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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 Trigger Warning: Your Local University, Literary Society or School Board May Contain Nuts Sun Feb 02, 2025 07:00 | Steven Tucker
Chocolat author Joanne Harris has added trigger warnings to her books and urged others to do the same, so readers don't "feel unsafe". But it's only ever for things that upset thin-skinned Lefties, says Steven Tucker.
The post Trigger Warning: Your Local University, Literary Society or School Board May Contain Nuts appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link News Round-Up Sun Feb 02, 2025 00:51 | Will Jones
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 Ed West: Grooming Gangs ? Britain?s Chernobyl? Sat Feb 01, 2025 17:00 | Richard Eldred
In Britain, after decades being swept under the rug, the full horror of the grooming gangs is now coming to light. Historian Ed West asks: could the fallout bring down our multicultural regime?
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offsite link AstraZeneca Abandons ?450 Million Vaccine Factory in Blow to Reeves Sat Feb 01, 2025 15:00 | Will Jones
AstraZeneca has abandoned?a ?450 million investment in a major UK vaccine plant powered by renewables?in a blow to Rachel Reeves who vowed this week to "kick-start economic growth".
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offsite link Norway?s Threat to Cut Off the UK Leaves Labour?s Net Zero Plans in Tatters Sat Feb 01, 2025 13:00 | Will Jones
As Norway threatens to cut off the UK from electricity at times of low wind speeds, it's a sign of a growing energy nationalism globally that leaves Labour's short-sighted Net Zero plans in tatters.
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clare / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday January 11, 2006 - 17:49 by Conor Cregan   text 23 comments (last - wednesday january 18, 2006 - 19:38)
On Saturday 7th of January we returned to the doorstep of Shannon Airport after a three year absence to hold a 24 hour vigil to mark the third anniversary of founding a peace camp in protest against the use of the airport by the U.S. Military as pit stop for George W Bush’s War on Terror. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday January 11, 2006 - 12:49 by Timothy   text 27 comments (last - wednesday january 25, 2006 - 13:20)
In violation of its agreements with the IAEA the Iranian government has removed seals from its nuclear facilities and has begun uranium processing. The response of the international community led by the US and UK poodle with the support of effeminate France (the CIA staged Paris riots have convinced them of the need to clamp down on Muslims) and Russia (Chechens freedom fighters supported by Iran)is to refer the issue to the UN Security Council in preparation for a new Iran War ... read full story / add a comment
1st Dublin march
national / worker & community struggles and protests Wednesday January 11, 2006 - 11:56 by Alan MacSimoin   text 10 comments (last - monday january 16, 2006 - 17:35)   image 1 image
On December 14th the three week dispute at Irish Ferries came to an end. SIPTU claimed that the deal protects a “threshold of decency”. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday January 10, 2006 - 22:26 by charles dickens   text 5 comments (last - friday february 10, 2006 - 23:12)
British anti-War politics has taken an interesting turn over the change of Year.
The leader of the largest "anti-War" party has resigned his position after being exposed as a soaked up rickety wreck alcoholic.
Meanwhile the umbrella of interests in British politics which work through the "Impeach Blair" or "Stop the War" coalition have called upon a retired general to voice their concerns, and the former extreme left candidate Gorgeous George Galloway has decided to go to Big Brother. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday January 10, 2006 - 20:13 by gay geori   text 5 comments (last - tuesday january 17, 2006 - 14:16)
Anyone listening to RTE's Tubridy show this morning would have been gobsmacked to hear the "head mistress" of posh middle class girls school Alexandra's College in Dublin refer to a site where students can post hate messages about each other. ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism Monday January 09, 2006 - 17:14 by Justin Morahan   text 6 comments (last - tuesday january 10, 2006 - 11:29)
We continue to kowtow to the present incumbent of the White House using all kinds of lame excuses for so doing.
Enough!
Let us end the empty charade of "friendship" with this man now and demand that our leaders present him with no more bowls of shamrock, an idea already tainted by the events surrounding 17 March 2003. ... read full story / add a comment
It's OK to take off your hat now, McDowell, we know you!
national / crime and justice Monday January 09, 2006 - 16:46 by MK_LSG   text 18 comments (last - friday march 03, 2006 - 08:31)   image 1 image
In this open letter and call to action, Ms. Kelly clearly outlines the criminal complicity of the Irish Government (i.e. McDowell & his Cohorts) in the matter of US warcriminals and torturers using Ireland for their obscene purposes. ... read full story / add a comment
"hipatia" or "hypatia" martyred for Reason .:. & Enlightenment by the Cult of X.
international / eu Sunday January 08, 2006 - 18:27 by Iosaf mac D .:. "the ipsiphi"   text 15 comments (last - friday may 12, 2006 - 04:05)   image 3 images
It has been long observed that people for some reason on their non-banking days readily absorb shite about Dangerous Places, Famous People, Sensible Saving Options, Holidays, Interesting facts, Sport results, Media, gardening and health as well looking ahead at “democratic evolution” and looking back at "how history was made" and reminding all of the old enemy "Authoritarianism". I am finally about to explain to all of you "believer or not" why the election of Ratzinger as "black pope" was so terribly important to us.
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national / crime and justice Friday January 06, 2006 - 01:14 by Martin Gregg   text 5 comments (last - friday january 06, 2006 - 23:43)
Irish prisons are failing society.Little or no real rehabilititive intervention takes place.Prisons have become places where we hold people until they are ready to commit their next crime! ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday January 04, 2006 - 17:23 by John McGowan   text 4 comments (last - thursday january 05, 2006 - 16:59)
Thousands of poor farmers struggling in the barren wastelands of Afghanistan are poised for an invasion of over 3,400 British troops in the coming weeks. ... read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests Wednesday January 04, 2006 - 13:11 by iosaf   text 8 comments (last - wednesday february 08, 2012 - 19:06)   image 3 images   video 1 video file
a 43 year old mathematician and intellectual and ex-armed rebel is about to be sworn in as vice president of Bolivia.

For a variety of reasons, a lot of attention is going his way, perhaps because outside of Latin American circles, no-one really knows much about him.

A very short profile of vice president elect Álvaro García Linera of Bolivia with links. ... read full story / add a comment
national / consumer issues Tuesday January 03, 2006 - 15:07 by Paul Kinsella   text 12 comments (last - thursday january 05, 2012 - 21:03)
The reason why I ask this is because I was under the distinct impression Monday, January 2nd, was indeed a Bank Holiday! ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism Monday January 02, 2006 - 09:19 by Seán Ryan
To understand Irish politics, one must wade through a mire. It becomes a gigantic "where's Wally," puzzle. But it is not deceit, that is hidden, it is the truth. ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism Saturday December 31, 2005 - 10:53 by Leftism   text 4 comments (last - tuesday january 03, 2006 - 03:00)
As the new year dawns the left should reflect on its short term objectives. We should take stock of the political situation, explore its options and assess the struggle and possibilities for socialist progress. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Friday December 30, 2005 - 15:26 by Sean Crudden
Does disarmament in Ireland mean peace? Are there thugs and bullies darkening the dawn of peace in Ireland? Who is it that shoud be justly named a bully and a thug? ... read full story / add a comment
national / consumer issues Tuesday December 27, 2005 - 21:15 by Max   text 12 comments (last - tuesday june 12, 2007 - 22:25)
Fine Gael has called on the Government to introduce a five point plan to cut A&E attendances by up to a 1/3. The plan which includes penalizing people who attend A&E units and also happen to be drunk, may put lives at risk.

The proposals ignore the fact that the vast majority of those attending A&E units are actually in need medical aid and further that the majority of those in attendance never cause any disturbance to staff or fellow patients.

One of the key planks of the policy calls for the doubling of A&E fees for those found to be under the influence of alcohol. The proposed fee of almost €100 will discourage people who may need medical aid from seeking it and will hit those on low incomes hardest, students in particular. ... read full story / add a comment
The old Baldoyle Racecourse, Rezoned, Redeveloped.
dublin / history and heritage Tuesday December 27, 2005 - 15:58 by W   text 16 comments (last - friday april 06, 2007 - 14:46)   image 21 images
It looks like the end of days for Baldoyles graffiti "wall of fame", a quiet out of the way spot where young people could practice their art without worrying about the pigs or creating a public eyesore. ... read full story / add a comment
sligo / worker & community struggles and protests Friday December 23, 2005 - 12:35 by John McGowan   text 20 comments (last - tuesday january 24, 2006 - 23:04)
Civil Servants across the North of Ireland were outraged by the paltry pay rise offered to them by Secretary of State Peter Hain. ... read full story / add a comment
the right to participate secretly in an emergent democracy regardless of ethnicity, gender,social class or creed.
international / politics / elections Thursday December 22, 2005 - 14:59 by iosaf the ipsiphi   text 4 comments (last - monday july 03, 2006 - 16:15)   image 2 images
There were lots of elections in 2005, only a few of which got covered on indymedia ireland. But because the idea of democracy really took off so much, I wasn't able to write a "how did they vote or "not vote"" article as had in previous years been attempted.

Just a quick recap - listed here.
{My personal favourite was the Andorran general election.}
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national / miscellaneous Wednesday December 21, 2005 - 20:02 by D. Raghallaigh - repost   text 2 comments (last - saturday december 24, 2005 - 11:27)
A song to the Air of Kevin Barry ... read full story / add a comment
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