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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
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The Daily Sceptic

offsite link Richard Tice Demands Apology From Matt Hancock Over Covid Vaccines: ?Horrendous at Every Level? Thu Jan 16, 2025 15:38 | Will Jones
Reform Party leader Richard Tice has called for former Health Secretary Matt Hancock to apologise over his handling of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, calling it "horrendous at every level".
The post Richard Tice Demands Apology From Matt Hancock Over Covid Vaccines: “Horrendous at Every Level” appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Keir Starmer?s Human Rights Lawyer Chum is Shipwrecking His Government Thu Jan 16, 2025 13:00 | Will Jones
From handing over the Chagos Islands to compensating Gerry Adams, Starmer's decisions owe more to human rights lawyers than sound politics. He needs to sack his chum Lord Hermer before he shipwrecks his Government.
The post Keir Starmer’s Human Rights Lawyer Chum is Shipwrecking His Government appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Why the ?1 in 73 Muslims in Rotherham? Statistic Is Misleading Thu Jan 16, 2025 11:00 | Noah Carl
One figure that has been repeatedly cited in the grooming gangs debate is that 1 in 73 Muslim men in the town of Rotherham has been prosecuted for grooming gang offences. However, this figure is slightly misleading.
The post Why the ?1 in 73 Muslims in Rotherham? Statistic Is Misleading appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Heat Pumps May Never be Cheaper than Gas Boilers, Miliband Admits Thu Jan 16, 2025 09:00 | Will Jones
Heat pumps may never be cheaper than gas boilers, Ed Miliband has admitted as Labour sneaks a new boiler tax through Parliament that will push up prices.
The post Heat Pumps May Never be Cheaper than Gas Boilers, Miliband Admits appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Net Zero vs AI: Starmer Hasn?t Worked Out That The U.K. Can?t Be a ?Superpower? in Both Climate and ... Thu Jan 16, 2025 07:00 | Ben Pile
Keir Starmer wants Britain to be both an "AI superpower" and a "clean energy superpower". He can't have it both ways, says Ben Pile. AI is hugely energy intensive and inconsistent with the path Net Zero is leading us down.
The post Net Zero vs AI: Starmer Hasn’t Worked Out That The U.K. Can’t Be a ‘Superpower’ in Both Climate and Computing appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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international / gender and sexuality / other press Monday June 23, 2008 15:11 by pat c
A woman has been arrested in Iran. Her "crime"? Publicising the fact that she had been sexually harrassed. Full text at link.

A female student in the Iranian city of Zanjan who alleged she was sexually harassed by a senior male lecturer - triggering a massive demonstration by her fellow students - has herself been arrested. The nature of the charge against the woman - who said she was molested by the vice-chancellor of the university - is unclear, but the local prosecutor is reported to have said that publicising certain crimes is worse than the crimes themselves. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Monday June 23, 2008 00:26 by Labour Youth   text 1 comment (last - saturday june 28, 2008 22:57)
Labour's youngest local election candidate, Dermot Looney has joined with Cllr Eric Byrne to call for the voting age to be lowered to 16 for Local and European elections.
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dublin / animal rights / event notice Sunday June 22, 2008 18:40 by Laura Broxson
Show your support for animal rights, join us on Saturday! read full story / add a comment
international / eu / opinion/analysis Sunday June 22, 2008 18:05 by paul o toole   text 2 comments (last - tuesday june 24, 2008 12:45)
The governments 'eventual response' will respect the outcome of the election read full story / add a comment
national / gender and sexuality / news report Sunday June 22, 2008 14:46 by BalconyTV
An estimated 3,000 people turned in Dublin yesterday for the annual Gay Pride parade. read full story / add a comment
clare / politics / elections / press release Sunday June 22, 2008 00:19 by Clare RSF
The disparity between the yes and no votes cast in Clare in the Lisbon Treaty must be clarified, a spokesman for Republican Sinn Fein said today.

Paddy Kenneally from Crusheen said that there is no listing of how individual polling stations voted and only a final figure was sent to Dublin where the result was announced.
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cork / anti-capitalism / event notice Saturday June 21, 2008 21:18 by Joe Moore
After Lisbon, after the no vote victory, the need for a real alternative. Public meeting Thursday next 26th June, at 8.00pm in the Victoria Hotel, Patrick St, Cork. Speaker, Richard Boyd Barrett. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Saturday June 21, 2008 17:44 by Seán Ó Murchú
THREE LARGE Union Jacks flew from Cork City Hall yesterday over the busts of Lord Mayors McCurtain and McSwiney — a sign of how far Ireland has come, said former British prime minister John Major. read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Friday June 20, 2008 21:19 by Maggie, Global Women's Strike
The sixth conference of the World Archaeological Congress to be held in Dublin is hosting US military speakers and a session co-organised by the US military read full story / add a comment
international / racism & migration related issues / opinion/analysis Friday June 20, 2008 19:46 by Eanna Dowling
Bolivian President has published his concerns about the EU's Return Directive. This Directive sets out a policy on returning illegal immigrants to their home countries allowing a standardised detention period of 18 months. This article incorporates Morales's article in full, provides a critique; compares Ireland's immigration position with Bolivia and documents some developments in agreeing the Return Directive. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Friday June 20, 2008 18:48 by pat c   text 1 comment (last - friday june 20, 2008 22:13)
Yassamine Mather continues her analysis of Political Islam. Here she illustrates how the left both in Iran and Internationally had illusions in the Tehran government. Full text at link.

The defenders of Iran’s islamic regime, including those on the international left who maintain illusions in the radicalism of political islam, refer to Iran’s foreign policy, especially in the first decade of its existence after the 1979 uprising, as a sign of anti-imperialism within the islamic movement. But they are silent about Iran’s foreign policy during Irangate or in support of US policy during the invasion and occupation of Afghanistan and Iraq. read full story / add a comment
international / eu / other press Friday June 20, 2008 18:36 by Chekov   text 1 comment (last - friday june 20, 2008 22:17)
A new detailed look at the Lisbon treaty campaign, the European Context, the significance of the vote, the media coverage and why the campaign went the way it went.

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international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Friday June 20, 2008 18:31 by pat c
Chris Strafford reports on the HOPI School which had sessions on Women, Sanctions, Working class in Iran, National Minorities and 1979. Full text at link.

Hopi chair Mark Fischer opened the event by explaining that Hopi’s message has found a “resonance” in the workers’ movement. Two important unions, PCS and Aslef, have affiliated, proving the majority of the Stop the War Coalition leadership wrong. At both conferences the delegates found Hopi’s principled stand - against imperialist war, against the theocratic regime - was not too complex, but blindingly obvious. Mark reminded comrades of the growing threat of imperialist attacks on Iran, either directly from the USA or from its regional watchdog, Israel.

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dublin / worker & community struggles and protests / event notice Friday June 20, 2008 16:38 by Ois
6pm Wednesday 25th of June in the WSM offices, 5 Merrion Row

Map to WSM offices: http://tinyurl.com/5pjpr7

Meeting to organise protest on Saturday July 5th against recent firing of CNT member in Spain and continuing anti-union discrimination in Grand Rapids, Illinois, USA. read full story / add a comment
international / eu / opinion/analysis Friday June 20, 2008 14:36 by O. O'C.   text 36 comments (last - tuesday july 08, 2008 00:01)
* Taoiseach Brian Cowen and Minister Michael Martin give in to Franco-German and EU Commission pressure to permit the remaining Lisbon ratifications to continue, when they could have stopped these by saying that Ireland cannot and will not ratify the Lisbon Treaty, as the Irish people have rejected it.

* The Irish Government lines up with Brussels against the Irish people rather than stands by the people's democratic decision of last week to defend it vis-a-vis Brussels - so as to bring about a 26/1 situation by year's end with which to bludgeon Irish voters in a referendum re-run.

* Talk of "respecting" Ireland's vote turns out in practice to be a cover for setting out to overturn it in a referendum re-run, with Brian Cowen's, Michael Martin's and Dick Roche's full support - and behind a thick barrier of hypocrisy, spoofing and lies. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / press release Friday June 20, 2008 10:14 by Frank Keoghan
People's Movement
Press Release
19/06/2008

Unelected EU Commission uses ECJ to attack workers
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dublin / anti-capitalism / event notice Thursday June 19, 2008 23:03 by Nikita
There will be an open discussion meeting on "The Transition From Socialism To Communism" at 6pm in Connolly Books on Monday the 23rd of June. read full story / add a comment
national / eu / opinion/analysis Thursday June 19, 2008 22:25 by Howard Holby
As we all know by now, the imperial classes of Europe are busy looking for new creative ways to continue to impose the Lisbon Treaty on the member states, regardless of its rejection by Ireland. The very same philosophy that drives them doing so can be captured in the following highlights.
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dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Thursday June 19, 2008 11:37 by Katie Weider
When: 10 July at 7pm
Where: Medecins Sans Frontieres, 9-11 Upper Baggot Street, Dublin 2
Who: Everyone is Welcome! No registration is needed! read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Thursday June 19, 2008 01:19 by Reporter 12   text 2 comments (last - tuesday august 05, 2008 22:32)
6 AM Thursday June 19, Ceasefire in Gaza . read full story / add a comment
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