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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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Interested in maladministration. Estd. 2005

offsite link RTEs Sarah McInerney ? Fianna Fail?supporter? Anthony

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offsite link News Round-Up Mon Feb 03, 2025 01:19 | 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 Towards Post-totalitarianism in the West: Some Warnings From the East Sun Feb 02, 2025 19:00 | Michael Rainsborough
The West's moral, spiritual and political decay mirrors the post-totalitarianism of Eastern Europe, says Michael Rainsborough. The difference is today's authoritarianism wears a progressive mask.
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offsite link Sky News Scrambles for Survival Amid Exodus of Viewers Sun Feb 02, 2025 17:00 | Richard Eldred
With viewers tuning out, finances in freefall and an industry in flux, Sky News is betting everything on paywalls, podcasts and a political reset to save itself from oblivion.
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offsite link Britain Could Rejoin Brussels? Net Zero Climate Scheme Sun Feb 02, 2025 15:00 | Richard Eldred
Starmer's Brexit 'reset' could see Britain rejoin Brussels' Net Zero scheme, re-enter an EU free trade zone and relax migration rules ? moves his team fears are political gifts to the Tories and Reform.
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offsite link Thousands Shut Down London As Protesters Chant ?Free Tommy? Sun Feb 02, 2025 13:00 | Richard Eldred
Thousands of supporters of Tommy Robinson marched in London on Saturday demanding his release, with police deployed to keep them apart from a large counter-protest.
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national / rights, freedoms and repression / feature Thursday March 20, 2008 00:05 by safe legal and rare   text 62 comments (last - friday december 17, 2010 19:51)   video 1 video file
The Council of Europe has called on Ireland to decriminalise abortion.

This week , the Council of Europe's Committee on Equal Opportunities issued a report saying all member states should guarantee women the right to a safe termination of pregnancy.

The report states quite clearly: “the Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men considers that a ban on abortions does not result in fewer abortions, but mainly leads to clandestine abortions, which are more traumatic and more dangerous.”

Some people estimate that the number of Irish women who travel to England every year is about 7,000. Since some women obviously use false British addresses, or disguise their origins in other ways, the true figure can never be known.
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international / arts and media / feature Sunday February 24, 2008 00:32 by Paula Geraghty   text 19 comments (last - tuesday october 14, 2008 14:35)   video 2 video files
Townsend's interpretation of the famous Battle in Seattle, where the World Trade Organisation was shut down due to the emergence of what the media labelled the anti-globalisation movement has finally hit the big screen, and it doesn't get much bigger (in Dublin) than the prestigous Savoy Screen Number 1! read full story / add a comment
national / sci-tech / feature Friday February 22, 2008 09:29 by James O'Brien   text 167 comments (last - friday march 01, 2013 19:38)   video 3 video files
Anarchism has traditionally been hostile to all religions because by their very nature they tend to be authoritarian. A supernatural creator who sets the rules is naturally considered to be the ultimate source of authority. And its authority means humanity’s obedience. If there is a god, it would, in the words of Bakunin, be necessary to abolish him. But a creator doesn’t exist, so we are left with the more mundane task of spreading the good news that values aren’t handed down from on high, but emerge from human society.
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antrim / history and heritage / news report Monday October 15, 2007 22:38 by Ciarán Ó Brolcháin   text 8 comments (last - sunday october 30, 2011 19:06)   video 1 video file
With the International Brigade Memorial Trust AGM taking place in Belfast on the weekend of 12-14 October, attendees were overjoyed to witness the unveiling of a memorial to those who took a stand in defence of the Spanish Republic on Saturday 13th October in Writers' Square. read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Thursday June 14, 2007 01:19 by Graham Ó Maonaigh   text 30 comments (last - friday february 20, 2009 12:55)   video 1 video file
Legalise Cannabis Ireland Campaign has called a rally outside the gates of Dail Éireann at 1pm on Thursday 14th of June, on Kildare Street. The rally is to coincide with the election of the Taoiseach. read full story / add a comment
cork / politics / elections / news report Wednesday May 09, 2007 20:09 by Aidan   text 93 comments (last - wednesday october 27, 2010 17:22)   video 1 video file
Morgan Stack, self styled "Scholar for Truth" and the Head of the Irish 911 Truth Movement is standing for election in the Dail, in Cork Central, and Kerry North. He claims he wants to expose the truth about 911. Yet he spreads Anti-semitic lies through his website. read full story / add a comment
antrim / arts and media / news report Wednesday April 11, 2007 19:17 by Anthony Wisener   text 4 comments (last - tuesday november 01, 2011 01:10)   video 2 video files
Ballymena born writer Gerard McKeown has won The New Belfast PerformancePoetry Cup, after competing in an intensive slam contest, which featured competitors from all over Ulster. read full story / add a comment
international / environment / opinion/analysis Friday March 09, 2007 15:47 by Socialist Party   text 19 comments (last - monday may 24, 2010 21:24)   video 1 video file
Channel 4 ran a documentary on thursday nigth claiming to be a 'scientific' counter argument to climate change. The scientific method is to look at the balance of evidence and make a decision, not focus on one or two pieces alone.

In this article Pete Dickenson looks at the evidence put forward by the 'sceptics' and argues for immediate action to stop climate change. read full story / add a comment
roscommon / anti-capitalism / other press Monday February 12, 2007 14:34 by Paddy Murphy   text 19 comments (last - saturday december 06, 2008 00:17)   video 1 video file
The Irish Times is reporting that RAF/Baader-Meinhof gang member, Brigitte Mohnhaupt, after 24 years in jail would be released on five years probation on March 27. Brigitte, 57, was arrested in 1982 and sentenced to five life sentences for her role in the killings of leading German figures including industrialist Hanns Martin Schleyer, Dresdner Bank head Juergen Ponto and federal prosecutor Siegfried Buback.

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mayo / miscellaneous / news report Saturday November 11, 2006 22:45 by VideoLady   text 30 comments (last - thursday november 23, 2006 03:55)   video 1 video file
Gardai at yesterday's protest in Mayo were violent, agressive and provocative. Statements by Shell, Bertie Ahern and Michael McDowell suggest that protesters used 'provo tactics'.
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national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Wednesday November 01, 2006 20:10 by NIFC   text 4 comments (last - thursday november 02, 2006 19:58)   video 1 video file
The National Irish Freedom Committee (NIFC) has been helping publicise the struggle of the people of Rossport for quite some time now and we are the only Irish organisation here in America that has been vocal in our support of the community in Mayo, and have actively used all our resources to try help keep our membership, other concerned people, and the general public informed about what is going on there.

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mayo / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Wednesday October 11, 2006 10:02 by xtic   text 12 comments (last - saturday october 28, 2006 04:31)   video 1 video file
This morning 150 people have been blockading the bridge on the Bangor road despite the appaling weather. Constuction traffic has been delayed for 15 minutes. read full story / add a comment
national / environment / news report Wednesday September 27, 2006 14:14 by Starstruck   text 3 comments (last - tuesday may 06, 2008 19:05)   video 1 video file
You may not have noticed but last Friday the 22nd of September was international CarFree day.
In Ireland the Governemnts usual inaction was unsurprising and the streets of Dublin were logjammed with fume-spewing motor vehicles as always.
At 6.30pm that evening there was a bikeride through the city streets to celebrate self-propelled transport,the chance for a cleaner city and alternatives possible to break our dependence on oil. read full story / add a comment
galway / environment / opinion/analysis Friday September 01, 2006 16:07 by gníomhaí   text 12 comments (last - friday november 19, 2010 12:54)   video 1 video file
Tired of supermarkets in Galway (and everywhere else) taking over? Here's what you can do: read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Sunday July 30, 2006 19:52 by Revolt Video   text 5 comments (last - monday july 31, 2006 14:52)   video 1 video file
Filmed Saturday 29th July - Dublin read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Thursday July 27, 2006 12:59 by Revolt Video   video 1 video file
A montage of pictures mostly form Indymedia sites around the world, images mainly of conflict in the Lebanon.

Warning Contains Graphic Images
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international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Wednesday July 26, 2006 18:09 by Revolt Video   text 3 comments (last - wednesday july 26, 2006 19:18)   video 1 video file
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Saturday July 22, 2006 00:03 by Revolt Video   text 4 comments (last - sunday july 23, 2006 01:43)   video 1 video file
One activist managed to gain entry when Jeb Bush(pro death penalty for selfish personal political gain) was starting his speech and she shouted “Go Home Jeb….” before being removed.

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international / arts and media / opinion/analysis Thursday July 13, 2006 19:14 by aaronrip   text 2 comments (last - thursday july 13, 2006 19:24)   video 1 video file
Art/Conflict: 2 X Zones is a feature length documentary shot on DV in 2004/2005 in Ireland and The Basque Country. The documentary is based on a multiplicity of interviews conducted over a year long period in Ireland and the Basque country. It takes a look back at these localised conflicts from the perspective of a post September 11th World and explores how fine artists in The Basque Country and Ireland from the late 1960's onwards understood their roles in the midst of situations of ongoing civil conflict. It relates the insights garnered by artists in the midst of two localised conflicts in the late 20th century to the present where terrorism, civil conflict and 'cool war' have along with the market been globalised. The documentary exemplifies the possibilities for low-budget cross cultural documentary filmmaking in an era of cheap and ubuiquotous digital filmaking hardware. Interviewees include Patrick Ireland, Txomin Badiola, Willie Doherty, Shane Cullen and Amanda Dunsmore.

Directed and Shot by Aisling Crudden. Edited by Eamonn Crudden. Offline edit by Arnaud Rigaud.

For further information/screening copies etc contact acrudden (at) hotmail (dot) com
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dublin / arts and media / opinion/analysis Tuesday July 11, 2006 22:00 by aaronrip / chekov / kev   text 5 comments (last - wednesday july 12, 2006 18:24)   video 1 video file
This 25 minute long film was produced very quickly in the immediate aftermath of the riots in Dublin in Febuary 2006 and was only ever to date screened at the anarchist bookfair which took place within a short time of the events depicted.

It was basically made by combining a text opinion piece/story about the events with footage uploaded to indymedia ireland in the very immediate aftermath of the riot. I (aaronrip) took the two, voiced one (chekov's text) and cut up the other (kev footage) and within a day or so had an acceptable film.

Hope others will try this method of instant filmaking about events in the near future. The generally copyleft nature of material uploaded to Indymedia makes this possible and easy. If you can't/don't want to write 'voiceovers' then steal/channel them.

Dedicated to the charming and busy Revolt Video heads ;-) read full story / add a comment
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