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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 Thousands Shut Down London As Protesters Chant ?Free Tommy? Sun Feb 02, 2025 13:00 | Richard Eldred
Thousands of supporters of Tommy Robinson marched in London on Saturday demanding his release, with police deployed to keep them apart from a large counter-protest.
The post Thousands Shut Down London As Protesters Chant ?Free Tommy? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Seven Highlights From Robert F. Kennedy Jr.?s HHS Senate Confirmation Hearings Sun Feb 02, 2025 11:00 | Rebekah Barnett
Brattish senators, partisan politics and Bernie Sanders ranting about onesies ? RFK Jr.'s Health and Human Services confirmation hearings were a massive let down, says Rebekah Barnett.
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offsite link No Laughing Matter as Net Zero Nutters Target Your Anaesthetics and Painkillers Sun Feb 02, 2025 09:00 | Chris Morrison
Now the Net Zero nutters are targeting your medicines and painkillers, including the cheap and safe nitrous oxide. This despite scientists noting their effect on the atmosphere can hardly be measured, says Chris Morrison.
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offsite link Trigger Warning: Your Local University, Literary Society or School Board May Contain Nuts Sun Feb 02, 2025 07:00 | Steven Tucker
Chocolat author Joanne Harris has added trigger warnings to her books and urged others to do the same, so readers don't "feel unsafe". But it's only ever for things that upset thin-skinned Lefties, says Steven Tucker.
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offsite link News Round-Up Sun Feb 02, 2025 00:51 | Will Jones
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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national / racism & migration related issues / press release Thursday May 25, 2006 12:10 by Mark Grehan   text 6 comments (last - sunday december 24, 2006 20:24)
NGO coalition calls for an urgent review of the Department of Justice’s handling of Afghan hunger strikers protest read full story / add a comment
Ógra activists launch Suicide Prevention Leaflet at Ard Fheis!
national / miscellaneous / press release Wednesday May 24, 2006 19:51 by Ógra B   text 16 comments (last - thursday june 01, 2006 02:47)   image 1 image
Ógra Shinn Féin have written to An Taoiseach Bertie Ahern demanding a meeting regarding the issue of suicide prevention.
The youth group have also written to minister for health and Children, Mary Harney TD and British Direct rule minister Responsible for health Paul Goggins MP requesting similar meetings. The meetings will be a part of their suicide prevention campaign which was launched at the Ógra Shinn Féin national congress in February. read full story / add a comment
Let 'em spin til 6am!
national / arts and media / press release Wednesday May 24, 2006 18:58 by DJ Welfare   text 2 comments (last - sunday may 28, 2006 23:59)   image 2 images
A system of sequenced closing times for licensed premises in Ireland is long overdue and is respected worldwide as a concept, which facilitates the steady and orderly flow of people leaving licensed establishments throughout the night.

Put simply, sequenced closing times means that pubs, restaurants, late bars and nightclubs all close progressively later than each other.
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national / anti-war / imperialism / press release Wednesday May 24, 2006 13:26 by Irish Anti War Movement   text 3 comments (last - saturday may 27, 2006 16:58)
US Navy’s most senior legal official, Dr Albert Moro, says the US administration is guilty of war crimes over the use of torture at Guantanamo Bay.
The current Irish government by extension is also guilty of war-crimes by facilitating CIA ‘rendition programmes’ and refusing to search CIA planes carrying people to torture sites. read full story / add a comment
national / racism & migration related issues / press release Monday May 22, 2006 11:14 by Mark Grehan   text 2 comments (last - monday may 22, 2006 14:42)
This is the press release sent out by several of the NGO's who were involved supporting the men. Needless to say ,the governments version of events is a total fabrication. Further details will be released shortly read full story / add a comment
international / environment / press release Saturday May 20, 2006 12:38 by ef summer gathering 2006
The earth First! summer gathering will take place between wed 16th august and sun 20th august in west wales. The Earth First! Summer Gathering is the place where people involved in radical ecological direct action - or those who want to be involved - get together for five days of time and space to talk, walk, share skills, learn, play, rant, find out what's going on, find out what's next, live outside, strategise, hang out, incite, laugh and conspire.

The gathering site this year is nearer to many people in ireland then in theUK. It is not Very far from fishguard ferry port. read full story / add a comment
national / racism & migration related issues / press release Friday May 19, 2006 12:56 by Irish Anti War Movement   text 19 comments (last - thursday may 25, 2006 04:10)
The Irish Anti War Movement condemns the heavy police presence at St Patrick’s Cathedral. Hundreds of police arrived this morning at what has been a completely peaceful protest by the Afghan hunger strikers and by protestors maintaining a vigil outside the Cathedral.
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international / anti-capitalism / press release Thursday May 18, 2006 22:06 by SPer
WRCV, Venezuela, 18 May 2006
Venezuela has not been out of the news in the last few years. While most of the world’s media is accusing the Chavez regime of being only one step away from a ‘communist’ dictatorship the real picture of Venezuelan reality is very different. The Chavez government has embarked on a massive programme of social change and wealth redistribution. Venezuela, a country of enormous national wealth, has historically known a very unequal wealth distribution. Under the dominion of multinationals and imperialism Venezuelan wealth found its way to the rich elite in many countries but never trickled down to improve the living and working conditions of the masses and the working class in Venezuela itself. read full story / add a comment
national / public consultation / irish social forum / press release Thursday May 18, 2006 18:45 by Union of Students in Ireland   text 2 comments (last - friday may 19, 2006 12:27)
The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) has said a new radio station in the northwest dedicated to young adults should reflect the views and concerns of young people and students, and not just focus on entertainment. read full story / add a comment
national / public consultation / irish social forum / press release Tuesday May 16, 2006 15:33 by Union of Students in Ireland
The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) has hailed an important victory in the battle against the creeping marketisation of higher education, following news that the National College of Art and Design (NCAD) will not pursue a profit-driven plan to relocate its central Dublin campus. read full story / add a comment
national / racism & migration related issues / press release Monday May 15, 2006 18:15 by Irish Anti War Movement   text 42 comments (last - sunday may 21, 2006 21:19)
The Irish Anti War Movement supports the asylum claims of the Afghan hunger strikers in St Patrick’s Cathedral. The desperate measure by the 36 asylum seekers highlights the lies and the myth that the US and its allies are spreading democracy through its ‘war on terror’. The reality is that the US has replaced one group of thugs that it helped to create and fund – the Taliban, with another group that it now funds – the Northern Alliance (NA), to rule Afghanistan. The real agenda behind the US ‘war on terror’ is the extension of US power and dominance in the world. The Irish Anti War Movement calls on the Irish government to approve their asylum claims in recognition of the continued oppression and absence of democracy that exists in Afghanistan.
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national / public consultation / irish social forum / press release Monday May 15, 2006 16:49 by Union of Students in Ireland
The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) has expressed dismay that marriage equality has been sidestepped by the Irish Human Rights Commission (IHRC) in its new report on the rights of same-sex and opposite-sex couples. read full story / add a comment
international / environment / press release Monday May 15, 2006 16:06 by Niamh Nic Carthaigh
The latest Christian Aid report, ‘The climate of poverty: the facts, fears and hope’, launched to coincide with Christian Aid Week (14-20 May), highlights that climate change is now threatening development goals for billions of the world’s poorest people.

The report reveals the stark reality that a staggering 182 million people in sub-Saharan Africa alone could die of disease directly attributable to climate change by the end of the century. Many millions more throughout the world face death and devastation due to climate-induced floods, famine, drought and conflict.

The report calls on the Irish government to lead rich countries in taking urgent action to curb global warming.
For a full copy of the report, please email [email protected] or visit www.christianaid.ie

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national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Saturday May 13, 2006 12:55 by Sean O'Neill   text 3 comments (last - thursday march 01, 2007 15:15)
Time and tide waits for no man or woman the organisors of River fest in Limerick learned when canoeists had to wade ashore read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Saturday May 13, 2006 12:49 by Joe Lynch
Hundredss of families in the Mid West were disappointed at being turned away from visiting a French naval ship in the port of Limerick because of an insurance cock up read full story / add a comment
national / housing / press release Friday May 12, 2006 17:18 by Union of Students in Ireland
The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) has demanded the Government investigate fresh claims – this time from a member of Labour’s shadow Cabinet – that, in some cases, designated ‘Section 50’ student accommodation is being rented to the general public by rogue landlords. read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Friday May 12, 2006 11:26 by sally
This series, produced by NEARfm, will offer an overview of the similarities and differences of community radio in Ireland. Listen to NEAR101.6 fm or to our live streaming www.nearfm.ie or the podcasts the week after programmes are being aired. read full story / add a comment
national / public consultation / irish social forum / press release Thursday May 11, 2006 17:00 by Union of Students in Ireland   text 2 comments (last - friday may 12, 2006 13:17)
The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) is set to distribute 40,000 condoms to Irish students as part of the ‘He Says, You Say’ sexual health campaign launched earlier this week during National Condom Week sponsored by Durex. The campaign – also endorsed by the Crisis Pregnancy Agency and the Dublin Aids Alliance – will see 30,000 sponsored condoms distributed to students at the Trinity Ball tomorrow evening (Friday 12th May). read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Wednesday May 10, 2006 10:46 by Jane Doran
Front Line: The International Foundation for Human Rights Defenders is pleased to announce its shortlist for the 2006 Front Line Award for Human Rights Defenders at Risk. Mr Peter Sutherland, United Nations Special Representative for Migration and former EU Commissioner will present the award on Friday 16 June at a breakfast ceremony in Dublin City Hall.
The four nominees on the shortlist are: read full story / add a comment
international / environment / press release Tuesday May 09, 2006 22:46 by Michael O'Callaghan   text 11 comments (last - sunday may 28, 2006 04:55)   image 2 images
Meath County Council last night unanimously passed two motions that are widely expected to force the world’s largest chemicals company BASF to abandon a controversial experiment with patented genetically modified (GMO) potatoes which it hoped to launch in the area this week. read full story / add a comment
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