Hi Jimmy, really enjoyed this thank you. I came here because I was troubled by the far right protests in Dublin again today and I’ve been thinking about the kind of things you speak about in your article a lot lately and what to do with them. I only came across you on IG recently and this is the first time I’ve sat down to read one of your pieces, really enjoyed it and found it a balm after the scenes in Dublin today.
Two points.
First is that I diverge with your thinking only in your conclusion. Not because I disagree with your summary overall but simply because I feel we are in the early days of the withering away of the importance of “the state” as an entity. How long that process will take I am unsure and it I’m not even suggesting that it will necessarily be a good thing when that happens as it seems that corporations are beginning to effect more control over our daily lives than the state. However my hope is that we can formulate some alternate new entities which might cater towards some kind of a return to land connected societies in the future.
Second is just to direct your attention to a recent podcast episode from Guerrilla History on Indigeneity with Nick Estes and Mohamed Abdou. It’s just a fascinating discussion on the whole topic of what indigineity means.
At one point Abdou provides this definition of indigineity which I think is beautiful:
“Indigineity is nothing to do with bloodlines or colour of skin but actually with the embodiment of fulfilling acts of compassion…and to honour communal bonds and reciprocal non-materialist horizontal ethical, political, spiritual commitments in relationship to the land and non-human life”
No mention of the Irish people you privileged many in the south have forgotten. You protray yourself so enlightened and yet only the slightest mention of those still under colonial rule. You are no different to anyone else in the Republic. Have forgotten us all, we do not even get entered into the equation when discussing "irishness".
Hi Jimmy, really enjoyed this thank you. I came here because I was troubled by the far right protests in Dublin again today and I’ve been thinking about the kind of things you speak about in your article a lot lately and what to do with them. I only came across you on IG recently and this is the first time I’ve sat down to read one of your pieces, really enjoyed it and found it a balm after the scenes in Dublin today.
Two points.
First is that I diverge with your thinking only in your conclusion. Not because I disagree with your summary overall but simply because I feel we are in the early days of the withering away of the importance of “the state” as an entity. How long that process will take I am unsure and it I’m not even suggesting that it will necessarily be a good thing when that happens as it seems that corporations are beginning to effect more control over our daily lives than the state. However my hope is that we can formulate some alternate new entities which might cater towards some kind of a return to land connected societies in the future.
Second is just to direct your attention to a recent podcast episode from Guerrilla History on Indigeneity with Nick Estes and Mohamed Abdou. It’s just a fascinating discussion on the whole topic of what indigineity means.
At one point Abdou provides this definition of indigineity which I think is beautiful:
“Indigineity is nothing to do with bloodlines or colour of skin but actually with the embodiment of fulfilling acts of compassion…and to honour communal bonds and reciprocal non-materialist horizontal ethical, political, spiritual commitments in relationship to the land and non-human life”
Looking forward to reading the rest of your work.
Le meas,
Ciarán
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No mention of the Irish people you privileged many in the south have forgotten. You protray yourself so enlightened and yet only the slightest mention of those still under colonial rule. You are no different to anyone else in the Republic. Have forgotten us all, we do not even get entered into the equation when discussing "irishness".