Brendan O'Neill

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Brendan O'Neill is a journalist based in London. Currently, he is the deputy editor of Spiked Online.

He began his career in journalism at Spiked's predecessor, LM magazine, until it was forced to close due to mounting legal bills following a libel action brought by ITN. [1]

He has contributed articles to publications in the United Kingdom and the United States including the Spectator, the New Statesman, the The Guardian, the BBC News, the Christian Science Monitor, and Salon.com. He also blogs at the Guardian, as well as at BrendanONeill.net

In January 2006, O'Neill co-founded the Manifesto Club, an organization "with the aim of challenging cultural trends that restrain and stifle people’s aspirations and initiative."[2]

He currently writing a book about terrorism titled From Bosnia to Beslan: How the West Spread al-Qaeda.



[edit] Sources

  1. ^ "Special Report: ITN Libel Case", Guardian Unlimited.
  2. ^ Aims and goals. Manifesto Club.

Not to be confused with Birmingham poet and scriptwriter Brendan O'Neill ( See www.o-neill.org )