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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

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offsite link The stage is set for Hybrid World War III Mon Feb 27, 2023 15:50 | The Saker
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offsite link Is Facebook Really Committed to Free Speech? Fri Jan 10, 2025 18:25 | Rebekah Barnett
Depending on which echo chamber you get your news from, this week Mark Zuckerberg took steps to either save democracy or to end it. But how far is he really going in his new commitment to free speech, asks Rebekah Barnett.
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offsite link Reform Candidate ?Sacked? by Housing Association for Reposting ?Racist? Daily Telegraph Cartoon Fri Jan 10, 2025 15:10 | Will Jones
A housing officer was sacked for being a Reform UK candidate and reposting a Daily Telegraph cartoon after being told Reform?s policies on immigration and Net Zero were "in direct conflict" with his employer's "values".
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offsite link Trudeau?s Prorogation of Parliament is a Mistake He Must Be Allowed to Make Fri Jan 10, 2025 13:18 | Dr James Allan
Justin Trudeau wants to prorogue Parliament to buy time before the election. Voters will punish him for it, says Prof James Allan, but it's a mistake he must be allowed to make without activist judges getting in the way.
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offsite link The Significance of Jordan Peterson Fri Jan 10, 2025 11:00 | James Alexander
Jordan Peterson should make his mind up about Christianity, critics say. Prof James Alexander disagrees: he's a profound Jungian explorer who wants to help a secularised world see why Christianity still matters.
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offsite link Massive Recovery in Antarctica Sea Ice Unreported by Net Zero-Obsessed Mainstream Media Fri Jan 10, 2025 09:00 | Chris Morrison
There's been a massive recovery in Antarctica sea ice this year. But you won't hear about it in our Net Zero-obsessed mainstream media, says Chris Morrison.
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sermon on Shell
mayo / environment Tuesday September 23, 2008 - 18:53 by crasher   text 3 comments (last - monday october 06, 2008 - 12:39)   image 1 image
I've always fancied a brief chat with an official in an out of the way registry office, while some think it needs an Elvis impersonator in a church in a Las Vegas. Others like hotels, marquees, beaches in the Maldives, even on the wings of a plane- but I don't think anyone can beat closing a petrol station with your wedding vows.

They even used D-Locks on the pumps instead of rings!

Check out more pictues and details of the ceremony here : http://chriskasza.blogspot.com/2008/09/week-25-best-not....html ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Tuesday September 23, 2008 - 13:18 by Cailean Bochanan
The latest editorial from Inthesenewtimes offering an opinion on the unfolding great bank robbery. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Friday September 19, 2008 - 15:25 by pat c   text 4 comments (last - saturday september 20, 2008 - 22:21)
Yes, it was a War Crime but I won't hold my breath waiting for NATO to bomb Tel Aviv. Full text at link.

A report to the UN Human Rights Council on Israel's shelling of Beit Hanoun in Gaza almost two years ago says it may have been a war crime. The report compiled by Archbishop Desmond Tutu casts doubt on Israel's explanation that the shelling resulted from a flawed artillery firing system. It calls on Israel to pay compensation to the victims, 19 of whom were killed. Archbishop Tutu went to Beit Hanoun in May, after objections by Israel delayed his mission several times.
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national / history and heritage Friday September 19, 2008 - 13:59 by Eugene Mc Cartan
As we approach the 40th anniversary of the first civil rights march on the 5th October 1968 organised by the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association (NICRA) . The Communist Party of Ireland has produced a special supplement to mark this important event and presents its understanding of the relevance of NICRA and the important lessons that the CPI believes can be brought into todays struggles. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Friday September 19, 2008 - 12:12 by John Cornford
John Rees, longtime leader of the English SWP has been unceremoniously dumped. Peter Manson analyses this and other developments in the SWP. Article in full at url.

Meeting on August 27, the 14-strong central committee voted by 10 to four to remove comrade Rees as CC member responsible for election work, and instructed him, against his wishes, to resign from the Left Alternative national council. Rees has quite rightly been blamed for the Respect/Left List/Left Alternative fiasco, which culminated in the SWP-led slate being wiped out in May’s elections to the London assembly. This humiliation then saw the defection to Labour and the Liberal Democrats of Left List councillors and assembly candidates. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism Thursday September 18, 2008 - 13:41 by archangel   text 28 comments (last - tuesday april 21, 2015 - 11:48)   image 5 images
The International Bodyguard Association, a Private Military Company involved in training several international police and paramilitary units, is headed by an Irishman and has it's business headquarters in this country. ... read full story / add a comment
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donegal / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday September 17, 2008 - 18:07 by Sarah   image 1 image
In his latest column for the New Statesman, John Pilger examines news as parody as those prominent in the British media seek to justify the official versions of the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan: Here comes the new Cold War, with promises of more bombs, more of the militarised society with its 730 bases worldwide, on which Americans spend 42 cents of every tax dollar... the devastation of Iraq’s health, once the best in the Middle East, by the ubiquitous dust from British and US depleted uranium weapons. A World Health Organisation study reporting a cancer epidemic has been suppressed ... ... read full story / add a comment
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international / worker & community struggles and protests Wednesday September 17, 2008 - 17:36 by pat c   text 1 comment (last - monday september 22, 2008 - 16:15)   image 2 images
Militant action by Iraqi workers has forced the quisling government to reverse its assault on workers living standards. Full text at link.

Following days of demonstrations and strikes by thousands of workers, the Iraqi government reversed its order to cut wages by up to 30% and eliminate many industrial labor benefits. The authorities agreed to direct negotiations with the representatives of the workers. ... read full story / add a comment
John Carmody, founder of ARAN
national / animal rights Wednesday September 17, 2008 - 03:54 by Mark Hawthorne   text 4 comments (last - thursday september 18, 2008 - 19:27)   image 1 image
John Carmody is one of the busiest animal rights campaigners in the world. He paused long enough to answer a few questions about his activism from author Mark Hawthorne. ... read full story / add a comment
national / animal rights Wednesday September 17, 2008 - 00:24 by snc   text 27 comments (last - sunday november 30, 2008 - 01:22)   image 1 image
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antrim / worker & community struggles and protests Thursday September 11, 2008 - 22:39 by Sean Matthews-personal capacity   text 9 comments (last - tuesday december 02, 2008 - 08:30)   image 1 image   audio 4 audio files
The 2ND Belfast Anarchist Bookfair recently took place building on the success of the previous year. Stalls were provided by the WSM, Choice Ireland, Just Books, Organise! and Revolutionary Anarcha-feminist group(RAG) as well as groups from as far as England and Scotland including Solidarity Federation giving the bookfair an international flavour. The Bookfair provides a healthy platform for constructive debate and discussion from past to present struggles. To exchange experiences, to reflect and agitate are all essential ingredients for a stronger, more vibrant class struggle anarchist movement in the future. Below are some of the audio recordings from of the public meetings which took place on the day.

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national / history and heritage Thursday September 11, 2008 - 17:45 by godzilla   text 21 comments (last - monday february 23, 2009 - 17:44)
Speculation is mounting as to why the Asgard II, Ireland's only sailing training Brigantine, sank in French waters this morning and why a salvage pump could not have been used to prevent her loss. She was travelling in the shallow waters of the French Bay of Biscay with 5 crew and 20 trainee sailors who paid between 500€ for youngsters to 600€ to take part in the trip. This fare covered their passage, vitals & in line with statutory requirements full training for ship abandonment which proved useful when skipper Colm Newport ordered her evacuation.

She had been due for maintenance in France on September 21 after taking part in this week's commemorative boat show for the 1798 French landing in Mayo. ... read full story / add a comment
"Our struggle is twofold: Fighting against internal oppression and external foreign threats."
international / anti-war / imperialism Thursday September 11, 2008 - 16:23 by pat c   image 1 image
Ben Lewis interviews a leading member of Iranian Students for Freedom and Equality who makes clear the Iranian students opposition to both US Imperialism and the Iranian Regime. Full text at link.

Some organisations in the west have said that US intervention could provide some sort of limited space to organise, in Iraq, for example. What do you think of this?

The United States talks about democracy in Iran and the Middle East to disguise its aim of expanding its influence and power in the region and to offset its financial problems. Oil supplies are another good reason to talk about democracy! But conditions in Iraq today are actually far worse even than under the horrible and torturous rule of Saddam Hussein. ... read full story / add a comment
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national / anti-capitalism Thursday September 11, 2008 - 02:22 by James   image 1 image
The Spring 2008 issue of the WSM's theoretical magazine is now online. The pdf is available here.

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from March 2005 - indymedia.ie/article/69087
national / racism & migration related issues Wednesday September 10, 2008 - 23:27 by redjade   text 7 comments (last - tuesday december 23, 2008 - 17:43)   image 1 image
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mayo / crime and justice Wednesday September 10, 2008 - 20:24 by Dept of Justice Watcher   text 3 comments (last - thursday september 11, 2008 - 18:41)   image 1 image
RTE are currently running an online poll ' Are the Gardai putting the interests of Shell ahead of the interests of the public by arresting the two fishermen?' on their news web page: http://www.rte.ie/news/index.html

It's not how clear what the final result will be, but so far it looks like a clear majority think the police are not the impartial force they should be. ... read full story / add a comment
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international / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday September 10, 2008 - 17:54 by pat c   text 1 comment (last - thursday september 11, 2008 - 15:39)   image 1 image
Civilian deaths in Afghanistan from US and NATO airstrikes nearly tripled from 2006 to 2007, with recent deadly airstrikes exacerbating the problem and fuelling a public backlash.

Human Rights Watch have published a report regarding these atrocities. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Monday September 08, 2008 - 23:59 by I Witness Video   text 1 comment (last - wednesday september 10, 2008 - 10:40)
A group of videographers bearing witness to the events in Minnesota this week, during the US rnc , lead up to American elections.

Some think it is time to request the presence of International election observers. ... read full story / add a comment
Ken O'Keefe behind the wheel of the Free Gaza
international / rights, freedoms and repression Monday September 08, 2008 - 10:31 by Ken O'Keefe   image 3 images
Ken O’Keefe is a 39 year-old Marine Conservationist and Human Rights Activist born in America who holds Irish, Hawaiian and Palestinian citizenship. He served in the United States Marine Corps during the 1991 Gulf War and lawfully renounced his U.S. citizenship in Vancouver, Canada on March 1, 2001. He is the founder of the Truth Justice Peace Human Shield Action to Iraq (2003) and P10K (2004). In 2007-2008 he served as a Legislator within the reinstated Hawaiian Government and authored a law that outlaws WMD in Hawaii. Most recently he served as a Captain and 1st Mate with the Free Gaza Movement that successfully challenged the Israeli siege of Gaza. Currently he remains in Gaza where he wrote this piece. ... read full story / add a comment
if you log IP's to your blog or site - this might be interesting
international / sci-tech Sunday September 07, 2008 - 11:26 by got your number = share your number   text 7 comments (last - wednesday april 22, 2009 - 19:47)   image 1 image
The hacking of the "blood & honour" site and server was reported on the 30th of August, but now a breakdown of visits, posts, IP's, search terms and real world user location is available.

Though this is a crosspost the long list of numbers & search terms might not at first highlight the Irish dimension. Celtic only occurs a dozen times, Dublin likewise and not one mention of Ulster. ... read full story / add a comment
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