Zoe Lawlor on Fidel Castro’s “human rights record” being taken up so enthusiastically by mainstream media – she’s talking about Ireland but a million more things could be said about the US: “WHO KNEW human rights were so incredibly important to mainstream journalists and politicians? This concern has really fucking passed me by over the years….the 8th amendment, homelessness, direct provision, hundreds on trolleys, austerity, refugees drowning, Fortress Europe, war crimes, Shannon, Iraq, Afghanistan, Guantanamo…and the rest. Who knew?”