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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 Giant Gas Field Discovery Could Power Britain for a Decade Fri Feb 14, 2025 11:28 | Will Jones
A giant gas field has been discovered under Lincolnshire that could fuel the UK's entire needs for a decade, reducing?dependence on imports?and generating tens of thousands of jobs, an energy company has said.
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offsite link Queer Cambridge Fri Feb 14, 2025 09:00 | James Alexander
"King's was not queer, completely, and Cambridge elsewhere was certainly not as queer as King's." Prof James Alexander reviews Simon Goldhill's Queer Cambridge: An Alternative History.
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offsite link In Episode 28 of the Sceptic: Peter Hitchens on Lucy Letby, FSU Barrister Adam King on the Acquittal... Fri Feb 14, 2025 07:00 | Richard Eldred
In Episode 28 of the Sceptic: Peter Hitchens on Lucy Letby, FSU barrister Adam King on the acquittal of Jamie Michael and Eugyppius on how immigration is upending German politics.
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offsite link News Round-Up Fri Feb 14, 2025 02:11 | 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 Labour?s Plan for Education is Simple: Nobody is Allowed to Win Thu Feb 13, 2025 19:30 | Will Jones
Why is Bridget Phillipson undoing all the education reforms that have transformed England's state education system into one of the best in the world? Simple: because from now on nobody is allowed to win.
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 the rush to protest
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday October 12, 2006 - 00:11 by richard whelan   text 32 comments (last - tuesday january 02, 2007 - 23:05)   image 15 images
Shell HQ Occupied

Members of Shell to Sea occupied the lobby of the Headquarters of Shell at the Leeson Other protestors occupied the roof of the building while supporters and media gathered outside at 12.30 today.
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national / miscellaneous Wednesday October 11, 2006 - 20:01 by Noise Hacker   text 14 comments (last - thursday october 12, 2006 - 00:44)   image 54 images
Bush, Blair and the Truth meeting
dublin / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday October 11, 2006 - 15:19 by Dave Donnellan   text 26 comments (last - friday october 13, 2006 - 11:54)   image 5 images
Bush, Blair and the Truth ... read full story / add a comment
Shell HQ. 52 Lower Leeson St
dublin / environment Wednesday October 11, 2006 - 14:15 by Shell to Sea   text 34 comments (last - thursday october 12, 2006 - 17:35)   image 30 images
Just in by text.....
At 1 pm protesters gained access to Shell's Dublin HQ at 52 lower Leeson St and are currently on the rooftop.
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mayo / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday October 11, 2006 - 10:02 by xtic   text 12 comments (last - saturday october 28, 2006 - 04:31)   image 2 images   video 1 video file
This morning 150 people have been blockading the bridge on the Bangor road despite the appaling weather. Constuction traffic has been delayed for 15 minutes. ... read full story / add a comment
derry / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday October 11, 2006 - 09:22 by anon   text 5 comments (last - thursday october 12, 2006 - 22:34)   image 1 image
DAWC, FEIC and SF members have been questioning again what Raytheon are making in their officers and a statement has been released by Sinn Féin Councillor Gerry MacLochlainn has said that following a meeting between Derry City Council and Raytheon yesterday, official disclosure show that the company has been in breach of an agreement with the council. ... read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests Wednesday October 11, 2006 - 03:29 by Colombia Solidarity Network
The withdrawal of security measures by the Colombian government has placed the life of the President of the mining union, Sintraminercol, Francisco Ramirez. ... read full story / add a comment
The choice of routes
national / history and heritage Tuesday October 10, 2006 - 01:18 by Muireann Ni Bhrolchain   text 3 comments (last - saturday november 04, 2006 - 20:41)   image 7 images
The JMP construction company is appealing the application (turned down) for a demolition waste recycling facility to An Bord Pleanala. Submissions or observations required. The fee goes up now - €50 required. ... read full story / add a comment
Tony Dempsey
national / crime and justice Monday October 09, 2006 - 20:46 by Seán Ryan & Elaine   text 3 comments (last - thursday october 12, 2006 - 19:05)   image 4 images
Another scandal is about to hit the party that holds the patent for sleeze within politics. This time it's Tony Dempsey who's in the firing seat. Dempsey has lied to the Dáil on at least one occasion in his annual declaration.

Is this the death knell for Fianna Fáil? ... read full story / add a comment
Thats about half the pupulation of Limerick!
limerick / miscellaneous Monday October 09, 2006 - 18:25 by Cian Prendiville   text 9 comments (last - tuesday october 10, 2006 - 18:34)   image 5 images
On Saturday Socialist Youth in Limerick took (unfortunately limited) action tp raise awareness of and support for the struggle of Rossport against $hell's dangerous pipeline. ... read full story / add a comment
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mayo / environment Monday October 09, 2006 - 17:16 by Bob and Eve   text 35 comments (last - friday october 13, 2006 - 13:54)   image 12 images
Much to chagrin of the Gardaí, a crowd of around two hundred people turned out to stop the movement of workers and materials to the Bellanaboy site this morning. A series of sit down protests were staged along the “Shell highway” (the haulage route for the site), which saw police reaction get progressively rougher as the day went on.
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cork / anti-capitalism Monday October 09, 2006 - 12:20 by Paul McAndrew   text 4 comments (last - saturday march 31, 2012 - 14:03)   image 4 images
There were four great actions in Cork this Saturday, 7th Oct.
a blockade, two stalls, and an incident involving a giant brown envelope, and the local Fianna Fail office ... read full story / add a comment
mayo / rights, freedoms and repression Monday October 09, 2006 - 09:33 by anarchaeologist   text 13 comments (last - monday october 09, 2006 - 19:47)
Early this morning over 200 people protesting against the construction of the Corrib Gas terminal at Ballinaboy blocked the Bangor Road and prevented access to the site. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Monday October 09, 2006 - 02:48 by cool j   text 3 comments (last - monday october 09, 2006 - 18:55)
Matt Cooper's Sunday Times have continued their personal vendetta against prominent ShelltoSea campaigner Maura Harrington by targeting here job as priciple of one of the most progressive schools in Erris in an article in yesterday's edition (8th OCtober) . This highly personlised attack is the latest Coopers/Sunday Times attempt at dirt digging against Mrs Harrington. ... read full story / add a comment
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dublin / bin tax / household tax / water tax Sunday October 08, 2006 - 21:12 by Paula Geraghty   text 6 comments (last - sunday november 12, 2006 - 11:08)   image 11 images
Dubliners are gathering each Saturday at Suir Road to place their waste at the gates of Dublin City Council who are refusing to collect their waste. ... read full story / add a comment
A bonanza looming for taxi drivers?
national / miscellaneous Sunday October 08, 2006 - 17:27 by John Mcdermott   text 2 comments (last - tuesday october 10, 2006 - 14:58)   image 1 image
The High Court will be the battleground for the coming showdown between disgruntled taxi drivers and Fianna Fail.It will be a long and costly battle.It may cost 500 million euros or more.. ... read full story / add a comment
cork / health / disability issues Saturday October 07, 2006 - 20:45 by Miriam Cotton   text 3 comments (last - sunday october 08, 2006 - 19:39)
Mags O’ Donoghue, Chairperson of the West Cork Parents Action Group and her fellow committee members are mighty women when it comes to organising information evenings and workshops for parents of children with special education needs. On Thursday 29th September WCPAG had another line up of interesting and informative speakers at a well-attended event at the Parkway Hotel in Dunmanway. It’s fair to say that WCPAG are making a significant impact on the level of awareness of our children’s’ educational and other needs and that parents, professionals, service providers and teachers in West Cork have much to be grateful to them for. ... read full story / add a comment
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dublin / anti-capitalism Saturday October 07, 2006 - 20:03 by Cormac Ryan   text 2 comments (last - monday october 09, 2006 - 01:45)   image 5 images
"We declare the right of the people of Ireland to the ownership of Ireland..." ~ 1916 Proclamation of the Irish Republic ... read full story / add a comment
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antrim / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday October 07, 2006 - 18:34 by Ciarán Ó Brolcháin   image 4 images
About 25 people took part in a picket outside the Shell garage on the Andersonstown Road in Belfast yesterday in opposition to the attempts to force a pipeline through Bellanaboy and in solidarity with the brave stance of the people of Rossport. ... read full story / add a comment
derry / environment Saturday October 07, 2006 - 15:47 by DavyDerry
A Derry demonstration in soldarity with Rossport drew a broad range of political support on October 7th. ... read full story / add a comment
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