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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 Britain Warned it May Already be in Recession as ?Extended Agony? Hits Economy Mon Jan 20, 2025 19:30 | Will Jones
The UK may already be in recession as Rachel Reeves's record tax raid brings "extended agony" for the economy, an investment bank has warned.
The post Britain Warned it May Already be in Recession as “Extended Agony” Hits Economy appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link The Vaccine Safety Questions No One is Asking at the Covid Inquiry Mon Jan 20, 2025 17:30 | Nick Hunt
The Covid Inquiry is looking at the vaccines, but there are key questions no one is asking, says Nick Hunt. Such as: did Ministers know the approved vaccine was made differently to the trial vaccine and had no safety data?
The post The Vaccine Safety Questions No One is Asking at the Covid Inquiry appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Biden Preemptively Pardons Fauci Mon Jan 20, 2025 15:44 | Will Jones
President?Joe Biden?on Monday issued a preemptive pardon to Dr. Anthony Fauci, among other potential Trump targets, though claimed it should not be "misconstrued as an admission of guilt".
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offsite link Starmer and Police Guilty of ?Gigantic Cover Up?, Says Farage, as Rudakubana Pleads Guilty Mon Jan 20, 2025 13:47 | Will Jones
Keir Starmer and the police were guilty of a "gigantic cover up" over the Southport murders, Nigel Farage has said, after Axel Rudakubana unexpectedly pleaded guilty today.
The post Starmer and Police Guilty of “Gigantic Cover Up”, Says Farage, as Rudakubana Pleads Guilty appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Working From Home is Not ?Proper Work? and is Harming Productivity and Mental Health, says Former As... Mon Jan 20, 2025 11:15 | Will Jones
Britain's working from home culture is creating a generation "used to not doing proper work" and is harming productivity and mental health, the former boss of?Marks and Spencer?and?Asda Lord Rose?has said.
The post Working From Home is Not “Proper Work” and is Harming Productivity and Mental Health, says Former Asda Boss Lord Rose appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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galway / environment / event notice Saturday April 21, 2007 09:31 by Mark C
Protest at Galway County Council Offices in Galway city on Monday 23rd April, 2007 at 2 pm.

Buses are being organised to transport people to this venue and the following are the names of the people organising the buses – Clare Dermody 086 6030362 and Nuala Hynes 087 9974106. Buses depart Clonfert School at 12 pm and the Square, Eyrecourt at 12.10 pm. Cost €10. Your support to further this campaign is essential.
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international / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Saturday April 21, 2007 04:11 by Sue Bolton   text 2 comments (last - saturday april 21, 2007 11:59)
Organisers from the Philippines’ biggest left trade union centre, Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino (BMP — Solidarity of Filipino Workers) spoke to Green Left Weekly’s Sue Bolton about the repression that they encounter from the state and their efforts to unify left-wing trade unions.

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international / arts and media / other press Friday April 20, 2007 12:32 by David Manning   text 2 comments (last - saturday april 21, 2007 09:15)
It is suggested that the Iranian invasion of Mexico in 2003, supported by an alliance of Arab nations including Syria and Lebanon, has now claimed over 2 ½ million lives. The justification for the invasion as we now know was false – Mexico possessed no weapons of mass destruction and posed no threat to Iran’s ally Venezuela. But three years on the Iranian military, supported by their allies, remain as occupiers within a country crumbling under the relentless violence. With one eye on the occupation and one eye on the surrounding region Iran has recently been caught in a bit of a diplomatic crisis – the recent detention of it’s forces by a hostile neighbour. read full story / add a comment
national / housing / opinion/analysis Friday April 20, 2007 12:21 by the great excluded   text 12 comments (last - wednesday may 18, 2011 16:01)
Fianna Fail plan to renage on the promise to sell local Authority flats to long term residents at a reasonable price read full story / add a comment
national / environment / opinion/analysis Friday April 20, 2007 12:18 by Lily
Appeal to other communities who have been subjected to the infamous Rural Planning Services form of 'consultation'.
Shell have recently appointed RPS to consult our community about where we would like the high pressure raw gas pipeline to go...hum i can think of a few places!!
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national / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Friday April 20, 2007 12:07 by Martin Clancy   text 5 comments (last - sunday april 22, 2007 18:21)
This article consists of notes for a guest lecture in NUI Maynooth on the anti-war movement in Ireland at its highpoint between September 2002 and March 2003. The focus is on the use of direct action in opposition to the use of Shannon airport for re-fuelling by the American military, and the different arguments within the anti-war movement in favour of, or against, the direct action tactic. read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice / opinion/analysis Friday April 20, 2007 10:19 by C Murray   text 16 comments (last - monday september 17, 2007 18:48)
At the time of the murder of Rachel Kiely, Ian horgan was sixteen year old boy.
He was originally convicted of rape and murder but eventually got imprisoned
for manslaughter. A murder conviction would have carried a mandatory life sentence.

Horgan was due to be released this year but the DPP applied to have the case
appealed by the higher courts. The new sentence is a twelve year sentence
for rape and man-slaughter (to run concurrently) which taking into account
the four years already served means he should be out in a three-five year period.

He's very young at twenty three is he not to be doing such heavy time?
Is Ireland trying children as adults? read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice / other press Friday April 20, 2007 10:12 by Terence   text 3 comments (last - wednesday may 02, 2007 23:09)
“I vowed that if you harbor a terrorist you’re equally as guilty as the terrorist. That’s a doctrine. In order for this country to be credible, when the President says something, he must mean it.” President George W. Bush, April 10, 2007, American Legion Post 177, Fairfax, Virginia.

“Part of our doctrine is if you harbor a terrorist, you’re equally as guilty as the terrorists.” President Bush, April 5, 2007, Fort Irwin, California.

So much for the Bush doctrine. read full story / add a comment
dublin / politics / elections / event notice Thursday April 19, 2007 23:27 by CWAG   text 2 comments (last - monday april 23, 2007 12:50)
Cllr Joan Collins will officially launch her General Election campaign at a rally on Monday 23rd April at 8.00pm in the Marble Arch Pub (upstairs) on Davitt Road Drimnagh. Joan will be standing in The Dublin South Central Constituency as an Independent Socialist. The rally is being hosted by Community & Workers Action Group (CWAG)

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national / politics / elections / opinion/analysis Thursday April 19, 2007 22:05 by Dónal Griffin   text 1 comment (last - tuesday april 24, 2007 19:07)
A look at the plasticity of the Irish political scene in the run up to the general election. read full story / add a comment
waterford / anti-capitalism / event notice Thursday April 19, 2007 12:33 by Press Office   text 28 comments (last - sunday april 22, 2007 12:25)
The Workers' Party is holding its Árd Fheis / Annual Delegate Conference in Waterford this Saturday, 21st April. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Thursday April 19, 2007 12:28 by Absalom   text 13 comments (last - thursday june 07, 2007 11:25)
In Baghdad the Chaldean Catholic church of Sts. Peter and Paul received a blunt warning: "Get rid of the cross or we will burn your churches." Bishop Shlemnon Warduni told AsiaNews, "in the last 2 months many churches have been forced to remove their crosses from their domes," while in one case Islamic militants climbed the church roof to destroy the cross themselves.

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antrim / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Thursday April 19, 2007 12:01 by AWI, Belfast   text 1 comment (last - wednesday may 16, 2007 09:53)
Anti War Ireland, Belfast will be hosting a public meeting entitled "Trade Unions and the Iraq War"

It will be held at 7.30pm on Thursday, 17th May at Transport House, Belfast. read full story / add a comment
international / gender and sexuality / other press Thursday April 19, 2007 11:44 by Shahrzad Mojab
travelled to the Kurdish area of Iraq to study and observe women’s activities there at close range for the first time in 2000. Then last summer I travelled to this region again to visit the non-governmental organisations of Iraq. When I arrived and came across the activities of Kurdish women, it was a very familiar environment for me, since I had done thorough research on Kurdish women in the recent decades, and also due to my familiarity with the NGO activities of Kurdish women in Turkey. In the Sulaymaniyah region of Iraqi Kurdistan I investigated eight women’s NGOs in detail.
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international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Thursday April 19, 2007 05:23 by finch
In answer to growing animosity and the widely held view that the USA is a pariah among nations, compensatory responses from U.S. propagandists are becoming more frequent. The following media ‘staff report’ has been released to a number of international media outlets; India, Pakistan, Australia and Thailand to name the few. However, the ‘news’ release has received little coverage elsewhere, especially in locations familiar with U.S. double standards and hypocrisy. We refer to two Australian releases for our brief analysis. read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media / other press Wednesday April 18, 2007 22:58 by obit   text 1 comment (last - saturday april 21, 2007 10:41)
Fresh off the press an interview which hopefully will help get people back on track.
Even if you're on track - read it - for it is a rare piece. read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Wednesday April 18, 2007 22:03 by Dublin Shell to Sea
There is a social for antone and everyone interested in the Shell to Sea campaign happening in Dublin at 8pm on Friday 20th April in the Hop House on Parnell Street Dublin 1. read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / event notice Wednesday April 18, 2007 18:49 by Réabhloid   text 2 comments (last - wednesday april 18, 2007 22:39)
Basque political rock band touring Ireland read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Wednesday April 18, 2007 10:30 by pat c
The diary entries below give just a taste of the trials and tribulations endurded on a daily basis by the staff of the National Archives and Library in Iraq. In March 2007 2 members of staff were kidnapped, 1 had a son killed, 2 had relatives kidnapped, 2 received death threats and 4 were forced to leave their homes.

Full diaries at the link.

Diary by Saad Eskander, Director of the National Archives and Library in Iraq, Saad Eskander, Director of the National Archives and Library, has generously agreed to share an account of his day-to-day life in Iraq.

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international / sci-tech / press release Wednesday April 18, 2007 06:42 by Dr. Betty Martini, D.Hum, Sepp Hasslberger
FDA tried to have manufacturer indicted and revoked the petition for approval of aspartame, until Don Rumsfeld called in his markers. Then Dr. Adrian Gross, FDA toxicologist told Congress aspartame violated the Delaney Amendment because it causes brain tumors. When Dr. Soffritti of the Ramazzini Institute did the prestigious cancer study showing aspartame to be a multipotential carcinogen flacks tried to rebut the study. Dr. Soffritti has now done another study even using lower doses - aspartame once and for all is shown to be a multipotential carcinogen that should immediately be removed from the market. It has caused a global epidemic, Aspartame Disease. read full story / add a comment
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