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They also wrote that they were “extremely disappointed” that the union’s Executive Council has opposed the resolution and presented a “watered-down alternative,” which was similarly critical of Israel but did not advocate divestment.
Brooklyn College history professor K.C. Johnson told
The Algemeiner on Wednesday the union has “struggled to deliver on bread and butter issues to the membership, so it’s not hard to see all this … as a way of saying ‘alright, if we’re not providing the membership with economic representation, at least we’re giving voice to the extreme anti-Israel figures. ”
Speech of Minister O Gorman at the Shared Island Dialogue on Equality, May 10, 2021
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I am very glad to be here in Dublin Castle to participate in today s Shared Island Dialogue on the important topic of Equality on a Shared Island.
Although we are meeting online, it is heartening to see that there are over 100 people participating from across the island of Ireland, representing a range of groups and experience that reflects the rich and powerful diversity of society, North and South.
Today’s discussion is the fourth in the Shared Island Dialogue series and it focuses on Equality as a core principle of the Good Friday Agreement.
Celebrities unite to back #StopAsianHate campaign
Marvel film stars Gemma Chan and Benedict Wong among prominent east and south-east Asian people taking action on UK’s wave of COVID-related sinophobia
By Nosheen Iqbal / The Observer
The Marvel film star Gemma Chan has revealed that she is frightened for her family in the UK after a surge in hate crimes against Chinese, Japanese and south-east Asian people.
Speaking to the Observer to help raise awareness for a national #StopAsianHate campaign, Chan said she was “deeply concerned and disturbed” at police figures revealing that, in London alone, attacks on east and south-east Asian people (ESEA) have tripled over the past year.