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offsite link Alternative Copy of thesaker.is site is available Thu May 25, 2023 14:38 | Ice-Saker-V6bKu3nz
Alternative site: https://thesaker.si/saker-a... Site was created using the downloads provided Regards Herb

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 Musk Unmasks USAID Tue Feb 25, 2025 07:00 | James Alexander
USAID is designed to do what the CIA cannot do, with a strong dash of plausible deniability, says Mike Benz. Prof James Alexander takes a deep dive into the Deep State to look at what Elon Musk is unmasking.
The post Musk Unmasks USAID appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link News Round-Up Tue Feb 25, 2025 01:19 | Richard Eldred
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.
The post News Round-Up appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Is DeepSeek the New Threat to US National Security? Mon Feb 24, 2025 19:00 | Andrea Monti and Raymond Wacks
Two US Congressmen have proposed to ban China's DeepSeek AI from Government devices. The justification, as with TikTok, is to protect national security. Andrea?Monti and Raymond Wacks take a look at the implications.
The post Is DeepSeek the New Threat to US National Security? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link McDonald?s Defies Trump to Keep DEI in Britain Mon Feb 24, 2025 17:30 | Will Jones
The British arm of McDonald's is clinging to its corporate DEI policies,?breaking with its US parent?in apparent defiance of Donald Trump. It remains committed to a senior leadership diversity quota of 40% by 2030.
The post McDonald’s Defies Trump to Keep DEI in Britain appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Why is it Illegal to Burn a Koran But Fine for Pro-Hamas Protesters to Destroy a Union Flag? Mon Feb 24, 2025 15:21 | C.J. Strachan
Why is it illegal to burn a Koran but fine for pro-Hamas protesters to destroy a Union Flag? Why is one a "public order offence" and the other not? Because in two-tier Britain the one rule is that you can't upset Muslims.
The post Why is it Illegal to Burn a Koran But Fine for Pro-Hamas Protesters to Destroy a Union Flag? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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international / anti-war / imperialism Friday August 24, 2007 - 11:51 by indyjourno   text 4 comments (last - sunday september 02, 2007 - 16:51)
91 Iraqi translators who were working for the British forces in Iraq have been effectively abandoned by British forces after the British Home office refused a request from senior British Army officers to relax asylum regulations and make special arrangements for Iraqis whose services to the British Army have put their lives at risk when the British flee Iraq. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Friday August 24, 2007 - 08:43 by Ciaron O'Reilly   text 10 comments (last - friday february 29, 2008 - 12:11)   image 2 images
Friend, and Buddhist monk, Handa Shonin San was killed in a tractor accident at Milton Keynes Pagoda, England, on August 21st. Handa led us to court at the Pit Stop Ploughshares trial and held vigil while the court was in session.
Photo and funeral arrangements details on the following website
http://www.mkbuddhism.org.uk/ ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Friday August 24, 2007 - 08:27 by gurgle   text 1 comment (last - saturday august 25, 2007 - 11:01)
For the tenth time since 1978 the Guardia Civil barracks at Durango, Bilbo/Bilbao has been attacked by ETA. This morning's carbomb is reported as having held approximately 70kg of explosives and shrapnel. 2 members of the Guardia Civil have resulted injured. At present there has been no confirmation from the terrorist organisation that they are responsible for the attack, but it is widely felt that this is their first succesful action since calling off their permenant ceasefire of March 2006 last June. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Friday August 24, 2007 - 01:56 by Anthony   text 4 comments (last - friday september 14, 2007 - 10:05)
Pegah Emambakhsh, an Iranian lesbian is to be deported from the UK back to Iran on Tuesday 28th August where under Iranian law, she will face imprisonment, whipping and death by stoning. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Thursday August 23, 2007 - 23:49 by Anthony G
All right-thinking people who support basic human rights unequivocally condemn the attacks on the Iranian people currently being perpetrated by the government of Iran. However we also condemn potential future attacks on the people of Iran being carried out by any other regime. ... read full story / add a comment
The Socialist #27 - August 2007
national / miscellaneous Thursday August 23, 2007 - 18:57 by SP Online   text 1 comment (last - friday august 24, 2007 - 12:42)   image 1 image
The August 2007 issue of The Socialist (#27) is now online at the Socialist Party website. See below for contents. ... read full story / add a comment
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international / crime and justice Thursday August 23, 2007 - 18:04 by Chris Murray   image 1 image
Six named Feminist Activist Writers received custodial sentences in the last few months in
Iran, since that time three web designers and activists have also received sentences.
The original report was on the Manila based Isis women Site:-
Iran:- Women's Rights Continue to Plunge-
http://www.isiswomen.org

The charges against the six included "Acting against National Security by participating in
an illegal gathering" and "Collusion and assembly to endanger National Security".
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national / politics / elections Thursday August 23, 2007 - 16:02 by Pobail   text 7 comments (last - monday august 27, 2007 - 15:15)   image 1 image
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The resignation of Pat Rabbitte should be welcomed by those on the left in Ireland, both inside and outside the Labour party. Rabbitte’s record has shown him to be a corrosive element on the Irish left, bitterly opposed to Sinn Féin, the largest political force on the left in Ireland, and all too willing to move the Labour Party to the centre-right and align with Fine Gael, adopting many of their policies wholesale.

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Iranian Worker Protest 1 May 2007
international / worker & community struggles and protests Thursday August 23, 2007 - 11:35 by Ardeshir Mehrdad and Yassamine Mather   image 1 image
In this article Ardeshir Mehrdad and Yassamine Mather examine the underpinnings of Political Islam, they show how it is fundamentally anti-democratic and how it is hostile to the Enlightenment and the interests of the Working Class. The full text is at the link.

The last three decades have witnessed a relentless growth of Islamic movements, so that, today political Islam is an undeniable reality on the world scene. The events of September 11, 2001 and since have given it further prominence. From the Middle East to North Africa and South Asia, it has, in its various manifestations, become a major player that needs to be analysed both politically and theoretically. The contradictory nature of political Islam means that such analyses must deal with it not only in relation to the interests of capital, but also in relation to the challenge it poses to socialist ideas. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday August 23, 2007 - 10:38 by indyjourno   text 12 comments (last - sunday august 26, 2007 - 19:39)   image 1 image
A video has surfaced on YouTube indicating that the police used provocateurs at the summit in Montebello.

Canadian Union of Public Employees or CUPE, has uploaded pictures of the altercation that show the arrested “protesters” have the same footwear as the police.
The video and photos show that the protesters are moving into the police line as a union leader challenges their actions and tries to expose them as police officers. ... read full story / add a comment
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