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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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Interested in maladministration. Estd. 2005

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

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

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offsite link Black Coal, White Guilt: Mining the Dark Depths of ?Anti-Racist? Geology Sat Jan 18, 2025 07:00 | Steven Tucker
Queen Mary University of London has hit a new low in its introduction of 'Inhuman Geography', where snow-capped mountains and dark underground mines are treated as evidence of 'white racism', says Steven Tucker.
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offsite link News Round-Up Sat Jan 18, 2025 01:49 | 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 Massive Fire at One of World?s Largest Battery Storage Facilities Fri Jan 17, 2025 17:00 | Will Jones
A massive fire has?broken out in one of the world's largest battery storage facilities containing tens of thousands of lithium batteries, prompting a mobilisation of firefighters across several counties in California.
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offsite link Climate Change Giving Meaning to Life Fri Jan 17, 2025 15:13 | Dr James Allan
Why are climate alarmists so impervious to facts, so averse to rational cost-benefit analysis? It has all the hallmarks of a religious cult, says James Allan. They can't let it go because it gives meaning to their lives.
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offsite link BP to Cut 8,000 Jobs as Net Zero Bites Fri Jan 17, 2025 13:30 | Will Jones
BP is to cut nearly 8,000 jobs in the face of falling profits and rising shareholder concern over its green energy policies as pressure from Net Zero policies continues to bite.
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international / anti-war / imperialism Friday March 28, 2008 - 17:30 by Justin Morahan   text 12 comments (last - tuesday april 01, 2008 - 01:31)   image 7 images
Nine people took part in today's vigil outside the Polish Embassy in Dublin where a letter was handed in to the Polish Ambassador, Dr Tadeusz Szumowski. ... read full story / add a comment
Special Branch caught photographing Shell to Sea at a recent garage protest
dublin / crime and justice Thursday March 27, 2008 - 22:25 by SJ   text 8 comments (last - saturday november 22, 2008 - 17:22)   image 3 images
Garda Special Branch pressure on Shell to Sea in Dublin, and attempts to harass supporters of the campaign , are seen as part of a pattern of the police protecting the interests of big business before the rights of people to protest.
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CCTV guards against theft, pilfering and un-scheduled menstruation at LIDL.
international / worker & community struggles and protests Thursday March 27, 2008 - 15:18 by shapeshifting reptile   text 20 comments (last - sunday september 05, 2010 - 11:57)   image 3 images
The German magazine "Stern" published a report on the supermarket LIDL in the last week which alledged the corporation had been spying on its employees. The story is now being taken up across Europe, where indeed workers shop in & work for the LIDL chain. The allegations are being supported daily by more and more evidence as can be seen by perusing the original articles at "Stern" complete with photos, a vid, extracts from internal memos, et cetera, so long & so forth.

Included in the internal memos were suggestions that menstruating women employees wear a coloured headband so managers could allow them extra "toilet time", time which would be denied male or non-menstruating employees. It gets worse.., "tattoos"........."wants higher wages"........"junkie friends"......... ... read full story / add a comment
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derry / environment Tuesday March 25, 2008 - 23:33 by MAOR Derry   text 2 comments (last - wednesday april 02, 2008 - 09:52)   image 1 image
MAOR (an Irish word for ‘guardian’ or ‘steward’) are a group of individuals based in the North West who came together in 2006 in solidarity with the Shell to Sea campaign and in response to the issues surrounding gas and oil exploration off the Donegal coast.

The upcoming MAOR Energy Forum Fortnight attempts to be a tool to raise awareness of and generate discussion on ownership and management of Ireland’s natural resources.
MAOR encourages everyone to take part in this energising programme of films, workshops, media discussions and a Citizen’s Forum.

All participation in the MAOR Energy Forum Fortnight will be highly valued as MAOR will be compiling all the thoughts shared throughout the events for use in council and government consultation.

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national / miscellaneous Tuesday March 25, 2008 - 11:54 by 1 of Bookfair Organising Group   text 27 comments (last - thursday april 10, 2008 - 17:22)   image 13 images   audio 2 audio files
The Dublin Anarchist Bookfair – held this year on the weekend of 14th and 15th March – has firmly established itself as the biggest and most exciting event on the political left in Ireland. ... read full story / add a comment
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clare / rights, freedoms and repression Monday March 24, 2008 - 23:04 by John Lannon   text 4 comments (last - tuesday march 25, 2008 - 11:20)   image 6 images   1 attached file
The monthly Shannon vigil to highlight the airport’s involvement in acts of torture and war was held on Easter Sunday, 23 March 2008. Once again it was a dignified affair, attended by members of Amnesty International, Cosantori Siochana, and a wide cross section of public support. ... read full story / add a comment
Re-enacting the first raising of the Citizens Army flag by Molly O'Reilly
international / rights, freedoms and repression Monday March 24, 2008 - 22:17 by Michael Gallagher   text 11 comments (last - wednesday march 26, 2008 - 21:32)   image 12 images
All photographs copyright: Michael Gallagher. Not to be used without written permission.

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The Usual Suspects
international / rights, freedoms and repression Monday March 24, 2008 - 20:53 by Michael Gallagher   image 5 images
All photographs copyright to Michael Gallagher. Not to be used without written permission. ... read full story / add a comment
Bristol's St Patrick's Day protesters take to the forecourts.
mayo / anti-capitalism Monday March 24, 2008 - 20:51 by maria walsh   text 2 comments (last - tuesday march 25, 2008 - 16:33)   image 1 image
One Shell garage was shut during the morning rush hour and drivers were turned away from a second when protesters in Bristol, England took to the forecourts in support of the Rossport community in Mayo.
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Robert Menard of RSF & identified CIA agent attacks the International Olympic Commitee & abuses press privileges.
international / arts and media Monday March 24, 2008 - 19:08 by Fu Manchu   text 2 comments (last - sunday march 30, 2008 - 23:23)   image 2 images
Commercial news organisations are already carrying the story that earlier today three "pro-Tibetans" were arrested at Mount Olympus, Greece after attempting to disrupt the beginning of the Olympic Torch route. But most newspapers & TV portals will not highlight the specific group responsible for the action; Reporters Sans Frontiers or RSF members used their press privileges to bypass tight security & wave their banner. By doing so they have endangered press privileges & cast any doubt aside as to the true nature of the supposed "pro-Tibetan" nature of the recent global mobilisation against the Olympiad (first) & Peoples' Republic of China (second). ... read full story / add a comment
sligo / environment Monday March 24, 2008 - 10:38 by Rayo   text 35 comments (last - thursday april 03, 2008 - 23:19)
PEOPLE in Sligo must put pressure on local representatives to keep the Racecourse site at Cleveragh a green area, says Deputy Mayor and Independant Socialist Cllr Declan Bree. ... read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests Monday March 24, 2008 - 08:41 by Ramor Ryan   text 1 comment (last - thursday march 27, 2008 - 12:23)
Why would anybody camp by the side of a busy road? Why would anybody camp by the side of a busy road sheltered only by rough structures made from palm tree fronds in the punishing tropical heat and torrential downpours? And why would anyone do it for four long years? ... read full story / add a comment
An attempt to move a Friend of Tara demonstrator
international / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday March 23, 2008 - 20:21 by Michael Gallagher   text 17 comments (last - wednesday march 26, 2008 - 19:10)   image 19 images
All photos copyright Michael Gallagher. Not to be used without written permission. ... read full story / add a comment
Ahmadinejad declares victory
international / miscellaneous Sunday March 23, 2008 - 12:52 by Bazooka Joe   text 5 comments (last - monday march 24, 2008 - 18:48)   image 1 image
Legislative election results emerging from Iran today show the consolidation of conservative power and the Revolutionary Guard base of President Ahmadinejad. This is an outright failure for the international sanctions and the associated propaganda drive carried out on the insistence of the US through the UN and a myriad trolls. ... read full story / add a comment
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mayo / environment Saturday March 22, 2008 - 20:11 by Tadhg McGrath   text 4 comments (last - thursday april 10, 2008 - 16:30)   image 10 images
A large number of people took a chance on yesterday's changeable weather to join the annual Good Friday Rossport Solidarity walk. The walk, now in it's fourth year, is along the original route planned by Shell for their production pipeline, which was supposed to carry raw gas at extremely high pressure to the refinery at Bellanaboy.

This route was abandoned by Shell in the face of protests, but not before five local men had to spend three months away from their families locked up in a high security prison in Dublin. Shell keep saying that they will announce the new route for the pipeline "soon", but it seems that they have yet to find an opportune moment. Deliberations ended in January, we are told, but for some reason they are slow to make a formal announcement of their new plan.

Some people are wondering if they are waiting for a certain Dublin politician to announce his resignation, so they can then slip out the announcement while the mainstream media have their hands full... ... read full story / add a comment
meath / environment Saturday March 22, 2008 - 19:28 by durty bunny   text 3 comments (last - saturday march 22, 2008 - 23:18)
The battle to save Rath Lugh continues against all odds, the past week as seen SIAC construction company erect huge metal spiked fencing along the route, whilst they continue to bulldose the esker of the Ancient Monument within the so called "protection zone".
Here is a short video that shows some of the activities going on since the NRA drew back on the ten point signed agreement with a tunnel protester.

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This is the unstable esker material people keep refering to.
meath / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday March 22, 2008 - 17:02 by Paula Geraghty   text 11 comments (last - wednesday march 26, 2008 - 17:50)   image 10 images   audio 2 audio files
"I saw the worst destruction, all in the name of construction" Squeek on Thursday's activities by the in the name of the NRA.

Listen to the full interview on the down loadable mp3 file, exactly 4 minutes long. ... read full story / add a comment
Young Iranian Woman At Tehran Bonfire.
international / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday March 22, 2008 - 14:30 by Mullah Kintyre   text 5 comments (last - saturday march 22, 2008 - 16:53)   image 2 images
Iranian youths staged a massive protest on Wednesday, calling for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s death during the Persian celebration of Lag Ba'omer. In the western city of Ahvaz, youths of the Arab minority chanted "Freedom is our legitimate right" while crowds shouted “Death to Ahmadinejad” while lighting bonfires in the city of Sanandaj. Bonfires and firecrackers are traditional in marking the occasion. Police officers attempting to arrest the revelers were greeted with a barrage of firecrackers and other missiles.
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international / rights, freedoms and repression Friday March 21, 2008 - 13:07 by D. Rongbech
A New Yorker who was a witness at the scene of the World Trade Centre bombing in 1993 has filed documentation in the Supreme Court that the Ministry for Justice here suppressed evidence in her claim for asylum. ... read full story / add a comment
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cork / anti-war / imperialism Thursday March 20, 2008 - 20:23 by ian smith.   image 4 images
I am not the most articulate of writers , but would like to thank participants in the parade.FREEDOM FOR PALESTINE. ... read full story / add a comment
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