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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
Promoting Human Rights in Ireland

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The Daily Sceptic

offsite link News Round-Up Wed Feb 05, 2025 01:58 | 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.
The post News Round-Up appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Starmer Hands Prisoners 6.6% Pay Rise at Cost of ?4.4 Million Tue Feb 04, 2025 19:00 | Will Jones
Keir Starmer has handed prisoners a 6.6% pay rise at a cost of ?4.4 million despite depriving 10 million pensioners of their winter fuel allowance because money is so tight.
The post Starmer Hands Prisoners 6.6% Pay Rise at Cost of ?4.4 Million appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link EU Plans to Let States Deport Failed Asylum Seekers and Criminals in Reform to Refugee Convention Tue Feb 04, 2025 17:00 | Will Jones
The EU is drawing up a plan to overhaul its 1951 Refugee Convention that prevents countries from rejecting asylum seekers at their borders in a belated effort to address Europe's exploding migrant crisis.
The post EU Plans to Let States Deport Failed Asylum Seekers and Criminals in Reform to Refugee Convention appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link How Afraid Should we be About the Government?s Plan to Come up With a Legal Definition of ?Islamopho... Tue Feb 04, 2025 15:00 | Sam Bidwell
The prosecution of a man for burning the Qur'an shows how Islamic blasphemy codes are becoming embedded in criminal law. Coming up with a legal definition of 'Islamophobia' will accelerate this process, says Sam Bidwell.
The post How Afraid Should we be About the Government?s Plan to Come up With a Legal Definition of ?Islamophobia?? Very Afraid appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link US to Stop UNRWA Funding and Withdraw from UN Human Rights Council Tue Feb 04, 2025 13:00 | Will Jones
President Donald Trump is expected to issue an executive order today withdrawing the US from the UN Human Rights Council and removing all US funding for the Gaza agency UNRWA.
The post US to Stop UNRWA Funding and Withdraw from UN Human Rights Council appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Wednesday June 01, 2005 15:31 by UNERCURRENTS
films by undercurrents and indipendant producers
OTHER FILMS WANTED read full story / add a comment
dublin / animal rights / news report Wednesday June 01, 2005 15:12 by Mother Earth   text 2 comments (last - thursday june 09, 2005 19:03)
Farmlands all over Ireland are laced with badger snares. The Government Lab in Lucan, Dublin, is a Slaughter House for our indigenous wildlife. Will the Government put an end to the mass slaughter of Badgers now? Or is this something else that the Irish Farmers Association (IFA), the Meat Industry, and the Government will continue to cover up? read full story / add a comment
international / sci-tech / event notice Wednesday June 01, 2005 12:55 by Ruth Paget
Hundreds of the world's leading scientists will assemble at Trinity College Dublin to reveal research in subjects as wide ranging as the science of Irishness, the creation of Mars, celebrity diets, and the maths behind Hollywood. The Festival is your chance to take part in the debate, to listen, discuss and question the major issues of the day with the experts. read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Wednesday June 01, 2005 06:27 by Astrid Essed   text 3 comments (last - wednesday june 01, 2005 11:04)
The publication of the photographs of Saddam Hussein by the Sun is not only a flagrant violation of the 3th Geneva Convention, it also violates the human right on dignity of every prisoner of war, regardless of the crime read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Wednesday June 01, 2005 02:37 by guest
More than 70 miners of mine (the Lugansk region, Ukraine) go now the pedestrian campaign to Lugansk and Kiev. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Wednesday June 01, 2005 02:13 by Anonymous   text 1 comment (last - wednesday june 01, 2005 11:18)
Newly published Amnesty report suggests Shannon may be complicit in the illegal "extraordinary rendition" of detainees to foreign nations conducted by US aircraft. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Tuesday May 31, 2005 21:31 by The Register   text 4 comments (last - sunday august 28, 2005 15:41)
It was with a little fanfare of trumpets that St Andrew's College in Dublin today announced it has rolled out a biometric student registering solution which allows the reading of kids' fingerprints without physically storing an image of same. read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media / opinion/analysis Tuesday May 31, 2005 20:54 by Back seat poet
Poetry Ireland reclaimed from the hands of the ivory tower dwellers and Arts Council acolytes!!!!!! read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / other press Tuesday May 31, 2005 19:32 by BBC News
"The US Supreme Court has overturned accounting firm Arthur Andersen's conviction for destroying Enron-related documents before the firm's collapse..." read full story / add a comment
international / eu / press release Tuesday May 31, 2005 11:30 by Republican   text 4 comments (last - friday june 10, 2005 09:31)
"In Ireland Republican Sinn Féin has played and continues to play a leading role in opposition to the illegal Anglo/US led occupation of Iraq. Irish Republicans have throughout our history opposed all imperialist wars of conquest, from the Boer War fought by the British in South Africa at the turn of the last century, the First World War right up to the Gulf war in 1991 when we were the first to protest at the landing of US warplanes at Shannon airport. read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests / other press Monday May 30, 2005 23:52 by Archie Kennedy
And in the end we can look back on our lives and remember all the great shows we watched on television; the great virtual escape from alienation. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / event notice Monday May 30, 2005 23:17 by dissent climate action group
Speak up against nuclear energy!
This is a call for anyone involved in resistance to nuclear energy to speak up on the 8th of July, in the way that you and your friends work best.You can do this in your home town, or you can plan something for when you come to Scotland this summer. Read a bit about why we think nuclear energy is a bad idea... read full story / add a comment
galway / miscellaneous / event notice Monday May 30, 2005 20:49 by Tommy Donnellan
all those with concern for the environment are urged to attend the handing in of a letter of protest by the Green, Galway City Councillor, Niall O' Brolchain, to the Norwegian honorary consul, Ray Mooney, at his offices, Mooney Auctioneers, Victoria Place (the south-west corner of Eyre Square).

This letter is relevant to the ongoing struggle by Erris residents against the depredations of the Shell led consortium in North Mayo and requests the Norwegian government to force Statoil to adhere to the same environmental standards as they are required to in Norway. This will only take 20 minutes of your time. Please try to be there. read full story / add a comment
limerick / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Monday May 30, 2005 10:31 by Sean
The UL Palestine Solidarity Society and the Limerick Branch of the IPSC are proud to host Noebl Peace Prize Winner Mairead Corrigan to Limerick to speak on the campaign to free Israeli nuclear Whitleblower Mordechai Vanunu. read full story / add a comment
international / eu / news report Monday May 30, 2005 02:14 by Dermot   text 10 comments (last - tuesday may 31, 2005 16:06)
Huge turnout see France reject the EU Constitution-a rejection of a neo-liberal Europe? read full story / add a comment
galway / environment / event notice Sunday May 29, 2005 23:40 by Tommy Donnellan
activists for the environment are urged to attend the handing-in of a letter of protest by the Green, Galway City Councillor, Niall O Brolchain, to the Norwegian honorary consul in Galway, Ray Mooney, at his office; Mooney Auctioneers, Victoria Place (the south-west corner of Eyre Square). This letter is relevant to the ongoing struggle by Erris residents against the depredations of the Shell led consortium in North Mayo and requests the Norwegian government to force Statoil to adhere to the same environmental standards as they are required to in Norway. This will only take 20 minutes of your time. Please try to be there !. read full story / add a comment
derry / sci-tech / other press Sunday May 29, 2005 23:31 by charles webster baer
this is how to save the earth read full story / add a comment
international / politics / elections / other press Sunday May 29, 2005 23:25 by Antonin Carême   text 1 comment (last - sunday june 05, 2005 13:44)
it has been a little over 100 days since Hariri a lebanese billionaire died along with several of his employees in a car bomb attack in Beirut in the early hours of Saint Valentine's day.
He left to his few sons business concerns worth approximately 2 billion euros in various sectors from primary (construction and quarrying) to services,
= the most popùlar telly stations. read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-capitalism / event notice Sunday May 29, 2005 20:32 by w - dissent
Organised Ideas and Dissent presents :
A benefit for Dissent Ireland

Lebanon Death Train (post-crust)
Sickboy (red-headed twins - LIVE ON STAGE!)
Droppin Bombs (blanch choking vitcim style lunacy)
Knife at a Gunfight (ex - Cato9tails, Scientific bong etc..)

DJ krossphader (with several arrests under his belt, bureau-kraut-rock)

Doors 8pm
Five yo yo's in

The Lower Deck
Portobello

Friday June 3rd

Email : [email protected] for more information


The Lower Deck is located behind Portobello College. That's at the bridge over the Grand Canal going over to Rathmines.
It's up from the Bleeding Horse pub, and across the road from the Portobello pub.


Check out : http://www.dissentireland.org read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice / opinion/analysis Sunday May 29, 2005 15:48 by Thomas Gorman   text 23 comments (last - tuesday may 31, 2005 20:26)
Having become alarmed at the rising crime rate more than two years ago I decided to build a website to highlight the problem.
In that time almost nothing has been done to address the problem. How much more mayhem do we have to put up with before our elected representatives finally get around to doing their jobs? read full story / add a comment
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