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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

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offsite link News Round-Up Fri Feb 07, 2025 19:31 | Toby Young
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 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.
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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.
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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.

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international / rights, freedoms and repression Monday February 04, 2008 - 12:22 by ASKAPENA   text 2 comments (last - wednesday february 06, 2008 - 15:17)   image 1 image
These are hard times for the Basque Country. We know that we will resist as we owe this to our children. We are ready. 50 years of modern struggle. We resisted Franco as well as all Spanish governments from left to right. They all got bog down with the Basque Country and it will continue until the French and Spanish authorities recognise the reality and the rights of our country.
We are calling on international solidarity to mobilise (International Solidarity Week with the Basque Country, February 18-24), to denounce the denial of political and social rights, so that our country can build democratically a sovereign, proud and socialist society.
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louth / arts and media Monday February 04, 2008 - 11:33 by Sean Crudden   text 1 comment (last - saturday january 31, 2009 - 13:18)   image 1 image
The audience in Holy Trinity Heritage Centre, Carlingford, yesterday contributed to immensely to a finely wrought performance by Ensemble Avalon. There was no attention deficit and no disconcerting applause at the end of individual movements. Applause was reserved for the end of each of the four sonatas performed. In a very symmetrical program each of the sonatas had three movements. There was no rocking in the aisles but the applause was appreciative and there was a general air of satisfaction around the Heritge Centre as the performance progressed. The cost of a ticket for this concert was €15. ... read full story / add a comment
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national / rights, freedoms and repression Monday February 04, 2008 - 00:34 by Gluaiseacht   text 9 comments (last - tuesday february 05, 2008 - 22:35)   image 1 image
Gluaiseacht are calling on all those opposed to the gas giveaway to join us on a bus trip to London. ... read full story / add a comment
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dublin / consumer issues Sunday February 03, 2008 - 22:09 by Houyhnhnm   text 31 comments (last - tuesday december 13, 2011 - 23:33)   image 6 images
The Irish language name for Smithfield Square in Dublin is Margadh na Feirme, which reflects the fact that the area has been a market for a very long time. Cattle were once driven in from Meath and sold on the square, as well as poultry and other livestock. Horses have always been traded here.
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international / anti-war / imperialism Sunday February 03, 2008 - 20:15 by CW   text 6 comments (last - tuesday february 05, 2008 - 22:12)   image 2 images
How special is the Special Branch?
Not so much... ... read full story / add a comment
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national / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday February 03, 2008 - 17:30 by Sean Mac Maitiu   image 5 images
Belfast Anarchist Black Cross held a small picket outside Maghaberry prison on Saturday the 2th February to raise awareness of the ongoing prison abuses and neglect of prisoners as well as leafleting families outside the gates to build solidarity and support. We were also paid a nice visit by the local pigs, no doubt at the behest of the screws that were wary of our presence. Belfast ABC will continue to picket Maghaberry and other prisons in the future and provide a forum for prisoners and their families to raise their grievances. You are not alone! ... read full story / add a comment
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antrim / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday February 02, 2008 - 16:13 by Ciaran Ó Brolcháin   text 2 comments (last - tuesday february 05, 2008 - 13:25)   image 5 images
A candle-lit vigil was held by Shell to Sea activists outside Belfast City Hall yesterday (Friday) to remember those who have suffered internationally because of the money-grabbing policies of Shell Oil. ... read full story / add a comment
The hail showers did nothing to dampen spirits
mayo / environment Saturday February 02, 2008 - 09:09 by Rudiger   text 6 comments (last - wednesday february 18, 2009 - 00:38)   image 10 images
cork / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday January 31, 2008 - 22:05 by Courtmacsherryite   text 4 comments (last - monday march 24, 2008 - 07:21)
The scenic village of Courtmacsherry has escaped the excesses of the celtic tiger. Now a group of private developers are seeking to impose a vastly overscaled marina on the only piece of open water in the village without community consent. A group of local people is resisiting however. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Thursday January 31, 2008 - 16:37 by Jolly Red Giant   text 3 comments (last - thursday january 31, 2008 - 18:21)   image 5 images
Approximately 200 people packed into Wynns Hotel, Dublin, on 29 January, to attend a meeting hosted by the Socialist Party on the issue of the health crisis in Ireland. The meeting was organised to discuss the health crisis and to raise the demand for “a public health service for all”. The meeting was addressed by two hospital consultants, Professor John Crown and Dr. Orla Hardiman, a nurse, Triona Murphy, and by former Socialist Party TD [member of Irish parliament] Joe Higgins. Professor Crown has won a very high profile in the media over the last year for making significant public criticisms about the neo–liberal agenda of the government for the health service. All the platform speakers graphically outlined the real crisis facing patients and workers in the health service. Many other health workers and representatives of campaigns spoke form the floor. ... read full story / add a comment
antrim / worker & community struggles and protests Thursday January 31, 2008 - 12:22 by NIPSA 517   text 8 comments (last - wednesday march 12, 2008 - 13:46)
3% of evaluated staff across the Boards are on pay protection.
70% will be the number of Classroom Assistants who will be on pay protection as stated by Management Representatives for the 5 Boards in the Labour Relations Agency discussions during the period of NIPSA's strike suspension.

The Boards have stated that no-one will lose any money-Fact or Fiction?
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international / anti-war / imperialism Thursday January 31, 2008 - 10:44 by Damien Moran   text 1 comment (last - wednesday february 27, 2008 - 10:05)   image 1 image
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dublin / animal rights Wednesday January 30, 2008 - 20:47 by ARAN   text 1 comment (last - thursday january 31, 2008 - 13:04)   image 1 image
Supporters coming from Limerick, Clare, Galway, Sligo, Mayo, Kildare, Meath, Wexford and Waterford gathered outside the department with a huge banner reading ‘Ban Fur Farming in Ireland Now!’ others held placards with a picture of a fox’s face with the tagline ‘Your Fur Had A Face’. The supporters were also joined by another ARAN member holding a body screen TV showing live footage of a recent investigation into fur farming in China where no animal welfare laws exist, the footage was heartbreaking but made people who seeing the footage more eager to double their efforts to stop this animal suffering. Six Animal Rights Action Network volunteers also posed for photographers wearing blindfolds whilst holding signs reading ‘Minister Mary Coughlan: Ban Fur Farming in Ireland’.
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national / miscellaneous Tuesday January 29, 2008 - 11:56 by Des Dalton   text 30 comments (last - tuesday february 05, 2008 - 17:09)
On Monday January 28 Ruairi O Bradaigh, President of Republican Sinn Fein took part in a debate in University College Cork. The debate was organised by UCC Philosophical Society, he opposed the motion “That This House Believes That Irish Republicanism Has No Future', proposing the motion was Eoghan Harris, writer and commentator and member of the 26-County Senate. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday January 29, 2008 - 10:51 by Ciaron O'Reilly   text 8 comments (last - thursday january 31, 2008 - 22:17)
This past Saturday, a van load of pilgrims en route to the Festival of St Brigid in Kildare were stopped by the Irish Special Branch. We were questioned under Section 31 of the Offences Against the State Act and a detective accused me of being a terrorist. The paradigm shifts evident in this event are of concern and worth consideration.
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international / rights, freedoms and repression Monday January 28, 2008 - 22:35 by Paula Geraghty   text 6 comments (last - thursday april 03, 2008 - 07:09)   image 5 images
Malaysia has seen a clamp down on Human Rights. Some of those who dared to challenge have been arrested and face serious charges.
A solidarity Picket took place today at the Malaysian Embassy at Shelbourne House today ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Monday January 28, 2008 - 17:38 by Rob Henderson   text 6 comments (last - wednesday january 30, 2008 - 19:49)   image 2 images
Feel free to copy and circulate this appeal, stick it to notice boards, windows, newspapers, post it on Internet sites ask a personal friend or family member to give you the time it takes to read it. ... read full story / add a comment
mayo / miscellaneous Monday January 28, 2008 - 16:14 by No consent   text 5 comments (last - tuesday january 29, 2008 - 17:01)
Blockade of Shell site, thurs morning, 24/1/8, approx 100 cars blocked for 45 mins ... read full story / add a comment
galway / anti-war / imperialism Monday January 28, 2008 - 11:55 by saoirse   text 24 comments (last - thursday january 31, 2008 - 01:33)   image 3 images
Republican Sinn Fein oppose plans by GAAW to draped orange jumpsuit on Liam Mellowes statue. ... read full story / add a comment
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galway / environment Saturday January 26, 2008 - 20:57 by Dunlo   text 50 comments (last - sunday february 03, 2008 - 23:35)   image 13 images
Deeply concerned and outraged at the continued use of Guantanamo as a US torture site, the ongoing Israeli collective punishment of Gaza and the facilitation of US troops and CIA torture flights through Shannnon Warport, members of the public, activists from Galway Food Not Bombs and the IPSC joined the Galway Alliance Against War protest at the Liam Mellows statue in Eyre Square this afternoon. Unfortunately, Rhuhel Ahmed, the British citizen who spent two years in the torture camp after being kidnapped with two of his friends whilst attending a wedding in Pakistan, could'nt attend. Fortunately, some 140 people attended including Michael D. Higgins, Galway City Councillors; Niall O' Brolchain, sisters, Catherine and Collette Connolly Billy Cameron and writers, Fred Johnson, Margaretta D'Arcy and Rita Anne Higgins. ... read full story / add a comment
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