Dreamland

Truth bears repeating

On American empire, polite fascism, and the slow erasure of dissent—from Baldwin to the algorithm movie.

Dec 17 • Robbie Brennan

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October 2025

What running can (and can’t) fix

Notes on marathon training as an expression of a midlife crisis

Oct 16 • Robbie Brennan

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September 2025

The fantasy of moderation: Europe’s blind spot on Israel’s leadership

Brussels talks of sanctioning “extremist ministers” — but a closer look at the Israeli cabinet shows a near-universal embrace of violence, annexation…

Sep 13 • Robbie Brennan

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New dumping ground: migrants, e-waste, and the endless search for a spatial fix

From offshoring asylum seekers to flooding the Global South with fast fashion and toxic tech waste, Western powers will never tire of exporting their…

Sep 3 • Robbie Brennan

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August 2025

From UFOs to Epstein, fringe rhetoric is now the language of power

Politicians across the US political spectrum now traffic in mystery, myth, and conspiracy to be heard above the noise

Aug 19 • Robbie Brennan

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The tyranny of trees: what Ireland’s invisible places tell us about society's health

Politics makes place but such is the country's integration with international markets, politics is always elsewhere...

Aug 12 • Robbie Brennan

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Drought and scarcity brings us closer to climate convergence

Price of food is now second to extreme heat in terms of climate impacts people notice in their daily lives – whether it’s recognised as such is another…

Aug 5 • Robbie Brennan

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July 2025

Ireland is Full evokes Nazi myth and legend at Sligo march – just don’t call them Nazis…

Marchers' mix of toxic rhetoric and righteous indignation is defining trait of failing times

Jul 29 • Robbie Brennan

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Golf's spiral into hyperrealism is poisoning the land - and the minds of its players

Quest to replicate picture-perfect TV imagery is leading greenskeepers to embrace toxic chemicals and accelerate a race to the bottom

Jul 22 • Robbie Brennan

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Horror of Gaza is obvious to anyone with eyes and a phone

No journey into the abyss has been so thoroughly documented. The price of the West's support for this ongoing atrocity could be democracy itself

Jul 15 • Robbie Brennan

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'Keep cool, carry on' is the populists' climate mantra

As heatwave scorches Europe, Marine Le Pen's plan to expand air conditioning in France suggests that, for authoritarians, extreme heat is only a problem…

Jul 8 • Robbie Brennan

Housekeeper charged over Greek island wildfire should name her accomplices: the oil and gas industry

'Arsonists' are the favoured bogeyman of politicians, civil servants, and commentators who would rather indict individuals than a corrupt system

Jul 1 • Robbie Brennan