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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 News Round-Up Wed Feb 05, 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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offsite link Starmer Hands Prisoners 6.6% Pay Rise at Cost of ?4.4 Million Tue Feb 04, 2025 19:00 | Will Jones
Keir Starmer has handed prisoners a 6.6% pay rise at a cost of ?4.4 million despite depriving 10 million pensioners of their winter fuel allowance because money is so tight.
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offsite link EU Plans to Let States Deport Failed Asylum Seekers and Criminals in Reform to Refugee Convention Tue Feb 04, 2025 17:00 | Will Jones
The EU is drawing up a plan to overhaul its 1951 Refugee Convention that prevents countries from rejecting asylum seekers at their borders in a belated effort to address Europe's exploding migrant crisis.
The post EU Plans to Let States Deport Failed Asylum Seekers and Criminals in Reform to Refugee Convention appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link How Afraid Should we be About the Government?s Plan to Come up With a Legal Definition of ?Islamopho... Tue Feb 04, 2025 15:00 | Sam Bidwell
The prosecution of a man for burning the Qur'an shows how Islamic blasphemy codes are becoming embedded in criminal law. Coming up with a legal definition of 'Islamophobia' will accelerate this process, says Sam Bidwell.
The post How Afraid Should we be About the Government?s Plan to Come up With a Legal Definition of ?Islamophobia?? Very Afraid appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link US to Stop UNRWA Funding and Withdraw from UN Human Rights Council Tue Feb 04, 2025 13:00 | Will Jones
President Donald Trump is expected to issue an executive order today withdrawing the US from the UN Human Rights Council and removing all US funding for the Gaza agency UNRWA.
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international / miscellaneous Saturday July 12, 2003 - 15:03 by Chestnut   text 1 comment (last - saturday july 12, 2003 - 16:12)
It would be nice to see plenty of people from Ireland coming down for the big demo of the autumn. These protests will double as a European convergence for anti-WTO dissent as called by People's Global Action. Accomodation available.

Here follows the original Call To Action put out by Disarm DSEi. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Friday July 11, 2003 - 22:46 by global contentshuzness   text 8 comments (last - monday july 14, 2003 - 14:37)
Wherever they will march tomorrow or this season a cyber posting will await them. ... read full story / add a comment
international / public consultation / irish social forum Friday July 11, 2003 - 16:44 by EEF
During the summit of the European education ministers the first European education Forum will take place in Berlin. There will be demonst´rations as well. ... read full story / add a comment
national / public consultation / irish social forum Friday July 11, 2003 - 14:17 by Eoin O'Broin   text 4 comments (last - wednesday july 16, 2003 - 00:30)
Hello all, anti-WEF October 2003, Groups and Working Groups, First round of meetings:
Sunday July 20th, Teachers Club, 36 Parnell Sq., Dublin 1, 12.00am to 3.00pm. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Friday July 11, 2003 - 09:58 by joe ranii   text 9 comments (last - sunday july 13, 2003 - 03:31)
People in Ireland and elsewhere who harbour romanticized illusions about the FARC really need to cop themselves on ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday July 10, 2003 - 17:49 by Mags   text 1 comment (last - friday july 11, 2003 - 08:06)
Colm Walsh is a Dublin based activist with Working Class Action and is in Palestine for two months working with the International Solidarity Movement. He is sending back regular reports on the situation there. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Thursday July 10, 2003 - 16:57 by Richi   text 1 comment (last - saturday july 26, 2003 - 20:27)
The World Social Forum has declared the 22nd July, as the International Day of Action against Coca Cola, and the start of a boycott of all its products. These actions are in solidarity with SINALTRAINAL, the Colombian Food and Drinks Workers Union. SINALTRAINAL have suffered the assassination of 8 union leaders, killed by paramilitaries financed by Coca Cola management, as well as the disappearance, arbitrary detention, torture, kidnap and sacking of hundreds more of their workers at Coca Cola bottling plants throughout Colombia. ... read full story / add a comment
clare / miscellaneous Thursday July 10, 2003 - 16:54 by Tim Hourigan   text 5 comments (last - tuesday july 15, 2003 - 18:49)
Yesterday, Wednesday 9th July, there was a public consultation for concerned members of the public to see and comment upon the proposed public safety zones around Shannon Airport.
Yesterday evening, four concerned citizens attended this airport safety consultation, albeit after being delayed for almost 60 minutes by Airport Police and Gardai on the grounds of airport safety! and they say irony is dead. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / environment Wednesday July 09, 2003 - 15:27 by concerned listner   text 28 comments (last - monday may 17, 2004 - 20:39)   image 1 image
Doreen a Cork st resident has issued a plea to help save 6 trees on her road which may be demolished today. ... read full story / add a comment
international / environment Wednesday July 09, 2003 - 13:18 by Caoimhín   text 3 comments (last - wednesday july 09, 2003 - 14:36)
The Battle of the Ganges: The Ganges has become a river poisoned by sewage. In three thousand year old Benares, the most celebrated religious city in India, the pollution is now hundreds of times above the safe limit. Sewage is even back flowing into the streets. A Holy man, Veer Bhandra Mishra, (also a scientist) is fighting for the survival of this world famous ancient culture. This award-winning documentary paints an intimate picture of an extraordinary River Ganges in crisis and the plans that could save it.
An Mháthair Ganges: Tá an Gainséis truaillithe ag séarachas. Tá an fhadhb thar a bheith go dona i gcathair Benares, atá 3000 bliain d'aois agus atá ar an gcathair is cráifí san India. Tá fear cráifeach, Veer Bhandra Mishra, ar eolaí é, ag troid le go mairfidh an cultúr ársa seo. Tugann an clár faisnéise seo, a bhfuil duais bainte amach aige, dlúth-íomhá dúinn ar an nGainséis i ngéarchéim agus faighimid léargas ar na pleananna atá ar bun a d'fhéadfadh an abhainn a tharrtháil. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday July 09, 2003 - 12:28 by Ciaron   text 3 comments (last - thursday july 10, 2003 - 21:18)
Mike Schorscm, a U.S. student based in Dublin last year is on trial in the U.S. for nonviolent resistance to the recent war. Mike was an active participant in demonstrations in Dublin & Shannon against the build up to war. Send Mike a support email [email protected] ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday July 08, 2003 - 22:27 by Ciaron O'Reilly   text 1 comment (last - wednesday july 09, 2003 - 10:44)
Ballyfermot priest is presently in jail in Texas for nonviolent resistance to the "School of the Assasins" ... read full story / add a comment
galway / anti-capitalism Tuesday July 08, 2003 - 16:34 by ec   text 9 comments (last - thursday july 10, 2003 - 17:37)   image 2 images
The Indymedia Ireland feature length documentary on the protests against the G8 in Genoa in July 2001 - Berlusconi's Mousetrap - (at very short notice) will be screened outdoors on a big fuck-off screen in Eyre Square as part of the Galway Film Fleadh on Thursday 10th July at 8pm. No admission fee (obviously). Only found out that this was a goer today so please spread the good word. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Tuesday July 08, 2003 - 15:54 by EEF   text 1 comment (last - wednesday july 09, 2003 - 23:00)
First European Education Forum September 18- 20th simultaneously with summit of European education ministers in Berlin
Demonstration and other forms of protests during the summit
Another education is possible! ... read full story / add a comment
sligo / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday July 08, 2003 - 14:42 by pete ranks   text 2 comments (last - tuesday july 08, 2003 - 19:00)
international / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday July 08, 2003 - 12:01 by Seán   text 4 comments (last - wednesday july 09, 2003 - 15:40)
Nuair a bhí na Palaistínigh óga anseo anuraidh chothaigh siad go leor poiblíocht agus go leor suim agus dlúththacaíocht don Phalaistín. Thosaigh go leor daoine, mé féin san áireamh, ag smaointeamh ar chuairt a thabhairt ar thír Hanine, Mohammed, Maisa' agus chun dlúththacaíocht a léiriú agus chun cuidiú praicticiúil a thabhairt do na Palaistínigh. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday July 08, 2003 - 10:15 by Justin Morahan   text 1 comment (last - tuesday july 08, 2003 - 13:19)
John Dean gives his reasons as to why President Bush should be impeached.
The article include's GW Bush's statements on Iraq's Wepaons of Mass Destruction ... read full story / add a comment
clare / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday July 08, 2003 - 02:15 by David Rynne   text 15 comments (last - wednesday july 09, 2003 - 16:03)
In a 2fm text poll today (07 july on Gareth o Callaghan's show)) where the question asked was "if you saw a young child in distress because he/she was locked in the back seat of a car on a hot day would you,
a: break open the window
b: call the police
c: wait for the parent/car owner to return and then give him/her a piece of your mind
88% said they would call the police and then break open the window. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Monday July 07, 2003 - 22:00 by Justin Morahan   text 2 comments (last - wednesday july 09, 2003 - 05:55)
This comprises Mary Kelly's evidence given at her trial in Kilrush court, Ireland on Tuesday last.
The item is based on notes taken by me at the trial where two days later the jury were unable to reach a verdict. ... read full story / add a comment
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