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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

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The Daily Sceptic

offsite link Why Won?t the Climate Change-Wildfire Link Die? Sun Jan 19, 2025 07:00 | Ben Pile
As fires raged across California, the Met Office claimed climate change was driving an increase in wildfires. But the facts don't support this, says Ben Pile. Digging down, it turns out the Met Office's claim was a model.
The post Why Won’t the Climate Change-Wildfire Link Die? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link News Round-Up Sun Jan 19, 2025 01:06 | 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 The Proof That Lockdown Critics Were ?Debanked? Because of Their Views Sat Jan 18, 2025 19:00 | Toby Young
PayPal has finally admitted that the reason it shut the account of UsForThem is because it disapproved of the lobby group's stance on mandatory Covid vaccines for children and school closures.
The post The Proof That Lockdown Critics Were ?Debanked? Because of Their Views appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Attorney General Fought Home Office to Help Migrants Stay in U.K. Sat Jan 18, 2025 17:00 | Will Jones
Keir Starmer's Attorney General Lord Hermer fought the Home Office in the courts to try to help migrants stay in the U.K. The Lefty lawyers are in charge now, and don't we know it.
The post Attorney General Fought Home Office to Help Migrants Stay in U.K. appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link SNP Takes Teachers Out of School for ?Racial Microaggression? Training Sat Jan 18, 2025 15:00 | Will Jones
An SNP training programme allows teachers to take the equivalent of?three days out from the classroom?to learn how to "decode racial microaggressions".
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international / arts and media Thursday June 30, 2005 - 21:21 by @   text 4 comments (last - thursday july 14, 2005 - 19:32)
"this is a very modest step forward which is being spun as a colossal leap"
P. Watt of Action Aid
"President Bush's pledge today will mean an extra nine hundred million dollars each year for Africa and this is a welcome first step. Hoewver it is widely calculated that $25 billion is needed annually for Africa so we hope the announcement today is just the beginning of a much bigger US commitment to fighting poverty." - Oxfam


the USA will double its aid to Africa in the next five years to those states which are "reforming" on the basis of trade and support the "war on malaria".
It will not cancel debt, it will not cancel US drug patents, it will not increase US corporation tax donations on african mining or commidities. ... read full story / add a comment
tipperary / crime and justice Thursday June 30, 2005 - 17:21 by The Informer   text 9 comments (last - thursday december 18, 2008 - 15:53)
Michael McDowell has also apologised to the parents of Brian Rossiter for the way the case was handled by the Department of Justice. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Thursday June 30, 2005 - 15:28 by redjade   text 1 comment (last - thursday june 30, 2005 - 15:41)
(...or what I could find on short notice) ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Thursday June 30, 2005 - 15:27 by Archie Kennedy   text 4 comments (last - wednesday july 06, 2005 - 03:06)
It is very likely that the hour is late, that capitalism will soon perish. It will happen sooner or later and if it does happen sooner, we have to be prepared. We need to debate the principles of our coming revolution; the principles of socialism. ... read full story / add a comment
international / summit mobilisations Thursday June 30, 2005 - 01:05 by Make G8 History   text 8 comments (last - monday september 12, 2005 - 22:01)   image 1 image
There has been some debate on Indymedia about whether the Left should agree to be gagged about the war and G8 policies by the NGOs and luvvies of the Make Poverty History campaign. This article suggests those who wanted to keep their independence were right. ... read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment Wednesday June 29, 2005 - 22:32 by Helper   text 2 comments (last - thursday june 30, 2005 - 22:52)

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De Facto: The Rossport five face jail

Today (Wed) in the High Court five men from Mayo face possible jail sentences because they are in contempt of court. They broke the law to seek justice. The order of committal is being sought by Shell over the Corrib gas project.

The five men are Rossport landowners and part-time farmers, Willie Corduff, Phillip McGrath and Brendan Philbin; Rossport resident and musician Vincent Mc Grath and Ceathrú Thaidhg resident and retired teacher, Mícheál Ó Seighin.

The five are accused of contempt because they ignored a High Court injunction prohibiting them from interfering with Shell seeking access to lands in Rossport. Shell is also seeking a High Court injunction today preventing people from denying vehicular access to a Shell compound in Rossport. Around mid-day on Tuesday of last week (June 21) a stand-off began (and is continuing) between local drivers and a compound-bound lorry on the ... read full story / add a comment

international / anti-capitalism Wednesday June 29, 2005 - 22:31 by Andrew   text 1 comment (last - wednesday june 29, 2005 - 23:48)
An Anarkismo.net interview with Finbarr, an Irish activist who is helping out with the preparations for Dissent in Scotland. Interview includes how preparations are going, what is happening with the MPH march and the sort of issues that are motivating people. This is the first of a number of Anarkismo.net interviews we hope to do in advance of and during the G8 summit. ... read full story / add a comment
All Pre-Programmed - no need for the Rove earpiece this time
national / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday June 29, 2005 - 17:55 by redjade   text 18 comments (last - wednesday july 06, 2005 - 18:04)   image 9 images
Did Bush offer a subtle read-between-the-lines 'Thank You' to Ireland? ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday June 29, 2005 - 16:56 by Henk Ruyssenaars
The US cabal's presidential 'front man' offered no shift of course: "We have a clear path forward,'' he said, sounding like the SS Titanic's captain, ignoring the many icebergs surrounding him. ... read full story / add a comment
antrim / crime and justice Wednesday June 29, 2005 - 11:03 by nordie   text 2 comments (last - sunday july 03, 2005 - 04:55)
"I gave this man to them on a plate but it was like they didn't have any cutlery" ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday June 29, 2005 - 03:58 by cell phone records   text 6 comments (last - friday july 01, 2005 - 16:26)   image 1 image
By VICTOR L. SIMPSON, Associated Press Writer. Tue Jun 28, 3:38 PM ET

ROME - Italian prosecutors want to extradite 13 CIA officials accused of kidnapping a radical Muslim cleric and transporting him to Egypt where he reportedly was tortured, and they've asked Interpol to help track down the Americans, a court official said Tuesday.
A man identified as the former CIA station chief in Milan is among the 13, according to a report by the judge who issued the arrest warrants. ... read full story / add a comment
galway / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday June 28, 2005 - 21:41 by Dunlo T   text 4 comments (last - wednesday june 29, 2005 - 14:10)
In the Economist : Politics This Week, a summary of the world's main events, 11th-17th June, it is stated that Microsoft agreed to block the words "democracy" and "freedom" on its new internet portal in China. The company claimed that it was acting in accordance with its principle of respecting local laws. In this pilgrim's opinion this is really and truely disgusting, on a par with the western firms who have provided the technology for sealing off the Chinese web from the free internet?. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday June 28, 2005 - 20:11 by hrm   text 4 comments (last - wednesday june 29, 2005 - 11:07)   image 2 images
Israelis unleash Scream at protest New weapon knocks crowds off feet Sound blast triggers nausea, dizziness ... read full story / add a comment
sligo / housing Tuesday June 28, 2005 - 19:36 by M. Allen   text 9 comments (last - tuesday august 09, 2005 - 12:19)
AS he prepares to face an internal disciplinary hearing into his criticism of two Labour Party colleagues over their failure to support a Traveller accommodation plan, the Mayor of Sligo, Councillor Declan Bree has indicated that he intends to stand by his controversial remarks. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday June 28, 2005 - 16:39 by Wild Irish Blogger
By SHARON THEIMER, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - Bloggers who built their Internet followings with anti-establishment prose are now lobbying the establishment to protect their livelihoods from federal regulations.

Some are even working with lawyers, public-relations consultants and a political action committee to do it.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050628/ap_on_hi_te/bloggers_lobby ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Monday June 27, 2005 - 23:23 by Moron
The nominees are in for the 2005 World Stupidity Awards. It is now time for you to VOTE!! ... read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests Monday June 27, 2005 - 18:09 by ios   text 1 comment (last - tuesday june 28, 2005 - 13:33)
Today South African miners walked through cities in their thousands to call for an end to poverty and improved working conditions and health care and other sundry benefits and rights.

Though african, and reported in BBC, RTE etc., their action won't get squeezed into the telly reports this evening. Yesterday a few thousand assembled in Madrid to say "end poverty" europeans "on message" they got their publicity telly time.

Last week Glastonbury saw Mr Geldof say "end poverty" though it must be said, by supporting the Tony Blair & Gordon Brown geopolitical agenda.
The man has been twice sainted.

Meanwhile the British as part of their "remake the image of 3rd world poverty" are considering taking S. Africa off the G8 invite list, "coz the africans aren't hard enough on Zimbabwe" ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Monday June 27, 2005 - 13:15 by Michael Hennigan
We live in an imperfect and complex world but while there is still a serious issue with global poverty, let us acknowledge, that there have been significant advances in poverty reduction, in particular in Asia, in the past quarter century.

The proposed reform of the EU sugar market last week is an illustration of the complexity in arriving at solutions that can reconcile conflicting interests among developing countries and the interests of workers in rich countries. ... read full story / add a comment
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