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 Alternative Copy of thesaker.is site is available Thu May 25, 2023 14:38 | Ice-Saker-V6bKu3nz
Alternative site: https://thesaker.si/saker-a... Site was created using the downloads provided Regards Herb
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).?
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
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
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 The Saker >>
Interested in maladministration. Estd. 2005
RTEs Sarah McInerney ? Fianna Fail?supporter? Anthony
Joe Duffy is dishonest and untrustworthy Anthony
Robert Watt complaint: Time for decision by SIPO Anthony
RTE in breach of its own editorial principles Anthony
Waiting for SIPO Anthony Public Inquiry >>
Promoting Human Rights in IrelandHuman Rights in Ireland >>
Is Keir Starmer Autistic? His Excessively Literal-Minded Compliance With Human Rights Law Suggests H... Thu Jan 30, 2025 07:00 | Steven Tucker
Is Keir Starmer autistic? His public persona (or lack of), absence of interpersonal skills and obsessively technocratic outlook might lead us to conclude so. But that would be unfair on autistic people, says Steven Tucker.
The post Is Keir Starmer Autistic? His Excessively Literal-Minded Compliance With Human Rights Law Suggests He Just Might Be appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
News Round-Up Thu Jan 30, 2025 01:45 | 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.
The post News Round-Up appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Declined: Chapter 6: Hometime Wed Jan 29, 2025 19:00 | M. Zermansky
Chapter six of Declined is here ? a dystopian satire about the emergence of a social credit system in the UK, serialised in?the Daily Sceptic. This week: as a Non-Efficient, will Ella even be allowed to buy a cake?
The post Declined: Chapter 6: Hometime appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
NHS Hiring Dozens of Diversity Jobs on Up to ?91,000 a Year Despite Order to Stop Wed Jan 29, 2025 17:44 | Will Jones
NHS bosses are ignoring orders from Ministers to scrap diversity jobs by?hiring dozens of new equalities staff on up to ?91,000 a year?under Labour.
The post NHS Hiring Dozens of Diversity Jobs on Up to ?91,000 a Year Despite Order to Stop appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Ed Miliband Snubs Reeves Speech Unveiling Heathrow Expansion Plans Wed Jan 29, 2025 15:06 | Will Jones
Ed Miliband skipped Rachel Reeves's speech announcing support for?a third runway at Heathrow?in an apparent snub to plans that he previously threated to resign over.
The post Ed Miliband Snubs Reeves Speech Unveiling Heathrow Expansion Plans appeared first on The Daily Sceptic. Lockdown Skeptics >>
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Transparency International (Ireland)
A new report based on 2 and a half years of academic study has found that Ireland suffers high levels of “legal corruption”. The Transparency International (TI) report found that: “While no laws may be broken, personal relationships, patronage and political donations are believed to influence political decisions and policy to a considerable degree in Ireland.”
Related Links:
The website of Transparency International (Ireland)
The Global Website of Transparency International
Indymedia Reporters Group:
Mick Burke and the Indymedia Collective are trying to set up a dedicated reporters group to report on the (potential) strike on March 30th. Read about it here.
Don't just sit there, contact someone:
If you feel strongly about this, why not contact some/all politicians - Contact.ie
Although the report is light on banking, it does shed some light on the Galway Races Tent culture when it states that “Business is seen as particularly close to political life in Ireland.” The Galway Races is an annual horse racing social gathering at which the leading political party Fianna Fail had a notorious fundraising tent up until last year. TI do draw attention to the ease at which political donations can be secured. There is no requirement to declare donations under €5,078.98 to a party or under €635 to an individual.
It's time to fight back, not cut back.
There is no money left in Ireland. At least that’s what you might think after listening to Brian Cowen, Enda Kenny, IBEC and the parade of capitalist economists and pundits who parrot this nonsense. Yes, we are heading into a deep recession but guess who is expected to pay the cost?
Related Links:
• Workers Solidarity Movement Website - www.wsm.ie
• Irish Congress of Trade Unions - www.ictu.ie
• Workers Issues on Indymedia.ie.
• Workers Solidarity Movement articles on Indymedia.ie
• Michael Taft's, from Notes on the Front - The Recession Diaries, proposal Towards a New Economic Narrative
Indymedia Reporters Group:
Mick Burke and the Indymedia Collective are trying to set up a dedicated reporters group to report on the (potential) strike on March 30th. Read about it here.
Don't just sit there, contact someone:
If you feel strongly about this, why not contact some/all politicians - Contact.ie
The Government has no problem finding money to bail out bankers and speculators, it’s only when cash is needed for special-needs teachers, the sick, or to improve run-down schools and hospitals that nothing can be found. The attack on pay and pensions is a class struggle by employers and the government against working people.
It may sound old-fashioned to talk of class struggle, but what else do you call it when one class wants to preserve its wealth at the expense of the other class? When private sector workers see 90% of pension funds they paid into for years going down the tube, Brian Goggin of Bank of Ireland thinks he is hard done by because he will “take home less than €2 million” this year.
Are you a tax justice believer?
Bono may campaign to end world poverty - but his band are taking advantage of the same tax avoidance schemes that rob impoverished countries of billions.
Billions drains out of impoverished countries each year because of multi-national companies shifting their profits to avoid tax. We need international action to make everyone pay their fair share.
Here, activists launch an international song contest for the best alternaitve U2 song about tax injustice. Upload your performance for tax justice!
...and the great thing is, as you'll see in this video, no less than Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan TD agrees.
Some Organisations That Do Some Good:
• AFRI - Aid from Ireland
• Debt Ireland
From A Commenteer: 'France 24, BBC, RTE all say up to 100,000. Every single Garda I asked at the march said well over 100,000. The Irish Times has even said up to 120,000! 20,000 in the difference....
Anyway, it's time for the unemployed, the farmers, the workers (private & public), the students and every other sector of society to strike & demand a better deal or put this government out on its arse.
Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams has called on Labour and the Greens to join his party in "a new alliance for change" which would provide "an egalitarian alternative to the politics of greed, inefficiency, waste and corruption". He goes on to say "And I include parties like Labour, the Greens - if they can survive the fall-out from their participation in this government; other smaller parties ; the trade unions; the community organisations that are on the front line in the battle for equality; Gaelgeoirí; rural agencies and organisations, including farming bodies and fishing communities; women's groups; the students, youth organisations and especially those who speak for the disabled, the poor, the unemployed, the homeless and the marginalised in our society."
In this atmosphere, I think this coalition would be our best bet.... Better than Fine feckin Gael anyway'
Indy Volunteers Media Contributions:
• Audio From The March Contributed By A WSM Member MP3
• NPSA Leaflet
• Video From The March Here
• Live Indymedia Reports From The Day
Analysis From Indymedia Contributors
• Momentum Builds For A National Strike
Web Discussion Of March
• Discussion Of March At Cedar Lounge Revolution
• Discussion at Politics.ie
• Discussion at thepropertypin.ie
• Discussion at Daily Kos
Don't just sit there, contact someone:
If you feel strongly about this, why not contact some/all politicians - Contact.ie
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