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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
Promoting Human Rights in Ireland

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Lockdown Skeptics

The Daily Sceptic

offsite link Eco-Anxiety Affects More Than Three Quarters of Children Under 12 Mon Feb 03, 2025 19:30 | Will Jones
'Eco-anxiety' affects 78% of children under 12, a crisis that teachers say they are unable to cope with, new polling by Greenpeace has found. The solution? More ruthless exposure of children to alarmist material.
The post Eco-Anxiety Affects More Than Three Quarters of Children Under 12 appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Keir Starmer Denies Breaking Lockdown Rules as it Emerges he Took a Private Acting Lesson During Cov... Mon Feb 03, 2025 18:06 | Will Jones
Keir Starmer?has denied breaking lockdown?rules after it emerged he had a face-to-face acting lesson with a voice coach on Christmas Eve 2020 when London was under strict Covid restrictions.
The post Keir Starmer Denies Breaking Lockdown Rules as it Emerges he Took a Private Acting Lesson During Covid Restrictions appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Elon Musk Shuts Down US Government Foreign Aid Agency and Locks Out 600 Staffers Overnight After Tru... Mon Feb 03, 2025 15:41 | Will Jones
Elon Musk?and President?Donald Trump?shut down USAID, the federal Government foreign aid agency, and locked out 600 employees overnight after the pair agreed it was "beyond repair". Afuera!
The post Elon Musk Shuts Down US Government Foreign Aid Agency and Locks Out 600 Staffers Overnight After Trump Agreed it Was “Beyond Repair” appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Food Firms Revolt Against Net Zero Over Australia?s Energy Crisis Mon Feb 03, 2025 13:00 | Sallust
Firms supplying food to major Australian supermarkets have launched a revolt against Net Zero, urging the Government to dump its renewables targets and focus on ramping up gas and coal production to cut electricity prices.
The post Food Firms Revolt Against Net Zero Over Australia’s Energy Crisis appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Wind Turbine Bursts into Flames Mon Feb 03, 2025 11:00 | Will Jones
A wind turbine has burst into flames in Cambridgeshire ? the latest instance of an issue previously described by Imperial College London as a "big problem" that is not being "fully reported".
The post Wind Turbine Bursts into Flames appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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international / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday May 23, 2004 - 00:24 by Palestina Peacewatchers
a "Die In" outside the danish ministry of foreign affairs by 30 former peacewatchers to demonstrate the attrocities put upon the Palestinian people by the israeli occupation in Gaza and killings in Rafah which has given worldwide ressonans.
International Peacewatchers are on their way to the Gaza area in a protest demonstration. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday May 22, 2004 - 22:19 by Rory
So NSC is now addressing cycling and they seem to have some very concrete plans for cyclists: less cyclists and less cycling. ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism Saturday May 22, 2004 - 11:49 by hamish arrowsmith   text 10 comments (last - wednesday august 11, 2004 - 22:12)
PRESS RELEASE

WHY DOES THE BBC IGNORE AFRICAN WARS

Tools For Solidarity and the Black Youth Network are commemorating African Liberation Day outside the Bedford St offices of the BBC on Tuesday 25 May from 5 – 6pm. We will be asking the BBC when it is going to start reporting the 22 ongoing forgotten wars of Africa. There will be some street theatre from 5pm and at 5.30pm there will be a 3 minute silence for the forgotten dead. There will be 22 gravestones representing 22 ongoing conflicts in Africa. People are asked to wear something black as a mark of respect for the dead. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday May 20, 2004 - 18:20 by Rory McKevitt   text 9 comments (last - sunday may 23, 2004 - 19:35)   image 1 image
If they were serious about saving lives, one would might expect that the NSC would actually tackle the real issues of safety for the Irish cyclists: Heavy Goods Vehicles, Speeding , Lack of lower speed limits, Dangerous junction designs and bad driving. [ See the URI below for an article published in Irish Cycling - ed ] ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Thursday May 20, 2004 - 15:39 by Caoimhe Butterly, Tim Hourigan   text 17 comments (last - wednesday may 26, 2004 - 10:49)
Members of Anti War Ireland are disgusted and outraged at the recent killings in Palestine and Iraq, not just at the killings themselves, but also at the ongoing list of abuses of human rights in the Middle East, especially the most basic right to life. We are outraged also at the lack of effective action by the UN and the international community. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday May 19, 2004 - 11:55 by Eoin Dubsky   text 39 comments (last - wednesday may 26, 2004 - 21:48)
Peace campaigner and independent candidate for the European elections in Leinster, Eoin Dubsky, today handed in a letter to Pearse Street Garda Station requesting that they investigate the American warship currently in Dublin for serious offences under Irish law. ... read full story / add a comment
waterford / anti-capitalism Tuesday May 18, 2004 - 13:02 by Roy Hassey   text 2 comments (last - wednesday may 19, 2004 - 23:37)
For Alternative Environmental Summit and Demonstration in Waterford ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Monday May 17, 2004 - 12:45 by Shane Foran   text 7 comments (last - tuesday may 18, 2004 - 20:44)
Cyclists totally opposed to compulsory wearing of helmets as proposed by National Safety Council. The Irish Cycling Campaign calls yet again for the scrapping of the current NSC board which is dominated by the motoring industry to the detriment of cyclists, pedestrians and public transport users. ... read full story / add a comment
national / summit mobilisations Friday May 14, 2004 - 19:32 by Fergus Robson   text 6 comments (last - wednesday may 19, 2004 - 17:38)
I am one of the MayDay arrestees,I am in need of video or photographic evidence concerning my arrest. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Friday May 14, 2004 - 16:21 by AI
Arms export controls in the expanded European Union are dangerously ineffective and stringent new regulations are urgently needed to protect human rights and safeguard people's security, Amnesty International said today. ... read full story / add a comment
national / summit mobilisations Friday May 14, 2004 - 15:46 by Laurence Cox   text 57 comments (last - thursday may 20, 2004 - 11:32)
The four spokespeople of the Dublin Grassroots Network - Aileen O'Carroll, Mark Malone, Liz Curry and Laurence Cox - have laid down their mandates, which were for the May Day events only. They will remain active in relation to ongoing court cases and possible legal action. ... read full story / add a comment
galway / rights, freedoms and repression Friday May 14, 2004 - 12:00 by Shane Foran   text 11 comments (last - saturday may 15, 2004 - 23:55)
The Galway Cycling Campaign has rejected the National Safety Council's recent call for compulsory cycle-helmets for children and has dismissed the National Safety Council's claims regarding helmets as false and untenable. ... read full story / add a comment
waterford / anti-capitalism Thursday May 13, 2004 - 11:25 by Roy Hassey   text 5 comments (last - thursday may 13, 2004 - 20:13)
national / politics / elections Thursday May 13, 2004 - 09:28 by Michael Gallagher   text 77 comments (last - monday june 14, 2004 - 11:08)
MICHAEL GALLAGHER
REVOLUTIONARY SOCIALIST

LOCAL ELECTION CANDIDATE

I am formally launching my campaign to stand in the North Inner City Ward as an Independent Socialist.
Born in the North Inner City, where I have lived - and struggled - for most of my forty-seven years, I will continue to fight for my community and the working class in the battles ahead against the capitalist system. In a time of unprecedented wealth, the divide between the rich and the poor has widened even further, pushing people even more to the margins and the growing 'underclass'. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday May 12, 2004 - 22:38 by Elaine Byrne   text 6 comments (last - wednesday may 19, 2004 - 11:39)   image 1 image
PRESS RELEASE

Following a peaceful demonstration (May 12th) by the Irish Peace Society on the visit of the Premier of China, Mr. Wen Jiabao, to the University of Limerick, the Irish Peace Society received a commitment from the Chinese Ambassador to Ireland, H.E. Zhang Xiaokang, to meet formally with members of the Irish Peace Society to address the concerns raised. ... read full story / add a comment
national / environment Wednesday May 12, 2004 - 18:19 by Will St. Leger   text 1 comment (last - thursday may 13, 2004 - 18:00)
Voice Of Irish Concern for the Environment (VOICE) have launched a national ‘voting' campaign called ‘ Down to Zero' . The campaign calls on the Government to reject incineration and provide maximum recycling and composting for household and commercial waste. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday May 12, 2004 - 14:56 by Eoin Dubsky   text 2 comments (last - saturday may 15, 2004 - 00:20)
This morning at the Royal Courts of Justice in the Strand, Mr. Justice
Grigson delivered his ruling on what legal arguments will be allowed in the
trials of the "Fairford Five," anti-war protesters awaiting trial for
disarmament actions at a Gloucestershire air base. In three separate
actions at RAF Fairford last year, all five defendants tried to reach and
damage US bomber planes, or damaged aircraft support vehicles, in their
efforts to resist the war on Iraq. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Tuesday May 11, 2004 - 19:38 by YFG Member   text 5 comments (last - saturday may 15, 2004 - 23:33)
Suicide, attempted suicide and the pressures on people in modern Irish society must become an issue in the forthcoming elections on June 11th according to Young Fine Gael President William Lavelle. ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday May 11, 2004 - 16:13 by rovingreporter   text 1 comment (last - tuesday may 11, 2004 - 17:54)
FF's Eoin Ryan's opinion on use of shannon and idea about confronting councillors and wannabeMEPs ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Monday May 10, 2004 - 19:56 by inspector   text 2 comments (last - monday may 10, 2004 - 22:53)
Another time some persons will enter as civil inspectors publicly the fences and wires, and will try to reach the main installations of the military base in order to realize an inspection. ... read full story / add a comment
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