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offsite link 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

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

offsite link Waiting for SIPO Anthony

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Human Rights in Ireland
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The Daily Sceptic

offsite link The Censorship Only Goes One Way Fri Feb 07, 2025 17:02 | Dr James Allan
Our new censors tried to ban a video of a Christian bishop being stabbed by a Muslim extremist. But would they have done the same if it was a far-Right assailant attacking a Muslim? Of course not, says Prof James Allan.
The post The Censorship Only Goes One Way appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Miliband?s Net Zero Plans Torpedoed by UK?s Top Offshore Wind Developer as ?rsted Axes Major Project... Fri Feb 07, 2025 15:14 | David Turver
Ed Miliband's Net Zero plans have been torpedoed by the UK's top offshore wind developer as Danish company ?rsted axes a number of major projects as part of a 25% cut to its investment plans.
The post Miliband’s Net Zero Plans Torpedoed by UK’s Top Offshore Wind Developer as ?rsted Axes Major Projects appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Democrat Lawmaker Gets Sterilised Because of Trump Presidency Fri Feb 07, 2025 13:13 | Will Jones
A Democrat lawmaker in Michigan has undergone a sterilisation procedure to avoid becoming pregnant while Donald Trump is in office. Because nothing says "I'm not a hysterical woman" quite like ripping out your womb.
The post Democrat Lawmaker Gets Sterilised Because of Trump Presidency appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Former Royal Marine Cleared of Race Hate Charge Over Southport Protest Video Fri Feb 07, 2025 11:00 | Dr Frederick Attenborough
In a victory for free speech, ex-Royal Marine Jamie Michael has been cleared of racial hatred after posting a video calling for peaceful protest following the Southport attack. The jury took just 17 minutes to acquit him.
The post Former Royal Marine Cleared of Race Hate Charge Over Southport Protest Video appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link The Feminists Who Blame ?Men? for Rape Gangs Fri Feb 07, 2025 09:00 | Steven Tucker
Feminist lawyer Charlotte Proudman has done some great work drafting legislation to criminalise forced marriage and FGM, says Steven Tucker. But when it comes to the rape gangs, she has a glaring blind spot.
The post The Feminists Who Blame ?Men? for Rape Gangs appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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international / rights, freedoms and repression / feature Monday May 31, 2010 17:00 by Kev   text 104 comments (last - thursday april 14, 2011 08:39)   audio 2 audio files
At least 9 international human rights activists have been killed and dozens more injured after Israeli commandos attacked the unarmed Gaza Freedom Flotilla early this morning in international waters, according to reports from the flotilla organisers, while Israeli military sources confirmed at least 9 dead. This attack is a clear breach of international law. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Thursday May 20, 2010 20:48 by Thomas Janak   audio 1 audio file
In conversation with Sharon Valencik read full story / add a comment
international / animal rights / news report Tuesday May 18, 2010 22:38 by Thomas Janak   audio 1 audio file
Franck lives in France and has worked in rescue for many years. read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media / press release Tuesday May 18, 2010 10:25 by Jho Harris   audio 3 audio files
This is a story about a new Irish website which is bringing free audio podcasts by Irish writers to the web read full story / add a comment
international / animal rights / opinion/analysis Saturday May 15, 2010 21:48 by Thomas Janak   audio 1 audio file
WILD TIME caught up with Bruce Friedrich on his mobile phone read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-capitalism / event notice Friday May 14, 2010 09:44 by Andrew   text 35 comments (last - wednesday may 19, 2010 15:19)   audio 1 audio file
Last Tuesday Gardai used extendable steel batons against the heads of protesters trying to enter the Dail carpark resulting in at least five head injuries. We've seen the state react in a similar fashion to resistance in Rossport, Mayday 2004 and Reclaim the Streets. It's time to say Enough. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / feature Wednesday May 12, 2010 17:24 by Paula Geraghty   text 69 comments (last - wednesday may 26, 2010 15:40)   audio 1 audio file
Two thousand took to the street to protest at the bank bailout. read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Friday May 07, 2010 17:13 by Speaker Aileen; Editing Andrew   audio 1 audio file
In this audio recording Aileen O'Carroll draw on the stories and diaries of those working in IT company’s to talk about the secrets and contradictions of working in a global industry. The myth is that IT workers happily work a 60 hour week but like workplaces of a previous era, there is a struggle over the nature of work and the length of working time within our lives. The left tends to focus on the formal visible struggles conducted through trade unions. What can this other level of often individualised struggle teach us in the fight for a new world? read full story / add a comment
national / animal rights / news report Tuesday May 04, 2010 01:55 by Thomas Janak   audio 1 audio file
Recorded on may bankholiday monday at the Royal College of Physicians in Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin read full story / add a comment
national / environment / press release Monday May 03, 2010 21:51 by Tony Lowes   audio 1 audio file
Farmers claim in a debate with environmentalists that they must burn their lands or lose grants that require them to maintain their farmlands for grazing animals. They also blame the Government for requiring them since 2000 to burn before March 1 rather than the April 15, claiming that wet conditions have meant a build up of wildfire fuel is now a 'tragedy waiting to happen'. read full story / add a comment
international / animal rights / opinion/analysis Monday May 03, 2010 20:32 by Thomas Janak   audio 1 audio file
Jordan Wyatt from New Zealand hosts a blog and a podcast called: http://www.coexistingwithnonhumananimals.blogspot.com/ which deals with veganism and the wrongs of the meat eating world in a non threatening way.

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dublin / anti-capitalism / news report Sunday May 02, 2010 16:38 by Andrew N Flood   text 1 comment (last - friday may 21, 2010 07:01)   audio 1 audio file
On a miserable wet day around 400 workers marched through Dublin in the annual Mayday march organised by the Dublin Council of Trade Unions. Speakers at the end included Arthur Scargill, president of the British National Union of Mine Workers during the bitter year long 1984 strike in which 10 people were killed. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Thursday April 29, 2010 15:04 by LASC   text 3 comments (last - friday april 30, 2010 07:49)   audio 1 audio file
The two individuals whose deaths have been confirmed are Beatríz Alberta Cariño, the director of CACTUS and member of the Southeast Mexican Indigenous Community Radios Network, and Jyri Jaakkola, an international solidarity observer from Finland.

Four people have been confirmed disappeared: David Venegas Reyes and Noe Bautista Jimenez, from VOCAL, and Érika Ramírez and David Cilia, reporters from Contralínea. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Monday April 26, 2010 11:09 by Andrew   text 2 comments (last - saturday may 29, 2010 15:17)   audio 1 audio file
The audio below is a recording of the second 'Rethinking Revolution' meeting which took place last week in Seomra Spraoi on the topic of 'Will there be a revolution in our lifetime.' read full story / add a comment
international / education / other press Friday April 16, 2010 21:44 by D. Grant Haynes   text 3 comments (last - saturday april 17, 2010 06:34)   audio 1 audio file
A culture and educational system that permits a student like Irish teen Phoebe Prince to be bullied and harassed until driven to suicide needs to undergo vast systemic changes immediately.
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dublin / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Tuesday April 13, 2010 17:17 by Paul (speaker) Andrew (editing)   text 5 comments (last - thursday april 15, 2010 10:46)   audio 2 audio files
The left talks a lot about class but in a manner that often confuses more than it clarifies. In this audio recording of a Rethinking revolution seminar at Seomra Spraoi Paul Bowman wonders just how useful the classification obsessed approach of the left actually is.
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dublin / gender and sexuality / news report Tuesday March 09, 2010 14:53 by editing and recording by Andrew Flood   text 8 comments (last - wednesday august 04, 2010 10:35)   audio 11 audio files
On Sunday to mark international Women's Day over 150 people took part in the annual Feminist Walking Tour in Dublin organised by Choice Ireland, RAG, Lash Back and friends. These are audio recordings of all seven stops of the tour plus audio recordings from three of the stops from the 2009 tour. read full story / add a comment
national / public consultation / irish social forum / opinion/analysis Friday March 05, 2010 15:21 by Fergal / Theresa (edited by Andrew Flood)   text 1 comment (last - monday march 08, 2010 15:12)   audio 3 audio files
An audio recording of the'Better Questions' seminar on Social Movements and Praxis' held in Seomra Spraoi Wed 3rd March 6.30pm. Speakers are Fergal Finnegan and Theresa O’Keefe. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Wednesday February 24, 2010 12:49 by Paddy/Alessandro (recorded by Andrew)   text 1 comment (last - thursday february 25, 2010 11:57)   audio 2 audio files
This is an audio recording of a Better Question discussion if the ideas of the French left philosophers Jacques Ranciere and Alain Badiou. A fifty minute introduction is given by Paddy Bresnihan and Alessandro Zagato followed by about forty minutes of discussion about the presentations. read full story / add a comment
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