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offsite link Alternative Copy of thesaker.is site is available Thu May 25, 2023 14:38 | Ice-Saker-V6bKu3nz
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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 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.
The post The Curious Links of Led by Donkeys appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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.
The post News Round-Up appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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".
The post Musk Backs Reform After Meeting Farage at Trump’s Home appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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national / politics / elections / feature Tuesday May 29, 2007 01:48 by ronan   text 149 comments (last - tuesday june 19, 2007 23:41)   image 3 images
As the dust recedes from the ballot box and the parties alternately lick their wounds and rest on their laurels it’s worth having a think about its consequences for the left in general and the radical left in particular...Sinking a lot of work into achieving an especially high soapbox isn’t that much use when people aren’t listening, if we want our arguments to be heard we need to make them from the furnace where our politics have been forged, the heart of the struggles of the people. read full story / add a comment
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international / anti-capitalism / news report Monday May 28, 2007 17:05 by Soundmigration   text 5 comments (last - thursday may 31, 2007 23:39)   image 1 image
From 6-8 June, together with thousands of others, as part of the Block G8 campaign, we will cut the G8 Summit in Heiligendamm off from its infrastructure. The other world – the one we say is possible – will, once again, be revealed as already here.
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Looking north from Roestown
national / history and heritage / news report Monday May 28, 2007 16:44 by TaraWatch   text 9 comments (last - friday june 01, 2007 08:45)   image 16 images
TaraWatch is stting up a permanent presence close to the national monuments of Rath Lugh and Lismullen, designed to protect them from illegal construction works. Volunteers are needed.

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international / politics / elections / news report Monday May 28, 2007 16:30 by iosaf   text 2 comments (last - tuesday june 05, 2007 10:07)   image 1 image
Yesterday Sunday 27th of May voters in the Spanish state were called to elect their councils, municipal governments and in 13 of the 17 autonomous regions to elect their regional administrations.
As such the results which became available last night offer a clear indication for the political future in key areas such as the Basque and Navarra, the cities of Barcelona and Madrid & of course the hopes the Zapatero administration have for winning the next general election. read full story / add a comment
international / health / disability issues / news report Monday May 28, 2007 14:00 by Ciaron O'Reilly   text 79 comments (last - wednesday december 12, 2007 05:10)   image 7 images
Today I attended a solidarity vigil for Gary MacLennan outside his QUT (Queensland University of Technology) disciplinary hearing. Gary and a fellow QUT academic John Hookam, are facing disciplinary hearings and possible dismissals, for objecting to a PhD project entitled "Laughing at the Disabled". Check the link below for background on the case.....
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WSM on the Mayday march the day after the conference
national / anti-capitalism / news report Monday May 28, 2007 13:04 by National Secretary   text 20 comments (last - sunday august 19, 2007 14:09)   image 1 image
The Workers Solidarity Movement held its Spring 2007 National Conference in the Teachers' Club at the end of April. Our conference saw around 70% of the membership attending with many new faces since our last conference 6 months ago. read full story / add a comment
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international / anti-capitalism / other press Sunday May 27, 2007 15:47 by Reibiliun   text 3 comments (last - sunday may 27, 2007 17:56)   image 1 image
From June 6th to 8th the representatives of eight of the most powerful States from the global north are planning to meet in Heiligendamm near Rostock in Germany. read full story / add a comment
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Industry players developing the Atlantic Ridge reserves will no doubt be hoping to avoid the problems encountered by the developers of the Corrib field"
national / anti-capitalism / other press Sunday May 27, 2007 15:28 by NMI   text 17 comments (last - tuesday june 05, 2007 18:59)   image 5 images
It's pretty certainly a conincidence that the day after the news that same bunch will be running the country for the next while broke, an article appeared in Energy Business Review, pointing out how lucrative the huge reserves of gas and oil off the west coast of Fianna Fáil land will be.

Lucrative for the energy companies that is, not for the people of Ireland (unless you count certain people with different morals from the rest of us).

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limerick / animal rights / news report Saturday May 26, 2007 14:04 by Stephan Wymore   text 31 comments (last - tuesday july 24, 2007 02:23)   image 3 images
Volunteers including our youth members section of Animal Rights Action Network (ARAN) in Limerick city organized a truly attention grabbing event just recently to support World Lab Animal Week for April and Day of Action Against Procter & Gamble.

With a banner reading "Animals Are Not Ours To Experiment On ARAN" over 30 members peaceful protested the ongoing use of animals in testing and research. Consider the fact;- read full story / add a comment
Enda Carey, Johnathan O’Donnell and his father Pat O’Donnell arrive at court.
mayo / environment / news report Thursday May 24, 2007 23:56 by Niall Harnett   text 22 comments (last - saturday july 14, 2007 16:28)   image 15 images
Belmullet District Court - Monday 21st May 2007.

A synopsis and flavour of the first day in an estimated 2 day sitting of Belmullet District Court where 3 men, ‘the Chief’ Patrick O’Donnell, Johnathan O’Donnell and Enda Carey are accused of assault causing harm to members of An Garda Síochána near the proposed Shell Refinery Site, Bellanaboy, Co Mayo on 12th October 2006.

14 Gardaí gave oral evidence for the prosecution, with some video evidence shown also in court on Monday 21st May.

Defence witnesses will be called at the next sitting for this case, set for Wed 30th May. Judge Mary Devins has also asked to visit the ‘locus’ of the incident on that morning before court and will be accompanied to the place of alleged incident at Bellanaboy, by the prosecuting Superintendent and the solicitor for the defendants, Mr Alan Gannon. read full story / add a comment
Justice for Anti-War Activists
antrim / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Thursday May 24, 2007 23:14 by Ciarán Ó Brolcháin   text 1 comment (last - thursday may 24, 2007 23:44)   image 1 image
Saturday, 16 June 2007
Belfast

11am-2pm: Collection at bottom of Whiterock Road
8pm-late: Function in Roddy McCorley club with musicians and guest speaker read full story / add a comment
galway / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Thursday May 24, 2007 20:01 by Dunlo T   text 1 comment (last - sunday june 03, 2007 13:59)   image 1 image
In his latest powerful article for the UK, New Statesman, award winning writer, reporter and documentarist, John Pilger, describes how Gaza in Palestine has come to symbolise the imposition of great power on the powerless, in the Middle East and all over the world, and how a vocabulary of double standard is employed to justify this epic tragedy. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Thursday May 24, 2007 18:00 by Indymedia Editorial Group   text 276 comments (last - thursday may 31, 2007 21:18)   image 35 images   3 attached files
With some of our readers bursting with opinion and musings on the upcoming elections enforcing our guidelines has become time consuming. read full story / add a comment
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international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Wednesday May 23, 2007 23:04 by Edward Horgan   text 17 comments (last - monday june 25, 2007 16:08)   image 13 images
Cindy Sheehan, whose son Casey was killed in Iraq while serving as a US soldier, and Ruhal Ahmed, who was taken from Afghanistan to Guantanamo Bay prison in a Hercules US military plane, for the purpose of torture, visited Shannon airport on 23 May 2007 in solidarity with local Irish peace activists. read full story / add a comment
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national / arts and media / feature Wednesday May 23, 2007 22:03 by W. & K.Branno   text 53 comments (last - wednesday may 30, 2007 10:27)   image 15 images   audio 6 audio files
'Voices of Republicanism' is a documentary on the current state of the Republican movement. Through discourse with activists from a wide range of political backgrounds and of varying ages we attempt to provide a small insight into the movement. This is a documentary through the words of people who were there and have seen it, those who still carry the torch of Republicanism and those who have made a break with the movement entirely. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / news report Wednesday May 23, 2007 15:34 by Roestown   text 120 comments (last - monday june 23, 2008 08:30)   image 79 images
Collierstown under attack read full story / add a comment
national / environment / press release Wednesday May 23, 2007 00:25 by tara foundation   text 4 comments (last - friday june 15, 2007 23:19)   image 1 image
A massive prehistoric ‘henge’ site has been discovered in Lismullen, beside the Hill of Tara on the route of the planned M3 Motorway. The circular enclosure is the size of more than three football fields, and is without doubt a national monument because of the rarity of henges in Ireland, as well as its importance to the Hill of Tara archaeological complex.
Featuring a press conference given by TaraWatch, the video (see link below) gives details of the M3 Motorway, what lies in its path, what has been destroyed, and what is being now being threatened with destruction.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPIAxHBot6Q
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TaraWatch protest's Kenny - Irish Examiner 22 May
national / history and heritage / news report Tuesday May 22, 2007 22:06 by TaraWatch   text 4 comments (last - monday may 28, 2007 01:47)   image 2 images
TaraWatch has been busy campaigning for the preservation of the Hill of Tara archaeological complex, and plans to step up the campaign over the weekend. Please come to a meeting on the Hill of Skryne on Saturday at 2.00 pm, for the launch of Monuments Watch.

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Sketch of Lismullen National Monument
meath / history and heritage / event notice Tuesday May 22, 2007 19:18 by TaraWatch   text 1 comment (last - thursday may 24, 2007 06:04)   image 5 images
A TaraWatch meeting at the old church on the Hill of Skryne at 2.00 pm on Saturday marks the beginning of round the clock monitoring of the national monuments at Rath Lugh. Come and help us protect these endangered sites. read full story / add a comment
A loyalist view of the battle of Enniscorthy - note figure 'blocking' cannon with his wig
national / history and heritage / opinion/analysis Tuesday May 22, 2007 15:34 by Andrew Flood   text 4 comments (last - tuesday june 05, 2007 15:19)   image 9 images
Almost 210 years ago on the 23rd of May 1798 the largest popular republican rising in Irish history began. Across the island tens of thousands fought under the banner of the United Irishmen. Hundreds of thousands had been sworn into the organization in the preceding four years. On four occasions revolutionary France sent thousands of troops to aid the rebellion, the United Irishmen had built contacts with revolutionary republicans across the globe, including the USA, France, Hamburg and England.

The response of the British state to the rise of the United Irishmen was a brutal counterinsurgency campaign that stirred up sectarian conflict on the island. 1798 thus came to shape much of the political struggles that took place in the following centuries. read full story / add a comment
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