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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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offsite link The stage is set for Hybrid World War III Mon Feb 27, 2023 15:50 | The Saker
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Interested in maladministration. Estd. 2005

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offsite link Starmer and Police Guilty of ?Gigantic Cover Up?, Says Farage, as Rudakubana Pleads Guilty Mon Jan 20, 2025 13:47 | Will Jones
Keir Starmer and the police were guilty of a "gigantic cover up" over the Southport murders, Nigel Farage has said, after Axel Rudakubana unexpectedly pleaded guilty today.
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offsite link Working From Home is Not ?Proper Work? and is Harming Productivity and Mental Health, says Former As... Mon Jan 20, 2025 11:15 | Will Jones
Britain's working from home culture is creating a generation "used to not doing proper work" and is harming productivity and mental health, the former boss of?Marks and Spencer?and?Asda Lord Rose?has said.
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offsite link Everything Donald Trump Has Said he Will do on ?Day One? of His Presidency Mon Jan 20, 2025 09:00 | Toby Young
If Trump does half of what he's said he'll do on 'Day One', he's going to have a very busy day. It includes pardoning the Jan 6th defendants, slapping 25% tariffs on imported goods and kicking men out of women's sports.
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offsite link Can Coal Be Gay? Does Fracking Cause Rape? Drilling Down Deeper Into Woke Geology Mon Jan 20, 2025 07:00 | Steven Tucker
In his ongoing series about academic subjects disappearing up their woke fundament, Steven Tucker explores a new approach to geology that asserts coal is inherently queer.
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offsite link News Round-Up Mon Jan 20, 2025 01:12 | Jonathan Barr
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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From L to R; Tom from Sligo, James from Athlone and .... from Iran !.
galway / anti-war / imperialism Sunday September 10, 2006 - 00:00 by TD   text 4 comments (last - sunday september 10, 2006 - 17:21)   image 4 images
Same as last Saturday and the previous Saturday, Galway IPSC activists with outrage unattenuated at Israel's visitation of evil and wanton destruction on the Gaza Strip and Lebanon continued their protest today outside Lynch's castle for the now standard six hours - it was just another day of the good, bad and ugly : ... read full story / add a comment
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dublin / bin tax / household tax / water tax Saturday September 09, 2006 - 14:10 by Paula Geraghty   text 9 comments (last - tuesday september 12, 2006 - 00:10)   image 35 images
People from Ballyfermot, Crumlin, Drimnagh, Inchicore, Rialto and Walkinstown came out this morning to take part in the community self service clean up at the Dublin Council depot at davitt Road opposite the Suir road stop on th luas line. ... read full story / add a comment
What they have done to my park makes me feel SICK !
dublin / environment Friday September 08, 2006 - 15:05 by Madam K   text 23 comments (last - friday september 15, 2006 - 00:44)   image 12 images
As a child living in the city i am horrified at what the council have done to the lovely park on dame st. I loved that place ,it was a great place to meet friends or just chat with other people who would be sitting about on the benches.Now there are no benches to have a rest on.When i look across the road there are rows of pubs for adults to sit and have fun in .I dont wunt to go in a pub Why should adults have lots of thing and kids have nothing and why do we need more offices when they havent even got someboby to be in them. I made a protest with my friends to stop the building last year
we even stayed out in the rain because we wunted our park back.
The lovely statues are gone now too, my Ma says the people who made the building earn €250 million a year ,thats very greedy.
I hope we dont lose anymore parks to greedy fat cats.

See you in Dartmoth sq tomorrow ...KEEP THE PARKS FOR KIDS

and see you tomorrow in Dartmouth sq ... read full story / add a comment
Armagh ÓSF activists set up stall
armagh / miscellaneous Thursday September 07, 2006 - 23:18 by The Sun Burst   text 1 comment (last - saturday september 09, 2006 - 21:55)   image 4 images
Armagh Ógra Shinn Féin took part in commemorative day to remember the Hunger Strikes of 1980-1981 on Friday 1st September in the Armagh City Hotel.

With a large exhibition and guided tours of Armagh Jail by ex-prisoners running from 2.00pm there was plenty on show.
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national / arts and media Thursday September 07, 2006 - 23:18 by K.J.
Summary of A'edoon's summer tour of Ireland ... read full story / add a comment
Stevo
galway / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday September 07, 2006 - 22:03 by TD   text 2 comments (last - saturday september 09, 2006 - 22:01)   image 5 images
Today, in Galway, Shell to Sea activists took to the streets to distribute the four page info leaflet titled;
Corrib Gas : A “Terminal” Project. it quickly became self evident the travails of prisoners of conscience ; The Rossport Five hadn't disappeared without trace into the memory hole of Mammon Ireland as a healthy plethora of pedestrians stopped to let us know they were still incensed at what was wantonly done to the Five last summer. Below is the full text of our leaflet :
CORRIB GAS: A “TERMINAL” PROJECT

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derry / anti-war / imperialism Thursday September 07, 2006 - 19:09 by shane   text 21 comments (last - tuesday october 03, 2006 - 17:54)   image 8 images
The Raytheon 9, arrested on August 9 for disarming Raytheon, had a preliminary remand hearing today. They were escorted to the Court House in Derry by a large, noisy & colourful demonstration of support. Before going in Eamonn McCann, speaking on behalf of the 9, read out a statement (below). After they went in, representatives of the demonstration handed in the letter from the 99 signatories (also below). The case was adjourned to a hearing on Octobver 12. ... read full story / add a comment
national / history and heritage Thursday September 07, 2006 - 19:08 by admin   text 9 comments (last - sunday september 10, 2006 - 20:09)
Tara Solidarity Vigil are sending out a plea for support. It reads as follows: ... read full story / add a comment
in the left corner.... Ciaron O
clare / anti-war / imperialism Thursday September 07, 2006 - 15:24 by redjade   text 18 comments (last - tuesday september 12, 2006 - 15:56)   image 2 images
{ apologies for the lateness in getting this online - busy times } ... read full story / add a comment
wicklow / environment Thursday September 07, 2006 - 15:15 by barra   text 6 comments (last - monday september 11, 2006 - 10:03)
More abuses enviromental abuses by Roadstone ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday September 07, 2006 - 13:34 by Justin Morahan   text 2 comments (last - tuesday september 12, 2006 - 17:04)
Yesterday, in Jerusalem the appeal of Mordechai Vanunu against the restrictions imposed on him by the State of Israel came before the Supreme Court. After his release from 18 years of imprisonment in April 2004, Vanunu was not truly free..The restrictions imposed by the State, among other things, denied him the right to freedom of speech and freedom of movement. These restrictions are in breach of the UN Declaration of Human Rights. Yesterday, 6 September, was another day for Mordechai's appeal in court. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / worker & community struggles and protests Thursday September 07, 2006 - 13:03 by UCD Solidarity   text 4 comments (last - friday september 08, 2006 - 15:58)
Siptu members in UCD have voted overwhelmingly for industrial action over the issue of employment contracts and the right to a pension. ... read full story / add a comment
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limerick / animal rights Wednesday September 06, 2006 - 21:49 by Stephan Wymore   text 1 comment (last - tuesday september 19, 2006 - 11:35)   image 1 image
In order to force wild animals to perform stressful and often painful acts, trainers use metal bullhooks, whips, muzzles and electric prods. These horribly cruel training methods are commonly used in Irish circuses all over the country. This is part of ARAN’s ongoing campaign country wide to show the public that, animals in circuses have being taken from the wild at some stage in their life for a lifetime of boredom, misery, cheap tricks and cruelty. ... read full story / add a comment
President of Sinn Féin Gerry Adams
international / miscellaneous Wednesday September 06, 2006 - 20:23 by Free Palestine   text 2 comments (last - wednesday june 13, 2007 - 13:28)   image 1 image
Irish politician Gerry Adams, president of the Sinn Fein party, will on Wednesday speak to Palestinian politicians, some of them from Hamas, about the need for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and for a dialogue to achieve it.

Adams is also urging Israel to open a dialogue with Hamas and wants the European Union to drop its endorsement of Israel's conditions for such a dialogue - conditions that include Hamas recognizing Israel, abandoning terrorism and accepting previous Israeli-Palestinian agreements.

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national / arts and media Wednesday September 06, 2006 - 11:24 by Mediawatch   text 53 comments (last - monday september 18, 2006 - 10:45)
The newspaper of the Socialist Workers Party seems to be reducing its publication runs. ... read full story / add a comment
national / eu Wednesday September 06, 2006 - 10:18 by Sinéad Ní Bhroin
The Services Directive approaches final agreement
Sinéad Ni Bhroin 05.09.2006
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leitrim / housing Tuesday September 05, 2006 - 21:11 by Ray   text 15 comments (last - monday may 14, 2007 - 19:05)
A LOCAL authority has come under fire after revelations it sold a prime development site in a thriving town centre for just €100. Leitrim County Council last week defended its decision to sell the town centre car park, which is estimated at being worth tens of thousands of euros. The land on Church Lane just off the Main Street in Manorhamilton was sold to the Manorhamilton Enterprise Forum Ltd, a voluntary group comprising of local businessmen. They have since sold it on to developers for an undisclosed "slight" profit who are in the process of building a major residential and commercial development on the site. The development was unsuccessfully appealed by a number of local residents to An Bord Pleanala in April and involved a petitions signed by Hundreds of local people. It has further emerged this week that the County Council have agreed to purchase back some of the development for €900,000. ... read full story / add a comment
Assaults in Galway courthouse by this person - Garda Sergeant No:RG33 Mick Clesham.
galway / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday September 05, 2006 - 19:24 by Niall Harnett   text 32 comments (last - friday june 12, 2009 - 21:47)   image 2 images
'Our justice system may be equipped to administer the law but they are not equipped to deliver justice'. This quote, from a man who spent three months in jail last summer for protecting his community in N.W. Mayo, makes an important distinction in terms of what to expect from the justice system in this country. My own experience of Galway District Court yesterday leads me to disagree and say this. They are not even equipped to administer the law, let alone justice. Assaults by Garda Sgt No:RG33 Mick Clesham on Owen Rice's legal assistants and friends in the court lobby, denials to Owen Rice of private legal consultation, threats of contempt against friends and Indymedia writers taking notes in court, objections to and intimidation of a privately employed stenographer and the denial of Owen Rice's right to cross-examine prosecution witness Detective Sergeant Mick Coppinger are all considered 'normal' procedure at Galway District Court according to Judge Mary Fahy and Galway Court Service Officer Ray Burke. ... read full story / add a comment
We can wear any colour shirt we like
national / miscellaneous Tuesday September 05, 2006 - 00:24 by ali la pointe   text 17 comments (last - friday march 16, 2007 - 20:15)   image 1 image
While sticky-handling the little chislers on the champagne trail, Fianna Fail spindoctor Parishpump McClient TD today refused to rule out or rule in coalition with other parties until after the general election. "We like to keep our options open, just like our pockets" he said
"while believeing in neither left nor right we are at the same time the only real socialist party in Ireland and the only party that makes sense for our beloved business community. We stand for Irish neutrality and sovereignty. At the same time we suck up to the yanks and want to beef up Fortress Europe. We are the Karma Chameleons of Neoliberal Populism." ... read full story / add a comment
Pat Rabbitte presents the Jim Kemmy award to Vincent Mc Grath
kilkenny / rights, freedoms and repression Monday September 04, 2006 - 17:25 by Labour Youth   text 11 comments (last - wednesday september 06, 2006 - 13:20)   image 17 images
The Tom Johnson summer school - the annual summer school of the Labour Party took place during the weekend in Kilkenny. This year the Jim Kemmy award was given to the community in Rossport and Erris and was accepted by Vincent McGrath of the Rossport Five. The Labour Party leader Pat Rabbitte T.D. presented the award. Past recipients of the award have included Rosanna Flynn of Residents against Racism and pro choice anti racist and community activist Cathleen O Neil. The award in memory of Jim Kemmy is given to people who courageously campaign and stand up for left wing political values.

Vincent Mc Grath and the Rossport community were presented with an original and rare edition of Michael Davitts prison notes to symbolise the connection between Davitt and the current struggle of the people of Erris - both have fought for the rights of Irish people to own their land.

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