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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 Robert Watt complaint: Time for decision by SIPO Anthony

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The Daily Sceptic

offsite link News Round-Up Mon Jan 27, 2025 01:16 | 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.
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offsite link Police Officers Told Not to Say ?Black Sheep? or ?Blacklisted? Over Racism Fears Sun Jan 26, 2025 19:03 | Richard Eldred
Police officers have been advised to avoid terms like "black sheep" and "blacklisted", and study concepts like "white fragility" and "anti-racism" in a diversity guide branded "utterly mad" by critics.
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offsite link Trump?s Rise Marks the End of Progressive Utopianism Sun Jan 26, 2025 17:00 | Richard Eldred
The Biden administration's simulated reality has collapsed under the weight of its own hubris, leaving behind a Trumpian order that, despite its flaws, is refreshingly human and real, says Mary Harrington in UnHerd.
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offsite link Tories Demand Right for Parents to Know What Children Are Taught in Schools Sun Jan 26, 2025 15:00 | Richard Eldred
Outraged Tories are demanding parents' right to see school lesson materials after shocking revelations that 13 year-olds are being taught there are 100 genders, and primary pupils are learning about masturbation.
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offsite link Deadly Delays: MHRA?s Shameless Failure to Investigate Vaccine Deaths Sun Jan 26, 2025 13:00 | Dr Carl Heneghan and Dr Tom Jefferson
The case of a healthy woman who died 17 days after her COVID-19 jab, and her friend's relentless quest for answers, exposes two years of MHRA negligence, bureaucratic stonewalling and callous disregard for vaccine safety.
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international / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday December 14, 2006 - 21:47 by Australians for David Hicks to come Home
On 9 December 2006, David Hicks marked 5 years in the American Concentration Camp at Guantanamo Bay without a trial. Abandoned by Australian Prime Minister John Howard and left to rot.
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Eoin Ó Broin
dublin / politics / elections Wednesday December 13, 2006 - 19:37 by Eoin Ó Broin   text 9 comments (last - friday january 30, 2009 - 13:22)   image 2 images
Sinn Féin has selected Eoin Ó Broin to contest the Dún Laoghaire constituency in the forthcoming Leinster House election. Eoin Ó Broin, a native of Cabinteely and Blackrock, is the party's Director of European Affairs and a former member of Belfast City Council. The convention took place at the Kingston Hotel, Dún Laoghaire. ... read full story / add a comment
national / gender and sexuality Monday December 11, 2006 - 18:14 by Socialist   text 3 comments (last - monday december 11, 2006 - 20:43)
SDLP Youth today protested against the DUP motion to deny gays and lesbians protection against discrimination. In the Assembly, the SDLP voted for equality and against a DUP motion. ... read full story / add a comment
national / environment Monday December 11, 2006 - 10:53 by Irish Environmental & Social Stakeholders
An alliance of environmental and social groups from Ireland today sent a detailed and powerful rebuttal of the environmental certification of Coillte, Ireland's largest forestry company, to the Lord Peter Melchett and the Board of the Soil Association, who are responsible for the certificate. ... read full story / add a comment
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international / miscellaneous Sunday December 10, 2006 - 21:49 by Internationale   image 3 images
On Monday the 4th of January, members of Ógra Shinn Féin from the McDonagh/Farrell cumann, UCD, visited the European Parliament building in Brussels. From an early morning flight over, the Ógra activists made their way to the parliament buildings to meet with the Sinn Féin team working there. They gave us a briefing in their important work in Brussels on issues such as workers' rights and other areas.
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international / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday December 07, 2006 - 07:11 by Jay Dooling   image 1 image
Americans & the US Congress Needs to be made aware of British Collusion with Paramilitaries. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday December 06, 2006 - 22:11 by Dave Donnellan   text 7 comments (last - saturday december 09, 2006 - 17:53)
We cry out for a church that speaks without fear of consequences, including loss of revenues. We understand that we live in a time of great fear and peril. We need to remind ourselves that we are not to fear those that can kill the body, but instead to fear those that can kill the soul. Our domestic and foreign policies have left us a nation without a soul. We call on our Church to be a prophetic voice, a sanctuary, and a source of encouragement to those who want to work together in community towards peace and justice. ... read full story / add a comment
antrim / worker & community struggles and protests Wednesday December 06, 2006 - 17:55 by WWPC   text 2 comments (last - thursday december 07, 2006 - 07:30)
We Won’t Pay Campaign

PRESS RELEASE - 6/12/06

The We Won’t Pay Campaign has called for an event organised by the Strategic Investment Board to discuss the future of the water service to be cancelled after it was revealed that is to be sponsored by private company Dalradia Water. ... read full story / add a comment
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national / miscellaneous Wednesday December 06, 2006 - 17:43 by Internationale   text 6 comments (last - tuesday december 12, 2006 - 18:42)   image 1 image
On Monday 4 December, South African Intelligence Minister Ronnie Kasrils joined Ógra Shinn Féin in Belfast to re-launch the ‘Revolutionary handbook’.

The handbook has been re-launched with a new cover after having to go for a re-print given its popularity.

The ÓSF Handbook contains information on setting up Ógra groups, the internal structure of Ógra and contains short descriptions of the basic raw materials of Irish republicanism.
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antrim / miscellaneous Wednesday December 06, 2006 - 13:18 by International   text 3 comments (last - friday december 08, 2006 - 16:17)   image 2 images
On Monday (4 December), Ógra Shinn Féin held an internal activist meeting in Belfast with South African Intelligence Minister Ronnie Kasrils.

Ronnie was a former Director of Intelligence for the military arm of the ANC, Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), is a member of the Communist Party and ANC, and was appointed to his present Ministerial role in 2004.
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dublin / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday December 05, 2006 - 12:23 by Dublin Catholic Worker   text 12 comments (last - thursday december 14, 2006 - 23:51)   image 1 image
This Catholic Worker initiative flows from last December's "Witness Against Torture" walk through Cuba to Guantanamo Bay, nonviolent direct actions at U.S. Mission to the U.N. (NYC) and White House (DC) and a gathering gof 350 Catholic Workers from 55 communities in North America and Europe (Oct, Iowa, USA). Catholic Workers will hold vigil at their local Cathedrals Sunday Dec 10 (Human Rights Day) and then converge on Washingotn DC for nonviolent direct action on Jan. 11th (5th anniversary of opening of Guantanamo military prison). ... read full story / add a comment
national / environment Saturday December 02, 2006 - 20:03 by Martin Hogan   text 1 comment (last - wednesday december 06, 2006 - 15:08)
Green Party calls for renegotiation of our oil and gas "deal". ... read full story / add a comment
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antrim / gender and sexuality Friday December 01, 2006 - 20:01 by Feminist   image 2 images
Wednesday 29th November saw the 'Women in Struggle' DVD and discussion held in the University of Ulster Jordanstown Campus.

The DVD charted the key role of women within the Irish freedom struggle from its conception right upto the modern era. The event was oraganised by the Jordanstown Ógra cumann, and they were delighted to have in their company, Sinn Féin's National Director fo Gender Equality, Eibhlin Glenholmes.
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international / animal rights Friday December 01, 2006 - 05:51 by Jupiter   text 22 comments (last - friday march 09, 2007 - 21:18)   image 1 image
Responsibility for domestic pet animals does not lie within the sphere of responsibility of any Government department. Senator Jim Higgins raised the issue with the Minister for Agricultue and Food, Deputy Mary Coughlan at the request of Anvil Ireland. In her letter to Senator Higgins Minister Coughlan states " The position as regards my Department is that its statutory responsibility relates only to the welfare and protection of farmed animals and does not extend to animals kept as pets. I understand that the matter of ratification of the European Convention for the Protection of Pets and the responsibility of Departments is under consideration".

I have tabled a question to the European Commission pointing out that as of now no Irish Government Department has responsibility for pets and urging the Commission to insist that responsibility he assigned to a particular Department without further delay. ... read full story / add a comment
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national / environment Thursday November 30, 2006 - 18:07 by Woodsman   text 3 comments (last - sunday february 11, 2007 - 08:17)   image 2 images
The future of forestry in Ireland will be affected by the National Forest Standard being put together by the Irish Forest Certification Initiative (IFCI) steering group that is now at the stage of third and final draft. Big forestry concerns are trying to push through a weak standard so that they can easily get their Forest Stewardship Certification with little regard for social and environmental factors (e.g. pollution of water courses, landslides such as at Derrybrien, native trees and biodiversity, landscape character). Consultation with the public has been limited due to lack of information and advertising of meetings. If a weak standard is accepted, then we can expect more of the same Sitka Spruce plantations raping our natural environment for years to come - and more of Coillte's selling off of state lands in their control to make up for the lack of profitability from Sitka Spruce - and more pollution and landslides. ... read full story / add a comment
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national / anti-capitalism Wednesday November 29, 2006 - 16:50 by A.R.I.S.E   image 1 image
Barry McColgan

"I'm out to sing songs that will prove to you that this is your world!" Woody Guthrie

As we, Ógra Shinn Féin, enter into an intense Broad Anti Imperialist campaign (A.R.I.S.E.), we must be pitching our message and actions to the widest possible audience. ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism Wednesday November 29, 2006 - 08:27 by .   text 1 comment (last - wednesday november 29, 2006 - 22:25)
The We Won’t Pay Campaign has attacked the Government over recent revelations that poorer householders who do not pay water charges will be pursued quicker than wealthy households. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Tuesday November 28, 2006 - 17:14 by lyinternational   text 4 comments (last - thursday november 30, 2006 - 21:24)
Labour Youth will mark November 29th, the United Nations day of solidarity with Palestine by calling for a boycott of all Israeli goods and services as well as support for the educational and cultural boycott of Israel. ... read full story / add a comment
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international / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday November 25, 2006 - 17:47 by Jay Dooling   text 13 comments (last - thursday november 30, 2006 - 20:09)   image 2 images
Loyalist Michael Stone’s attempt to disrupt Stormont’s
proceedings demonstrates the critical need for a renewed
commitment towards peace by all parties and governments
involved in the recent assembly talks. The convicted killer
brazenly stormed into the Stormont building where
politicians were debating the restoration of the assembly.
Stone was armed with a gun, a knife and several makeshift bombs.
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galway / arts and media Friday November 24, 2006 - 22:32 by Conor   text 8 comments (last - tuesday november 28, 2006 - 19:56)   image 2 images
Academic, author and activist Denis O’ Hearn spoke in Galway last night (Thursday) at the launch of his most recent book, ‘Nothing But an Unfinished Song’ ... read full story / add a comment
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