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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 NHS Trans Scandal: More Than 1,000 Women a Year Have Their Healthy Breasts Removed at Taxpayers? Exp... Mon Feb 10, 2025 13:13 | Will Jones
More than 1,000 women a year have their healthy breasts removed on the NHS in transgender surgery funded by the taxpayer.
The post NHS Trans Scandal: More Than 1,000 Women a Year Have Their Healthy Breasts Removed at Taxpayers’ Expense appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Universities ?Queering? Courses to Be More Welcoming to Transgender and Non-binary Students Mon Feb 10, 2025 11:00 | Richard Eldred
Top universities, including Russell Group schools, are "queering the curriculum" to make courses more welcoming for transgender and non-binary students.
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offsite link Caligula and Oliver Twist Have a Surrogate Granddaughter! Mon Feb 10, 2025 09:00 | James Alexander
James Alexander reflects on celebrity bloodlines through the unlikely union of Lily Collins and Charlie McDowell, whose surrogate-born child links the legacies of Oliver Twist and Caligula!
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offsite link How the Climate Agenda Weaponises Science to Erode Democracy Mon Feb 10, 2025 07:00 | Ben Pile
Ben Pile savages the Government's climate policy, exposing how its manipulation of 'the Science' and apocalyptic scenarios mask a darker agenda.
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offsite link News Round-Up Mon Feb 10, 2025 01:58 | 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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ETA leader & hunger striker José Ignacio de Juana Chaos at the moment of his sentancing.
international / crime and justice Wednesday November 08, 2006 - 18:25 by ipsiphi iosaf   text 7 comments (last - monday january 22, 2007 - 20:02)   image 4 images
ETA prisoner José Ignacio de Juana Chaos has commenced another hunger strike. He did so on the eve of his sentancing in protest against the expected term of 12.5 years, which has been handed down by the Spanish court this sentance is for promoting terrorism , [ de Juana Chaos authored a series of articles calling for the continuation & escalation of ETA's armed campaign. ]

The Spanish prime minister Zapatero has said in a statement that he expects the sentance (by the independent judiciary) will further complicate the nascent Basque Peace Process. Already most observers recognise that the process is in crises, the internal ETA magazine only a week ago threatened a return to violence if political progress in not seen to be made by late Autumn. Though critics of Basque seperatism would point out that since late Spring over 120 incidents of arson have been attributed to the group & one theft of 350 arms. ... read full story / add a comment
USS Mitscher earlier yesterday
cork / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday November 08, 2006 - 10:46 by AWI Cobh   text 18 comments (last - monday november 20, 2006 - 22:53)   image 6 images
Anti-War Ireland held a successful protest at the presence of a US warship in Cobh, County Cork last night. ... read full story / add a comment
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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday November 07, 2006 - 02:08 by Shell to Sea   text 11 comments (last - saturday november 11, 2006 - 00:40)   image 5 images
Councillor Daithí Doolan of Sinn Féin submitted a question to the City manager at the November Dublin City Council Meeting to clarify why DCC vehicles are being supplied with petrol from Shell.

Many people in Dublin, including a lot of DCC staff, have expressed dismay that the Council has an exclusive deal whcih means that they must refuel at Shell garages.

A large crowd from Shell to Sea joined the Sinn Féin councillors before the meeting to show support for Daithí's suggestion that the deal be scrapped. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Monday November 06, 2006 - 22:46 by Political Hostage   text 1 comment (last - wednesday november 08, 2006 - 17:46)
The ongoing Omagh civil litigation has been listed for 16th April 2007 when the case is expected to finally get under way. Even at this early stage, many observers in the legal profession consider it, as being prejudiced, deeply flawed and under the present format it can only return an unfair and dishonest judgment. The British authorities have the case structured in such that it will deny the defendants any hope of defending themselves in the case. ... read full story / add a comment
People gathering
national / miscellaneous Monday November 06, 2006 - 17:37 by Muireann Ni Bhrolchain   text 10 comments (last - thursday november 09, 2006 - 14:45)   image 20 images
The March began at the old railway station in Navan town at Railway Street to draw attention to the fact that this alternative mode of transport has not been seriously considered by the planners. A large crowd gathered, long time campaigners, new campaigners, families with small children who had their faces painted, sported Save Tara stickers and carried balloons.
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dublin / worker & community struggles and protests Sunday November 05, 2006 - 18:27 by Boycott Killer Coke campaign   text 19 comments (last - thursday november 09, 2006 - 05:34)   image 10 images
A large number of 30 - 40 activists leafletted todays GAA compromise rules match in Croke Park that was sponsored by Coca Cola. Thousands of leaflets were distributed to GAA fans exposing the human rights abuses of Coke in Colombia and India. ... read full story / add a comment
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cork / anti-war / imperialism Sunday November 05, 2006 - 16:52 by John Jefferies   text 24 comments (last - friday november 10, 2006 - 09:29)   image 3 images
A huge United States navy guided missile destroyer once again sits at the quays in Cobh at the centre of Cork Harbour, her presence causing the closure for the third time in six months of the popular local walking path known as the Five Foot Way. ... read full story / add a comment
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galway / rights, freedoms and repression Friday November 03, 2006 - 21:43 by TJ   text 11 comments (last - tuesday november 14, 2006 - 20:25)   image 6 images
Outside a blot on the landscape, sometimes called the Westside Shell Service Station, In a pellucid , ineffable moon-lit late evening, for two hours, Shell to Sea activists, metaphysically mutated Galway's Mammon conscience into something more pristine, by bearing witness to the beleaguered people of Rossport.

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international / gender and sexuality Friday November 03, 2006 - 12:59 by Cian   text 25 comments (last - thursday november 09, 2006 - 14:08)   image 2 images
A Gay Pride demo will be held in Jerusalem, on 10 November, against a background of vicious incitement and homophobic propaganda by reactionary Jewish and Arab organisations. This follows a similar campaign running up to the June 2005 Gay Pride demo, which lead to the stabbing of three demonstrators by an ultra right-wing settler (who was sentenced to 12 years in prison). These groups are attempting to whip up hatred and intimidation in to prevent people from attending the demonstration. ... read full story / add a comment
This lovely lady was among the revellers
dublin / miscellaneous Friday November 03, 2006 - 02:45 by Social and Personal   text 2 comments (last - wednesday november 29, 2006 - 21:16)   image 5 images
Large crowds turned out to support the Rossport Solidarity Camp and the Shell to Sea campaign in Kennedy's of Westland Row last night.

Music was provided by Moutpiece(www.myspace.com/moutpiece, (www.moutpiece.com), Easpa Measa (www.myspace.com/easpameasa), and Skeptik Tank (www.myspace.com/skeptiktank).
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dublin / environment Thursday November 02, 2006 - 18:05 by Paul Murphy   text 6 comments (last - saturday november 18, 2006 - 17:53)   image 3 images
Protestors demand:
* Withdraw the Gardai from Ballinaboy refinery site – end the brutality.
* Refine the gas at sea – protect health, safety and environment.
* Nationalise the gas – use it to meet people’s needs not for super-profits of multinationals.
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international / miscellaneous Thursday November 02, 2006 - 15:41 by Estat Català   text 2 comments (last - friday november 03, 2006 - 12:59)
SPEECH BY ESTAT CATALÀ IN THE UNITARY ACT COMMEMORATING THE 80th ANNIVERSARY OF THE PRATS DE MOLLÓ EVENTS. 22 OF OCTOBER OF 2006
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international / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday November 02, 2006 - 10:53 by Cillian Gillespie
Solidarity campaign plays important role in his release ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / worker & community struggles and protests Thursday November 02, 2006 - 10:30 by John O'Neill   text 12 comments (last - sunday february 04, 2007 - 00:20)
Dutch company, Omega Teknika, which makes pregnancy test kits and other healthcare products in the north Dublin suburb of Finglas, intends to cut its workforce to a minimum by moving to China for production. ... read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment Thursday November 02, 2006 - 10:27 by Cllr Keith Martin   text 17 comments (last - monday november 06, 2006 - 16:57)   image 1 image
A Westport Town Councillor has criticised proposals to charge householders to recycle at Mayo County Council’s two recycling centres, these recycling facilities are currently free of charge to the Mayo public. Labour’s Cllr Keith Martin says the proposal is a backward step and will punish those taking the effort to recycle and reduce their waste. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday November 01, 2006 - 20:10 by NIFC   text 4 comments (last - thursday november 02, 2006 - 19:58)   video 1 video file
The National Irish Freedom Committee (NIFC) has been helping publicise the struggle of the people of Rossport for quite some time now and we are the only Irish organisation here in America that has been vocal in our support of the community in Mayo, and have actively used all our resources to try help keep our membership, other concerned people, and the general public informed about what is going on there.

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international / racism & migration related issues Wednesday November 01, 2006 - 20:10 by Garrett   text 1 comment (last - thursday november 02, 2006 - 23:02)
Wednesday, November 01, 2006
Racism drops as integration increases in Ireland- survey suggests
A survey commissioned by the Irish government's National Action Plan against Racism has indicated towards a significant drop in the level of racism in Ireland. A representative sample of the population as a whole participated in the survey carried out by IMS Consultants. The results contrasts sharply with the recent results pointing to an increase of 15% in Northern Ireland. ... read full story / add a comment
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national / miscellaneous Wednesday November 01, 2006 - 18:20 by Noise Hacker   text 14 comments (last - thursday november 16, 2006 - 21:13)   image 63 images
No name plates at their office!
mayo / environment Wednesday November 01, 2006 - 17:13 by G Holden   text 4 comments (last - thursday november 02, 2006 - 12:51)   image 5 images
Shell Gas offices near Chesterfield were occupied today, while a simultaneous noise demo outside woke up Shell staff to our feelings about the multinational’s abuse of the Rossport people and their environment. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous Wednesday November 01, 2006 - 12:04 by Frebyrd Freeman   text 5 comments (last - saturday june 23, 2007 - 11:59)
People caring for family members who are mentally ill feel socially isolated and need more support, a new report states.
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