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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

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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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Interested in maladministration. Estd. 2005

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offsite link The Censorship Only Goes One Way Fri Feb 07, 2025 17:02 | Dr James Allan
Our new censors tried to ban a video of a Christian bishop being stabbed by a Muslim extremist. But would they have done the same if it was a far-Right assailant attacking a Muslim? Of course not, says Prof James Allan.
The post The Censorship Only Goes One Way appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Miliband?s Net Zero Plans Torpedoed by UK?s Top Offshore Wind Developer as ?rsted Axes Major Project... Fri Feb 07, 2025 15:14 | David Turver
Ed Miliband's Net Zero plans have been torpedoed by the UK's top offshore wind developer as Danish company ?rsted axes a number of major projects as part of a 25% cut to its investment plans.
The post Miliband’s Net Zero Plans Torpedoed by UK’s Top Offshore Wind Developer as ?rsted Axes Major Projects appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Democrat Lawmaker Gets Sterilised Because of Trump Presidency Fri Feb 07, 2025 13:13 | Will Jones
A Democrat lawmaker in Michigan has undergone a sterilisation procedure to avoid becoming pregnant while Donald Trump is in office. Because nothing says "I'm not a hysterical woman" quite like ripping out your womb.
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offsite link Former Royal Marine Cleared of Race Hate Charge Over Southport Protest Video Fri Feb 07, 2025 11:00 | Dr Frederick Attenborough
In a victory for free speech, ex-Royal Marine Jamie Michael has been cleared of racial hatred after posting a video calling for peaceful protest following the Southport attack. The jury took just 17 minutes to acquit him.
The post Former Royal Marine Cleared of Race Hate Charge Over Southport Protest Video appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link The Feminists Who Blame ?Men? for Rape Gangs Fri Feb 07, 2025 09:00 | Steven Tucker
Feminist lawyer Charlotte Proudman has done some great work drafting legislation to criminalise forced marriage and FGM, says Steven Tucker. But when it comes to the rape gangs, she has a glaring blind spot.
The post The Feminists Who Blame ?Men? for Rape Gangs appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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international / history and heritage Saturday June 07, 2008 - 00:18 by TaraWatch   text 1 comment (last - monday june 09, 2008 - 14:33)   image 2 images
TaraWatch received notification on Thursday 5th June, from the World Archaeological Congress (WAC), Committee on Ethics, that it has been recognised as stakeholders in the ongoing Hill of Tara / M3 issue for purposes of a round table session at the upcoming Sixth World Archaeological Congress, (WAC-6) to be held at University College Dublin, from the 29th June to 4th July, which will be debating the ethics of the M3 / Hill of Tara issue. ... read full story / add a comment
international / eu Friday June 06, 2008 - 07:38 by Bart Nijs   text 4 comments (last - sunday june 08, 2008 - 13:57)
Five years ago, an EU Court of Auditors official informed his Secretary General of his suspicions of fraud and blackmail being practiced at the institution. After meeting with a refusal to examine the case, one yeare ago, he urged the Court´s President to react to the Secretary General´s failure to act. The only reaction he received was a disciplinary procedure being launched against him. ... read full story / add a comment
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national / rights, freedoms and repression Friday June 06, 2008 - 01:32 by Paula Geraghty   text 7 comments (last - sunday june 08, 2008 - 01:53)   image 9 images
Fishermen from Downings in Donegal to Kilmore Quay in Wexford and beyond took part in a national protest at the Dáil today. Angered at rising fuel prices and cheap imports their livlelihoods are under threat. ... read full story / add a comment
a satirical Lisbon poster
international / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday June 05, 2008 - 22:47 by Lertoir   text 15 comments (last - wednesday june 11, 2008 - 11:26)   image 5 images
A new Irish Times poll to be published in the paper in the morning, shows the Yes side at 30%, down five percentage points since their last poll three weeks ago, while the 'No' side is standing at 35%, up by an astounding 17%.

Those who responded with 'Don't Know' are down by 12 points to 35% ... read full story / add a comment
Ailbhe Smyth, Activist, Feminist and academic
national / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday June 05, 2008 - 22:11 by Paula Geraghty   text 15 comments (last - wednesday july 09, 2008 - 12:33)   image 10 images
The Campaign Against the EU Constitution held a press conference today to address the impact of the proposed Lisbon Treaty on the lives of women in Ireland. ... read full story / add a comment
Telling it as it is!!
national / eu Thursday June 05, 2008 - 22:00 by éirígí   text 12 comments (last - friday june 06, 2008 - 23:50)   image 2 images
Tackling the Liars on Lisbon

05/06/08

éirígí activists gathered in Dublin’s Henry Street this afternoon (Thursday) to coincide with a pre-planned walk-about by some of the luminaries of the pro-Lisbon Treaty camp.

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Susan Welsh, Saintfield; Archbishop MIchael Desmond Hynes OMD PhD, secretary, Cooley Environmental and Health Group.  Having a chat at lunch.
international / environment Thursday June 05, 2008 - 18:54 by Sean Crudden   image 2 images
Rural activists and their mentors and supporters from both sides of the border congregated in Rathfriland-on-the-Hill yesterday to celebrate the finish of a scheme which was intended to prompt village enhancement and to involve the community. ... read full story / add a comment
Jeff Halper
galway / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday June 05, 2008 - 17:55 by TD   text 2 comments (last - friday june 06, 2008 - 16:14)   image 6 images
2006 Nobel Prize nominee and conscience of Israel; the sweet and affable Jeff Halper delivered a damning indictment on Israel to a packed Nun's Island Theatre in Galway yesterday evening and, to boot, graced the Free Palestine Campaign information stall in Shop Street this morning for an hour before heading down to Clonakilty, Co.Cork, where in O'Donovans Hotel at 8.00PM, hopefully, he'll be delivering a similar broadside?. ... read full story / add a comment
Shipyard Workers Protest in Turkey to Stop Workplace Deaths
national / worker & community struggles and protests Thursday June 05, 2008 - 03:48 by Sevinc Karaca   text 4 comments (last - wednesday june 18, 2008 - 17:35)   image 1 image
National Shipyard Workers go on strike on 16th of June to stop workplace deaths in Tuzla, near Istanbul in Turkey. There had been 11 deaths since the Minister of Employment and Social Security promised the issue was going to be "handled" by the ministry and the workers would be listened to on 8th of September last and 82 in total in the last 5 years since the jobs were handed over to the subcontractors as part of government's privatization programme. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / worker & community struggles and protests Wednesday June 04, 2008 - 17:25 by BATU Striker   text 37 comments (last - wednesday september 10, 2008 - 17:10)   3 attached files
For the past four weeks BATU staff have been on strike and have been picketing the union's main office in Dublin. The strike is against the forced redundancy of two union officials, Tom Fitzgerald and Rob Kelly, and against the threat to impose wage cuts and detrimental changes to the conditions of administrative staff. It is a strike in defense of basic trade union principles. ... read full story / add a comment
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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday June 03, 2008 - 23:27 by Catalan Solidarity   text 1 comment (last - friday june 06, 2008 - 23:03)   image 1 image
Ongoing demonstrations in Catalonia as political activist remains in prison, Franki has been jailed for the burning of Spanish Flag. ... read full story / add a comment
national / animal rights Tuesday June 03, 2008 - 21:16 by Laura Broxson   text 1 comment (last - saturday june 14, 2008 - 22:47)
SAY NO TO ANIMAL CIRCUSES! ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Tuesday June 03, 2008 - 17:02 by Barry McColgan   text 10 comments (last - saturday june 07, 2008 - 21:08)
A short film has been produced on the passing of Oglach Brian Keenan. Thousands of republicans gathered in Belfast on Saturday 24 May to honour and mourn the passing of this legendary Republican leader and activist.
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The Mercy is the main city centre hosptial for Cork
cork / anti-capitalism Tuesday June 03, 2008 - 16:32 by Kevin Doyle   text 1 comment (last - tuesday june 03, 2008 - 17:32)   image 4 images
In a timely statement on May 1st, nurses in Cork city's A & E service poured scorn on the HSE. Part of the reason why they did this was because of the ongoing situation at Cork's Mercy Hospital. In their statement, the nurses said that it was their "collective view that patient care is being compromised and that it is only a matter of time before there are serious issues and incidents ..." A month on from that statement there has been no resolution in the Cork area. The Workers Solidarity Movement look at the issues and how the impasse could be resolved. ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Sunday June 01, 2008 - 19:45 by Dave Butler
A new repersentive group is being formed to speak for the majority of Electrical Contractors in Ireland who have no voice when it comes to talks about pay and conditions. This group is to be called The NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS OF IRELAND (NECI). A meeting is being held in the Radisson Hotel Athlone on Saturday the 7th of June and all interested Electrical Contractors are invited to attend. A steering group has being set up to oversee the formation of the new organisation. ... read full story / add a comment
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international / history and heritage Sunday June 01, 2008 - 16:52 by TaraWatch   text 6 comments (last - thursday june 05, 2008 - 21:48)   image 3 images
Following on from the success of the facebook Causes application, which already has over 2,500 members, TaraWatch is utilising the Causes application which has now been installed on myspace, to further the campaign to save the Hill of Tara archaeological complex from the M3 motorway. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Saturday May 31, 2008 - 22:11 by pat c
The annual conference of the Public and Commercial Services union held on May 21-23 conference in Brighton overwhelmingly agreed to affiliate to Hands Off the People of Iran. The motion was proposed by Dave Vincent of the CPGB but its adoption was largely due to the supoort of Socialist Party activists in the union. The only opposition to the motion came from the SWP. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Saturday May 31, 2008 - 12:37 by Anon
A short report on actions around Berlin in solidarity with free spaces in the city. ... read full story / add a comment
No voters ahead by 2-1
dublin / eu Friday May 30, 2008 - 12:35 by Sean   text 7 comments (last - sunday june 01, 2008 - 19:36)   image 1 image
A salutory tale from Dublin's ILAC centre ... read full story / add a comment
sligo / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday May 28, 2008 - 22:48 by Kate O' Hara
This is an article about what life is like for refugee children living in a direct provision centre in Sligo. It highlights parents' fears about the sexualisation of their children because they are witness to adults having sex under the cramped conditions of the centre. ... read full story / add a comment
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