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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

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offsite link Labour U-Turns Over University Free Speech as it Brings Back Tory Law ? But Removes its ?Teeth? Wed Jan 15, 2025 19:30 | Will Jones
Labour has U-turned over university free speech as it brings back a Tory law clamping down on 'woke' cancel culture ? but removes its "teeth" by dropping the ability of academics to sue their institutions.
The post Labour U-Turns Over University Free Speech as it Brings Back Tory Law ? But Removes its “Teeth” appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Israel and Hamas Agree Ceasefire Deal, Trump Confirms Wed Jan 15, 2025 18:09 | Will Jones
Donald Trump has confirmed that Israel and Hamas have reached a ceasefire agreement to end the war and release the hostages, saying he will continue promoting "peace through strength" throughout the region.
The post Israel and Hamas Agree Ceasefire Deal, Trump Confirms appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Reeves Jobs Bloodbath Continues as Currys Forced to Outsource to India Wed Jan 15, 2025 15:21 | Will Jones
The jobs bloodbath continues as Currys is forced to?outsource more British staff to India?as a result of Rachel Reeves's "tax on jobs", the Chief Executive of the electricals retailer has said.
The post Reeves Jobs Bloodbath Continues as Currys Forced to Outsource to India appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Woke Paris Theatre Goes Broke After Opening its Doors to 250 African Migrants for a Free Show Five W... Wed Jan 15, 2025 13:39 | Will Jones
A 'woke' theatre in Paris known for its radical Leftist shows faces bankruptcy after being occupied by more than 250 African migrants who were let in for a free event five weeks ago.
The post Woke Paris Theatre Goes Broke After Opening its Doors to 250 African Migrants for a Free Show Five Weeks Ago and They Refuse to Leave appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Declined: Chapter 4: ?A Promise Not a Threat? Wed Jan 15, 2025 11:29 | M. Zermansky
Chapter four of Declined is here ? a dystopian satire about the emergence of a social credit system in the U.K., serialised in?the Daily Sceptic. This week: Ella laments to see a tractor plough the last remaining field.
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international / anti-war / imperialism Thursday May 10, 2007 - 19:27 by Seán Ryan   text 2 comments (last - friday october 19, 2007 - 17:45)
George Bush's lackey announced his intention to resign today. ... read full story / add a comment
international / animal rights Thursday May 10, 2007 - 17:07 by Jerry Cornelius   text 3 comments (last - friday august 17, 2007 - 09:56)   image 1 image
Yet another example of Western thought coming into conflict with Eastern culture. In this case there is a solution which might allow the Hindus to keep their Sacred Bull and will also protect humans and other animals from infection. The Animal Health Act 2001 allows for ill animals to be treated rather than slaughtered in all cases.

Ignorant officials are refusing to consider this. Full article at link. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Thursday May 10, 2007 - 15:39 by Duine   text 4 comments (last - thursday may 10, 2007 - 16:46)
Ar eagla go smaoinimid nach bhfuil ann ar an tsaol ach éagóir is treall, seo agaibh scéal a chuirfeas croí ionainn cionn is gur daoine muid ... read full story / add a comment
limerick / politics / elections Thursday May 10, 2007 - 13:58 by Cathal Brennan
A podcast is now available of a debate held in Raheny GAA on April 16th with all the candidates from the Dublin North East constituency. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Thursday May 10, 2007 - 13:54 by Chris Marsden and Julie Hyland
The ceremonial opening of the power-sharing Executive at Stormont, with Sinn Fein’s Martin McGuinness sitting alongside Ian Paisley of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), is portrayed as a fairy tale ending to the Northern Ireland peace process. In fact, it is more akin to a business agreement between two hostile parties charged with opening up Northern Ireland PLC to global investors. ... read full story / add a comment
international / politics / elections Tuesday May 08, 2007 - 17:06 by Apparat   text 14 comments (last - wednesday january 16, 2008 - 13:17)   image 1 image
Whether or not there is a regroupment of the centre-left, the radical left will have to confront the challenge of building a new political force that can challenge the PS. ... read full story / add a comment
international / politics / elections Tuesday May 08, 2007 - 11:16 by tallywoman   text 17 comments (last - wednesday august 15, 2007 - 22:01)
The CWI has published an article on the recent Scottish Elections. Here's an exerpt. ... read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests Sunday May 06, 2007 - 21:14 by pat c   text 2 comments (last - thursday may 10, 2007 - 17:34)
Here is an excerpt from a report on a Hands Off the People of Iran public meeting held in London immediately after the May Day march. HOPI activist Torab Saleth introduced the discussion. You may access the full article at the link.

Hands Off the People of Iran will have its Dublin launch on Thursday 10 May at 7.30 pm in the Teachers Club, Parnell Square. The initiative to set up this important campaign was taken by Iranian political activists and organisations who oppose the Islamic regime in Iran and also stand against any imperialist sanctions or attack. It has links with students, womens' organisations and workers struggles in Iran who are fighting for their rights there and are also against US or UN intervention.

Irish Supporters include: Senator David Norris; Aengus O'Snodaigh TD; Tony Gregory TD; Des Derwin; DCTU (Pers Cap); Joe Moore CWU (Pers Cap); Patrick Nulty Labour Youth. ... read full story / add a comment
international / environment Sunday May 06, 2007 - 13:11 by barra
The Federal Minister of Employment and Workplace Relations (big) Joe Hockey was forced this week to draw his leader’s attention to the oppressive reality facing average working Australians. Crushing debt, loss of penalty rates and other entitlements have forced many Australian families to the wall. Mortgagee sales in working class areas throughout the nation have increased at an alarming rate. John Howard, the darling of big business and the Corporate sector wondered why the common people were not eating cake! ... read full story / add a comment
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international / worker & community struggles and protests Saturday May 05, 2007 - 19:57 by MB   image 1 image
An academic has been dismissed from the School of Computing and IT
at the University of Wolverhampton on the grounds of Gross
Misconduct following the use of email and an online blog devoted to
bullying in academia to express criticisms and complaints towards
management and policies within the University. ... read full story / add a comment
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national / history and heritage Saturday May 05, 2007 - 19:17 by Joe   image 1 image
The WSM has recently added 6 PDF's of anarchist publications from Ireland or about Ireland of the period from 1970 to 1983 (WSM was founded 1984). Today we make available an article published by the Belfast anarchist paper Outta Control written at the start of the Hunger Strike. ... read full story / add a comment
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meath / history and heritage Saturday May 05, 2007 - 05:51 by TaraWatch   image 3 images
NPR featured an interview with Conor Newman of NUI Galway ... read full story / add a comment
international / sci-tech Friday May 04, 2007 - 23:49 by mac fishie   text 1 comment (last - sunday may 06, 2007 - 12:48)
Australian scientists Geoff Jones & Glenn Almany, both of the University of James Cook in Queensland have published the results of their long awaited "Nemo Fish" study.

They irradiated more than 300 female fish in the waters surrounding Papua New Guinnea in the South Pacific so as to track them and test the Walt Disney "in search of Nemo" theory that fish always return home (if not on your dishie - they're at home - irradiated - extinct or cutely searching their moma's and papa's).

At least 60% of the tracked fish returned home. It's not a land slide majority but is certainly indicative of a fair chunk of the fish in question sharing something important in common :- "their idea of home". Thankfully for 3rd world fisherpeople fish have remarkably short memories and so any of the more suspicious fish will soon forget how much studying went into their habits & movements.

... read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections Friday May 04, 2007 - 19:47 by Jolly Red Giant   text 27 comments (last - saturday september 01, 2007 - 12:12)
On 24 May you will have the opportunity to vote for and elect Socialist Party candidates who have been tireless campaigners for working class people. Joe Higgins TD has been the real opposition to the government for the last ten years. You can strengthen that opposition by electing other Socialist Party TDs to join Joe in the Dail. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression Friday May 04, 2007 - 19:32 by Choice Ireland   text 10 comments (last - wednesday october 24, 2007 - 19:39)
These are the founding documents of Choice Ireland. We are a dublin-based pro-choice group which has been active since January 2007. Contact us if you wish to go on our mailing list or become involved. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Friday May 04, 2007 - 15:16 by dick cheney   text 1 comment (last - saturday february 02, 2008 - 11:45)
Chinese news agency Xinhua reports that authorities in Havana Cuba have narrowed down all leads in the investigation into a plane hijack and foiled bomb attack which occured this morning.

The USA is suspected of training, supplying, planning and carrying out the attack which left one ground Cuban crew member dead. All hostages are now safe and undergoing post-traumatic therapy. ... read full story / add a comment
Carlos the Silk Cravatte & chum of Chavez returns!
international / miscellaneous Friday May 04, 2007 - 14:24 by Fredrick Forsyth   text 5 comments (last - saturday november 21, 2009 - 23:21)   image 3 images
Carlos the Jackal, a Venezuelan whose real name is Ilich Ramírez Sánchez was for many years the most wanted terrorist on Earth who popped up in fiction and movies.

But eventually he was brought to France where he stood trial and stunned everyone with his incoherent gurgling once he took the stand. Honestly fact really disappointed everyone and the Jackal was nothing like the man fiction had portrayed. Well - everyone will get to hear more incoherent gurgling because the Jackal is going back to court. This time he will face charges relating to a bomb on the Toulouse-Paris train el 29/3/82 (5 dead), the offices of the magazine Al Watan Al Arabi in París 22/4/82 (1 dead), a bomb at the Sant Charles station in Marseilles (no dead) and a train in Tain-L'Hermitage 31/12/83 (5 dead).

... read full story / add a comment
national / history and heritage Friday May 04, 2007 - 13:33 by Dorothy Gale   text 12 comments (last - wednesday september 05, 2007 - 16:21)
The Government has decided to commemorate the Famine!

With what?

A State Reception in Iveagh House!

How appropriate for this Government to mark the anniversary of the Great Irish Famine by a Reception in Iveagh House. Let them eat, drink and be merry for today we let others die.

Would it not be more suitable to mark the Famine by a grant of aid to other famine-stricken lands? This Government has never been able to reach the Foreign Aid targets it set itself. ... read full story / add a comment
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antrim / racism & migration related issues Friday May 04, 2007 - 10:02 by redjade   text 2 comments (last - friday may 04, 2007 - 11:28)   image 1 image
Lordorice & Imelda Belong to Belfast ... read full story / add a comment
international / politics / elections Friday May 04, 2007 - 08:09 by mac spanner   text 16 comments (last - wednesday may 09, 2007 - 12:45)   image 1 image
"There were calls today for an investigation into the Scottish election after polling descended into chaos with tens of thousands spoilt ballot papers, faulty counting machines and bad weather delaying the return of ballot boxes. With two simultaneous elections being held under three different voting systems, some seats saw more than a 1,000 spoilt papers being discarded. Although the SNP leader, Alex Salmond, won his own seat and appeared set for a narrow national victory, a result is not now expected until the early afternoon."

or several weeks if the legal challenges are succesful. Thus it is very difficult to say how the Scottish have "voted" or "not voted". ... read full story / add a comment
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