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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

offsite link Joe Duffy is dishonest and untrustworthy Anthony

offsite link Robert Watt complaint: Time for decision by SIPO Anthony

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offsite link BBC Under Pressure to Play Christmas Song by ?Sir Starmer and the Granny Harmers? Wed Dec 18, 2024 19:00 | Will Jones
The BBC is under pressure to play a Christmas number one contender?parodying Keir Starmer?s winter fuel cuts by 'Sir Starmer and the Granny Harmers'.
The post BBC Under Pressure to Play Christmas Song by ‘Sir Starmer and the Granny Harmers’ appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Australian Drugs Regulator Knew mRNA Vaccines Can Enter Nucleus and Integrate into Genome Despite Of... Wed Dec 18, 2024 17:07 | Rebekah Barnett
Emails released under FOI?reveal that senior staff at Australia's drugs regulator knew mRNA vaccines?can?enter the cell nucleus and integrate into the genome, despite the official line that such events are not possible.
The post Australian Drugs Regulator Knew mRNA Vaccines Can Enter Nucleus and Integrate into Genome Despite Official Denials, Emails Reveal appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Turkish Crime Boss Allowed to Remain in U.K. on Human Rights Grounds, Judges Rule Wed Dec 18, 2024 15:39 | Will Jones
A Turkish crime boss said to be one of Britain?s biggest?drug dealers?has won his human rights battle against deportation after the UN Refugee Agency intervened and judges rejected a Home Office appeal.
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offsite link The New Scientific Priesthood Wants Complete Control of What We Are Told Wed Dec 18, 2024 13:32 | Dr David McGrogan
The ambition of elites to "manage the infodemic" amounts to the establishment of a scientific priesthood that wants full control of what we are told to ensure we only come to approved conclusions, says Dr David McGrogan.
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offsite link China Cancels Christmas in Hong Kong ? Leaving Churches Fearing for Their Future Wed Dec 18, 2024 11:22 | John MacNab
China has cancelled Christmas in Hong Kong this year. Officials have ordered that the usual celebrations be 'toned down'. It's part of a creeping intolerance that leaves churches fearing for the future, says John MacNab.
The post China Cancels Christmas in Hong Kong ? Leaving Churches Fearing for Their Future appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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The noted street busker Kieran Davies & acolytes in Williamsgate Street.
galway / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday April 08, 2006 - 22:43 by Tommy Donnellan   text 2 comments (last - sunday april 09, 2006 - 14:49)   image 8 images
Today, in strength, Galway's Amnesty International activists took to William Street to protest over the obscenity that every year throughout the world, more than half a million people are killed
by armed violence – that’s one person every minute and to let the Irish government and UN know that there is a solution; a legally binding, rigorously enforced, international Arms Trade Treaty that will seriously kybosh the flow of arms to countries that use them to ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism Saturday April 08, 2006 - 22:39 by Damien Moran   text 1 comment (last - sunday april 09, 2006 - 23:21)
national / environment Saturday April 08, 2006 - 22:24 by Revolt Video   text 1 comment (last - monday april 10, 2006 - 14:07)
Some videos from yesterdays events at the Four Courts and the subsequent action at Statoil's offices at the IFSC.

Video from Four Courts: ' 5 Go Free at the Four Courts' http://obin.org/video/wawa/07-04-06-rosport5.mpg (11 mins)

Video Trailer From Statoil Action: 'Dangerous Pipe' http://obin.org/video/wawa/07-04-06-statoilpipe.mpg (2 mins)

Flmed and produced by Revolt Video Collective, a video activist collective.
Our goals include...
Physical and Virtual Distribution of Irish Activist Video.
Workshops and Skill Sharing.
Ambitious video projects chosen via consenus and tackled collectively.

To get involved please send an email to: revoltvideo@hushmail.com

Related links:
Rossport Solidarity Camp: http://www.struggle.ws/rsc/
http://www.shelltosea.com

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national / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday April 08, 2006 - 21:01 by Gaz B -(A)-   text 10 comments (last - monday april 10, 2006 - 15:37)
A press release issued by UCD Alliance for Choice on Friday hasbeen repeatedly deleted by UCDSUs editorial group. Like indymedia, UCDSUs news wire uses the oscailt program. Unlike Indymedia however despite stating that :

"A record of all editorial actions, which editor performed the action and the reason for it are sent the editorial email list which anybody can join. So if you want to keep an eye on the evil censorships of the UCD SU-cabal, you know what to do. Subscribing to this list means you will see all articles and comments which have been hidden and the reason why they were hidden. After subscribing, you can then go through the archives of the list to see all past editorial actions"

UCDSU operates no such system. There is no open, transparent accountable editorial list. The previous UCDSU administration has used an editorial e-mail list. The current SU president is a member of Ogra Fianna Fail. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Saturday April 08, 2006 - 04:51 by Ploughshares   text 8 comments (last - wednesday april 26, 2006 - 07:44)
Frank Cordaro addressed an anti-war meeting last Summer in Dublin. Frank is presently serving a 6 month sentence for trespass at Offcut Air Force Base, Omaha Nebraska, USA. Offcut is the HQ of the U.S. Air Force Base. Although a Federal prisoner of the U.S. federaL Government, he is thus far doing his time in county jails given the crowded nature of U.S. Prisons (2 1/2 MILLION INSIDE AT LAST COUNT). ... read full story / add a comment
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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression Friday April 07, 2006 - 20:20 by Shell to Sea   text 3 comments (last - sunday april 09, 2006 - 14:49)   image 5 images
A large group of Shell to Sea activists attempted to return a section of the Corrib Gas pipeline to the Statoil Office at the IFSC today, as part of a campaign to draw public attention to Statoil's role in supporting Shell in their continuing attempts to install a dangerous experimental raw-gas pipeline in North Mayo.

The Gardaí, supported by a large number of private secirity guards, prevented the pipeline being brought into the office, and many office workers from the surrounding businesses came out to watch the stand off.

Normally activists are not able to even leaflet in the IFSC, since it is private property, but today leaflets were handed out, stickers were put up, and the security guards were powerless to interfere with the protest. For a lot of the workers in the financial services district, the protest provided a colourful distraction from the demands of their office jobs.

No one from Statoil was prepared to meet with the protesters or take delivery of the pipeline however, although one Statoil Executive did come to the phone, to say that the building security guards would not let any of the protesters enter, and he wasn't interested in leaving the building, since didn't feel there was anything to be gained by speaking to people in group situations, because he'd had bad experiences before.

He went on to say that the Irish people should be satisfied with the deal that their government had got for them, where they receive 25% tax, although he conceded that since the billions of euros spent in exploration can be written off, it will be many years before a cent of tax is paid, if ever.

Shell to Sea plan further protests on Norwegian Constitution Day, May 17th.

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national / rights, freedoms and repression Friday April 07, 2006 - 19:06 by Shell to Sea   text 23 comments (last - friday april 14, 2006 - 14:20)   image 30 images
Micheál Ó Seighin, Willie Corduff, Brendan Philbin, and Philip and Vincent McGrath were brought before the courts again today to receive the final judgement from Justice Joseph Finnegan, the President of the High Court.

The five were imprisoned last year for three months, for refusing to obey his order to cease protesting against the scheme by Shell and Statoil to install a dangerous, experimental, raw-gas pipeline through their village.

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dublin / miscellaneous Friday April 07, 2006 - 17:33 by Garry Toner   text 16 comments (last - sunday september 23, 2007 - 20:27)
Garry Toner, an Equality Studies student here in UCD is trying to organise an awareness campaign at a national level in relation to the rights of people with disabilities after an incident that occurred last weekend.
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Lots of interest in the boycott coke campaign
dublin / worker & community struggles and protests Friday April 07, 2006 - 14:22 by Boycott Killer Coke   image 4 images
A very successful protest took place outside the Leinster Regional Final of Blast Beat which took place in the Issacc Butt last Saturday. Hundreds of school students took part in the event which was sponsored by Coca Cola. However the boycott killer coke campaign ensured that this sponsorship by Coke backfired with the company getting negative publicity about their appalling human rights abuses in Colombia where several coke workers have been assasinated because they were union members and activists. ... read full story / add a comment
Rev. Dr. Ian Paisley of the popular doomsday cult given short notice on his pension.
national / worker & community struggles and protests Thursday April 06, 2006 - 21:38 by iosaf   text 5 comments (last - thursday april 05, 2007 - 20:36)   image 2 images
Oh well we should have seen it coming. It seems that if the there isn't a "return to institutions" in the north by the 24th of November 2006, ( those institutions agreed under the "peace process" of 1998 blaa blaa) [and not to be confused with the institutions which met in the same building {Stormont} from 1921 - 1972 ]
the people who don't do anything there, other than steal each other's shredded office waste, will GO WITHOUT THEIR PAY!
not a penny of a pound nor centimo of a Euro, nor a shilling more will be paid them.
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dublin / environment Thursday April 06, 2006 - 20:33 by watcher   text 2 comments (last - friday april 07, 2006 - 11:10)
Humanity is entering a change of historic magnitude without precedence as oil begins to run out, peak oil expert Colin Campbell told a full round room in Dublin’s Mansion House last night. ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism Thursday April 06, 2006 - 13:46 by Fintan Lane   text 18 comments (last - sunday april 09, 2006 - 13:14)   image 1 image
I attended the Cosantoiri. Siochana-organised meeting last Saturday. It ran from about 2pm to 5.30pm and, while initially intended, I believe, to widen involvement in CS, it was transformed for various reasons into a 'coordinating meeting' for diverse anti-war activists and groups. This transformation occurred largely as a consequence of discussion on a thread on indymedia.ie following the recent Dublin anti-war march.

So, my observations…
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international / anti-capitalism Thursday April 06, 2006 - 10:10 by mike r.   text 2 comments (last - friday april 07, 2006 - 16:53)
Meeting in Lille this weekend the national coordination reunited student activists and delegates from 114 higher education colleges and schools. In a up beat communiqué issued at the end of the assembly the national coordination are calling for moves towards an unlimited general strike as “the only issue for the national Days of Action, and the only way to push the government onto the defensive and repeal the “Equality of Chances” legislation.” ... read full story / add a comment
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galway / animal rights Wednesday April 05, 2006 - 16:07 by h.   text 12 comments (last - tuesday may 09, 2006 - 12:30)   image 8 images
Or to be more precise - against animal abuse in circuses ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous Wednesday April 05, 2006 - 13:55 by Brian Keane   text 8 comments (last - thursday april 06, 2006 - 20:46)
Private health conference disrupted in Dublin by Ógra activists. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday April 05, 2006 - 11:42 by Seán Ryan   text 1 comment (last - friday june 22, 2007 - 22:33)
Amnesty International has brought the investigation into Extraordinary rendition and torture a step further. In the early hours of this morning it released a report titled:
"UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Below the radar: Secret flights
to torture and 'disappearance’"

Shannon Warport is shown in a new light. ... read full story / add a comment
Ógra activists pictured alongside Gerry McConville and Benny Lynch
antrim / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday April 04, 2006 - 19:07 by Lappalitis   text 5 comments (last - friday april 28, 2006 - 16:28)   image 1 image
Hundreds of students and staff from the University of Ulster Jordanstown today (Tuesday 4th April) attended a hunger strike exhibition, organised and facilitated by the Ógra Shinn Fein cumann in Jordanstown. ... read full story / add a comment
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galway / worker & community struggles and protests Tuesday April 04, 2006 - 14:00 by Noel Browne Labour Youth branch   text 1 comment (last - tuesday april 04, 2006 - 14:02)   image 1 image
Labour Councilor Billy Cameron submitted a motion to Galway City Council
calling for solidarity with Coca-Cola workers in Colombia. Last night (Monday April 3rd)
the motion was passed unanimously. The motion was drawn up in conjunction with the Noel Browne Labour Youth branch. This is another step forward for the boycott coke campaign.
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mayo / environment Tuesday April 04, 2006 - 09:58 by Michael and Bob   image 4 images
Monday morning saw a frustrating start to the business year for Shell as their subcontractors Roadbridge attempted to access the proposed gas refinery site at Bellanaboy in Erris, Co. Mayo. ... read full story / add a comment
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mayo / environment Tuesday April 04, 2006 - 01:14 by Michael and Bob   text 8 comments (last - saturday april 15, 2006 - 16:05)   image 4 images
This morning saw a frustrating start to the business year for Shell as their subcontractors Roadbridge attempted to access the proposed gas refinery site at Bellanaboy in Erris, Co. Mayo. ... read full story / add a comment
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