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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
Promoting Human Rights in Ireland

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The Daily Sceptic

offsite link News Round-Up Fri Jan 31, 2025 01:05 | 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 Priest Calvin Robinson Kicked Out of Church for Doing Elon Musk ?Salute? at Rally Thu Jan 30, 2025 19:06 | Will Jones
TV presenter and priest Calvin Robinson has been kicked out of his church after doing an?Elon Musk?'salute' at a pro-life rally in what he said was clearly intended as a joke.
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offsite link Trump Blames Diversity Hiring for Washington DC Air Crash Thu Jan 30, 2025 17:57 | Will Jones
President?Donald Trump?has blamed woke diversity hiring for the Washington DC air crash, one of the deadliest in US history, citing a Federal Aviation Administration report that the workforce was "too white".
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offsite link The Covid Inquiry?s Interest in Censorship is Dangerously One-Sided and Will Further Undermine Trust... Thu Jan 30, 2025 15:30 | Alan Black and Molly Kingsley
The Covid Inquiry has turned to look at the Government's Counter Disinformation Unit. But it's only question is whether the censorship went far enough, say Molly Kingsley and Alan Black. Trust in public health will suffer.
The post The Covid Inquiry’s Interest in Censorship is Dangerously One-Sided and Will Further Undermine Trust in Public Health appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Judge Blocks Major North Sea Oil and Gas Projects Over Climate Change Thu Jan 30, 2025 13:00 | Will Jones
A judge has blocked Britain's two biggest offshore oil and gas developments from producing any fossil fuels by quashing their production permits over climate change concerns.
The post Judge Blocks Major North Sea Oil and Gas Projects Over Climate Change appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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national / crime and justice / news report Thursday February 19, 2009 00:35 by Nostradamus   text 21 comments (last - friday february 27, 2009 17:14)   video 1 video file
Father and son, Patrick and Jonathan O'Donnell, Porturlin Shore, Ballina; and Enda Carey, also of Porturlin, appeared before Castlebar Circuit Court to appeal a three-month prison sentence imposed at Belmullet District Court.
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national / animal rights / press release Tuesday February 17, 2009 13:34 by ALiberation   text 1 comment (last - tuesday february 17, 2009 15:12)   video 3 video files
All known mink fur factory farms were investigated. Video footage of this was sent to ALiberation anonymously.

Video Footage:
Part 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pYjR-ZG2hs
Part 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTx9mxcMJ7Q
Part 3:
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national / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Tuesday February 17, 2009 11:10 by Andrew   text 16 comments (last - friday february 20, 2009 23:53)   video 1 video file
Did the idea of the so called 'Pensions Levy' come from some of the very ICTU leadership who are supposed to negotiate on behalf of workers. This is one revelation that emerged on Saturday morning at a meeting of over 100 public sector trade unionists and two delegates from the Waterford Glass occupation. We were meeting in the Davenport hotel, Dublin to discuss a collective response to government attacks on workers and in particular the public sector pay cut. Most of those present were on branch committees or even national executives with a couple of branches delegating representatives to the meeting. The gathering could in that context be said to reflect the views of a large number of branches across the unions that organise public sector workers. read full story / add a comment
national / history and heritage / event notice Monday February 16, 2009 20:51 by tarapiXie   video 1 video file


Day of Action for Tara

Tuesday 3rd March 09

Non Violent Direct Action against M3

Peaceful Protest :)

Despite worldwide opposition and EU Legislation, the illegal constuction of the M3 motorway through Tara is still ongoing. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / feature Monday February 16, 2009 18:11 by anarchaeologist   text 12 comments (last - wednesday march 11, 2009 08:26)   video 8 video files
Up to 600 people yesterday marched behind the ashes of Bob Doyle from the Garden of Remembrance on Parnell Square to attend a celebration of his life held in Liberty Hall.

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galway / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Monday February 16, 2009 17:44 by TD   text 20 comments (last - sunday february 22, 2009 22:05)   video 3 video files
"It's a living organism that has a very nasty, evil side to its ideology, but it ends there, it begins there and it ends there and we shouldn't, again, exaggerate our analysis of Zionism beyond the fact that from a Palestine perspective, it is a destructive ideology, it's bad enough, it has nothing else to it and nothing else should be added to this."

"They (EU politicians) don't want to talk about Zionism as colonialism, as racism, they don't want to talk about genocidal policies, ethnic cleansing policies, crimes against humanity, war crimes"

"It is the only prison in the world that children are being born in it that have no chance of getting out of it" read full story / add a comment
international / gender and sexuality / other press Monday February 16, 2009 16:06 by Anne McShane   text 2 comments (last - monday february 16, 2009 20:53)   video 1 video file
On the Thirtieth anniversary of the overthrow of the Shah in Iran, Azar Sheibani looks at how Iranian women have defied the reign of misogynist terror. Full text of the article at the url below.

Imperialism’s sabre-rattling against Iran has prompted the Tehran regime to intensify its suppression of grass-roots progressive movements. The regime uses the threat of war to claim that radical and progressive movements – like the women’s, workers’ and students’ - are in league with imperialism, are somehow ‘fifth columnists’. Harsh repression inevitably follows. The irony is that the experience of two imperialist invasions in the region has shattered any illusions among women and other social movements about the so-called ‘liberation’ on offer from US-led intervention. The barbaric consequences for the women of Afghanistan and Iraq are eloquent testimony to that. Women in Iran are fully aware that they are the only force that can change their destiny. read full story / add a comment
dublin / crime and justice / event notice Monday February 16, 2009 13:03 by Seomra_Spraoi_Cinema   text 1 comment (last - monday february 16, 2009 13:07)   video 1 video file
Waltz with Bashir documents the struggle of the filmmaker, Ari Folman, to come to terms with the gaps in his memory surrounding the part he played in the first Lebanese war and the 1982 massacre of Palestinian civilians in the West Beirut refugee camps of Sabra and Shatila. read full story / add a comment
dublin / gender and sexuality / feature Friday February 13, 2009 19:23 by Paul McAndrew   text 9 comments (last - sunday february 15, 2009 16:42)   video 1 video file
This Valentine's Day, come and do your bit for love by showing your support for Ireland's LGBT people - and their children - at the Central Bank at 2pm. It'll be a great big Valentine's love-fest with a message - you bring the love, we'll bring the music, balloons and blindfolds! (more on those anon)14 February 2009

14:00 - 15:00
Central Bank
Street:
Dame Street
Dublin

Contact Info: Email: [email protected] read full story / add a comment
national / environment / event notice Friday February 13, 2009 00:57 by IshtarCelt   text 5 comments (last - friday february 20, 2009 08:14)   video 3 video files
Dave is going to do a sponsored run along the M3
to raise funds for a mass day of action on the 3rd march at Tara
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international / animal rights / news report Thursday February 12, 2009 21:25 by John Carmody   text 6 comments (last - wednesday february 18, 2009 20:48)   video 2 video files
Braving the cold this afternoon, five sexy PETA activists stripped off nearly naked and urged foie gras-peddling Selfridges to ‘Have a Heart’ for ducks and geese this Valentine’s Day. The topless girls (including model Monica Harris) and one dishy guy handed out delicious vegan chocolates and roses to passers-by who just couldn’t help but stare – and take photos on their mobile phones, of course! read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media / opinion/analysis Wednesday February 11, 2009 23:29 by Paul O' Sullivan   video 2 video files
Oh, Pat. We really can't stand you now. read full story / add a comment
dublin / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Wednesday February 11, 2009 23:24 by Activist   video 1 video file
Dublin Bus workers protest at Noel Dempsey, Minister for transport, over the proposed cutbacks in jobs and services in Dublin Bus read full story / add a comment
cork / worker & community struggles and protests / feature Wednesday February 11, 2009 11:38 by Alan M.   text 6 comments (last - sunday february 15, 2009 19:00)   video 1 video file
Noel Atkins and Pat Phelan, Waterford Crystal workers and Unite Shop Stewards, travelled to Cork last night to speak out against the attempted closure of the plant. They spoke from the heart as workers tossed on the scrap heap after decades of service. read full story / add a comment
national / animal rights / press release Wednesday February 11, 2009 10:18 by ALiberation   video 1 video file
Before Christmas of 2007, the Flairline Fashions Group gave a verbal guarantee that they would become fur free by 2008 and would send confirmation in writing to ALiberation. Since then they have continued to sell animal fur.
ALiberation are now unsuspending their campaign to persuade the Flairline Fashions Group to become Fur Free.

This Saturday an event will be held outside of Pamela Scott on Grafton Street, Dublin to urge the Flairline Fashions Group to stop selling animal fur. This will coincide with the “Worldwide Information Days Against Fur” weekend.

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galway / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Monday February 09, 2009 18:48 by TD   text 18 comments (last - tuesday february 17, 2009 19:59)   video 3 video files
Last Saturday in the Nun's Island Theatre, Galway, fundraiser and activist with the Palestine Children's Appeal, Treasa Ni Cheannabhain, delivered a harrrowing and powerful eyewitness account of her recent humanitarian mission to Gaza and Free Gaza Movement and Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign activist, Derek Graham, made an impassioned plea for funds to purchase a ship that would be instrumental in ferrying building materials essential for the rebuilding of Gaza's war shattered infrastructure. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / feature Monday February 09, 2009 17:43 by Patrick Coyle   text 7 comments (last - wednesday april 29, 2009 14:55)   video 1 video file
There is a tendency to dismiss the rantings of Kevin Myers as mere guff designed to sell newspapers. However, this would be to ignore the collateral damage his phosphorous cluster bomb prose inflicts. His salvo last Friday attacking the legacy of Bob Doyle and his comrades who fought in Spain against fascism should be a call to make next Saturday's commemoration in their honour a defiant rebuttal of all Myers' and his ilk stand for. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / feature Monday February 09, 2009 16:14 by John Hurson   text 6 comments (last - friday march 13, 2009 03:12)   video 2 video files
2 Tyrone men leaving on Friday 13th February to drive a lorry full of aid to London,and join up with 90 other vehicles to form a convoy led by George Galloway to Gaza. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / feature Monday February 09, 2009 07:29 by Andrew   text 12 comments (last - monday august 24, 2009 06:53)   video 4 video files
Our government has become more and more open about their plans for us. Cowan wants to drive down our living standards 12% and has already cut all our wages through the tax levy and slashed the wages of workers in the public sector further through the so called ‘pensions levy’. He openly talks of “four more years of even steeper cuts”. He is so confident of us taking this lying down that he had the cheek to announce his intention to drive down our living standards at what even RTE referred to as the “Dublin Chamber of Commerce's lavish AGM dinner which cost €160” a head. read full story / add a comment
cork / environment / press release Sunday February 08, 2009 22:56 by Cork Foodweb   text 10 comments (last - saturday february 28, 2009 10:41)   video 2 video files
Cork is biting back at the recession with a new web-started community which aims to get us outside working together to grow our own food. Cork Food Web imagines a network of community gardens, allotments, urban and rural farms and food parks all over Cork city and county run autonomously by local communities and linked by the shared need to feed ourselves and mind our environment. The website is a ‘social networking site’ so allows users to create their own profile, get to know each other and form groups. In just a few months of existence membership has grown to 154, with members from the city and all across Cork county forming online interest groups, exchanging information and skills and creating events together. read full story / add a comment
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