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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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offsite link Bid to Build Britain?s Biggest Muslim Cemetery Sun Dec 15, 2024 17:00 | Richard Eldred
The billionaire Issa brothers have provoked fury with their plans to build Britain's biggest Muslim cemetery, a colossal 45-acre site in Lancashire.
The post Bid to Build Britain?s Biggest Muslim Cemetery appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Number of Civilians Killed in Gaza ?Inflated to Vilify Israel? Sun Dec 15, 2024 15:00 | Richard Eldred
A damning new report has exposed how Gaza's Health Ministry inflated casualty figures by misclassifying victims and counting unrelated deaths, fuelling a false narrative that Israel is deliberately targeting civilians.
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offsite link Shock Revelation: The U.K. Doesn?t Have Enough Workers to Build Labour?s 1.5 Million New Homes Sun Dec 15, 2024 13:00 | Sallust
Labour's promise of 1.5 million new homes is a pipe dream destined to fail, says Sallust, with no workers, no skills and no plan to back it up.
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offsite link Labour Gives Green Light for ?Activist? Councils to Rename Streets With Links to Empire Sun Dec 15, 2024 11:00 | Richard Eldred
Labour has given the green light for "activist" councils to rename streets tied to slavery and the Empire, quietly scrapping plans to let residents veto the changes.
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offsite link University ?Sacks? Economist Who Wrote Paper Criticising Mass Immigration Policy Sun Dec 15, 2024 09:00 | Will Jones
Economist Prof Steve Fothergill has said he was "sacked" by Sheffield Hallam University after writing a paper that criticised UK immigration policy for allowing large numbers of jobs to be taken by foreigners.
The post University “Sacks” Economist Who Wrote Paper Criticising Mass Immigration Policy appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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international / miscellaneous Saturday October 18, 2008 - 17:09 by David Arthur Walters   text 1 comment (last - saturday october 18, 2008 - 18:51)
We want instant salvation: we want to be born anew from the injected liquidity. But it is difficult to make people have faith in anything, particularly in their fellow creatures if not in the supreme personality. ... read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice Friday October 17, 2008 - 12:00 by Raul
Riot police in the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo have clashed with other police officers who are on strike.

The confrontation happened when the striking officers tried to force their way past barriers to reach a building used by state governor Jose Serra. ... read full story / add a comment
international / sci-tech Tuesday October 14, 2008 - 18:18 by Saoirsí
From the site: "Superstruct is the world's first massively multiplayer forecasting game. By playing the game, you'll help us chronicle the world of 2019--and imagine how we might solve the problems we'll face. Because this is about more than just envisioning the future. It's about making the future, inventing new ways to organize the human race and augment our collective human potential." ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Sunday October 12, 2008 - 15:33 by Reports from Liverpool   text 1 comment (last - sunday october 12, 2008 - 21:44)
The Police have made arrests and issued fixed penalty notices of two political activists in Liverpool. Liverpool has long historical links with Ireland and the attached articles may be of interest.

The arrests were made as a result of a number of campaigning groups setting up stalls on Church Street, these ranged from the Anarchist Federation to the National Health Service. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Sunday October 12, 2008 - 12:04 by joe McIvor
The Chinese government is suspected of being behind the recent “denial of service attacks” on the Marxist Internet Archive website . Brian Basgen who has worked on the site since 1990, says that ,since January , there have been hundreds of attacks ,99 percent of which emanate from China . As a consequence , the MIA may be forced to sacrifice its Chinese language material to keep the rest of the archive open . Although the attacks have only targeted Chinese files , security experts say that Chinese machines can be exploited by people outside the country, making the attacks appear to come from China . ... read full story / add a comment
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dublin / history and heritage Thursday October 09, 2008 - 19:18 by Betty   text 1 comment (last - friday october 10, 2008 - 15:24)   image 1 image
Jonathan Cook in an Electronic Intifada article addresses the phenomena of a book 19 weeks on Israel's bestseller list that challenges Israel's biggest taboo. The book: When and How Was the Jewish People Invented? written by Shlomo Sand, an"expert on European history at Tel Aviv University" controversially argues that: the Jews were never exiled from the Holy Land, that most of today's Jews have no historical connection to the land called Israel and that the only political solution to the country's conflict with the Palestinians is to abolish the Jewish state .... ... read full story / add a comment
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international / arts and media Wednesday October 08, 2008 - 13:35 by gav corcaigh.   image 1 image
CrimethInc. operatives have labored over various versions of this text for more than eight years, and we’re excited to present what we consider to be the definitive edition. Those familiar with earlier versions will be glad to see new sections of text and plenty of new artwork. ... read full story / add a comment
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international / history and heritage Tuesday October 07, 2008 - 16:33 by TaraWatch   text 1 comment (last - tuesday october 07, 2008 - 19:32)   image 2 images
This article was picked up by Archaeology Magazine, run by the Archaeological Institute of America:

"Here’s a summary of what preservationists have tried to do to save Ireland’s Hill of Tara from highway construction. Their new argument suggests that the downturn in the country’s economy requires Ireland to save its historic resources as tourist destinations."
http://www.thestar.com/World/Columnist/article/512894 ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday October 07, 2008 - 00:46 by Paul McAndrew
Metropolitan Community Church Manchester (England) ishelping Prossy, who is from Uganda. She fled to the UK eight months ago. The Home Office accepts she is lesbian and has endured horrific treatment, ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Monday October 06, 2008 - 22:28 by Bazooka Joe
On Sunday tens of thousands across Turkey attended the funerals of soldiers slain by the PKK. 15 soldiers were killed, twenty wounded and two are missing after the PKK (Kurdistan Workers Party) launched a cross border attack from their base in Iraq. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Monday October 06, 2008 - 22:20 by ec   text 1 comment (last - tuesday october 07, 2008 - 00:49)
Iceland is deflating at an unbelievable rate. This is a good English language blog tracking the Icelandic economy through the floor. Hope ours doesn't follow it. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Monday October 06, 2008 - 19:54 by Share
If you feel there are serious problems about intellectual property legislation, you need to watch this new film. ... read full story / add a comment
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international / gender and sexuality Monday October 06, 2008 - 15:45 by Maryam Kousha   image 1 image
Women’s Liberation-Iran: Issue 40 is now available online. This is the journal of The Organisation for Women’s Liberation-Iran

Articles include:
The 5th European Social Forum
New legal curbs on female students rights in iran
Conference in London, 8 March 2009: Why is Secularism essential?
Against Gender Apartheid in Iran.

... read full story / add a comment
national / racism & migration related issues Monday October 06, 2008 - 13:02 by redjade
George Orwell: 'Political language ... is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.' ... read full story / add a comment
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national / miscellaneous Monday October 06, 2008 - 08:35 by Gombeen Man   image 1 image
A Belfast Gah fan is suing that city''s Hilton Hotel for not showing a GAA final. ... read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice Sunday October 05, 2008 - 19:03 by x   text 1 comment (last - sunday october 05, 2008 - 20:58)   video 1 video file
Democratic Congressman: Representatives Were Threatened With Martial Law In America Over Bailout Bill..

Warns that a panic atmosphere was intentionally nurtured to get bill passed..
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international / anti-capitalism Saturday October 04, 2008 - 23:26 by Terence
This is an really interesting article written by Richard Moore for the Southeast Voice in Wexford. In it he asks what Ireland should do in these present times where it is clear huge changes are afoot in the global economy. I would highly recommend people to read the original in full for its insight.

Richard Moore has been writing about global issues for a number of years and has been attempting to truly understand how system works. A few years ago he wrote a book called: Escaping The Matrix and a host of other articles. In more recent times, he has begun to focus on grassroots organising and how to reform communities and democracy from the ground up. ... read full story / add a comment
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mayo / sci-tech Saturday October 04, 2008 - 06:44 by bace fook   text 7 comments (last - monday october 13, 2008 - 09:39)   image 1 image   audio 1 audio file
Sometimes coincidences happen in a timely way, while at other times they appear to happen but are actually coordinated events.

On Monday, the Tánaiste Mary Coughlan announced that Facebook, the popular social networking site, was setting up its head office for Europe in Dublin. Since Facebook doesn't actually make anything, it will have a negligible effect on the economy, but it sends the right sort of signal. At the same time (around midday on Monday) the profile page for the Shell to Sea campaign was removed from Facebook.

Some Shell to Sea groups remain, but as anyone who uses Facebook will tell you, having a profile page is where the action is. Shell to Sea had a popular one, with lots of "friends" and activity on the page. It was very useful in spreading information about the campaign, especially outside Ireland.

So Mary Coughlan goes on the radio to talk about Facebook and how its arrival in Ireland sends a strong signal. At the same moment, the Shell to Sea page is removed. Coincidence? ... read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media Friday October 03, 2008 - 21:34 by David Manning
As the banking sector celebrates the government bailout the mainstream media have sought to capitalise on their readers formerly dormant anti-capitalist sentiment, with those journalists and editors that still retain an inkling of their activist youth revealing in the opportunity to indulge in some populist rhetoric, MediaBite takes a look at the media's performance over the boom years and asks whether the media, not just the bankers and developers, should be held to account for their part in bringing on this economic crisis. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Friday October 03, 2008 - 12:24 by tomeile
In the interview conducted last month , Professor Chomsky discussed India , the importance of the non-aligned movement and Latin America's growing independence . Addressing the West's hypocrisy over Iran's nuclear program Chomsky said :

“The fact of the matter is that the majority of the world supports Iran. The non-aligned movement supports Iran.”

... read full story / add a comment
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