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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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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
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offsite link News Round-Up Thu Dec 05, 2024 01:18 | 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 What?s the Difference Between Scepticism and Cynicism? Wed Dec 04, 2024 19:00 | James Alexander
What's the difference between scepticism and cynicism? Cynicism is especially necessary for assessing politics, says Prof James Alexander, as it sits below scepticism, making us question the motives of those who rule us.
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offsite link Manchester United Drops LGBT Rainbow Jacket After Muslim Star Player Refuses to Wear It Wed Dec 04, 2024 17:30 | Will Jones
Manchester United dropped an LGBT rainbow jacket that the team was planning to wear on Sunday after a Muslim star player refused to wear it, in the third LGBT Pride controversy to hit the Premier League this week.
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offsite link More Than 50 Experts Ready to Defend Letby, Says Her Lawyer Wed Dec 04, 2024 15:14 | Will Jones
More than 50 experts stand ready to defend?Lucy Letby, her barrister has said, as the police confirm they have questioned her in prison over more deaths and collapses.
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offsite link AI is a Misnomer Wed Dec 04, 2024 13:00 | Joanna Gray
AI is a misnomer, says Joanna Gray. It's not and will never be 'intelligent'. The fact that human 'super recognisers' are needed to spot the mistakes that AI makes at least 25% of the time should be proof enough.
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international / rights, freedoms and repression / feature Friday June 02, 2006 03:34 by erqwnqr   text 36 comments (last - thursday april 16, 2009 22:15)   image 14 images
'Asked for other reasoning behind the choice to take down a site, without knowing wether it is illegal or not, the officers explained that this is normal.' UK/USA: Gary Mc Kinnon has lost his extradition case & will now be sent to the USA. A UK court recommended last wednesday that the 40 year old unemployed Gary Mc read full story / add a comment
Have that unncessary Kidney taken out now - tickets must be had
national / consumer issues / feature Thursday May 25, 2006 16:39 by Frances Nunan   text 58 comments (last - sunday september 24, 2006 21:43)   image 4 images
The Ryder Cup is an occasion of horror to those who regard golf as a way of spoiling a good walk, or merely, an excuse to wear Rupert the Bear trousers in public. However, this major sporting event is coming to Ireland this September. There has been virtually no background investigation into the preparations. Until now............. read full story / add a comment
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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / feature Wednesday May 24, 2006 15:45 by Joan Collins, Sean Ryan, RobbieS, Seedot   text 30 comments (last - tuesday may 30, 2006 13:36)   image 1 image
Motion for Dublin City Council to allow postering passed with only 1 councillor dissenting. read full story / add a comment
hunger strikers removed by gardaí
dublin / racism & migration related issues / feature Monday May 22, 2006 00:17 by Jon, Revolt, Emma, Elaine, MarkG, RichardW,   text 20 comments (last - friday april 08, 2016 12:38)   image 4 images   video 1 video file
A summary of the week, gathered by the IMC Ireland Collective. read full story / add a comment
Wheelock Family
dublin / crime and justice / feature Friday May 19, 2006 01:14 by Martin & kevin (imc éire)   text 110 comments (last - friday october 19, 2007 16:38)   image 19 images
The family of Terence Wheelock were attacked by gardaí last night. Terence died from injuries he received in garda custody last year. His family have highlighted his case and are calling for an independent public inquiry. read full story / add a comment
... Taunting The Supporters
dublin / racism & migration related issues / feature Thursday May 18, 2006 11:34 by Fintan Lane   text 127 comments (last - thursday june 08, 2006 10:43)   image 14 images
This evening's anti-war vigil outside St Patrick's Cathedral attracted roughly 30 to 40 participants, including a number of schoolkids who had maintained a presence since 2pm. Just before the vigil began, one of these kids fainted and had to be removed by ambulance for medical attention.

Throughout the vigil - and for some time before - those there in solidarity, including the schoolkids, were subjected to repeated taunts, abuse and racist chants from a group of local teenagers. read full story / add a comment
Castlemartin, an old photo of the 18th centaury mansion which is the Kildare residence of O’Reilly. It was the H.Q. for the crown forces during 1798.
mayo / anti-capitalism / feature Thursday May 18, 2006 07:13 by Terry   text 1 comment (last - friday may 19, 2006 00:40)   image 1 image

People who suffer the misfortune of being regular readers of the rag known as the Sunday Independent may remember a series of literary assaults it ran last summer on the Shell to Sea campaign. As the weather improves and we enter a new ‘construction season’, so too does the chance of Shell attempting work, things hotting up here, and another parade of corporate media lies. So in the spirit of getting your retaliation in first here follows an exploration of the interests the O’Reilly Empire has in the privatisation of natural resources. Growing naturally from this is a look at what is entailed in that privatisation, at fresh developments in oil and gas in Ireland, and at the political issues involved in campaigning around this.

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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / feature Wednesday May 17, 2006 19:54 by Shell to Sea   text 8 comments (last - tuesday may 23, 2006 14:49)   image 20 images
Syttende mai (May 17th) is commemorated every year by Norwegians all around the world, to mark their country's achievement of independence. A parade was held this morning in Dublin, when many members of the Norwegian community carried their country's flag along Grafton Street.

They were joined this year by members of the Shell to Sea campaign, who followed along behind with a section of Pipeline with PROPERTY OF STATOIL and NOT WANTED IN ROSSPORT printed on the side.

John Monaghan of Shell to Sea said: "This year in Ireland May 17th was also marked by Shell to Sea activists who want to point out the absurd situation whereby the people of Ireland will benefit nothing from the Corrib gas field, while the people of Norway will see the profits invested in their schools, hospitals, roads and pensions."
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international / rights, freedoms and repression / feature Monday May 15, 2006 19:18 by Manus O'Riordan   text 7 comments (last - wednesday may 17, 2006 22:00)   image 3 images

On Saturday, April 15th, 2006, British and Irish relatives and friends of International Brigaders marked the 70th anniversary of the formation of the International Brigades with a commemorative walk, led by Pauline Fraser, across the Pyrenees from France into Spain.

The ceremonies commenced in the French Pyrenean village of Las Illas, at the monument to mark the passing through that village in 1939 of the President of the Spanish Republic, the President of the Basque Republic and the President of the Generalitat of Catalunya - fleeing for their lives as refugees from the triumph of fascism in Spain. (In 1940 the Nazi German occupation authorities and the collaborationist Vichy French Government would hand over President Companys of Catalunya for subsequent execution by Franco’s Spanish fascists in Barcelona).

This monument also commemorates the same village as one of the routes through which International Brigade volunteers clandestinely entered a blockaded Spanish Republic from 1936 to 1938; as well as the route taken in the reverse direction in 1939 by a significant proportion of more than half a million Spanish Republican refugees.

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We would rather die in the Holy Church than Afghanistan
dublin / racism & migration related issues / feature Sunday May 14, 2006 23:33 by IMC Editorial   text 115 comments (last - wednesday may 17, 2006 15:57)   image 43 images
A group of twenty to thirty refugees (UPDATE: numbers are now known to be 41) occupied St. Patricks Cathedral after today’s Cathedral Service. At least three minors are believed to be among the group of men. The group are seeking refugee status in Ireland and decided to hungerstrike after some of their applications were turned down last Friday by the Office of the Refugee Appeals Commissioner. Geen Party TD, Ciarán Cuffe has met some of the men and believes them to be genuine. read full story / add a comment
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international / anti-war / imperialism / feature Saturday May 13, 2006 13:53 by Magdalena from Dun Laoghaire   text 8 comments (last - wednesday may 17, 2006 22:31)   image 1 image
This year -- as more and more mothers, in America, Britain, Italy, Spain, Poland as well as Iraq, mourn their fallen sons and daughters, lost to the insanity of organized violence -- Julia Ward Howe's call for women to not allow their men to constantly play at war is back in fashion, part of a growing awareness of the link between patriarchy and war. read full story / add a comment
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national / worker & community struggles and protests / feature Wednesday May 10, 2006 17:18 by Annie Winters   text 20 comments (last - monday may 15, 2006 00:08)   image 1 image
As the grim state of our health service makes the news, with tales of trolleys, overcrowding and 'third world' standards this reporter took herself off to Cavan for this years INO delegates conference in the Slieve Russel Hotel to see what nurses had to say... read full story / add a comment
mayday - fires burning to celebrate the pagan feast of bealtaine
national / miscellaneous / feature Tuesday May 09, 2006 01:41 by mayday celebrator   text 5 comments (last - thursday may 11, 2006 13:32)   image 5 images
Bealtaine- celtic festival, now celebrated as mayday.
various actions happened over the weekend; from bikerides, to marches, to mural painting, to picnics, to dancing on the streets.

hope all enjoyed their mayday and that it pushes further for a planet of global justice.
heres a rough summing up of whats went on here on this island over the last few days. read full story / add a comment
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dublin / environment / feature Tuesday May 09, 2006 00:56 by Cursed Earth Gardener   text 7 comments (last - thursday february 01, 2007 20:59)   image 3 images
In February this year, a new community garden has opened in Phibsborough, on the banks of the Royal Canal. It started off with some trees and a herb garden, and is establishing itself as an alternative means of urban food production. This article is a reflection by one of the community gardeners on the reasons for the project. read full story / add a comment
Flavia, Photographer from Italy
international / anti-capitalism / feature Sunday May 07, 2006 16:39 by Paula Geraghty   text 4 comments (last - sunday may 07, 2006 16:49)   image 7 images
Behind the scenes at the European Social Forum Media Centre. read full story / add a comment
Mayday! Mayday!
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / feature Thursday May 04, 2006 04:13 by Elaine   text 14 comments (last - tuesday may 09, 2006 06:52)   image 16 images
'Comely maidens dancing at the crossroads' was what started it. DeValera's dismissive comment regarding women's roles in his vision of a new Ireland. Misquoted, of course, the actual word he used was 'happy'. So there we were, a bunch of women activists with nothing to do on Mayday (No RTS, aaaahhh) but be happy. read full story / add a comment
Building workers join the protest
dublin / worker & community struggles and protests / feature Friday April 28, 2006 18:41 by Jim   text 11 comments (last - wednesday june 18, 2008 15:24)   image 15 images
A large protest took place outside the offices of the Health and Safety Authority to mark international workers commemoration day. The protest was supported by BATU and SIPTU as well as local T.D. Ruairi Quinn and Sean Ryan T.D. of Labour. There was a considerable amount of corporate press photographers and tv cameras as well.

The family of Justin Foley were also present and they laid flowers for Justin at the doorstep of the HSA in Hogan place. There was a minutes silence at 12. Building workers held 23 crosses one - each to represent each worker killed in work related accidents during 2005. read full story / add a comment
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antrim / anti-war / imperialism / feature Friday April 28, 2006 12:11 by Mark Chapman   text 11 comments (last - wednesday may 03, 2006 22:09)   image 10 images
This morning, Thursday 27 April peace activists from the Belfast-based Justice Not Terror Coalition staged a ‘die-in’ and blockade at the main gate of Thales Air Defence, Alanbrooke Road, Castlereagh, Antrim, N.Ireland. read full story / add a comment
A Clipping From The Herald Last Wednesday
national / arts and media / feature Tuesday April 25, 2006 11:29 by Editors   text 25 comments (last - sunday may 07, 2006 03:32)   image 2 images
Like any other Open Publishing site Indymedia.ie attracts its fair share of trolls. For some years Indymedia users have been harrassed by an obsessed cyber-stalker going under a variety of names. This troll has abused people through the site, as well as sending intimidating and insulting personal emails to different constributors on our editorial lists (particularly to a woman who contributes to the list). This crackpot's one-person mission to monitor the workings of the site has also prompted them into going as far as using a popular blogging site to pour deliberately ill-informed abuse on Indymedia contributors including editors. read full story / add a comment
British army barricade at Moore street where surrender was taken
national / history and heritage / feature Monday April 24, 2006 22:49 by Andrew Flood   text 41 comments (last - thursday october 25, 2007 19:43)   image 9 images
The Easter rising began at mid-day today 90 years ago. Traditionally the anniversary is marked as being on the Easter Monday rather than the actual date, perhaps in part because of the common theme of blood sacrifice. Histories of the rising tend to focus on the idea of blood sacrifice at both a motivation for the rising and the reason for the creation of the Free State. This article argues that although this may have been an important motivation on the day it was not the reason for the rising nor was the reason for the subsequent rise of the IRA simply found in the execution of the republican leadership after the rising. So using the article to mark the actual '90 years on'' date seems appropriate. read full story / add a comment
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