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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

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offsite link Meltdown in the Scholarly Kitchen Mon Feb 24, 2025 13:00 | Dr Roger Watson
"Censorship!" cry the censorious Left as the Trump administration clamps down on wokery in publicly-funded research. Dr Roger Watson fact-checks the latest dubious claims from the DEI industry about book and word "bans".
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Friedrich Merz has warned of the end of NATO as the incoming German Chancellor is set to defy Washington by teaming up with the losing Left-wing parties, including the extreme Greens, and freezing out surging AfD.
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offsite link Trump?s Cuts to USAID May Force Stonewall to Make Half its Staff Redundant, LGBT Organisation Claims... Mon Feb 24, 2025 09:00 | Toby Young
Trump's freeze on foreign aid has left Stonewall in the lurch, with US funding for its LGBTQ+ projects drying up, and up to half of its "shell-shocked" staff facing the chop.
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In a world reshaped by Putin and Trump, the Daily Sceptic's Energy Editor explains how a thaw between Russia and the US could change the global energy game, sidelining Europe and lifting the Global South.
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national / rights, freedoms and repression Friday August 29, 2008 - 10:49 by éirígí
éirígí chairperson Brian Leeson has warned Belfast City Council that any attempt to parade British soldiers through the streets of the city
would not go unopposed.

The Council is set to meet on Monday (September 1) to discuss proposals to have a homecoming ceremony for the Royal Irish Regiment when they return from the war in Afghanistan in November.

The Royal Irish Regiment, and their predecessors in the Ulster Defence Regiment, were notorious for terrorising nationalist communities and working hand-in-hand with their colleagues in the unionist death squads. ... read full story / add a comment
armagh / miscellaneous Wednesday August 27, 2008 - 23:06 by Richard Walsh   text 1 comment (last - monday september 01, 2008 - 12:26)
RSF have said that Dolores Kelly's claims that Republicans were involved in the desecration of Dougher Cemetery near Lurgan were without foundation. ... read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media Wednesday August 27, 2008 - 17:42 by Sarah Clancy   text 5 comments (last - sunday august 31, 2008 - 00:43)
A new booklet detailing the results and analysis of research on the West of Ireland 's local newspapers will be launched by Journalist and Author Michael Mac Caughan on Wednesday the 3rd of September AT 7 PM in the Amnesty Cafe Middle Street Galway. ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Wednesday August 27, 2008 - 16:58 by C   text 3 comments (last - friday august 29, 2008 - 23:23)
Gordon McNeill to resume protest at Transport House from midday 28 August against the attempts by the Unite leadership to bribe and gag him. ... read full story / add a comment
national / consumer issues Wednesday August 27, 2008 - 10:23 by Jene Kelly
The Association for Improvements in the Maternity Services - Ireland (AIMSI) is a national non-profit organisation which offers support services and lobbies for changes in the Irish Maternity System.

AIMSI's regional chapters of AIMSI Northeast , AIMSI Mid-Leinster , and AIMSI West have publicly called for Consumer Groups to be implemented in the 3 Dublin Maternity Hospitals and Galway's UCHG in order to better assist communications between hospital management, staff, and consumers. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday August 27, 2008 - 02:55 by Statement by Eowyn Rieke, wife of Brian Conley
Longtime Indymedia activist detained in Beijing for journalism ... read full story / add a comment
armagh / miscellaneous Tuesday August 26, 2008 - 22:14 by Richard Walsh   text 5 comments (last - friday august 29, 2008 - 14:48)
RSF have congratulated the Nationally-minded people of North Armagh for resisting the RUC and British Crown Forces. ... read full story / add a comment
national / environment Tuesday August 26, 2008 - 19:30 by Brian Guckian
Campaigner Puts Alternative to Councils

Adopt the Transport Policies of 2008, not 1968

Councils Should Lead in Sustainable Transport Planning

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national / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday August 26, 2008 - 12:40 by Amnesty 1   video 1 video file

As part of Amnesty International’s global celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), Amnesty is hosting a wide range of exciting activities and events at this year’s Electric Picnic.
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international / health / disability issues Monday August 25, 2008 - 02:01 by Ann Keilthy   text 1 comment (last - sunday april 04, 2010 - 15:25)
The EPDA - European Parkinson's Disease Association - has initiated a campaign to "Make Parkinson's Livable" and increase awareness of this often distressing condition.
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national / miscellaneous Monday August 25, 2008 - 00:20 by Richard Walsh   text 2 comments (last - monday august 25, 2008 - 23:03)   video 1 video file
RSF have said that Mr. Ó Caoláin's alleged threat to collapse Stormont lacked any crediibility. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Friday August 22, 2008 - 13:12 by MichaelY   text 1 comment (last - thursday august 28, 2008 - 15:35)
Irish Anti War Movement statement – Press Release

August 21st 2008 ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / gender and sexuality Wednesday August 20, 2008 - 14:07 by Choice Ireland   text 2 comments (last - tuesday august 26, 2008 - 00:44)   1 attached file
Rogue crisis pregnancy agency the "Women's Resource Centre" has been forced to change its name following a sustained campaign by Choice Ireland. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Tuesday August 19, 2008 - 22:37 by Richard Walsh   text 5 comments (last - tuesday august 26, 2008 - 10:39)
Sinn Féin have condemned Ian Óg Paisley's calls for Republicans to be murdered on sight following an IRA attack in Fermanagh. ... read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media Tuesday August 19, 2008 - 13:40 by Fred Johnston
The Western Writers' Centre are already liaising with a prominent Irish-based poetry group to organise a possible Scotland exchange . . . .but there's a missing link ... read full story / add a comment
fermanagh / miscellaneous Monday August 18, 2008 - 23:09 by Richard Walsh   text 5 comments (last - wednesday august 20, 2008 - 23:23)
RSF have urged people not to collaborate with the RUC. ... read full story / add a comment
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fermanagh / politics / elections Friday August 15, 2008 - 18:13 by Fermanagh abu!   text 1 comment (last - wednesday august 20, 2008 - 17:12)   image 1 image   video 1 video file
Ogra Shinn Fein have produced a youth election broadcast for the upcoming by election in Enniskillen on Wednesday 17 September.

The youth electon broadcast urges young people from the relevant electoral ward to come out and vote for Sinn Fein’s candidate Debbie Coyle and visualises the advances that Sinn Fein have made in recent times.

It also includeds a number of short interviews with Mary Lou McDonald MEP and Fermanagh/South Tyrone MP Michelle Gildernew.

And it traces the strong legacy of republican candidates being elected in Fermanagh, most notably, the election of Bobby Sands MP, whilst on Hungerstrike in 1981.
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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression Friday August 15, 2008 - 02:43 by Anonymous
DUBLIN, Ireland — On Saturday, August 16th, the collective known as Anonymous will again stage a protest against the Church of Scientology's corruption, and its abuse of its members and critics. This will be Anonymous' seventh global protest since the inception of its campaign in January. From 11am (local time) onwards, Anonymous will take to the streets in peaceful protest at over 130 Church of Scientology centres around the globe, including the Mission of Dublin Ltd on 62/63 Middle Abbey Street. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Thursday August 14, 2008 - 21:30 by Richard Walsh   text 2 comments (last - tuesday august 26, 2008 - 09:26)
RSF have stated that Cllr. McGibbon's condemnation of the Irish News for publishing Brit recruitment ads are hypocritical given his party's own recruitment attempts for British forces in Ireland. ... read full story / add a comment
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