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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

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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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national / racism & migration related issues Sunday September 17, 2006 - 18:03 by diren   text 1 comment (last - wednesday september 27, 2006 - 00:23)
The proposed legislation to ‘manage immigration’ has far-reaching consequences, not only for immigrants, but also for Irish society. While the government preaches integration, it is doing everything to undermine it. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday September 17, 2006 - 16:43 by Chris Murray   text 22 comments (last - friday march 02, 2007 - 19:13)
The Sunday news this morning is reporting that Judge Brian Curtin, who was arrested as part
of operation amethyst- the sweep on Child pornography users may make use of an 'out'.

He will be allowed to retire in November on the Grounds of ill-health.

This means that the impeachment process will not continue.
This means that the Oireachtas committee which has been investigating
the case will be stopped.

The Judge never faced criminal charges due to a technicality, the date of his arrest
was wrongly entered into the books

... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism Sunday September 17, 2006 - 15:40 by Éamonn Ó Flannagáin
Ministers have been warned about accepting Ryder Cup hospitality but what about Civil Servants. ... read full story / add a comment
national / environment Sunday September 17, 2006 - 00:15 by lumsk   text 1 comment (last - sunday september 17, 2006 - 17:57)
Are we as people living in Ireland doing enough to avert the climate catastrophe that faces us all across the globe? ... read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice Saturday September 16, 2006 - 12:24 by W. Finnerty.   text 48 comments (last - tuesday november 28, 2006 - 13:11)   image 3 images
Is it possible to easily (and lawfully) find out if a particular person is a Freemason?

I realise it is possible to simply ask them; but, would this be permitted in a court room I wonder? ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Friday September 15, 2006 - 20:21 by Elizabeth Cook
Citizens of New Orleans are taking it upon themselves to enforce the right of return with everyday acts of civil disobedience. Public housing residents in particular are fighting back. HUD is attempting to shutter all of public housing in New Orleans, but residents have forced the reopening of Iberville Housing Development, and have attempted reoccupation of two other developments. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Thursday September 14, 2006 - 19:35 by gníomhaí   text 8 comments (last - thursday september 21, 2006 - 15:25)
'Peak oil' is a term that has become almost mainstream by now- basically it signals the end of cheap oil. Most of us will have heard this already and as oil prices increase almost every month at this stage the government is finally waking up to the fact. Or is it? Recently in the Irish Times Marc Coleman, Economics Editor wrote that Brian Cowen said 'The government had NO contingency plan to deal with the prospect of a SEVERE INCREASE in oil prices' .

Now, usually politicians 'put a brave face on' when dealing with times of crisis- it is rare indeed that someone in Cowen's position is so forthright, yet there we have it in black and white- the government has plainly admitted that we are on our own- we cannot rely on the government to help us through the imminent energy crisis that now faces us. ... read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media Thursday September 14, 2006 - 18:52 by gníomhaí   text 1 comment (last - tuesday september 19, 2006 - 15:56)
Is seirbhís poiblí í RTÉ, cén fath mar sin an bhfuil fógraí ann chomh maith le ceadúnas le íocadh? ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Tuesday September 12, 2006 - 22:48 by Mick Hall   text 24 comments (last - tuesday november 09, 2010 - 18:35)
It is no secret that an increasing numbers of Irish Republicans have become disillusioned with the Good Friday Agreement and disconcerted with SF's inability to get the British State to enforce the terms of the agreement upon Unionism. This despite the Provisional Republican Movement having committed itself to honoring its side of the agreement, which has meant it has overseen the decommissioning of most of its armory and stood down all but its most senior Volunteers, both of which went against the wishes of the majority of the organization's volunteers and the historic traditions of Óglaigh na hÉireann ... read full story / add a comment
Cover of Book
international / gender and sexuality Tuesday September 12, 2006 - 14:54 by Tobie   text 1 comment (last - wednesday september 13, 2006 - 21:37)   image 1 image
Silvia Federici’s “Caliban and the Witch; Women, The Body and Primitive Accumulation” does a fantastic job of taking the feminist analysis of the body and re-conceptualizing it within a class struggle understanding of history. She fills in the blanks that a traditional left analysis has missed, including the concepts of difference, women, race and the body. This work is very important, allowing feminists and socialists alike to realize that identity and class struggle are not polar opposite theoretical understandings ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Monday September 11, 2006 - 22:00 by Sean MacBradaigh
Things have changed forever

In the first of a two-part interview with An Phoblacht Editor SEÁN Mac BRÁDAIGH, Sinn Féin's Chief Negotiator and Mid Ulster MP Martin McGuinness explains the party's attitude to the Hain Assembly, his experience of the Assembly's Preparation for Government Committee, the prospect of government-sponsored 'hothouse' talks next month, and the likelihood of the Good Friday institutions being restored by the November deadline. ... read full story / add a comment
international / history and heritage Sunday September 10, 2006 - 22:25 by K.T. Walsh   text 9 comments (last - thursday september 28, 2006 - 00:00)
Political Correctness

Could Ireland face riots like the Brixton riots in the next five years?

Why spend so much to process immigrants in such an ineffectual manner?

Acceptance and Tolerance by all...... ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Saturday September 09, 2006 - 10:56 by Kevin T. Walsh   text 6 comments (last - saturday may 21, 2011 - 00:05)   image 1 image
The Mystery journey of the PD;s ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Friday September 08, 2006 - 16:55 by DF   text 1 comment (last - saturday september 16, 2006 - 23:35)
As the Blair era in Britain drags to an end, how should the Left judge his time as Labour leader? ... read full story / add a comment
national / eu Friday September 08, 2006 - 04:45 by Brendan Young   text 14 comments (last - wednesday september 27, 2006 - 20:03)
The conference ‘Another Europe is Possible’ being organised by Sinn Féin/GUE-NGL on Saturday next, Sept 9 in Liberty Hall will provide a welcome forum for exchange of information and debate on current developments in the EU. But one of the MEPs participating in the ‘Another Europe is Possible’ debate – Kathy Sinnott – shares the clerical-conservative views of Youth Defence and SPUC. The left should be careful not to let itself to be confused with clerical-conservatives. Beware a repeat of the 'No to Nice' campaign. ... read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media Thursday September 07, 2006 - 19:41 by Michelle Clarke   text 31 comments (last - thursday september 21, 2006 - 21:59)
A Balmy September Day, the cafe culture, the dog, the coffee and the Daily Ireland. I liked this....The history synopsis and quote for the day provided the reminder of times yor and the wisdom that it is nice to have. ... read full story / add a comment
national / health / disability issues Thursday September 07, 2006 - 13:53 by Miriam Cotton   text 3 comments (last - thursday september 07, 2006 - 17:43)
We're all aware of the contempt with which people with disability and their families are regarded by the state. And as if the present government were not already unpopular enough among this community of people, they have decided arbitrarily to slash the Carers Allowance which mothers of children with disability are entitled to. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday September 06, 2006 - 23:34 by John Donovan
John Donovan, a long term shareholder and critic of Royal Dutch Shell Plc management, provides an overview of a board room culture which has allowed a series of scandals to damage Shell’s once proud reputation. A culture where directors have been prepared to cook the books and have whistleblowers (Dr John Huong) and campaigners (the “Rossport Five”), terrorised and thrown in jail. Shell's reputation has been ruined due to the rapacious greed, arrogance and aggressive tactics of some Shell executives.
... read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous Wednesday September 06, 2006 - 21:37 by dynamoshels
Meningitis rates in Ireland are among the highest in Europe, this is just one persons story of the impact of the disease ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday September 06, 2006 - 15:00 by Hal Brognola
Nobody really knows how many people have died in Darfur over the last few years - certainly the number is in 100,000's.
The end of this month the AU, African Union forces will withdraw and the Sudanese government promise it will replace them with its own troops - the same troops who have bombed and strafed and murdered their way through the region already - this time of course with a former rebel group who recently turned on their comrades to get concessions from Al-Bashir's regime. ... read full story / add a comment
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