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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

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
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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.
The post Turkish Crime Boss Allowed to Remain in U.K. on Human Rights Grounds, Judges Rule appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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.
The post The New Scientific Priesthood Wants Complete Control of What We Are Told appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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.
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offsite link Brits Could Face Up to ?20 a Year Extra on Energy Bills to Fund ?Carbon Capture? Technology Wed Dec 18, 2024 09:00 | Will Jones
Brits could face an extra ?20 a year on energy bills to fund unproven carbon capture technology as the Government proposes to spend ?21.7 billion on projects to capture the gas from the air and store it underground.
The post Brits Could Face Up to ?20 a Year Extra on Energy Bills to Fund ‘Carbon Capture’ Technology appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link The Curious Links of Led by Donkeys Wed Dec 18, 2024 07:00 | Charlotte Gill
Led by Donkeys, the group behind anti-Brexit and assorted other Left-wing stunts, was set up by four Greenpeace activists who have a lot of curious links to the Blob, says Charlotte Gill.
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international / animal rights / press release 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
Soziedad Alkoholica cleared by Spanish Judiciary. The logo "is similar" but that is "art".
international / consumer issues / news report Thursday November 30, 2006 23:02 by iosaf   image 1 image
The Basque political situation is not all about the "Peace Process". Many other things happen there too.

For years the group "Soziedad Alkoholica" used a logo on their albums of anarcho-punk garage angst music which was quite obviously a take on the logo used by ETA.

Their disks were withdrawn from sale by the largest department store chain & they were brought before the Judiciary to be investigated for "incitement to or glorification of terrorism". They've been cleared. They sing songs about victims too. read full story / add a comment
Never Mind the Blueshirts
national / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Thursday November 30, 2006 19:23 by Labour Youth   text 2 comments (last - friday december 01, 2006 16:12)   image 3 images
Labour Youth has launched a publication - the Left Tribune - whose front cover states:

Never Mind the Bluehshirts
Here's the Socialism:

US Military out of Shannon
Abolish All College Fees
Free GP Care for all read full story / add a comment
Remnant of native woodland
national / environment / press release 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
There´s an old saying:  "We choose when we want to fight!"
international / housing / feature Thursday November 30, 2006 12:41 by Punk System Destroyed   text 10 comments (last - tuesday december 19, 2006 20:16)   image 1 image
After waging a battle against Christian right-wing sect Faderhuset for several years, recent decisions in both the Copenhagen City Court and the National Court have ordered the current occupiers of infamous Danish social centre Ungdomshuset out on December 14th, 2006. This decision and the process through which it was made is hotly contested. This is obvious through both extensive coverage in mainstream Cophenhagen social democratic newspapers like Politiken and in how opposition from the centre´s users more recently spilled over into street fighting when police attacked ( 1 ) a Reclaim the Streets demonstration.

This interview was carried out during their 24th birthday party which was on during the weekend of October 25th. It tries to go into some of the recent history around the Ungdomshuset court saga so far, the strange alliances formed around it and how the future is likely to pan out for a building that remains highly emblematic as a symbol for the left overs of the Northern European autonome scene. read full story / add a comment

'Up close and Personal'
international / anti-capitalism / other press Thursday November 30, 2006 11:39 by Frieda.   text 11 comments (last - friday november 09, 2007 10:38)   image 11 images
The conservatives took over the Podium of the Mexican Parliament yesterday,
amid unprecedented scenes as a result of the naming of the Calderon Cabinet.
Calderon famously got the vote with less than a % difference, between him and Obrador.
Harvard educated Calderon has turned a blind eye to the new 700 mile fence
that borders the US and to the repression of the democratic movement in Oaxaca.
Bush Junior is to busy to attend- thus George H.W will.
(backround to the elections- O'Luain and Mac Diarmada: http://www.indymedia.ie.article/78016 read full story / add a comment
Marchistas Listening to Morales in La Paz Yesterday (Photo Bolivia IMC)
international / anti-capitalism / news report Thursday November 30, 2006 01:10 by D'other   image 1 image
Hurriedly returning from negotiations with the Shell executive in Holland, Evo Morales last night granted accession to a law of agrarian reform leading many of La Paz´s morning tabloids to carry headlines claiming he had declared war on the latifundia dominating the country's system of land distribution. In Santa Cruz and Beni, regions dominating 80% of the Bolvian economy, as little as 14 families hold over 3m hectares of unproductive grounds in their hands. This new land reform facilitates removing this land from idle hands and redistributing it to campesinos, similar perhaps to legislation facilitating the placing of unproductive factories into the hands of workers in Argentina. The passing of the law was accompanied by the arrival of marchistas from across the country as an excercise in popular support for the land reforms. read full story / add a comment
Decorating of the hall
mayo / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Wednesday November 29, 2006 18:32 by John B   image 5 images
In addition to the national Shell to Sea meeting last weekend in Erris there was also a creative weekend organised by members of Cork Community Circus to make banners, raise spirits and bring some lightheartedness to counter the heaviness that shell, statoil and the irish state are trying to dump on this community. read full story / add a comment
Cadbury's Coolock Plant - where wages get in the way of profits.
dublin / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Wednesday November 29, 2006 17:59 by w.   text 7 comments (last - thursday november 30, 2006 16:40)   image 1 image
One of Coolock's biggest employers, Cadburys, are looking to lay off up to one third of it's 1,100 staff over the next three years. Cadburys say that they are committed to remaining in Ireland, having invested over 80m euro since 1999 but must reduce staff numbers due to rising costs. read full story / add a comment
Del Toro with his creation "Pan"
international / arts and media / opinion/analysis Wednesday November 29, 2006 17:13 by w.   text 1 comment (last - wednesday november 29, 2006 17:21)   image 1 image
The most immediately striking thing about Guillermo del Toro’s latest film “El Laberinto del Fauno” (Pan’s Labyrinth) is that it is entirely in Spanish with English subtitles yet still draws large crowds in Dublin’s ordinary multi-screen cinemas. The film, a mixture of fantastic fairy-tale and dramatic account of life in post civil war Spain, follows the journey of a highly imaginative young girl called Ofelia. Ofelia’s mother has married a sadistic fascist army Captain, who is engaged in a battle with local guerrillas throughout the film, and she is forced to move to his remote outpost despite a complicated and pregnancy. read full story / add a comment
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national / anti-capitalism / press release 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
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national / sci-tech / news report Wednesday November 29, 2006 15:16 by TestTubeBoy   text 4 comments (last - friday december 01, 2006 10:40)   image 1 image
Contract researchers are forming an association to improve their lot read full story / add a comment
Todays dish: Cops glove in mouth
international / crime and justice / news report Wednesday November 29, 2006 12:07 by Ungdomshus Kid   text 1 comment (last - thursday november 30, 2006 14:59)   image 2 images
This sunday a demonstration against the church Faderhuset turned into resulted in police brutality and mass arrests. read full story / add a comment
A previous ÓSF Night in Tyrone (Oct '06)
antrim / anti-capitalism / event notice Wednesday November 29, 2006 07:52 by A.R.I.S.E.   image 2 images
Massive Rebel Night

Wednesday 29 November

Hatfield Bar (Upstairs)

Ormeau Rd, Belfast

Music by 'The Spirit of Freedom'

Doors Open @ 10pm

Taille £5 read full story / add a comment
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national / gender and sexuality / other press Tuesday November 28, 2006 19:40 by The Sun Burst   image 2 images
Over the coming months Ógra Shinn Féin will conduct a number of interviews with young female activists. Allowing young women to find their voice and to promote women in struggle.

Speaking candidly about her involvement in republican youth politics 17-year-old Roisin McGreevy speaks her involvement, role and introduction to Ógra Shinn Féin.
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dublin / arts and media / event notice Tuesday November 28, 2006 15:18 by Labour Youth   text 8 comments (last - tuesday november 28, 2006 22:40)   image 1 image
A protest has been called by Labour Youth for 1 pm outside Independent News Papers in protest at their biased and skewed coverage of the Shell to Sea Campaign. Independent NewsPapers head office are located on Middle Abbey Street just off O Connell Street.

The protest takes place in advance of a Shell 2 Sea protest outside Shell HQ on Leeson Street that starts at 2 pm. read full story / add a comment
Shiny Shoes.
national / anti-capitalism / news report Tuesday November 28, 2006 11:41 by Evie   text 1 comment (last - tuesday november 28, 2006 17:58)   image 1 image

Mary Hanafin, has published 'The Report and Recommendations for a Traveller
Education Strategy'- which envisages cutting out education capitation grants
in order to mainstream traveller kids.
'Mainstreaming' is a term familiar to a lot of Irish Parents who have children with
educational special needs, and it doesn't work in terms of choice or individual need.
A committee has already been appointed to oversee implementation of the report. read full story / add a comment
national / consumer issues / opinion/analysis Tuesday November 28, 2006 09:05 by Watchdog   text 23 comments (last - sunday december 03, 2006 16:26)   image 9 images
If a high dose of radiation element, Polonium 210, can be a tool of quick assassination, lower doses (as in typical cigarettes) are no less tools of homicide. Ask health officials, et al, why Po-210 is still permitted in cigarettes, with zero warning to anyone. Ask why smokers and Pub Proprietors bear the burdens of law, but the cig makers, ingredient suppliers, and complicit regulators go free.
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international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Tuesday November 28, 2006 06:05 by mm   text 7 comments (last - wednesday november 29, 2006 00:30)   image 1 image
Cut and Run, the Only Brave Thing to Do

Sunday, November 26th, 2006 read full story / add a comment
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