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Stephen R. Millar

@stephenrmillar.bsky.social

Anthropologist in Belfast working on music, power, and conflict. 🚨NEW BOOK: ‘Performing Paramilitarism: Loyalist Songs, Conflict, and Culture War in Northern Ireland’.

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Stephen R. Millar@stephenrmillar.bsky.social · 4w ago

🚨Just received copies of my new book Performing Paramilitarism, a deep dive into loyalist ideology via its song scene which speaks to some of the events happening in N. Ireland over the last few weeks. 📚It lists at £12.45 on google books, £19.16 on Kindle and £22.99 in paperback.

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Eoghan Sweeney@eoghan.eurosky.social · 2mo ago

I don't want to hear another word about how much white European visitors are enjoying ranch dressing while team officials, Africa's top referee, and now one of the world's most celebrated fans are turned away from the World Cup. The USA is an utterly unfit host — it's as simple as that

DR Congo superfan denied US visa to support team at World Cup

Michel Kuka Mboladinga is iconic for his motionless tribute at DRC games, but a US World Cup repeat has been denied.

aljazeera.com

Stephen R. Millar@stephenrmillar.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Pleased to share the first media article about my new book Performing Paramilitarism that connects this month’s violence in Belfast to a broader culture war within loyalism: www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/life/feature...

‘The Orange Order were keen for me to stay away from these songs’: Inside the controversial world of the loyalist song scene

Queen’s University academic Dr Stephen R Millar on his new book which explores the scene — and why the Orange Order wasn’t keen on its subject matter

belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Stephen R. Millar@stephenrmillar.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Trump is like a caricature villain from a 1980s video game www.msn.com/en-us/politi...

Confirmed: Trump admin threatened to overthrow the papacy

Pope Leo XIV chronicler Christopher Hale says he has confirmed that Trump’s Pentagon threatened to declare war on the Vatican. “In January, behind closed doors at the Pentagon, Under Secretary of War for Policy Elbridge Colby summoned Cardinal Christophe Pierre — Pope Leo XIV’s then-ambassador to the United States — and delivered a lecture,” said H...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5mo ago

RUBIO: “Imagine if Iran spent billions on its people instead of weapons... They’d have a much different country.”🤔😕 Unreal. @marcorubio Do you even hear yourselves? Your shameless hypocrisy is killing us

Drop Site@dropsitenews.com · 9mo ago

🔴 BREAKING: 14 people have been injured in settler attacks south of Nablus, including residents, journalists, and foreign activists, the Palestinian Red Crescent reported. Israeli settlers, in the month of October, carried out at least 264 attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank — the highest...

🔴 BREAKING: Fourteen people have been injured in settler attacks south of Nablus, including residents, journalists, and foreign activists, the Palestinian Red Crescent reported. Israeli settlers, in the month of October, carried out at least 264 attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank — the highest monthly total since the UN began documenting in 2006, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). Nour Odeh 🇵🇸🍉 #FreePalestine @nour_odeh Israeli settlers attacked Beita near Nablus while residents picked olives with Israeli & int’l peace activists there to help & offer protection. The residents, activists, & journalists were assaulted as the army watched on. Settler attacks are at a 20-year high.BildBild
Dr Mary McAuliffe@drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 11mo ago

www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-30... Remember this video for the centenary of Easter Rising 2016 - ‘ahistorical sh*te’ (D Ferriter)- defended by the then Heritage Minister! No mention of Pearse, Skinnider etc-but included the Queen, U2. Is this a president we want,one who evades #aras25 #speirgorm

Heritage Minister happy with controversial 2016 video

The Arts and Heritage Minister said she is happy with the backlash against the official 1916 commemoration video, because it started a conversation.

irishexaminer.com

Stephen R. Millar@stephenrmillar.bsky.social · 11mo ago

“Nationalism and patriotism are so embedded within the discourses of nearly all of the major political parties that it’s impossible for politicians to tell the general public that they aren’t allowed to wrap themselves in the same symbols.”

I’ve researched the politics of flags in Northern Ireland for decades – here’s what England needs to understand

I’ve contributed to at least six reports assessing the tensions around flags.

theconversation.com