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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

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offsite link The stage is set for Hybrid World War III Mon Feb 27, 2023 15:50 | The Saker
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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.
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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.
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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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offsite link News Round-Up Wed Dec 18, 2024 00:46 | 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 Musk Backs Reform After Meeting Farage at Trump?s Home Tue Dec 17, 2024 19:30 | Will Jones
Elon Musk has backed?Reform U.K.?after meeting Nigel Farage at Donald Trump?s home in Florida, tweeting his agreement that "Britain needs Reform".
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national / politics / elections / opinion/analysis Wednesday December 06, 2006 19:20 by Queen of Clubs   text 1 comment (last - thursday december 07, 2006 13:05)   image 1 image

A few things happened on 'Budget day', Minister Mc Dowell wasn't in the house
(at least for the analysis) - and why should he be? his very public campaign
to abolish Stamp Duty for first time buyers was ignored by the wealthy FF party.
That is humiliating now isn't it? Kyoto was ignored- indeed , hats off to Joan Burton
and her engaging quip-"he,Mnister in charge of climate change cannot even get the electoral
register right." read full story / add a comment
Garda witheld evidence
dublin / crime and justice / feature Wednesday December 06, 2006 18:52 by tom foley   text 19 comments (last - tuesday february 27, 2007 14:47)   image 12 images
The Wheelock family came one step closer to an independent inquiry on Monday night in relation to death of there loved one Terence Wheelock who sustained injuries while in Garda custody on the 2/6/05, leading to his death. Dublin City Councillors passed a motion at City Hall, calling for an independent inquiry. The motion was passed unanimously, there was broad cross party support for the motion. read full story / add a comment
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national / miscellaneous / press release 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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dublin / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Wednesday December 06, 2006 14:49 by Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink   text 32 comments (last - friday december 15, 2006 02:32)   image 2 images
Bar workers in a well-known Dublin pub have gone on strike after accusing the bar's management of trying to introduce cheap labour. read full story / add a comment
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antrim / miscellaneous / press release 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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national / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Wednesday December 06, 2006 10:59 by C Murray   text 3 comments (last - sunday october 14, 2007 17:32)   image 1 image

Last night Minister Mc Dowell informed the media that the Privacy and Defamation Bill
would not be going throught the Oireachtas together/in toto and that the Defamation
Bill, alone, was on the table at Seanad Eireann. He has to re-adjust and re-appraise
the 'Privacy' section- this was the section which criminalised 'certain forms' of
news-gathering. It had been criticised throughout Europe for 'reining' in the press. read full story / add a comment
Support The Raytheon 9
derry / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Tuesday December 05, 2006 23:04 by Anti-State   image 2 images
On Thursday 7th December, Derry hardcore punk outfit 'Anti-State' will be joined on stage with one of the Basque country’s most famous punk bands 'Txapel Punk' and one of the Basque country’s latest punk-oi bands 'The Governors' in a benefit concert in support of the 'Raytheon 9'.

SKA and Reggae beats will be provided by DJ One Shot. read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / press release 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
Joan Collins and assorted trouble makers
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Tuesday December 05, 2006 00:01 by Seán Ryan and Elaine   text 4 comments (last - tuesday december 05, 2006 19:52)   image 1 image
A Protest first and then we adjourn into the inner sanctum of City Hall for the meeting itself. read full story / add a comment
kerry / miscellaneous / news report Monday December 04, 2006 23:51 by david grey   text 59 comments (last - thursday december 18, 2008 20:22)   image 2 images
The present government has given away billions possibly trillions of Euro of gas/oil reserves which could have benefited the Irish public coffers.I will refer to the reserves given away to Businessman Tony O'Reilly off the coast of Kerry. read full story / add a comment
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dublin / consumer issues / other press Monday December 04, 2006 21:14 by C Murray   text 5 comments (last - friday october 19, 2007 16:24)   image 2 images
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/792063.stm reports that there has been a spate
of heroin deaths in Glasgow, England and Wales, also. There is nothing on Indymedia
Scotland.In Ireland there have been six deaths, four people are currently being treated
in Beaumont for complications.

There have been 43 cases in Scotland resulting in 20 deaths.
16 in England and Wales. read full story / add a comment
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clare / environment / event notice Monday December 04, 2006 17:12 by Clare Shell to Sea   image 1 image
Thursday 7th December @ 8pm in the 'Yellow Room', The Old Ground Hotel, Ennis, Co Clare. read full story / add a comment
they tortured to stop Divorce, Communism, Condoms, Abortion & save God & his creation : Hell.
international / crime and justice / news report Monday December 04, 2006 16:40 by iosaf   text 10 comments (last - thursday december 14, 2006 20:55)   image 12 images
Operation Condor backed by the USA & staffed by NAZI war criminals saw most of Latin America endure dictatorships. One of the worst was that which was set in motion on the 11th of September 1973 when Agosto Pinochet took power in Chile. He & those like him had to this because there was a serious possibility that Latin Americans would become Communists.

If they had become communists, people would have stopped believing in God.

Once God went, Heaven and Hell would have gone too.

In no time there would have been no need for a clergy or Church. Knock in Ireland would have been a waste of an airport. With Communism people would have lost faith in God & the threat of eternal Hell-fire & damnation would have been lost.

& so torture was a last resort of pious & holy people. They had no other choice to defend their God than attach electrodes to peoples' genitals & bury them in nameless graves.
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Viva Chavez
international / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Monday December 04, 2006 15:53 by Cllr Keith Martin   text 15 comments (last - saturday february 03, 2007 22:39)   image 2 images
The victory is a confirmation of Chavez's policies of targeting the needs of the poor with the huge profits from the country's oil industry. Until Chavez's election most of these profits went into tax breaks for the middle and upper classes in Venezuela. read full story / add a comment
They were jailed for us,now we must win the struggle with them!
dublin / environment / event notice Monday December 04, 2006 15:37 by Shell to Sea   image 2 images
CIA Rendition Plane at Shannon 8th July 2006
international / crime and justice / opinion/analysis Monday December 04, 2006 00:20 by Edward Horgan   text 7 comments (last - wednesday december 13, 2006 21:42)   image 1 image
Bengemin Disraeli said that there were three kinds of statistics- Lies, Lies, and damn Lies. The Irish Government has been manipulating statistics of late. So now we are told there were only 6 complaints made by peace activists about suspicious US aircraft at Shannon? There were at least 60 such complaints, many in writing and many more verbal. Shannon Gardai now claim that it is necessary to come to Shannon Garda station to make a complaint, otherwise they refuse to acknowledge it. So if your neighbout is being murdered, or raped, and you ring up to inform the gardai at Shannon will they ignore your call. The people of Iraq and Afghanistan are our neighbours. read full story / add a comment
The Mail leads the attack on British terrorism Nov 30 2006
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Sunday December 03, 2006 20:12 by Harry Wells   text 14 comments (last - tuesday december 12, 2006 20:48)   image 14 images
Congratulations to the Irish Daily Mail, who have put the other newspapers to shame, by their initial story and follow up coverage of the story of British collusion with acts of unionist paramilitary violence.

As the stories are not on the Daily Mail website and just so the rest of the media can see the story it is ignoring – here is the story as laid out in the Irish Daily Mail.
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President of Bolivia Evo Morales [right]
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Sunday December 03, 2006 20:11 by Bolivia watcher   text 18 comments (last - wednesday december 06, 2006 10:07)   image 3 images
Everybody wins. The people of Bolivia now have a share in the profits of their own natural resources. The President is now more popular, having championed the cause of the ordinary people of his country against rich foreigners and vested interests. The energy companies can now be certain of stability, and in the long run they will still make millions.

It's not magic, it's just the application of political sense and good judgement. Will we ever see it in this country? read full story / add a comment
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antrim / miscellaneous / news report Sunday December 03, 2006 20:03 by Ciarán   text 3 comments (last - tuesday december 05, 2006 20:07)   image 5 images
Two dozen protestors stage a picket outside the BBC building in Great Victoria Street in Belfast on Thrusday evening where Secretary of State for the Six Counties Peter Hain was due to take part in a televised discussion. read full story / add a comment
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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Saturday December 02, 2006 23:28 by richard whelan   text 12 comments (last - thursday december 28, 2006 12:00)   image 40 images
Protest outside Shell HQ today
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