with report that the talks are "nearing completion" with Israel having assured Syria that it does not specifically support secessionist movements among the Syrian Druze population. Interestingly that wasn't meant to be the topic of the talks in the first place, which were rather intended to …