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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

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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.

offsite link Why Does George Soros Want Britain to Rejoin the EU? Wed Feb 05, 2025 09:00 | Charlotte Gill
George Soros appears keen for the UK to rejoin the EU, judging by all the projects he funds. Why, asks Charlotte Gill ? and where are the howls from those who complain about Elon Musk's 'foreign interference'?
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offsite link Why Do Experts Think That Talking About Racism a Lot is Going to Reduce Rather Than Increase Racism? Wed Feb 05, 2025 07:00 | James Alexander
How are we going to get rid of racism when we have expects and intellectuals paid to find us guilty of racism at all costs? The answer is never, says Prof James Alexander.
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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.
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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.
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international / anti-capitalism / other press Wednesday June 29, 2005 22:31 by Andrew   text 1 comment (last - wednesday june 29, 2005 23:48)
An Anarkismo.net interview with Finbarr, an Irish activist who is helping out with the preparations for Dissent in Scotland. Interview includes how preparations are going, what is happening with the MPH march and the sort of issues that are motivating people. This is the first of a number of Anarkismo.net interviews we hope to do in advance of and during the G8 summit. read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment / news report Wednesday June 29, 2005 20:18 by Joe Higgins T.D.   text 4 comments (last - thursday june 30, 2005 05:52)
international / consumer issues / news report Wednesday June 29, 2005 18:20 by Gaz   text 9 comments (last - monday september 05, 2005 07:01)
singer/songwriter legend Bob Dylan has signed an exclusive CD deal with Starbucks. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Wednesday June 29, 2005 16:56 by Henk Ruyssenaars
The US cabal's presidential 'front man' offered no shift of course: "We have a clear path forward,'' he said, sounding like the SS Titanic's captain, ignoring the many icebergs surrounding him. read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Wednesday June 29, 2005 16:12 by w   text 2 comments (last - wednesday june 29, 2005 19:58)
High court has jailed 5 objectors to Shell pipeline in mayo til they "purge their contempt"

PROTEST @ MOUNTJOY PRISON 7.30pm Tonight! read full story / add a comment
galway / anti-capitalism / event notice Wednesday June 29, 2005 13:45 by Global Women's Strike, Ireland
TALKING OF POWER
A film about sex, race and class in revolutionary Venezuela, will be shown at the Galway Film Fleadh, Wednesday 6th July 10.30am, Town Hall Theatre (main). read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / event notice Wednesday June 29, 2005 13:14 by w - dissent
*PLEASE ARRIVE EARLY AS WE CAN'T WAIT FOR LATE-COMERS!!*

Collection Points :

Cork : St Patricks Church - 8 am
(Long bus 1st of July and Short bus 5th of July)

Dublin : Ashling Hotel , Parkgate St , Dublin 8 (across from Hueston Station) - 12 Noon
(Long bus 1st of July and Short bus 5th of July)

Belfast : At the check in desk for Stena Hss in the port at - 4pm
(Long bus 1st of July and Short bus 5th of July)

People in Limerick have to ring the driver Declan Fitzgerald at
0868682373, bus is leaving from Croom in Co. Limerick he will pick you up from there.

If you have only paid your deposit please put the rest of the money into the account before the end
of the week as we really need to pay the bus company.

Long trip= €100
Short trip= €90 read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / event notice Wednesday June 29, 2005 13:12 by w - dissent   text 1 comment (last - friday july 01, 2005 10:14)
*PLEASE ARRIVE EARLY AS WE CAN'T WAIT FOR LATE-COMERS!!*

Collection Points :

Cork : St Patricks Church - 8 am
(Long bus 1st of July and Short bus 5th of July)

Dublin : Ashling Hotel , Parkgate St , Dublin 8 (across from Hueston Station) - 12 Noon
(Long bus 1st of July and Short bus 5th of July)

Belfast : At the check in desk for Stena Hss in the port at - 4pm
(Long bus 1st of July and Short bus 5th of July)

People in Limerick have to ring the driver Declan Fitzgerald at
0868682373, bus is leaving from Croom in Co. Limerick he will pick you up from there.

If you have only paid your deposit please put the rest of the money into the account before the end
of the week as we really need to pay the bus company.

Long trip= €100
Short trip= €90 read full story / add a comment
antrim / crime and justice / other press Wednesday June 29, 2005 11:03 by nordie   text 2 comments (last - sunday july 03, 2005 04:55)
"I gave this man to them on a plate but it was like they didn't have any cutlery" read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice / news report Wednesday June 29, 2005 04:01 by money does grow on trees   text 3 comments (last - wednesday march 01, 2006 15:52)
“The issue which has swept down the centuries and which will have to be fought sooner or later is The People vs. The Banks.” - Lord Acton, Historian, 1834 - 1902 read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Wednesday June 29, 2005 00:27 by Michael   text 3 comments (last - wednesday june 29, 2005 23:17)
The below is a plea to the world to finally end poverty. Please read and pass it on by e-mail to all of your contacts. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Wednesday June 29, 2005 00:07 by IRSP   text 10 comments (last - monday july 04, 2005 00:38)
The following speech was delivered by IRSP Ard-Comhairle member John Murtagh to a gathering of about 200 members of the Republican Socialist Movement at Bodenstown, the burial place of the Founding father of Irish Republicanism. read full story / add a comment
mayo / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Tuesday June 28, 2005 21:54 by Ed
the time given for the High Court hearing in both the event notice and the news item is wrong. read full story / add a comment
galway / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Tuesday June 28, 2005 21:41 by Dunlo T   text 4 comments (last - wednesday june 29, 2005 14:10)
In the Economist : Politics This Week, a summary of the world's main events, 11th-17th June, it is stated that Microsoft agreed to block the words "democracy" and "freedom" on its new internet portal in China. The company claimed that it was acting in accordance with its principle of respecting local laws. In this pilgrim's opinion this is really and truely disgusting, on a par with the western firms who have provided the technology for sealing off the Chinese web from the free internet?. read full story / add a comment
clare / environment / event notice Tuesday June 28, 2005 21:03 by Niall Harnett   text 9 comments (last - monday july 04, 2005 16:40)
Shell International with the cooperation of the Irish Government, the Courts and the Judicial System are attempting to bully the people of Rossport, Co Mayo off their land, ignoring their rights and wishes, and having little or no regard for safety regulations, planning law and environmental concerns. This, in an effort to build an extremely dangerous pipeline close to their houses, to extract gas and oil from the Corrib Gas field, once a national asset but now the property of private multinationals, thanks to an extraordinary deal done with ex -minister Ray Burke, since convicted and sent to prison for corruption. read full story / add a comment
sligo / housing / other press Tuesday June 28, 2005 19:36 by M. Allen   text 9 comments (last - tuesday august 09, 2005 12:19)
AS he prepares to face an internal disciplinary hearing into his criticism of two Labour Party colleagues over their failure to support a Traveller accommodation plan, the Mayor of Sligo, Councillor Declan Bree has indicated that he intends to stand by his controversial remarks. read full story / add a comment
galway / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Tuesday June 28, 2005 19:22 by On behalf of Mags D'Arcy   text 1 comment (last - wednesday june 29, 2005 11:23)
The film is part of a double-documentary bill:
10.30 am: "TALKING OF POWER" (Venzuelan Women discuss Chavez's revolution: 61 mins.)
followed by "BIG PLANE SMALL AXE" (51 mins.)
concluding with a discussion chaired by Lelia Doolan, to finish at 1.30 pm.

Tickets € 5, Concessions € 4.50 read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Tuesday June 28, 2005 17:39 by A.Person
Tom Horndal ,age 22, was shot to die,while helping Plestinian children in Rafah to cross the road ,protecting them from the fire and shots of Israeli soldiers. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Tuesday June 28, 2005 16:39 by Wild Irish Blogger
By SHARON THEIMER, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - Bloggers who built their Internet followings with anti-establishment prose are now lobbying the establishment to protect their livelihoods from federal regulations.

Some are even working with lawyers, public-relations consultants and a political action committee to do it.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050628/ap_on_hi_te/bloggers_lobby read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / news report Tuesday June 28, 2005 16:32 by soundmigration   text 1 comment (last - tuesday june 28, 2005 18:01)
according to the Dissent Edinburgh Accommodation Group finding accomadation has been hard but at least something is sorted that folks can choose to be part of..... read full story / add a comment
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