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Fair play to those who bravely intervened in the horrible attack on Monday.
The racist pogroms that followed are horrific. The stories of people forced to flee their burning homes are heartbreaking, reminiscent of the pogroms of the 1920s/1960s.
Really disgusting to see the government and Independent Ireland vote against stopping the game against Israel.
We should not be playing against this genocidal apartheid state. Instead we should be leading the campaign to utterly isolate them on the world stage.
The fight for justice continues, and part of that will be the campaign to get the Diamond Park renamed as the Terence Wheelock Memorial Diamond as a permanent memorial in his name.
It is the likes of Elon Musk, Tommy Robinson, Conor McGregor, and other politicians who have been scapegoating migrants and fanning the flames of racist violence online.
The trade union movement must take the lead in mobilising working class communities against those that would destroy them.
In a cost of living crisis, people simply cannot afford this.
Councillors have called an emergency Special Council meeting in SDCC for a motion to stop the Council hiking rents for 20,000 families starting in July.
Contact your Councillors to make sure they're it.
#StopTheRentHikes
The trade union movement must mobilise in response as soon as possible. Community organisations, campaign groups and activists must stand together to defend our neighbours and ensure that those targeted by this pogrom are not left to face it alone.
Please sign the petition, and join the upcoming public meetings:
www.norenthikes.ie/petition
You can see your estimated increase here: www.norenthikes.ie/
When will his family get justice?
For over 21 years Terence Wheelock’s family have been fighting for truth and justice.
There must be an independent inquiry into this death.
#JusticeForTerenceWheelock #JFTW