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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

offsite link Waiting for SIPO Anthony

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Human Rights in Ireland
Promoting Human Rights in Ireland

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Lockdown Skeptics

The Daily Sceptic

offsite link Argentina to Withdraw From the WHO Wed Feb 05, 2025 19:50 | Will Jones
Argentina is pulling out of the World Health Organisation over "deep differences" on how it managed the COVID-19 pandemic, with President Javier Milei condemning the WHO-backed lockdowns as "crimes against humanity".
The post Argentina to Withdraw From the WHO appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Rayner Postpones Local Elections for 5.5 Million People in Blow to Farage Wed Feb 05, 2025 17:42 | Will Jones
Angela Rayner has cancelled local elections this year for 5.5 million people amid growing outrage over?steep council tax hikes in a move condemned by Reform leader Nigel Farage as his party gains in the polls.
The post Rayner Postpones Local Elections for 5.5 Million People in Blow to Farage appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link German Political Crisis Deepens as Suddenly No Party Wants to Govern with Anybody Else Wed Feb 05, 2025 15:33 | Eugyppius
The breach of the anti-AfD firewall has exploded German politics as mass protests erupt and every party rules out ruling with everybody else. If a Government is to emerge something will have to give, says Eugyppius.
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offsite link Police Force Accused of Risking Safety of Man who Burnt Quran by Publishing His Personal Details on ... Wed Feb 05, 2025 13:05 | Will Jones
A police force has been accused of endangering a man who burned a Quran by publishing his name and address on social media despite the current risks faced by people who criticise Islam.
The post Police Force Accused of Risking Safety of Man who Burnt Quran by Publishing His Personal Details on Social Media appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Trump Unveils Plan to Take Over Gaza, Move the Palestinians and Turn it into the ?Riviera of the Mid... Wed Feb 05, 2025 11:11 | Will Jones
President Donald Trump has outlined an extraordinary new plan for Gaza in which the US will take over the strip and turn it into the "Riviera of the Middle East" while the Palestinian population is moved elsewhere.
The post Trump Unveils Plan to Take Over Gaza, Move the Palestinians and Turn it into the “Riviera of the Middle East” appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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Niall McNally, SIPTU Organiser
antrim / anti-capitalism / press release Thursday December 09, 2010 17:26 by PRO   image 2 images
SIPTU activists mobilised at Belfast City Hall today (Thursday 9th December) joining with over 1000 students from across the city protesting against education cuts and the ending of EMA (Education Maintenance Allowance) for Secondary School Students.

The Student Demo lasted for over an hour at lunch time, with College students and Secondary School Students alike thronging the street to make a stand against ‘regressive and ultimately cruel cuts.’ read full story / add a comment
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national / anti-capitalism / press release Thursday December 09, 2010 15:14 by PRO   image 1 image
SIPTU organiser Teri Cregan has criticised Boots over their tax avoidance of £86 million annually.

The Trade Union official lambasted the company for their, ‘huge tax avoidance when the public and community sector are being hit by all manner of cuts.’

Boots, who recorded over £1bn profit last year, were able to avoid the payment, due to a tax loop hole.

SIPTU are organised in Boots across the north, and are campaigning for dignity and respect in the workplace, and for business to become more ethical in how they deal with their workers and society.
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Maighréad Medbh for Western Writers' Centre
galway / arts and media / press release Thursday December 09, 2010 01:31 by Fred Johnston   image 1 image
Poet Máighréad Medbh will read for us at Cooke's Restaurant, Abbeygate Street, Galway on Thursday, January 27th 2011 at 8pm. €6 and €4. Music also. read full story / add a comment
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dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Wednesday December 08, 2010 21:26 by PBPA   text 2 comments (last - wednesday december 08, 2010 21:44)   image 1 image   video 1 video file
Wednesday 15th December, 7.30pm, Unite Hall, Middle Abbey St, Dublin read full story / add a comment
Michael Kelly, Martin O'Rourke, Cllr Martin McColgan
tyrone / animal rights / press release Wednesday December 08, 2010 21:18 by PRO   image 2 images
Ireland's largest Trade Union SIPTU held a number of engagements with key Community activists in Omagh town on Monday 6th December.

SIPTU Lead Organiser Martin O'Rourke led the meetings with the community organisers, to kick-start a process of engagement and building in the campaign against cuts to the community and voluntary sector.

Among those met were Cllr Martin McColgan (Chairperson of Strathroy Community Association), Michael Kelly (Omagh Community Support Officer) Siobhan McDermott (MACCA Community Centre Development Officer, ODC), Seamus Reid (MACCA Secretary), Gerry McCusker (Omagh Neighbourhood Renewal Officer), and Conor Keys (FOCUS Development Officer). read full story / add a comment
GARC Protesters Confront the PSNI, July 12, 2010
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Wednesday December 08, 2010 21:07 by Ardoyne Republican   image 1 image
Greater Ardoyne Residents Collective (GARC) spokesperson; Martin Óg Meehan has expressed amazement at the recent statement from Gerry Adams M.P. regarding the opening talks with the North/West Parades Forum concerning sectarian marches through the greater Ardoyne community.

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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Wednesday December 08, 2010 19:09 by TD   text 29 comments (last - friday december 10, 2010 15:38)   image 29 images   video 1 video file
It's cold comfort that yesterday's inhuman budget was the last sting of a vicious, dying government, chilling to realise it was allowed to flourish and pass by the broad mass of the Irish people standing idly by and not engaging in mass protest.? Yesterdays proceedings outside the Dáil were mild, ultra-mild and weak when compared to the mass protests in Greece and France and the fact that the EU/ECB/IMF attacks on our poor, vulnerable, working classes and middle classes, through their willing government catspaws, are far more severe here than the aforementioned countries.? read full story / add a comment
The Pipe - showing in Portumna, Galway Sunday 12th Dec. at 17:00
galway / anti-capitalism / event notice Wednesday December 08, 2010 17:54 by The Pipe | The Film   image 1 image   video 1 video file
The Pipe is showing in Portumna, Galway on Saturday 11th (at 20:00) December and Sunday 12th December (at 17:00) in the Cinemobile in the town square.

The Sunday showing will also have a questions and answers session with Richard O'Donnell.
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Catholic Worker Activist Ciaron O'Reilly
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Wednesday December 08, 2010 10:18 by Plowshares   text 10 comments (last - tuesday december 14, 2010 07:12)   image 1 image   video 1 video file
YOUTUBE (2min22sec)
- Irish/Australian Plowshare/Catholic Worker Activist Ciaron O'Reilly
does Solidarity Speaks Out Outside Westminster Court
While Assange Denied Bail!
- Solidarity with Assange and Manning!
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Hot Tips on organinsing solidarity around the imprisoned Julian Asasnge and Bradley Manning...... read full story / add a comment
Activists Pull Down Settlement Fence in Beit Ommar, Palestine
international / miscellaneous / press release Wednesday December 08, 2010 02:38 by Palestine Solidarity Project   image 1 image
Join the Palestine Solidarity Project in Beit Ommar, Palestine, and become part of the growing international movement to support Palestinian non-violent resistance. We are in need of volunteers to join us this winter and spring as we struggle to end the Israeli occupation in all its forms and to promote justice and self-determination for the Palestinian people. We have a wide range of programs lined up for the next few months, and are in need of dedicated, enthusiastic volunteers to help make our goals a reality. read full story / add a comment
A member of NUIM FEE addresses the crowd at Budget 2011 protest
national / education / news report Wednesday December 08, 2010 00:37 by LM   image 1 image
Changes to the qualifying criteria for the adjacent rate of the student maintenance grant, announced in the Budget for 2011, will lead to students facing up to the prospect of an almost 60% decrease in financial aid. read full story / add a comment
Night's Candles are Burnt Out (1927-28) by Seán Keating [3]
international / arts and media / other press Tuesday December 07, 2010 21:33 by Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin   text 1 comment (last - thursday december 09, 2010 13:32)   image 4 images
by Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin

As the global economic crisis deepens, one may ask how the artist can play any role in social, economic and political change?

Visual artists have been commenting on society since William Hogarth, a pictorial satirist and social critic during the early 1700s, used art to comment on the politics and customs of his time.

The same challenge still exists today - how can the visual artist make images that have a profound effect on people and their view of society and so hope to contribute to making a better society for all? read full story / add a comment
Gerry Adams interviewed by Fox Business TV
national / miscellaneous / news report Tuesday December 07, 2010 16:54 by WH   text 8 comments (last - wednesday december 08, 2010 18:43)   image 5 images
Rossport Solidarity Camp and Shell to Sea campaigners were out in numbers on a media-thronged Kildare Street in Dublin this morning in advance of Brian Lenihan’s presentation of the Budget for 2011. read full story / add a comment
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national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Monday December 06, 2010 23:17 by seedot   text 2 comments (last - tuesday december 07, 2010 18:00)   image 4 images
As the snow comes down and temperatures stay below freezing, Sinn Fein activists prepare to camp outside the Dail. Tomorrow they'll be joined by various other protests and passed by well paid TDs on their way to do the IMFs bidding. read full story / add a comment
Smash The Budget  Leaflet from WSM Cork
cork / anti-capitalism / news report Monday December 06, 2010 10:28 by Peter Sullivan   image 1 image
A range of political organisations have come together in Cork under the umbrella of the Independent Workers Union to organise a mobilisation and march against the Budget this coming Wednesday. read full story / add a comment
Irish Gobshites
international / public consultation / irish social forum / other press Monday December 06, 2010 05:49 by Rebels Yell   image 1 image   video 1 video file
The German Ambassador Pauls described Ireland as a “coarse” country infected by pure unadulterated greed and avarice. He didn't mince his word either, describing examples of a small country with an over bearing elite of overpaid Government ministers, junior ministers and a gravy train of political life, living the high on the pigs back, oblivious to the reality of deprived estates of people of no property, the length and breath of Ireland. read full story / add a comment
Aga tries to reason with Sergeant Tallon and Garda Kearns to no avail
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Monday December 06, 2010 05:03 by Seán Ryan   text 1 comment (last - thursday december 09, 2010 08:39)   image 2 images
What have a young vegan lady, Shell to Sea and the students that got battered by the Riot squad, all got in common?

Throw Interpol into the mix and you've got a tale worth telling! read full story / add a comment
limerick citizens assembly
national / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Sunday December 05, 2010 18:28 by gearoid   image 1 image
On Wednesday evening, December 8th at 8.30pm, economist Dr. Stephen Kinsella will address a unique event in Limerick’s Absolute Hotel.

“Limerick Citizen’s Assembly” comes out of discussions by a group of limerick concerned people who attended a few meetings of a group called “Claiming Our Future”

It was decided that people need a forum where they could get access to independent information on the country’s economic crisis, and where citizens could organise, independent of the political parties.

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galway / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Sunday December 05, 2010 16:00 by DunloT   text 6 comments (last - monday december 06, 2010 22:03)   image 11 images   video 5 video files
In bitter, thick fog resembling the miasma hanging over the economic abyss that is now Ireland, some 300-400 protesters, yesterday, marched from the Cathedral through Eglington St and Shop Street to the Spanish Arch plaza voicing their anger, contempt and sense of betrayal for a government that has spectacularly lost the trust of its people but like a stinging, dying wasp is still hell-bent on forcing through a budget of unprecedented savagery that saddles and cripples the Irish people with the private gambling debts of rogue banks and a millstone "bailout" of usurious, ruinous interest rates from the IMF and EU. read full story / add a comment
Rebel-Alliance.org: Resistance is Not Futile
national / anti-capitalism / press release Saturday December 04, 2010 21:41 by wexfordrebelalliance   text 1 comment (last - sunday december 05, 2010 18:04)   image 4 images   video 1 video file
Do you want answers? Do you want solutions? Do you want another alternative to the ruling class Pravda that is the Irish Media? Rebel-Alliance.org is for you. read full story / add a comment
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