
Franck Magennis ๐
@franckmagennis
communist. barrister. current focus: representing palestinian asylum seekers + people fired for pro-๐ต๐ธ speech. is fearr gaeilge briste na bearla cliste
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16-01-2012 15:40:10
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What happened to โIs fearr Gaeilge briste nรก Bรฉarla clisteโ? I went to a unionist school in the north of Ireland where theyโd teach you Japanese before theyโd teach you how to pluralise โthank youโ as Gaeilge. Just admit that you messed up with your elitist sneering and move on.

I co-founded the Learning Cooperative where we organised many Irish, Yiddish and Kurmanji courses. We also ran an event called โConfronting Israeli Apartheid in British courts.โ Iโd be happy to have a constructive dialogue with you about speaking Irish. Iโm not afraid of how you feel.

Iโm truly sorry that you feel afraid of what I said in Oct. 2023. If thereโs something I can do to narrow the distance between us, I hope youโll say, whether publicly or privately. Peace will only emerge if people who profoundly disagree have difficult, empathetic conversations.






Apparently Douglas Murray wants to โdeport, deport, deportโ me (to Ireland? To Palestine? He doesnโt specify). Iโd be very happy to have a respectful discussion with him about why heโs wrong to attack lawyers in this way, and why heโs wrong to oppose Hamasโ application.






Iโm very grateful to my friends and comrades in the International Association of Democratic Lawyers for releasing this solidarity statement. It reaffirms the core principle that lawyers must not be associated with their clients, something Robert Jenrick would do well to remember.