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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
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The Daily Sceptic

offsite link NHS Staff Should be Given ?Enforced Career Breaks? for Their Mental Health, Says Prince of Wales Wed Mar 05, 2025 18:23 | Will Jones
The Prince of Wales has suggested that NHS staff should be given "enforced breaks" in their careers for the sake of their mental health to help prevent burnout.
The post NHS Staff Should be Given “Enforced Career Breaks” for Their Mental Health, Says Prince of Wales appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Trump Compares Starmer?s Britain to Communist China in Podcast Wed Mar 05, 2025 15:30 | Dr Frederick Attenborough
President Trump compared Keir Starmer's UK to Communist China after the Government ordered Apple to give it backdoor access to users' encrypted data. This isn't far-fetched, says Frederick Attenborough: it exposes us all.
The post Trump Compares Starmer’s Britain to Communist China in Podcast appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link French Navy Refuses to Rescue 60 Migrants From Dinghy Filling with Water Off French Coast ? and Inst... Wed Mar 05, 2025 14:07 | Will Jones
French navy officers refused to rescue 60 migrants on a cramped boat filling with water off the French coast ? and instead radioed and asked UK Border Force to come and take them to Britain.
The post French Navy Refuses to Rescue 60 Migrants From Dinghy Filling with Water Off French Coast ? and Instead Demands UK Border Force Come and Take them to Britain appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Vance?s Message to Europe: Give Up the Information War and Get the Hell Out Wed Mar 05, 2025 12:00 | Will Jones
If European states don't want to be treated as enemies of the US they're going to have to retreat from the war they've been waging on behalf of Washington's old regime and disarm their censorship machines, says N S Lyons.
The post Vance’s Message to Europe: Give Up the Information War and Get the Hell Out appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link A Diplomatic Dust-Up for the Ages Wed Mar 05, 2025 09:00 | Ramesh Thakur
Trump's art of the deal always has been to ask for everything, judge the point at which the other party has made his final offer and then take what he can get, says Ramesh Thakur. That's what he's doing with Ukraine.
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international / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Sunday March 18, 2007 23:46 by Idle Speculation   text 10 comments (last - wednesday may 16, 2007 16:37)
We can speculate on alternative scenarios that may have arose if Hitler had won WW2 or JFK had not been shot in Dallas or Cantona had not attacked a spectator with a kung fu kick.

But the most important question we must speculate about is the great "what if" of our times.

"What if Al Gore had won the US Presidential Election in 2000?"

This is what I think might have happened: read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / news report Sunday March 18, 2007 22:10 by Skippy p   text 14 comments (last - wednesday march 28, 2007 04:30)
Joe Jones and Eddie Burns brutal murders drag dissidents into the mire. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / other press Sunday March 18, 2007 22:01 by Anarchy Rules   text 1 comment (last - monday march 19, 2007 17:30)
The Sunday Business Post has done a lovely PR job for Shell. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Saturday March 17, 2007 12:49 by yarra
While America leads the world in insularism and denial, Australia is the world leader in complacency and apathy. No cultural equivalent for the Oz expression, “she’ll be right, mate”, exists anywhere – notwithstanding the variation of “who gives a shit?” Today, non-involvement is proving to be a very costly cultural habit. America has become the world’s most hated nation and will soon attract very real consequences for its actions, one of which is the acquisition of Australia as a colonial trophy. Australia remains an international laughing stock under the servile leadership of lackey prime minister, John Howard; Aussies are experiencing their eleventh year under the rule of the most slavish, gutless, lying, duplicitous, cringing, government on record. No other leader in world history has displayed the servility and cowardice of John Howard. When America says jump, the despicable little coward, Howard, says how high, boss! read full story / add a comment
international / environment / event notice Saturday March 17, 2007 10:43 by John   text 1 comment (last - saturday march 17, 2007 10:49)

student organised PIEL conference to take place in London - May 2 read full story / add a comment
international / environment / press release Saturday March 17, 2007 08:34 by flea
Survivors of Bhopal Gas Disaster, the world's worst industrial disaster, are again on hunger strike in India in search of justice, more than 22 years after the gas leak. The hostile local government refuses to budge on their demands, which include access to clean and non-poisonous drinking water, proper health care and economic rehabilitation. This morning, on the 13th day of their hunger strike, the police swooped down early in the morning with the intention of taking them to hospital and force-feeding them. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Saturday March 17, 2007 00:15 by Anarchy Rules   text 1 comment (last - monday march 19, 2007 12:50)
British Coroner rules a 'friendly fire' incident in Iraq as 'criminal.' read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections / opinion/analysis Friday March 16, 2007 21:28 by john mcdermott   text 1 comment (last - tuesday march 20, 2007 08:29)
I have been trying to review Joe Higgins famous attack on Ahern and his builder friends on the RTE server but it has disappeared. Ahern's reply however is still intact. Is this an insidious form of censorship of Joe's finest moment or no? read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Friday March 16, 2007 21:06 by Kevin T. Walsh   text 10 comments (last - tuesday june 23, 2009 15:05)
Brian Cowen once said that Bertie Ahern was man disinterested in material wealth; a Man of the People - a pint of Bass - and a chat with the Dublin people in relation to how the Dublin people are doing in the Championship.

The last Socialist, he called himself but now we all know, to the contrary of our lives and our civil liberties, that this is not the case. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Friday March 16, 2007 20:35 by Brian   text 1 comment (last - thursday april 03, 2014 19:19)
The world is in a state of chasis as Sean O'Casey might say. Since the advent of George Bush to the White House every other year seems to bring forth a war or talk of war. Few commentators believe that this will stop at Iraq. Last July even Newt Gingrich was quoted as saying that "we are in the early stages of what I would describe as the third world war..."(1) Many people are now openly speculating about who is next. Syria? North Korea? Saudi Arabia? And especially Iran are the subject of fevered speculation even in the established media. This writer would just like to opt for Russia as the next ultimate target. read full story / add a comment
dublin / gender and sexuality / event notice Friday March 16, 2007 15:53 by Pushkin   text 6 comments (last - thursday march 22, 2007 12:08)
Following the successful picket on Wednesday 7 March at the rogue crisis pregnancy agency, a follow up action will be held on Saturday 24 March at 12 noon. To build for this action a leafleting session will be held outside the GPO on Thursday 22 March at 5.30 pm. read full story / add a comment
dublin / gender and sexuality / event notice Friday March 16, 2007 15:39 by Pushkin
Pro Choice Direct Action

Following the successful picket on Wednesday 7 March at the rogue crisis pregnancy agency, a follow up action will be held on Saturday 24 March at 12 noon. To build for this action a leafleting session will be held outside the GPO on Thursday 22 March at 5.30 pm.

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national / arts and media / other press Friday March 16, 2007 11:47 by David Manning and Miriam Cotton   text 5 comments (last - friday march 16, 2007 15:51)
Below is the latest MediaShot from MediaBite. We have focused this time on the extraordinary myopia that appears to have overtaken the Irish media when considering the so-called 'evidence' being pushed by the Bush administration for military intervention in Iran. read full story / add a comment
antrim / miscellaneous / other press Friday March 16, 2007 10:25 by QR   text 1 comment (last - friday march 16, 2007 10:31)
Queens student uni election results read full story / add a comment
international / gender and sexuality / other press Friday March 16, 2007 10:20 by Dr. Nadje Al-Ali
Islamist militants and terrorist groups pose a particular danger to Iraqi women. Many women’s organizations and activists inside Iraq have documented the increasing Islamist threats to women: the pressure to conform to certain dress codes, the restrictions in movement and behaviour, incidents of acid thrown into women’s faces and even targeted killings.

After the U.S. invasion in 2003, many women in Basra, for example, reported that they were forced to wear a headscarf or restrict their movements in fear of harassment from men. Female students at the University of Basra reported that since the war ended groups of men began stopping them at the university gates, shouting at them if their heads were not covered read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Friday March 16, 2007 06:17 by Vince McGreal   text 1 comment (last - saturday march 17, 2007 02:00)
Writers in Ireland are campaigning for a boycott of Russian Xenophobe politician Georgy Pryakhin, noted for his anti-Semitism and race hatred. Commenting on the proposed visit by the Russian parliamentarian, Russian-Irish writer Anatoly Kudryavitsky said " This man is a dangerous extremist masquerading as a writer, and should be exposed as a hate-monger." read full story / add a comment
dublin / environment / event notice Thursday March 15, 2007 21:03 by Shell to Sea
Leafleting of Shell workers will take place this Friday morning at 8am outside SEPIL HQ beside the Leeson St bridge over the canal. read full story / add a comment
antrim / miscellaneous / event notice Thursday March 15, 2007 15:14 by reabhloid dearg
Easter 1916 commemoration read full story / add a comment
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