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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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offsite link In Welcoming Trump, Let Us Remember Henry VIII Fri Jan 24, 2025 19:00 | Joanna Gray
We're all feeling a little giddy after the inauguration, but let us remember to put not our trust in princes, says Joanna Gray. After all, Thomas More effused at the coronation of Henry VIII, and look what happened to him.
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offsite link Have Covid Travel Requirements Gone Away? Fri Jan 24, 2025 17:00 | Dr Roger Watson
Back in 2022 and 2023 when Covid travel restrictions and vaccine passports were all the rage Dr Roger Watson published his country-by-country guide. Now, in 2025, he takes a look to see if any are still at it.
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offsite link A Golden Age for American Meritocracy Fri Jan 24, 2025 14:15 | Darren Gee
The second Trump Presidency has already dissolved hundreds of DEI programmes and looks set to herald a new golden age of American meritocracy. It's a movement America and the world are hungry for, says Darren Gobin.
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offsite link Think Tank?s Net Zero Survey Concludes the Public is the Problem Fri Jan 24, 2025 13:10 | Ben Pile
The Social Market Foundation has carried out a survey on public attitudes to Net Zero and concluded that the "uninformed" and reluctant public are the problem. Why else would they say no to heat pumps?
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offsite link Number of Children Who Think They are Wrong Sex Surges 50-Fold Fri Jan 24, 2025 11:10 | Will Jones
There has been a 50-fold rise in children who think they are the?wrong sex in just 10 years, with two thirds of them girls, analysis of GP records suggests.
The post Number of Children Who Think They are Wrong Sex Surges 50-Fold appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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tyrone / miscellaneous Thursday May 10, 2007 - 16:38 by B   text 5 comments (last - tuesday march 26, 2013 - 12:10)   image 3 images
Omagh town Sinn Féin Councillor Martin McColgan has today welcomed the demilitarisation of British Army watch towers in Omagh. The British Army have dismantled a number of Military spy posts and cameras at Lisanelly British Army Camp, ahead of their complete withdrawal of the base by August. ... read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media Wednesday May 09, 2007 - 15:48 by Irish Political Review Group   text 221 comments (last - saturday december 29, 2012 - 12:00)   image 2 images   3 attached files
As an exercise in representative government the current General Election campaign is a shambles. Instead of a debate about the future direction of government we have the second round of a controversy that should never have had a first round. If Taoiseach Bertie Ahern had any questions to answer about his personal financial arrangements fifteen years ago, the place for him to do so was and is before the Mahon Tribunal. Instead we have a distracting witchhunt against a politician with a long, well regarded record of service to the state.

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national / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday May 09, 2007 - 14:28 by ASNI

A newly formed adoption support group called the Adoption Support Network of Ireland (ASNI) has accused the outgoing Fianna Fáil / PD Government of failing to deliver for tens of thousands of Irish people, despite a promise to do so four years ago. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Tuesday May 08, 2007 - 20:28 by Seán Ó Murchú   text 2 comments (last - friday may 11, 2007 - 00:04)
The segregated wings in Maghaberry are quickly filling up, and regrettably a significant body of criminals have entered these wings. The Republican Prisoners' Action Group is concerned that Republican POWs may be forced to double-up with other prisoners in their cells, and if the Brits or those acting on their behalf in Maghaberry attempt to force the POWs to share cells with criminals they may be forced into taking some form of action in protest against such a distasteful policy. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Tuesday May 08, 2007 - 19:41 by Seán Ó Murchú   text 12 comments (last - tuesday may 15, 2007 - 19:25)
Tony Blair stated that today's events at Stormont should represent an end to a dispute between "two warring traditions", and was subsequently described by Bertie Ahern as "a true friend of Ireland. True Republicans were only ever at war with England, and whilst she continues to maintain her Occupation of this country further conflict is inevitable. Those who have sought to ensure the continuation of English rule in Ireland are only ensuring continuing warfare between these countries, and cannot plausibly be described as our friends. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday May 08, 2007 - 17:42 by Clare Quinlan
On 8 May 2007 at the Royal Palace in Brussels, Front Line was awarded The King Baudouin International Development Prize 2006-2007. The annual award acknowledges the work of persons or organisations, which have made a substantial contribution to the development of countries in the South. ... read full story / add a comment
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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday May 08, 2007 - 17:00 by Shell to Sea   text 9 comments (last - wednesday may 16, 2007 - 22:35)   image 1 image
NEWS RELEASE
Issued by Shell to Sea
Tuesday May 8th, 2007
For immediate release.

-- Campaigners from four provinces to hand in complaints on Wednesday 9th May at 2.30pm at 150 Upr Abbey St, Dublin 1. --
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international / miscellaneous Tuesday May 08, 2007 - 16:56 by Seán Ó Murchú
The recalling of the Stormont assembly today (May 8 ) serves to block the possibility of a just and lasting settlement of the conflict in Ireland. The Stormont assembly is an obstacle to Irish freedom and unity, it is one of the pillars of the failed partitionist set-up imposed on the Irish people by the Treaty of surrender in 1921. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday May 08, 2007 - 16:39 by Liam Mullen   text 2 comments (last - tuesday may 08, 2007 - 17:08)
Striving to be a new voice within Irish journalism, www.gaelicpress.com has been set up to highlight news and humanitarian issues to a worldwide, and savvy, audience. The site aims to highlight news issues not being covered by the regular press outlets, and will include hard news items. It’s my intention to focus on issues that require a degree of investigation, insight reports, and analysis of hard news features.
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international / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday May 08, 2007 - 14:25 by Jay Dooling   image 1 image
The Irish American Unity Conference (IAUC) greeted this morning’s historic start of power sharing between all the parties in N. Ireland as an opportunity for the people of Ireland to live together in peace and justice.
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antrim / miscellaneous Tuesday May 08, 2007 - 12:53 by Executive
The Northern Ireland Assembly must immediately set to work addressing the
real issues facing people living here, rather than simply being a photo-op a
day for some of the key players, SDLP Youth Chairman Gary McKeown has said. ... read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media Tuesday May 08, 2007 - 12:36 by Mediaaward   text 3 comments (last - monday may 14, 2007 - 16:50)
The Irish winners of a Europe-wide Journalism competition have been announced. David Lynch, formerly of Daily Ireland and now working as a freelance journalist has been declared the national winner of the ‘For Diversity. Against Discrimination’ Journalism Award and Maria Moynihan of the Irish Farmers Journal was announced as the winner in the Young Journalist Category. The Awards are now in the 4th year and previous winners have included Carl O’Brien on the Irish Times and Fiona Ness of the Sunday Business Post.

To see winning articles see http://journalistaward2006.stop-discrimination.info/win....html ... read full story / add a comment
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international / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday May 06, 2007 - 20:41 by Saoirse   text 3 comments (last - thursday may 10, 2007 - 10:09)   image 1 image
Queen’s visit an insult to America ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / politics / elections Sunday May 06, 2007 - 20:12 by Noel O'Gara   text 31 comments (last - thursday may 17, 2007 - 15:32)   image 1 image
How the land was stolen with the planning laws by our own political masters.

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national / politics / elections Sunday May 06, 2007 - 09:41 by Praxis   text 4 comments (last - sunday may 06, 2007 - 16:03)   image 1 image
There is growing support for the idea of a Citizen's Manifesto, as proposed by writer William Wall in his website (www.williamwall.eu). ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Saturday May 05, 2007 - 19:30 by Seán Ó Murchú   text 3 comments (last - friday may 11, 2007 - 19:14)
On Saturday, May 5, Republican Sinn Féin held a commemoration at the GPO to mark the 26th anniversary of the death on hunger strike of Bobby Sands. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday May 05, 2007 - 19:16 by Dorothy Gale
Green Party candidate for Dublin Central Patricia McKenna said that
Ireland had an opportunity to play a leadership role in the fight against
the continuing scandal of hunger in the world. She said it was a disgrace
that the world's poorest had to wait until 2015 for the Irish government
to meet its UN commitment on overseas aid.

McKenna said: "Ireland's history of famine in the 19th century, coupled
with our more recent experiences of poverty and emigration, give us
legitimacy in providing leadership on foreign aid. But Fianna Fail and the
PDs have proven themselves unable to provide that leadership. The last two
governments have shamefully reneged on their aid commitments."

McKenna was commenting as the government announced today that it will
recognise and fund a commemoration of Ireland's Great Famine.
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international / miscellaneous Saturday May 05, 2007 - 13:29 by Seán Ó Murchú
The Republican Prisoners held in Maghaberry Concentration Camp have agreed to temporarily suspend their 10-month long protest. Since 19th June 2006 Republican POWs have been protesting against a régime which seeks to criminalise those who continue to struggle for Ireland's Freedom. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Saturday May 05, 2007 - 01:43 by Prison Solidarity   text 1 comment (last - saturday may 05, 2007 - 02:02)
Fr. Martin Newell was present in Dublin a solidarity organiser around the three Pit Stop Ploughshares trials. He previously served a one year sentence in Belmarsh Prison (London) for disabling the nuclear convoy vehicle that carries British nuclear warheads from Aldemaston to the Treident subs in Faslane. he recently co-founded a Catholic Worker hospitaity house for refugees and assylum seekers in Hackney, London. ... read full story / add a comment
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international / rights, freedoms and repression Friday May 04, 2007 - 23:14 by Jay Dooling   image 1 image
IAUC Welcomes UVF Statement ... read full story / add a comment
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