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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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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
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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 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.

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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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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Scuffles outside Corrib house
dublin / environment / feature Friday April 27, 2007 12:40 by Joe   text 62 comments (last - thursday may 03, 2007 15:27)   image 40 images   audio 1 audio file
This morning at 7.30 Dublin Shell to Sea members brought a taste of Mayo to Corrib House. Over 50 people took part in an ongoing blockade of the three entrances of the Shell HQ. read full story / add a comment
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mayo / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Friday April 27, 2007 10:38 by News Junkie   text 5 comments (last - thursday may 03, 2007 14:27)   image 2 images
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKDd1ZipqH0

The cops show that they will push anyone off the Shell highway. read full story / add a comment
Baronstown at Tara before excavation
national / environment / news report Friday April 27, 2007 10:31 by Muireann Ni Bhrolchain   text 17 comments (last - tuesday may 01, 2007 10:31)   image 3 images
An Taisce appeals Tara motorway order
Irish Times
Friday, April 27, 2007

An Taisce has brought an appeal to the Supreme Court against the High
Court's refusal to permit it to challenge the legality of the
development of the M3 Clonee to Kells motorway near the Hill of Tara,
Co Meath.
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national / environment / news report Thursday April 26, 2007 23:55 by S.Cat   text 3 comments (last - saturday april 28, 2007 18:17)   image 2 images
It's always worth keeping an eye on what is happening in government departments during the dying days of an administration. Minister Noel Dempsey has promised a number of times to review the terms under which licences are awarded, but to date, nothing has been announced. But sharp-eyed visitors to the Department of Marine website will have noticed that there was a slight change today.

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Catalonia is not Spain
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Thursday April 26, 2007 23:00 by Josep Arnau   text 2 comments (last - friday april 27, 2007 09:11)   image 1 image
A group of Catalan independentists, together with Ógra organised a demonstration at the GPO claiming the right for self-determination for the Catalan nation. read full story / add a comment
2 premiers clash. 2 clans fight. But there can only be one immortal victory!
national / politics / elections / event notice Thursday April 26, 2007 15:05 by piss taker   text 8 comments (last - friday may 11, 2007 21:58)   image 5 images
Bertie Ahern & Ian Paisley have agreed to visit the battle of the Boyne site on the 11th of May.

This will provide a wonderful opportunity to win votes & make noise & show how a united ireland can protest both premiers in one place at one go.

You have not enjoyed this opportunity before.

Your participation is requested.
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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Thursday April 26, 2007 13:48 by ragster   text 19 comments (last - monday april 30, 2007 13:34)   image 1 image
RAG is hosting a meeting open to fellow pro-choice supporters on the topic of Anarchism and Reproductive Choice next Monday, 30th of April at 7:30, in Seomra Spraoi, 6 Lower Ormond Quay, Dublin 1 read full story / add a comment
galway / worker & community struggles and protests / event notice Thursday April 26, 2007 11:36 by Socialist Party, Galway   text 1 comment (last - friday april 27, 2007 02:15)   image 5 images   1 attached file
The Socialist party in Galway are hosting a table quiz to raisew funds for the election campain of Joe Higgins, sitting Socialist party TD for Dublin West, and tireless campaigner for ordinary working people. read full story / add a comment
Alessandro Gavazzi in action
galway / history and heritage / event notice Thursday April 26, 2007 11:07 by PMG   image 1 image
A free public lecture on an aspect of Galway’s social history will take place in the new Galway City Museum at 8 pm on Friday, 27 April. The focus is on the religiously-motivated Gavazzi riots of 1859, and the lecturer, Dr John Cunningham, will use the opportunity to explore what these riots tell us about popular religious attitudes of working people in 19th century Galway read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice / other press Thursday April 26, 2007 09:47 by Obit   text 7 comments (last - wednesday august 29, 2007 16:21)   image 1 image
The "lustration' Law- a Joint initiative by the 'twins' which allows the Polish State to have powers to investigate ' communist-era' collusion has had its first victim.

The law which provides for anyone born before the first of January 1972 to testify/sign write that they colluded with communism can result in loss of profession and security.

The twins are busily repeating the Mistakes and crimes of that era Under another title.

Barbara Blida committed suicide whilst the cops were in her house... read full story / add a comment
300 Years of Resistance!
derry / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Wednesday April 25, 2007 16:02 by Catalan Solidarity   text 3 comments (last - thursday april 26, 2007 12:03)   image 8 images
Members of the Catalan Solidarity:Ireland Committee gathered at ‘Free Derry Corner’ in Derry’s Bogside as part of a day of international solidarity action in conjunction with widespread protests and demonstrations throughout the Catalan Countries.

This year mark’s the 300th anniversary of the occupation of the Catalan Countries by the Spanish forces of occupation following the battle of Almansa in 1707.

During today’s solidarity action the Catalan flag (Estelada) was raised on Free Derry Wall as a symbolic gesture of solidarity to the Catalan people as part the ‘300 years of occupation- 300 years of resistance’ campaign.

As part of the event protesters wore white masks on which the Spanish Flag was placed over their mouths, symbolizing the continual denial of the rights such as self-determination and sovereignty of the Catalan people as a nation.

Following the event at Free Derry Corner protesters distributed information leaflets in Derry's city centre. read full story / add a comment
Police State
national / crime and justice / news report Wednesday April 25, 2007 10:43 by C Murray   text 31 comments (last - wednesday may 09, 2007 17:59)   image 2 images
This has been covered on the Newswire, but I will repeat it with a link Last night Dail Eireann passed the Criminal Justice Bill, which erodes accepted rights of Silence and which barristers objected to on the Basis of civil rights abuses.

FG and Labour abstained.
Sf and Green Voted against.
The vote passed 62/11.

We do not live in a democracy.
http://www.indymedia.ie/article/81005 read full story / add a comment
Gernika from Picasso
dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Wednesday April 25, 2007 07:34 by member of the Basque community   text 2 comments (last - thursday april 26, 2007 12:24)   image 3 images
1937 Gernika 70th Anniversary/70en Urteurrena

Hosted by Members of International Brigades Memorial Trust ( personal capacity) and members of Dublin's Basque community, supported by Connolly Books and Gernika Gogoratuz.

Musik, poetry and the film "The mark of man" ( in English) read full story / add a comment
Model of the proposed Corrib Gas refinery at Bellanaboy.
mayo / environment / news report Wednesday April 25, 2007 02:49 by Eve   text 5 comments (last - thursday april 26, 2007 14:59)   image 1 image
A report on the first week of the EPA's oral hearing on the granting of the IPPC (integrated pollution prevention and control) licence for the Corrib gas refinery at Bellanaboy. read full story / add a comment
Bealtaine Fires
meath / miscellaneous / event notice Wednesday April 25, 2007 00:05 by Martin Dier   text 1 comment (last - wednesday april 25, 2007 10:29)   image 1 image
Wednesday 2nd May 8.00pm

• Come and join with us in ritual and meditation at this Cross Quarter day of Bealtaine

• You might like to bring a drum or musical instrument and or a candle in a jar, a lantern and warm clothes. Contributions are welcome.
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national / environment / press release Tuesday April 24, 2007 13:42 by Campaign to Save Tara   text 5 comments (last - wednesday april 25, 2007 16:34)   image 5 images
Launch Of Campaign to Save Tara and Political Strategy campaign calls on
Electorate to 'Pledge Their Votes for Tara'.

An Bord Pleanala gave permission for the four lane , twice-tolled M3 Through
The Gabhra (TaraSkyrne) Valley in 2003 and since then there has been a huge
campaign to have that section of the road re-routed. read full story / add a comment
2000 letters of protest.
national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Tuesday April 24, 2007 10:30 by Chris Murray   text 7 comments (last - tuesday may 15, 2007 11:56)   image 1 image
The student body and staff of Loreto College , Crumlin Road, have been campaigning for sometime on lack of facilities for their pupils. So I am Publishing their letter here.

The Hall Doors are emblazoned with 'Wanted 'signs and the slogan:
'No Canteen, No Hall, no vote in the Dail'

Leaving Cert Students who will be moving on to the colleges and techs are giving up precious time on behalf of their fellow students to work on the campaign- call it 'Civics in Action'. Girls with veils and girls of colour are talking about current political topics. read full story / add a comment
Some of the attendance at the Workers' Party Árd Fheis 21.04.07
waterford / anti-capitalism / press release Monday April 23, 2007 16:10 by Press Office   text 4 comments (last - tuesday april 24, 2007 19:38)   image 4 images
The Workers' Party held its Árd Fheis in Waterford last Saturday with a big turn-out at the Granville Hotel which was packed to capacity for most debates. read full story / add a comment
A selection of the men, women, and children present
galway / environment / news report Monday April 23, 2007 16:05 by Mark C   text 6 comments (last - thursday april 26, 2007 15:24)   image 5 images   audio 1 audio file
At a demonstration outside Galway Co. Co. offices today in excess of 100 protestors put a clear message to Galway Co. Co.: Stop Dumping Human Waste On Farms In East Galway. read full story / add a comment
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international / rights, freedoms and repression / feature Monday April 23, 2007 15:05 by Justin Morahan   text 35 comments (last - friday may 18, 2007 23:28)   image 2 images
In a Gandhi-like protest, a completely unarmed peaceful gathering of peace activists walked to the Bil'in Wall, were tear-gassed and then shot with rubber bullets, were brought to ambulances for treatment and then returned to the non-violent demonstration. Among them was Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Mairead Corrigan Maguire. read full story / add a comment
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