The Principle of Charity is based on the idea that 'arguments should aim at finding the truth, not winning the fight.' We can use it as a tool: to fully understand the opinions and feelings of people we disagree with, and to fully understand our own worldview. To challenge and refine our own views and opinions, to keep an awareness of what feelings they are based on. Ultimately, to get closer to the truth. 

But it's not applicable to every situation. Sometimes someone is just so full of nonsense that  they'll have you wound up like a spring before you know what's going on. Join me for a wee while as I try to suss this out. 

https://ethics.org.au/ethics-explainer-the-principle-of-charity/

Psychic Self Defense Pt.4 - The Principle Of Charity

An interview with William Hederman from Futureproof Clare. William explains the dual threat of Liquified Natural Gas and the runaway construction of data centres in Ireland. 

We are facing a future of energy shortages and catastrophic climate change. The Irish government, instead of tackling the issues, are trying to preserve business as usual and sacrificing our stability and safety in the process. Have a listen to this episode, to hear from just one of the groups resisting this lunacy.

https://www.facebook.com/futureproofclare

Gas Bastards: The Irish States Fossil Fuel Fantasy

RTÉ tell us "The Truth Matters". The Washington Post carries the tagline "Democracy Dies In Darkness". What do these statements mean? How much do our actions align with our values? How does the news work?

Psychic Self Defense Pt.6 - Storytellers

New bi-monthly series begins 4pm,  Wednesday 7th December on Dublin Digital Radio

Series 3 Trailer

Take a walk through The Gearagh with Ted Cook, and around Leaf & Root Farm with Fergal Anderson. Hear from Nuala McNulty and Joe Sheerin of Save Dough Mountain, Brian Smyth of Save Leitrim and Eddie Mitchell from Treasure Leitrim.

S03 E01 The Gearagh: A Short Story Of Resurrection

The housing crisis and the biodiversity crisis share a common ancestor: privatisation. A brief history of land enclosure in Ireland, to explain how we got into this mess. 

Interviews with Ted Cook, Eoghan O'Ceannabhain, Enda McHugh, Eddie Mitchell, Brian Smyth, Fergal Anderson and more.

S03 E02 Enclosure: No Trees, No Gaffs, No Craic

Interviews with Ed Horgan of Shannonwatch, Eoghan O'Ceannabhain from PBP, Donal O'Kelly and Ted Cook on Ireland's neo-colonial status and relationship to imperialism. Reflection and analysis of increasing anti-migrant agitation in Ireland.

S03 E06 On Empire's Doorstep

Just ahead of this year's climate camp, here's a short intro to some of the campaign groups involved. Capitalist extractivism is hitting Leitrim hard, but the people are ready to fight.

https://climatecampireland.ie/
https://saveleitrim.ie/
https://twitter.com/love_leitrim/
https://www.facebook.com/people/North-Leitrim-Sustainable-Energy-Community

Climate Camp 2023 Primer: Communities Not Shareholders

Two interviews with activists who have spent time in Palestine in recent years, to give some context to anyone who may not understand how and why the recent escalation in violence occurred. 

When we look at Israel and Palestine, we can't understand the situation without understanding it as a case of settler-colonialism. Hopefully this episode will make that clear, and you will understand why the struggle in Palestine is vital not just for Palestinians, but for all of us. They fight for their survivial, for their freedom, and for the freedom of the people of the world. 
 

Find further resources below:

Get educated!

Direct reporting:
https://www.instagram.com/eye.on.palestine/
t.me/PalestineResist
https://www.instagram.com/eid_yara/
https://www.instagram.com/motaz_azaiza/
https://www.instagram.com/wizard_bisan1/
https://www.instagram.com/byplestia/

News & Analysis:
https://thered.stream/
https://www.mintpressnews.com/
https://electronicintifada.net/
https://www.instagram.com/key48return/


Get active!

https://www.instagram.com/dublin4gaza
https://www.instagram.com/saoirsephalaistin/
https://www.ipsc.ie/
https://shannonwatch.org/

DDR E.03 Settler-Colonialism In Palestine

Interview with Dr. Fiadh Tubridy. The interview covers a lot of ground including the struggle for trans healthcare, housing activism and Palestinian solidarity.

Dublin For Gaza:
https://www.instagram.com/dublin4gaza/

Trans Harm Reduction:
https://transharmreduction.org/
https://www.instagram.com/transharmreduction/
https://www.instagram.com/transgress.ie/

Join CATU:
https://catuireland.org/

The Rent Strike history project:

https://www.connollybooks.org/product/rent-strike-1970-73-reclaiming-the-history-of-irish-tenants-struggles

https://www.thelibraryproject.ie/products/rent-strike-fiadh-tubridy

DDR E.04 Revolutionary Community Organising and Trans Healthcare with Dr. Fiadh Tubridy

Ireland in 2023 saw a sharp rise in far right organising and agitation. Communities under pressure, facing increased poverty and homelessness, now experiencing an increase in inward migration, are struggling to find solutions. The fascist right offer up simplistic answers, and easy targets to scapegoat, while shielding the powerful from the anger of the people.

This episode features an interview with Lucky Khambule from MASI, discussing the challenges faced by recent migrants, and with Mark Malone of the Hope and Courage Collective, discussing the tactics used by the far right.

DDR E.06 Fascist Misdirection

An interview with Independent Workers Union organiser Alex Homits, discussing what sets the IWU apart from other unions, what struggles they've been involved with, and why you should join a union and get active in your workplace. 

Anti-alienation action!

DDR E.09 Class War Trade Unionism with Alex Homits of the IWU

Making Relatives, which took place in May 2023, was an event that brought indigenous activists from Turtle Island (AKA North America) over to Ireland, to visit other environmental and local campaigners, share experienes, build connections, and make relatives.

This special episode of Turning Earth features interviews with the three Lakota visitors: Chas Jewett, Jeshua Estes and Lewis Grass Rope.

Special thanks to Chas and the Making Relatives collective, who did the hard work of organising and coordinating the visit.

DDR E.011 Making Relatives

A critical response to a recent editorial in Village magazine titled "Nationalism, a scourge", in which the editor puts forward an argument against nationalism, based on a faulty definition of what nationalism is.

DDR E.013 Liberalism: A Scourge

A chat with Paddy, Louise and Rory from Rundale Media.

Rundale is a new Irish media platform sharing critical left analysis and collaborative writing on contemporary socio-economic, political and environmental issues, with an all-island focus.

https://www.rundale.org/

DDR E.014 Creating Critical Media with Rundale

Eamonn Ryan, while leader of the Green Party, introduced a new energy policy which effectively reversed the ban on LNG and fracked gas imports. The Greens, while still in government, are denying responsibility for this betrayal of the environmental movement in Ireland.

Listen to activists from the grassroots movement explain what is happening. We are joined by Eddie Mitchell, a Leitrim county councilor and activist with Love Leitrim; Dianne Little, an anti-fracking activist from Co. Fermanagh; and Eoghan Harris, of Future Generations Kerry.

DDR E.015 Green Party Legacy: A Movement Betrayed

An Interview with Marxist historian Dr. Conor McCabe on the legacy of the great Irish revolutionary socialist James Connolly. Conor recently published, with Iskra books, a collection of "The Lost and Early Writing of James Connolly":

https://www.iskrabooks.org/lost-and-early-writings

If you don't know who James Connolly is, we recommend listening to Lorcan Collins excellent Revolutionary Ireland podcast to get the lowdown:

https://revolutionaryireland.libsyn.com/james-connolly-part-1
https://revolutionaryireland.libsyn.com/james-connolly-part-2

DDR E016 James Connolly: Scientific Revolutionist - Interview with Dr. Conor McCabe

Pt.2 of an Interview with Marxist historian Dr. Conor McCabe on the legacy of the great Irish revolutionary socialist James Connolly. Conor recently published, with Iskra books, a collection of "The Lost and Early Writing of James Connolly":

www.iskrabooks.org/lost-and-early-writings

Listen to Part 1 here:
https://soundcloud.com/turningearthradio/ddr-e016-james-connolly-scientific-revolutionist-interview-with-dr-conor-mccabe

DDR E017 James Connolly: Scientific Revolutionist Pt. 2

Pt.1 of an episode covering the continued use of Shannon airport by the US military, in direct conflict with Ireland's military neutrality, compromising the nation's sovereignty.

First you will hear from Eoghan McNeill of the Ditch, who have been exposing the extent of the Irish state's corruption and entanglements with the arms industry. In the following two parts you will hear from activists who have been working to distrupt this link in the imperialist chain.

https://www.ontheditch.com/
https://www.instagram.com/wereontheditch/
https://x.com/wereontheditch/

Contribute to the legal fund supporting Palestine solidarity activists in Ireland:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/palestine-solidarity-defence-fund

https://linktr.ee/palactioneire

DDR E018 The Imperialist's Pitstop: US Military, Shannon, and the Palestinian Genocide Pt.1

Pt.2 of an episode covering the continued use of Shannon airport by the US military, in direct conflict with Ireland's military neutrality, compromising the nation's sovereignty.

You will hear a conversation with Sinéad of Palestine Action Éire, discussing actions recently taken at Shannon airport to disrupt the flagrant abuse of our sovereignty by US imperialists, and their compliant comprador lapdogs here in Ireland. 

Follow the links here to get involved:
linktr.ee/palactioneire

Contribute to the legal fund supporting Palestine solidarity activists in Ireland:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/palestine-solidarity-defence-fund



DDR E018 The Imperialist's Pitstop: US Military, Shannon, and the Palestinian Genocide Pt.2

Pt.3 of an episode covering the continued use of Shannon airport by the US military, in direct conflict with Ireland's military neutrality, compromising the nation's sovereignty.

This third and final part is an interview with Ed Horgan of Shannonwatch. Ed is a former soldier in the Irish Army, and international election observer with the UN, and has been a peace activist for over 20 years, focusing on Ireland's complicity in imperialist wars of aggression in West Asia. 

https://shannonwatch.org/

Follow the links here to get involved in ongoing activism at Shannon:
linktr.ee/palactioneire

Contribute to the legal fund supporting Palestine solidarity activists in Ireland:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/palestine-solidarity-defence-fund

DDR E018 The Imperialist's Pitstop: US Military, Shannon, and the Palestinian Genocide Pt.3

An interview with Fra Hughes of Palestine Aid, discussing international solidarity work that has taken him all around the world; to Palestine, the Donbass, Venezuela and Syria. The discussion focuses on Palestine, Syria and the Donbass in particular, and debunks some of the false notions that are propagated about these places through the mainstream media.

https://palestineaid.wordpress.com/

https://theindependentactivist.substack.com/

https://english.almayadeen.net/authors/1498281/fra-hughes

DDR E019 The Free Peoples of the World: Anti-Imperialist Solidarity with Fra Hughes

For the first time ever Turning Earth was broadcast live from the DDR studio. This month I was joined by David from Slí Eile to discuss their upcoming Day of Resistance in the Sperrin Mountains, to support to people there who have been fighting off an international mining company.

We were joined as well by Conor McCabe, to bring a broader analysis to the discussion and help us understand the nature of the colonial and neocolonial exploitation of Ireland by foreign capital.

https://www.instagram.com/sli_eile/

https://www.facebook.com/p/Greencastle-Peoples-Office-100063579042613/

DDR E.020 Day of Resistance in The Sperrins with Sli Eile and Conor McCabe

What can workers do to support Palestine? What can unions do to support their workers? How can the workers movement build strength, and take power back from the compliant lapdogs that run the Irish government? The answers to all these questions and more are contained in this talk. 

Speakers:
Alex Homits of the IWU - union.ie
Eoghan McNeill of The Ditch - wereontheditch.com
Harry Johnston of Trinity BDS - https://linktr.ee/tcd_bds

This is a recording of a public talk given by the IWU, in collaboration with the Trinity BDS committee, in the Máirtín Ó Cadhain Theatre in Trinity College, on the 19th of July 2025.

How Workers Can Refuse To Handle Israeli Goods with The IWU

Protestors block Dublin port in solidarity with the Global Sumud Flotilla and the Palestinian people. Ceasefire and hostage exchange negotiations begin. Campaign updates from Safety Before LNG, Sli Eile and Save Our Sperrins.

DDR E021 Live: Campaign Updates and News - Palestine solidarity, Slí Eile, SOS, Shannon LNG

On the 10th of November 1995, 9 activists of the Ogoni people in Nigeria were hanged by the Nigerian military government for their resistance to the Royal Dutch Shell oil and gas company. Their names were Ken Saro-Wiwa, Saturday Dobee, Nordu Eawo, Daniel Gbooko, Paul Levera, Felix Nuate, Baribor Bera, Barinem Kiobel, and John Kpuine.

Five years later a campaign began in north west Co Mayo, in Ireland, against the same company, who were trying to build an experimental gas pipeline through the rural community. Through Sr. Majella McCarron, an Irish woman and close friend of Ken Saro-Wiwa, the campaigners learnt of the Ogoni people, farmers and fishermen like them, and the common struggle they shared. 

The Shell To Sea campaign lasted for over a decade, delaying Shell's project and costing them millions. Their campaign has been an inspiration to many grassroots campaigns in the years that followed.

This episode is an interview with Maura Harrington of Shell To Sea, reflecting on the campaign and the connections to Ogoniland. 

DDR E022 The Ogoni 9

An interview with Brogan Devlin, sister of imprisoned Palestine Action activist Jordan Devlin, on supporting and advocating for the hunger strikers and other prisoners, and the the crimes and complicity of the British state.

Free The Prisoners: Palestine Action and the British Injustice System - Interview with Brogan Devlin

In this episode we're talking about water! And gently freaking out about how we're going to access it in the near future. We had nobody to interview this time so it's just Tommy and Eric ranting at each other for an hour. 

Contents: Ireland drought and water shortages, water charges, Bolivian water wars, neoliberalism, capitalism, the psychopathy of the super-rich, silly people doing silly things.

The title of this episode is an expression in the Tamasheq language, used by the Tuareg people of the Sahara (Libya, Algeria, Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso). It is the title of an album by the Tuareg band Tinariwen. Listen to them!

The theme music as usual provided by the wonderful Wild Rocket - https://wildrocket.bandcamp.com/

The intro features a sample of water drumming by the Baka people in the Congo.

Episode 10 - Aman Iman (Water Is Life)

The first episode in a new series, where we'll be thinking and talking about forests. In this episode we talk about monoculture, the many ways that it's jeopardising the basis for life on earth, and what we can do about it. 

This episode features excerpts from an interview with Natalia Beylis from the campaign group Save Leitrim: https://www.facebook.com/saveleitrim/

Music by Woven Skull: https://wovenskull.bandcamp.com/
Imagery by Gareth: https://www.instagram.com/probablygareth.art/
Production: https://lovelynoises.com/

Series 2

2.1 - Monoculture: Anticipate Grief Pt.1

This is part two of the first episode in a new series, where we'll be thinking and talking about forests. In part two we delve a little deeper into the ideology behind the practice of monoculture, and what role government and big companies play. We also explore the alternative approaches and responses we can make as communities.

This episode features excerpts from an interview with Natalia Beylis from the campaign group Save Leitrim: www.facebook.com/saveleitrim/

Music by Woven Skull: wovenskull.bandcamp.com/
Imagery by Gareth: www.instagram.com/probablygareth.art/
Production: lovelynoises.com/

2.1 - Monoculture: Anticipate Grief Pt.2

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