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offsite link Alternative Copy of thesaker.is site is available Thu May 25, 2023 14:38 | Ice-Saker-V6bKu3nz
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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

offsite link Joe Duffy is dishonest and untrustworthy Anthony

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

offsite link RTE in breach of its own editorial principles Anthony

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offsite link News Round-Up Fri Feb 07, 2025 01:22 | 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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offsite link The Blob Has Sunk to New Depths in Its Quest to Destroy Educational Freedom Thu Feb 06, 2025 19:00 | Randall Hardy
The Blob has sunk to new depths in its quest to destroy educational freedom. No wonder, says Randall Hardy. It's only the right to withdraw children from the state system that restrains its worst indoctrinating tendencies.
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offsite link Lego Can Be Anti-LGBT, Says Science Museum Thu Feb 06, 2025 17:00 | Will Jones
Lego can be anti-LGBT, the Science Museum has said. As part of its 'Seeing Things Queerly' tour showcasing "stories of queer communities", Lego bricks are said to reinforce the idea that heterosexuality "is the norm".
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offsite link ?Trump Peace Plan for Ukraine Leaked?: Ceasefire by Easter, Territory Ceded and No NATO Membership Thu Feb 06, 2025 15:48 | Will Jones
A document reported by Ukrainian media to be Trump's 'Peace Plan for Ukraine' has been leaked and includes a ceasefire by Easter, the ceding of land to Russia and no NATO membership.
The post ‘Trump Peace Plan for Ukraine Leaked’: Ceasefire by Easter, Territory Ceded and No NATO Membership appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Birbalsingh Blasts Phillipson: ?You Don?t Know Your Own Bill? Thu Feb 06, 2025 13:35 | Will Jones
Katharine Birbalsingh, the head of one of Britain's best state schools, has written an excoriating letter to Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson after a meeting where Phillipson exposed her ignorance of her own bill.
The post Birbalsingh Blasts Phillipson: “You Don’t Know Your Own Bill” appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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national / miscellaneous Tuesday June 24, 2003 - 11:22 by Mark Hewitt   text 23 comments (last - monday june 30, 2003 - 00:24)   image 2 images
This month is the centenary of the birth of George Orwell, author of 1984, Animal Farm and other books like Homage To Catalonia. Orwell had a passion for socialism and a revulsion against authoritarianism which drew him to fighting the fascists in spain and write in the most articulate way his ideas about the world. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Tuesday June 24, 2003 - 11:11 by James McKenna   text 1 comment (last - tuesday june 24, 2003 - 16:33)
US forces in Afghanistan will not disclose the results of an inquiry into the death of two prisoners in their custody last December. Now a third prisoner has mysteriously died during interrogation. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday June 24, 2003 - 00:51 by Silvia Cattori   text 2 comments (last - tuesday june 24, 2003 - 16:33)
"The reality is that the process of Apartheid they sat up and that consists in asphyxiating the whole population , is far more sophisticated and far more atrocious than what has been described to us until now" ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Monday June 23, 2003 - 16:32 by Declan   text 4 comments (last - tuesday june 24, 2003 - 16:30)
Hatch Takes Aim at Illegal Downloading ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous Monday June 23, 2003 - 16:11 by former Green member   text 10 comments (last - sunday june 29, 2003 - 17:34)
Cork city is to introduce transport using a clean fuel, Bio diesel. ... read full story / add a comment
international / environment Monday June 23, 2003 - 14:11 by iosaf ipsiphi o' as if   text 4 comments (last - sunday february 15, 2004 - 23:33)
José Bové is an ecologist and anti-capitalist/anti-globalist activist.

This is a "genetix snowball" type problem with a "French" twist.
read on.... ... read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections Monday June 23, 2003 - 12:42 by bAL4 the Magnanimous   text 4 comments (last - tuesday june 24, 2003 - 14:48)
This was sent to me today and I thought that it may interest some of you. It is a webcast debate around the issue of e-voting, something that will no doubt become more prevalent in this corrupt little country of ours. ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism Monday June 23, 2003 - 12:37 by Justin Moran   text 2 comments (last - tuesday june 24, 2003 - 14:43)
Following the Trade Justice lobby last month the Government agreed to set aside time for a debate ahead of the World Trade Organisation talks in Cancun before the end of this Dáil session. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Monday June 23, 2003 - 11:46 by pat c   text 2 comments (last - monday june 23, 2003 - 17:02)
Next Alliance For Choice meeting (open to all) Tue July 1 in the Teachers Club, Parnell Sq. 7.30 - 9.30. ... read full story / add a comment
galway / anti-war / imperialism Monday June 23, 2003 - 11:11 by James McKenna   text 3 comments (last - monday june 23, 2003 - 21:34)
Former South African Prime Minister Nelson Mandela departed from his prepared text at NUI Galway on Friday 20th June to deliver a strong condemnation of the US invasion of Iraq and their sidelining of the United Nations. He urges us all to speak out against ,"what is wrong", even if we are afraid of the US ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Sunday June 22, 2003 - 17:48 by joe ranii   text 14 comments (last - tuesday june 24, 2003 - 18:54)
Those people in Ireland who think that Colombia's FARC aaare the local equivalent of the Red Cross might do well do to try to learn more about the reality of the FARC murder/kidnap campaign. ... read full story / add a comment
clare / anti-war / imperialism Sunday June 22, 2003 - 17:45 by Fintan Lane   text 13 comments (last - tuesday june 24, 2003 - 23:28)
Ten people arrested at Shannon demonstration during sit-down protest ... read full story / add a comment
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national / arts and media Sunday June 22, 2003 - 16:01 by paul cummins   text 7 comments (last - tuesday june 24, 2003 - 22:01)   image 5 images
When Audioslave (previous Rage Against The Machine + Chris Cornell) were at the point on Wednesday 18th of June they contacted Irish action groups to have stalls at their concert to promote peace. ... read full story / add a comment
international / politics / elections Sunday June 22, 2003 - 09:30 by James McKenna
Independents close to the Hashemite royal court secured most of the votes in this weeks elections in Jordan. However the Islamic Action Front have taken 15 percent of the seats in the lower house. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Sunday June 22, 2003 - 00:17 by Cleo   text 3 comments (last - sunday june 22, 2003 - 21:08)
Israeli Marxist politician who rejected Zionism and championed Palestinian rights, Meir Vilner has died aged 84. Meir was the youngest and last surviving of the 37 signatories to Israel's 1948, declaration of independence. As the Jewish leader of the Communist party of Israel, Meir eventually rejected zionism, publicised his country's nuclear weapons programme, and was the ONLY member of the Israeli knesset to protest at the official wining and dinning of the then governor of the West German Central bank, a convicted ex-nazi. ... read full story / add a comment
clare / anti-war / imperialism Saturday June 21, 2003 - 19:08 by mikey v.   text 12 comments (last - sunday june 22, 2003 - 23:24)
6 people have been arrested at the anti-war demo in shannon. Cops, including some in riot gear, blocked access to the airport, a sit down protest ensued, leading to the arrests, which were quite forceful. Included among the arrestees are one minor (aged 13) and 2 or 3 parents, leaving some toddlers on their own. The main body of the protest is now outside Shannon Garda Station, 1 man has been released and the police say that the rest will be released by 6.30pm ... read full story / add a comment
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international / anti-war / imperialism Saturday June 21, 2003 - 03:07 by Mandela Fan   text 7 comments (last - wednesday september 22, 2004 - 01:13)   image 1 image
Former South African President Nelson Mandela said Friday the United States posed a danger to the world for sidelining the United Nations to make war on Iraq ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Friday June 20, 2003 - 20:21 by Dorothy Gale   text 9 comments (last - tuesday june 24, 2003 - 10:28)
The Commission On Standards In Public Office Report For 2002 brings up some surprises, one being Joe Higgins only gave €6,000 to the SP in 2002. ( This is what Joe declared to the Commission. It is reported in todays Irish Times.) ... read full story / add a comment
national / environment Friday June 20, 2003 - 16:06 by anti caca pipi lala   text 3 comments (last - sunday june 22, 2003 - 15:26)
Ciaran Cuffe TD, the Green party's environmentalspokesperson, who admitted holding shares in companies linked to chemical dumping and arms was criticised by a colleague, but only for his political naivety. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Friday June 20, 2003 - 15:29 by John Doe   text 2 comments (last - monday june 23, 2003 - 14:47)
One of the papers that listed the alleged bribes paid to G Galloway has now given a public apology, saying the documents were forged.
JD15 ... read full story / add a comment
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