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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

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

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offsite link Questioning Covid and Climate Change is ?Seditious? Says Britain?s New Chief Censor Tue Feb 04, 2025 07:00 | Laurie Wastell
Questioning the deadliness of Covid and climate change is "seditious", according to Lord Richard Allan, the UK's new chief censor under the Online Safety Act. 1984 was supposed to be fiction, says Laurie Wastell.
The post Questioning Covid and Climate Change is “Seditious” Says Britain’s New Chief Censor appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link News Round-Up Tue Feb 04, 2025 01:08 | 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 Eco-Anxiety Affects More Than Three Quarters of Children Under 12 Mon Feb 03, 2025 19:30 | Will Jones
'Eco-anxiety' affects 78% of children under 12, a crisis that teachers say they are unable to cope with, new polling by Greenpeace has found. The solution? More ruthless exposure of children to alarmist material.
The post Eco-Anxiety Affects More Than Three Quarters of Children Under 12 appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Keir Starmer Denies Breaking Lockdown Rules as it Emerges he Took a Private Acting Lesson During Cov... Mon Feb 03, 2025 18:06 | Will Jones
Keir Starmer?has denied breaking lockdown?rules after it emerged he had a face-to-face acting lesson with a voice coach on Christmas Eve 2020 when London was under strict Covid restrictions.
The post Keir Starmer Denies Breaking Lockdown Rules as it Emerges he Took a Private Acting Lesson During Covid Restrictions appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Elon Musk Shuts Down US Government Foreign Aid Agency and Locks Out 600 Staffers Overnight After Tru... Mon Feb 03, 2025 15:41 | Will Jones
Elon Musk?and President?Donald Trump?shut down USAID, the federal Government foreign aid agency, and locked out 600 employees overnight after the pair agreed it was "beyond repair". Afuera!
The post Elon Musk Shuts Down US Government Foreign Aid Agency and Locks Out 600 Staffers Overnight After Trump Agreed it Was “Beyond Repair” appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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national / eu Thursday November 18, 2010 - 11:29 by Andrew   text 23 comments (last - monday november 22, 2010 - 07:27)   image 1 image
It's now official, the Irish state is in talks with the EU and the IMF about a so called 'rescue plan' to bail out the Irish capitalist class from the disaster created by the international crash of the capitalist economic system. A crisis that was magnified in Ireland by the corruption of local crony capitalism on the one hand and the dependency of the economy on 'globalization' on the other. Trapped between such a cast of crooks and idiots it is perhaps not surprising that many in Ireland hope things will be improved when the running of our lives will be handed over to those who many hope might have a clue. ... read full story / add a comment
Chile 14 anarchists support
international / anti-capitalism Thursday November 18, 2010 - 04:28 by Chile 14-A support   image 1 image
14 anarchists arrested accused of "terrorism" by the Chilean state, around the mediatic "Bombs case", 10 are still in the Maximun Security Prisons, under Pinochet's ani-terrorist law. ... read full story / add a comment
international / consumer issues Wednesday November 17, 2010 - 01:35 by Sean Clinton   text 2 comments (last - friday november 19, 2010 - 18:27)
Blue Nile censors its Facebook page to avoid having to answer questions about the provenance of their so-called conflict free diamonds. ... read full story / add a comment
Protest At Shannon Terminator Building
international / crime and justice Sunday November 14, 2010 - 23:19 by Edward Horgan   text 16 comments (last - thursday december 16, 2010 - 13:11)   image 6 images
Garda Sergeant in Charge at Shannon airport asked Edward Horgan to produce evidence that the US Hercules warplane at Shannon was carrying dangerous munitions or war-criminals. When Edward Horgan attempted to go towards the airport to get such evidence he was prevented from doing so by Gardai.

About 1000 US troops and an unknown quantity of munitiions passed through Shannon today

In Afghanistan, some people died because of the US-led war of occupation assisted by some Irish Army soldiers ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday November 13, 2010 - 14:30 by Madam K   text 7 comments (last - sunday november 21, 2010 - 14:36)
UK: A demonstrator kicks in a window at Millbank Tower, Tory HQ
international / education Thursday November 11, 2010 - 11:29 by Londons burning   text 7 comments (last - monday august 08, 2011 - 02:27)   image 10 images   video 6 video files
Britain's seeing its biggest protest yet against the deep cuts the country faces to tackle its massive debts. Yesterday in London over 50,000 students protested against a planned hike in tuition fees which could see them treble to 9-thousand pounds a year. Later things got far more confrontational; students confronted police, entered conservative party HQ, smashed windows, occupied roof, lit fires in streets... Student fees protestors claim: 'This is just the beginning' ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / environment Wednesday November 10, 2010 - 13:12 by Dave Donnellan   video 1 video file
At the recent Afri Hedge School Clare O'Grady Walshe argued strongly that if we give away our food sovereignty and our right to grow our own seeds as happened in Iraq it will prove disastrous for the world food system. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / education Wednesday November 10, 2010 - 09:42 by Aileen   text 6 comments (last - saturday november 13, 2010 - 11:01)
Members of the NUIM IFUT Branch Committee sent the letter below to NUI Maynooth Student Union President congratulating the students on demonstrating in defense of Irish education and expressing grave concern at Garda actions on the Wednesday November the 3rd. ... read full story / add a comment
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national / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday November 10, 2010 - 03:24 by JWhite- FEE NUIM   text 3 comments (last - wednesday november 10, 2010 - 17:05)   image 1 image   video 1 video file
"RTE Six One news has finally aired footage of Gardai beating student at the recent national protest, six days after it occurred." ... read full story / add a comment
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dublin / arts and media Monday November 08, 2010 - 13:57 by Foxy Slattery   text 2 comments (last - monday november 08, 2010 - 19:32)   image 4 images
In response to former Taoiseach demeaning himself, an artist gets annoyed ... read full story / add a comment
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national / education Sunday November 07, 2010 - 15:45 by EmmaG   image 3 images   video 1 video file
USI President, Gary Redmond, said:

“USI is disappointed by the behaviour of a small number of people, which occurred during an incident at the Department of Finance. This incident was completely separate from USI’s demonstration yesterday.

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Releaved starving women gets a meal and 500 rupees - on the streets of Mumbai, India
international / miscellaneous Saturday November 06, 2010 - 06:50 by Jim   text 10 comments (last - sunday november 14, 2010 - 11:22)   image 1 image   audio 1 audio file
international / anti-capitalism Friday November 05, 2010 - 21:26 by V for vendetta   text 5 comments (last - monday november 08, 2010 - 11:48)   image 1 image
In another of his popular shows which take a wry and amusing look at the crooked world of high finance High profile critic of world financial markets and financial activist Max Keiser and Fellow critic Stacy Herbert today did an interesting show on the Irish bank bailout and austerity measures featuring an interview with David McWilliams.and highlighting the novel "Kilkenomics" festival ... read full story / add a comment
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dublin / education Thursday November 04, 2010 - 15:47 by Trade Union TV   text 10 comments (last - tuesday november 09, 2010 - 19:47)   image 20 images
No comment style video report from Student demo in Dublin yesterday. ... read full story / add a comment
donegal / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday November 04, 2010 - 09:40 by Trade Union TV   video 1 video file
Watch and listen to some of the speakers and the questions and heckling from the audience.
Jim McDaid resigned the morning after this meeting. ... read full story / add a comment
international / environment Thursday November 04, 2010 - 05:15 by por Giorgio Trucchi (translator: Lulu)
The Central American Tribunal for Climate Justice finds many transnational companies, national and local governments overwhelmingly guilty of countless violations and environmental damage in Nicaragua which is making the region more vulnerable to climate change. ... read full story / add a comment
limerick / politics / elections Wednesday November 03, 2010 - 13:01 by Jolly Red Giant
A packed public meeting in Limerick last night signalled the launch of the Socialist Party's General Election campaign in Limerick. ... read full story / add a comment
international / education Tuesday November 02, 2010 - 18:52 by revoltvideo   video 1 video file


On the twentieth of October, twenty-five volunteers will head off to Kilimanjaro, to work on building a school for poor children in the area. Despite the recession these volunteers are paying for their own flights and are busy fundraising to buy building materials for the school. ... read full story / add a comment
Frustrated with mental health services?
national / rights, freedoms and repression Monday November 01, 2010 - 11:08 by Amnesty1   text 8 comments (last - saturday november 06, 2010 - 13:44)   image 3 images
Mental health services, already cut, are on the chopping block once more. More than 80 organisations, politicians, economists and campaigners are signed up to www.healthrisk.ie to protect our mental health services. Join them and take action. ... read full story / add a comment
westmeath / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday October 31, 2010 - 19:41 by Saoirse
On Sunday October 31 Westmeath Republican Sinn Féin, marked the 90th anniversary
of the execution on November 2 1920 of James Daly who was one of the leaders of the Connaught Rangers’ mutiny in India. The mutiny was in reaction to the war being waged by the British government on the people of Ireland.
... read full story / add a comment
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