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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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The Daily Sceptic

offsite link Trump?s ?Drill, Baby, Drill? Energy Policy Will Enjoy the Enthusiastic Support of the Global South Sun Jan 19, 2025 17:00 | Tilak Doshi
Tilak Doshi says Trump's "drill, baby, drill" energy policy may not be popular in Davos, but will be welcomed by leaders in the Global South, fed up with being lectured about carbon emissions by rich Western countries.
The post Trump?s ?Drill, Baby, Drill? Energy Policy Will Enjoy the Enthusiastic Support of the Global South appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link ?There is a Pakistani Problem and we Must Root it Out,? Says Head of Equality and Human Rights Commi... Sun Jan 19, 2025 15:00 | Toby Young
The head of the Equality and Human Rights Commission has written an excellent comment piece for the Sunday Times urging the Government to hold a proper full inquiry into the rape gangs scandal.
The post ?There is a Pakistani Problem and we Must Root it Out,? Says Head of Equality and Human Rights Commission appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Why is Lord Hermer Trying to Politicise the Rule of Law? Sun Jan 19, 2025 13:00 | Raymond Wacks
Retired law professor Raymond Wacks questions Lord Hermer's new, expanded definition of the 'Rule of Law' to include 'human rights'. Is it a ruse to increase the power of human rights lawyers?
The post Why is Lord Hermer Trying to Politicise the Rule of Law? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link How the Blob Uses Public Sector Procurement Frameworks to Enforce Compliance With Woke Ideology Sun Jan 19, 2025 11:00 | C.J. Strachan
C.J. Strachan documents the way in which the Civil Service enforces compliance with woke ideology by forcing private companies that want to bid for public sector contracts to attend EDI training courses.
The post How the Blob Uses Public Sector Procurement Frameworks to Enforce Compliance With Woke Ideology appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link New Research Paper Contains Evidence That the mRNA Covid Vaccines Damages Human Heart Cells Sun Jan 19, 2025 09:00 | Dr David Livermore
A new research paper contains evidence that the mRNA Covid vaccines cause heart damage at the cellular level, writes David Livermore, former professor of medical microbiology at the University of East Anglia.
The post New Research Paper Contains Evidence That the mRNA Covid Vaccines Damages Human Heart Cells appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Tuesday June 15, 2010 14:57 by Fintan and Derek, edited by Andrew   text 8 comments (last - wednesday june 30, 2010 19:55)   image 1 image   audio 2 audio files
An IPSC meeting on Saturday saw some of the Irish participants on the Freedom Flotilla talk of their experiences, and discuss what practical steps Irish people can help take to bring about the end of the siege of Gaza and Israeli apartheid as a whole and secure self determination for the people of Palestine. This is the audio from the meeting. read full story / add a comment
Lubna Masarwa and Al-Jazeera reporter Othman Abufalah
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Tuesday June 15, 2010 12:53 by TD   text 3 comments (last - tuesday june 15, 2010 15:25)   image 7 images   video 5 video files
Palestinian, Lubna Masarwa was the Free Gaza Movement representative aboard the Turkish ship Mavi Marmara which was carrying a cargo of humanitarian and construction aid - as well as letters from Turkish children to Gazan children - to illegally besieged Gaza when it was murderously attacked in international waters on May 31st, 2010. Lubna witnessed the many crimes of the Israeli military aboard that night and in a Electronic Intifada article and a video interview yesterday, she spoke out: read full story / add a comment
meath / environment / opinion/analysis Monday June 14, 2010 11:41 by Farrelly57   text 18 comments (last - friday september 03, 2010 11:19)   image 13 images
The proposed Tara/Skryne Landscape Conservation plan is an attempt to protect and preserve an old and sacred area but it may be scuppered by a small cabal of politicians who are again spreading scare storied and lies to keep the area open for all and any developement. read full story / add a comment
Jihan El- Sersawy
international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Monday June 14, 2010 00:33 by fathi tobail   image 1 image
The Palestinian Civil Servants Foundation condemns the interrogations of a member of its Board of Directors

The Palestinian Civil Servants Foundation condemns and denounces the unlawful action by one of the organs of Hamas security (interior security), without in any legal or any official request from the place of work in the Palestinian Planning Center in Gaza, where as the security apparatus has on the morning of Sunday, 13.6.2010 summoned the trade union activist and activist Jihan El- Sersawy a board member of the Palestinian Civil Servants Foundation and a member of the General Union for government employees to one of its offices in Deir al-Balah and subjected her to interrogation in a humiliating manner disregard to the civil rights or dignity of a Palestinian citizen.
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Friday 18th
dublin / arts and media / event notice Sunday June 13, 2010 17:26 by LoveMusic HateRacism   image 1 image
Friday 18th June is shaping up to be another eclectic mix of live music and Djs at Sweeney's Mongrel , formerly LeCirk.
Live music from Tucan ,Fusion Family and Zombie Cops on the 1st floor while Bootnik selects the best in Funk , Soul , Disco and a little more on the ground floor.And in the basement Jamaica's own CrazyD is the king of Reggae Dancehall....Don't forget to find us on Facebook and let us know you're coming.

Here's a little more about the music in store on the 18th read full story / add a comment
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international / crime and justice / news report Friday June 11, 2010 17:06 by G Black,   text 23 comments (last - sunday june 13, 2010 02:13)   image 12 images
200 protestors gathered at Stormont , to protest the recent actions carried out by Israel on international waters.
The Israeli Ambassador, Zion Evrony's was visiting Stormont to celebrate Israel’s 62nd Anniversary hosted by Jeffrey Donaldson (DUP) and Patsy McGlone (SDLP)

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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Friday June 11, 2010 13:49 by Kev   image 1 image
On Saturday 12th, at 12pm, the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign will be taking to streets at the LUAS terminal at St Stephen’s Green to highlight the complicity of Veolia, the operators of the LUAS and tenderers for the Dublin Metro North contract (as part of Transdev, with Israel’s apartheid regime. Veolia is involved in the building of the illegal light rail project in occupied East Jerusalem, operating bus services for Israel’s colonial settlers in the occupied territories and the Tovlan land fill in the Jordan Valley. The IPSC aims, as part of the international campaign against Veolia, to convince it to divest from its interests in Israel. read full story / add a comment
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antrim / worker & community struggles and protests / event notice Friday June 11, 2010 11:14 by Gary Mulcahy   text 3 comments (last - thursday june 17, 2010 12:46)   image 1 image
NO CUTS TO PUBLIC SERVICES
Protest: 5-6pm Thursday 24 June
European Commission Office, 74-76 Dublin Rd, Belfast

ENDORSED BY: FIRE BRIGADES UNION - I.N.T.O. NORTHERN REGION - SOCIALIST PARTY - WORKERS PARTY - ORGANISE - SAVE MID-ULSTER HOSPITAL - WE WONT PAY CAMPAIGN - YOUTH AGAINST RACISM plus many others

NO CUTS TO BAILOUT THE BANKS - DEFEND JOBS, WAGES & SERVICES read full story / add a comment
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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Thursday June 10, 2010 17:20 by LASC   text 1 comment (last - thursday june 10, 2010 18:13)   image 1 image
Cuban Healthcare in Haiti:

The seminar will include a screening of the film Haiti's Healthcare Reborn (22mins) focusing on Cuba’s response to the Haitian earthquake in January and its 10-year commitment to rebuild the Haitian healthcare system from the ground up. At the time of the earthquake, Cuba already had 152 medical and education personnel working in the Haitian capital Port au Prince and was immediately treating the injured in a field hospital. Cuba has over 40,000 medical personnel operating in 103 countries, a major contribution from a developing country which is still subject to a crippling economic blockade by the United States.

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Protest at Israeli massacre on Aid Flotilla: the march lead by the Raytheon-9 Women in Derry's City centre.
derry / anti-war / imperialism / news report Thursday June 10, 2010 17:18 by George Row   image 5 images
Saturday 5th June saw a march in Derry to protest at the Israel's Massacre of Flotilla Aid Workers, and its continuing "Collective Punishment" of the people of Gaza illegal blockade. It ended with a rally
The March was addressed by Roisin Barton (Raytheon-9 women), Marty Crockett (Derry Friends of Palestine) who drove an ambulance to Gaza last year and Eamon McCann (DAWC). read full story / add a comment
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dublin / arts and media / event notice Thursday June 10, 2010 16:56 by LASC   image 1 image
The Chilean Association Of Ireland in association with The Red Cross

present read full story / add a comment
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international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Thursday June 10, 2010 10:32 by TD   text 6 comments (last - tuesday june 15, 2010 12:09)   image 7 images   video 7 video files
Not sated with the wanton butchery of nine human rights activists aboard the Mavi Marmara and the brutalisation of Huwaida Arraf aboard Challenger 1 - another Gaza flotilla ship bound for Gaza - the Israeli army came back for second helpings last Friday in Bil'in, this time, thankfully, with murder not in mind, just with appetite for wanton arrests, child kidnapping and terrorization. Huwaida Arraf, one of the leading lights from the Free Gaza Movement was again on their target list and she was arbitrarily arrested along with villager; Ashraf Abu Rahmah and an Israeli Anarchist Against the Wall at the peaceful demonstration against the nearby Aparheid- Annexation Wall in Bil'in that morning. read full story / add a comment
Billy Fitzpatrick former TUI president
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Wednesday June 09, 2010 20:53 by Freda H   text 1 comment (last - thursday june 24, 2010 12:35)   image 3 images
‘Boycott Israel’ was the legend emblazoned across 63 year-old Billy Fitzpatrick’s jumpsuit as he skydived from 4,000 metres, at the Skydive Ireland airfield in Nenagh, Co Tipperary. read full story / add a comment
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international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Wednesday June 09, 2010 17:18 by LASC   image 1 image
To the social, civil, political, academic, indigenous, and solidarity organizations that conform this Caravan called "Bety Carińo y Jyri Jaakkola”

To the national and international media

To the Human Rights’ organizations To “La Otra Campańa” read full story / add a comment
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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Wednesday June 09, 2010 17:12 by Kev   text 1 comment (last - wednesday june 09, 2010 19:07)   image 1 image
Time & Date: Saturday, 12 Jun 2010, 2:00PM

Venue: The Central Hotel, Exchequer St, Dublin 2

Speakers:

Dr Fintan Lane (IPSC & Challenger 1 passenger)
Derek Graham (First Mate on MV Rachel Corrie)
Chair: Freda Hughes (IPSC National Committee) read full story / add a comment
Bodenstown Sunday , 13th June 2010.
national / history and heritage / event notice Wednesday June 09, 2010 15:41 by Sharon.   text 8 comments (last - friday june 18, 2010 12:15)   image 1 image
Republicans to honour Theobald Wolfe Tone , the 'Father of Irish Republicanism' . read full story / add a comment
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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Wednesday June 09, 2010 15:12 by LASC   image 1 image
Dublin Screening – Pearse Centre, Thurs 17th June - 7.30pm
(Followed by Q&A with the executive producer Roberto Navarrete)
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A view across the camp towards Rossport
mayo / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Wednesday June 09, 2010 13:27 by Bobajob   text 4 comments (last - thursday june 10, 2010 19:39)   image 17 images
Supporters from around the world joined in the annual gathering over the past weekend at the Rossport Solidarity Camp at Broadhaven Bay, County Mayo in support of the Shell to Sea campaign. A large contingent of cyclists travelled from Britain via Merthyr Tydfil in Wales where another campaign is focussed to stop an ugly open-cast coal mine which is destroying the environment, polluting air and water and endangering the community. read full story / add a comment
international / environment / other press Wednesday June 09, 2010 11:37 by Non-voter   text 6 comments (last - friday june 11, 2010 23:30)   image 2 images
As public fury mounts over what has been described as America’s worst ever environmental disaster , BP buys top search results for terms like “oil spill” from both Google and Yahoo. read full story / add a comment
Sacco & Vanzetti
cork / arts and media / event notice Tuesday June 08, 2010 20:29 by Eric   image 1 image
Sacco and Vanzetti is a documentary made in 2006 and directed by Peter Miller. The film presents interviews with researchers and historians of the lives of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, and their trial. read full story / add a comment
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