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offsite link The Saker blog is now frozen Tue Feb 28, 2023 23:55 | The Saker
Dear friends As I have previously announced, we are now “freezing” the blog.? We are also making archives of the blog available for free download in various formats (see below).?

offsite link What do you make of the Russia and China Partnership? Tue Feb 28, 2023 16:26 | The Saker
by Mr. Allen for the Saker blog Over the last few years, we hear leaders from both Russia and China pronouncing that they have formed a relationship where there are

offsite link Moveable Feast Cafe 2023/02/27 ? Open Thread Mon Feb 27, 2023 19:00 | cafe-uploader
2023/02/27 19:00:02Welcome to the ‘Moveable Feast Cafe’. The ‘Moveable Feast’ is an open thread where readers can post wide ranging observations, articles, rants, off topic and have animate discussions of

offsite link The stage is set for Hybrid World War III Mon Feb 27, 2023 15:50 | The Saker
Pepe Escobar for the Saker blog A powerful feeling rhythms your skin and drums up your soul as you?re immersed in a long walk under persistent snow flurries, pinpointed by

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Public Inquiry
Interested in maladministration. Estd. 2005

offsite link RTEs Sarah McInerney ? Fianna Fail?supporter? Anthony

offsite link Joe Duffy is dishonest and untrustworthy Anthony

offsite link Robert Watt complaint: Time for decision by SIPO Anthony

offsite link RTE in breach of its own editorial principles Anthony

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Human Rights in Ireland
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The Daily Sceptic

offsite link Failed Asylum Seeker Allowed to Stay in UK on Ninth Attempt ? Because She Joined Terror Group Thu Feb 13, 2025 11:26 | Will Jones
A Nigerian woman who tried and failed eight times to secure asylum in Britain was finally granted the right to stay after joining a terrorist organisation just to boost her claim.
The post Failed Asylum Seeker Allowed to Stay in UK on Ninth Attempt ? Because She Joined Terror Group appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Don?t Blame Gen Z Thu Feb 13, 2025 09:00 | Joanna Gray
Joanna Gray says the Gen Zer she was mentoring had an epiphany: "It?s not us who suck; it?s you Gen Xers. No wonder you lot went along with all that trans BS, you'd all lost your bottle." Terrifyingly, he was right.
The post Don’t Blame Gen Z appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Britain?s Green ?Chernobyl? Thu Feb 13, 2025 07:00 | Ben Pile
Greens get very worried about the risk of nuclear accidents. But have they considered that the economic devastation of Net Zero will cause far more deaths than were ever suffered by Ukraine after Chernobyl, asks Ben Pile.
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offsite link News Round-Up Thu Feb 13, 2025 01:05 | Richard Eldred
A summary of the most interesting stories in the past 24 hours that challenge the prevailing orthodoxy about the ?climate emergency?, public health ?crises? and the supposed moral defects of Western civilisation.
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offsite link Is DeepSeek a Subsidised Ploy by the Chinese Government to Disrupt the Market? Wed Feb 12, 2025 19:00 | Andrea Monti and Raymond Wacks
Is DeepSeek subsidised by the Chinese Government? Is it as cheap as is claimed or is it a ploy to disrupt the market? Andrea Monti and Raymond Wacks look at these and other questions surrounding the arrival of Chinese AI.
The post Is DeepSeek a Subsidised Ploy by the Chinese Government to Disrupt the Market? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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national / anti-war / imperialism Friday December 12, 2003 - 07:42 by Phuq Hedd   text 11 comments (last - monday december 15, 2003 - 20:12)
Welcome to the Big Lie. Bertie Aherne is quoted in this morning's rag of unrecord (The Irish Independent Fri 12th Dec) as saying that the exclusion of Ireland from eligibility to bid for "Iraqi reconstruction contracts" is a sign that his "anti-war" policy has worked well. Yes, you heard him right: An Taoiseach is gloating over the fact that Irish companies are excluded. Let's do him a favour and assume that this is a cynical attempt to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear rather than genunine idiocy on his part. ... read full story / add a comment
clare / anti-war / imperialism Friday December 12, 2003 - 00:24 by Court Reporter   text 3 comments (last - friday december 12, 2003 - 17:32)
In Shannon District Court today there were five cases relating to peace activists.
Conor Cregan was up for mention for a highly suspect arrest on Sunday morning.
While four other cases related to arrests made at the June demo. ... read full story / add a comment
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national / anti-war / imperialism Thursday December 11, 2003 - 22:27 by Rocket   image 2 images
Please accept my apologies for the delay in this posting. Had an essay to do when I got back from London.
The overall atmosphere of the event was one of solidarity and inclusiveness. There was a 3 day scheduled lined up for the bush visit. Beginning on the 19th Nov and ending on 21st Nov. The first night say the environmentalists demo. A colorful and lively crowd with a wonderful bicycle powered sound system. The next demos of note to place on the direct action day. In general these was peaceful but with the excessive amount of police on duty it couldn't have been anything else. The final major demonstration took place with all the excitement that was expected/ The crowd lined the streets of London for as far as the eye could see. All of the planned events went off without any major incidents. ... read full story / add a comment
cops searching the grassroots bus
clare / anti-war / imperialism Thursday December 11, 2003 - 20:14 by kay velvet   text 7 comments (last - sunday december 14, 2003 - 02:55)   image 5 images
Sorry they're only going up now but I only got them developed yesterday! ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / bin tax / household tax / water tax Thursday December 11, 2003 - 12:34 by Conor   text 5 comments (last - friday december 12, 2003 - 18:35)
Over the past 5 weeks I have got myself a new job. Every Wednesday morning I arise at 7 am and head out to join the brother, along with comrades from the SWP Dun Laoghaire branch (who, in fairness, have gotten up even earlier!) and some local non-payers. Our mission to make sure that every bin on the Granville Road, Doonsalla, Watsons road is lifted whether they have paid some, all or no bin tax. Read on at http://struggle.ws/wsm/news/2003/binsDLDEC.html.html ... read full story / add a comment
antrim / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday December 11, 2003 - 11:39 by Anti facist   text 6 comments (last - tuesday december 16, 2003 - 13:13)
The Belfast Anti Racism Network held a vigil last night ... read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice Thursday December 11, 2003 - 11:27 by Maubere   text 16 comments (last - tuesday april 13, 2004 - 01:08)
Here are the conclusions of the Barron Inquiry into the biggest crime in Ireland this century ... read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice Thursday December 11, 2003 - 10:56 by joe   text 9 comments (last - friday december 12, 2003 - 10:30)
The Minister for Justice, Mr McDowell, has strongly criticised Sinn Féin for seeking to take the moral high ground on political corruption at a time when he claims the party is still closely associated with sinister criminal elements. (Irish Times) ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Thursday December 11, 2003 - 04:03 by Matt D.
BAGHDAD, Iraq (Dec. 10) - Two U.S. soldiers were killed and four wounded in separate attacks Wednesday in the northern city of Mosul, the military said. American troops in another northern city arrested five Iraqi policemen and 24 others suspected of ties to insurgents ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism Wednesday December 10, 2003 - 18:59 by Cian   text 22 comments (last - sunday december 14, 2003 - 18:50)   image 5 images
Labour Youth held a protest today outside the corporate offices of Coca Cola at 38-39 Lower Baggot street. ... read full story / add a comment
clare / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday December 10, 2003 - 14:30 by ProtestWatch   text 19 comments (last - monday december 15, 2003 - 11:25)   image 1 image
This was communicated to me by one of the stewards. He suspects that the men were not a genuine TV crew but police provacatuers. ... read full story / add a comment
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clare / arts and media Tuesday December 09, 2003 - 21:57 by dunk   text 15 comments (last - thursday july 21, 2005 - 18:29)   image 3 images
“playing with phi”
on Sunday the 9th of December 2003 a piece of land art was done on the beach of Lahinch in county Clare. It was done by 4 people for a few different reasons. ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday December 09, 2003 - 20:48 by dunk   text 13 comments (last - monday april 19, 2004 - 13:51)   image 1 image
Saturday 8th December 2003 @ 4.03 pm White car (96 CE 1367) drove into a protest, knocking someone onto his bonnet
gardai were informed
what to do now?
have you any pix or film, did you witness it ... read full story / add a comment
international / eu Tuesday December 09, 2003 - 20:05 by John Meehan
Democracy and Public Services in Europe (DAPSE) Seminar :
Chairperson :
Ailbhe Smyth, Women’s Education Research and Resource Centre, University College Dublin

Speakers :
Franz-Josef Stummann, Executive Secretary, Assembly of European Regions
Barry Finnegan (ATTAC Ireland, interim convenor of the Irish Social Forum)
Bernadine O’Sullivan (former president, Association of Secondary Teachers’ in Ireland (ASTI)

This is a personal report by John Meehan. Other people who attended the event are welcome to add comments clarifications and corrections. ... read full story / add a comment
wexford / miscellaneous Tuesday December 09, 2003 - 17:59 by Yellowbellied worker
Staff in sections of Wexford County Council are to be balloted for all-out strike action in support of a colleague who was made redundant last month. ... read full story / add a comment
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galway / environment Tuesday December 09, 2003 - 17:21 by karen eliot   text 1 comment (last - friday december 12, 2003 - 13:26)   image 5 images
On sunday 16th of november an action took place to remind people of the oil tanker that sank off the Galician coast. One year later the mess still hasn't been cleaned up. ... read full story / add a comment
Map, see main text for explanation of numbers etc
national / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday December 09, 2003 - 12:49 by Joe   text 10 comments (last - wednesday december 10, 2003 - 14:00)   image 5 images
December 6th saw the largest anti-war demonstration at Shannon airport since April of last year. Some 400 people took part in what the Irish Anti War Movement (IAWM) had advertised as a blockade of the airport. The blockade was supported by the Grassroots Network Against War. Recently released figures reveal 115,000 US troops passed through Shannon on the way to Iraq last year, confirming its central role in the US military supply chain ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism Monday December 08, 2003 - 18:22 by Fintan Lane   text 2 comments (last - monday december 15, 2003 - 00:20)
I need to give some background to why this letter is dated. Fintan wrote and sent this letter out to me on December 2nd, to be put out before the blockade. It arrived in my letterbox today, December 8th. Other letters he has sent have arrived within 24 hours of sending. The prison censors must have made a conscious, politically motivated decision to delay the sending of this one, as it encourages people to attend December 6th and make it a success. I doubt that the delay is the fault of An Post, given the speed with which Fintan's other letters have been delivered. We know the blockade was indeed a success, but I thought it appropriate to post this letter up verbatim regardless, because we wouldn't want to buy into attempts to silence an anti-war prisoner. Instead, let's use this as fuel to spark the planning of the next blockade.
Deirdre Clancy (Pitstop Ploughshares). ... read full story / add a comment
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international / anti-war / imperialism Monday December 08, 2003 - 17:35 by IMC VID   text 3 comments (last - monday december 08, 2003 - 23:08)   image 5 images
Shannon WARport Blockade VIDEO & PICTURES
6th DEC 2003 (felt like 1984)
STOP U.S. WAR Planes landing in Shannon
Anti-War Activists blockade Shannon airport - over 100,000 troops ... read full story / add a comment
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