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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).?

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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 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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national / anti-capitalism / event notice Wednesday October 31, 2007 19:14 by .   text 7 comments (last - monday november 12, 2007 19:29)   image 2 images
The World Bank is coming to Dublin on Monday November 12th and Tuesday November 13th - delegates will stay at the Grand Hotel Malahide. This is also where they will meet and discuss new strategies for the privatisation of "development".

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international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Wednesday October 31, 2007 17:51 by Daniel Brett   text 1 comment (last - friday january 04, 2008 18:59)   image 1 image
Press Release: - For Immediate Publication.

This an appeal by Ahwazi Arab journalist Mohammad Hassan Fallahiya to the EU's foreign policy chief, Javier Solana. The letter was smuggled out of Evin Prison, where Iran keeps its political prisoners, and published by the Human Rights Activists of Iran group. Amnesty International has declared Fallahiya a prisoner of conscience and has raised concerns that he is not receiving adequate treatment for sickle cell anaemia and heart problems . read full story / add a comment
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dublin / arts and media / event notice Wednesday October 31, 2007 12:16 by andrew kenny   image 1 image
An Art Auction in Aid of The Bridge Foundation, Calcutta, will take place on Fri 9th November at 7pm in Filmbase, Curved St Building, Templebar. (near the IFI).

100% of monies raised will go directly to the Foundation, which works with children from the slums and streets of the city.

On the night there will be a wide range of work on sale from painting and print to photographic images and work created by the children helped by the project. There will also be entertainment provided by Indian Film and Raga musician, Ustav Lal and Indian food to sample.
It is sure to be an atmospheric and enjoyable evening and the perfect opportunity to purchase an artistic Christmas present! read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / news report Tuesday October 30, 2007 23:39 by E   text 89 comments (last - tuesday november 06, 2007 14:14)   image 11 images
A successful protested took place this evening in UCD where Shell to Sea activists took on both the government and the Shell Corporation in the space of one evening. read full story / add a comment
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international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Tuesday October 30, 2007 22:19 by Paula Geraghty   text 8 comments (last - thursday october 24, 2013 14:43)   image 8 images
Kurds protest at the Dáil as Turkey plans to attack Northern Iraq, while the American controlled Iraq will let tham in order to capture PKK resistance fighters.
http://www.pressdisplay.com/pressdisplay/viewer.aspx- link to IT article by Lara Marlowe on Turkish plans. read full story / add a comment
Mayo solidarity with the NIger Delta struggle
national / anti-capitalism / feature Tuesday October 30, 2007 20:44 by Sean Mallory (wsm pers cap) & Soundmigration (wsm pers cap)   text 24 comments (last - tuesday november 13, 2007 22:36)   image 11 images   audio 2 audio files
Looking back at Shells history of brutality and looking forward to the comemmeration actions in Mayo on November 9th read full story / add a comment
Poster
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Tuesday October 30, 2007 20:27 by DCU Student   text 4 comments (last - tuesday november 13, 2007 09:25)   image 2 images
This meeting is being supported by members of OSF, Eirigi, SWSS and WSM. read full story / add a comment
IFC Convention.
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Tuesday October 30, 2007 15:32 by pat c   text 14 comments (last - thursday november 29, 2007 18:12)   image 3 images
The Iraq Freedom Congress held its First Convention last week in Kirkurk. The IFC opposes both the Occupation of Iraq and the the sectarian Militias. The IFC slogans are "No Shiite ... No Sunni… ours is humanitarian identity" and "No to the occupation ... No to the sectarian gangs"

On October 21, 2007 the first Convention of Iraq Freedom Congress was held in the city of Kirkuk, attended by many elected delegates who came from different provinces and cities of Iraq (Basra, Nasiriyah, Shatrah, Diwaniyah, Kut, Hashemite, Suwayrah, Numaniyah, Kifl, Hillah, Alexandria, Baghdad, Samarra, Tikrit, Bejee, Mosul and Kirkuk). The delegates were able to reach the conference hall despite the serious danger they could have faced on their way and the collapse of the security situation, such as booby-trapped cars, bombs and sectarian gangs. read full story / add a comment
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international / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Tuesday October 30, 2007 14:38 by Ender Yılmaz & José Antonio Gutiérrez D.   image 1 image
An member of the WSM and the Turkish anarchist organization AKI look at the crisis in Turkey, a crisis pushed further into the spotlight since this article was written by the threats to invade Iraqi Kurdistan. Turkish politics are full of contradictions and paradoxical situations. But the bottom line is that both the “democratic” political Islam as well as the “authoritarian” army are elite alternatives opposed to the basic interests of workers, that have agreed on the fundamentals and will likely keep agreeing in maintaining the repressive political structures of the Kemalist state, read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice / news report Tuesday October 30, 2007 14:26 by Edward Horgan   text 48 comments (last - monday december 17, 2007 20:59)   image 3 images
The arrival of CIA torture rendition plane N475LC at Shannon at about 1.20 am this morning was witnessed by Edward Horgan, Conor Cregan, and Garda Pat Harte and Garda Karen Fitzgerald, who were watching Cregan and Horgan at the time. Immediate requests for this plane to be searched were immediatly refused.

Photos of this aircraft taken at Shannon can be found at this web address:
http://www.jetphotos.net/showphotos.php?regsearch=N475LC,
A google search on N475LC will show up all the information the Gardai need to justify carrying out a search on this plane. read full story / add a comment
Doire Press
galway / arts and media / event notice Monday October 29, 2007 23:54 by Over The Edge   image 1 image
Launch of 'Love's Enterprise Zone' by poet John Walsh
on Thursday, November 8th read full story / add a comment
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international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Monday October 29, 2007 21:15 by posted by F Espinoza   text 1 comment (last - monday october 29, 2007 21:24)   image 6 images
The Cuban chapter of the Defense of Humanity Network announced in Havana a new call for the release of the five anti-terrorist Cubans incarcerated for nine years with heavy sentences hanging over them. read full story / add a comment
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galway / anti-war / imperialism / news report Monday October 29, 2007 15:54 by Katrina   text 3 comments (last - wednesday october 31, 2007 00:23)   image 5 images
Yesterday, Galway Food Not Bombs in its ongoing campaign to attenuate the slaughter and war mongering of this world fed people for free in Shop street rather than murdered them with bombs. However, based on Fareed Zakaria opinion, next Sunday's banner will read; Tranquillisers Not Bombs : "the American discussion about Iran has lost all connection to reality. . . . Iran has an economy the size of Finland's. . . . It has not invaded a country since the late 18th century. The United States has a GDP that is 68 times larger and defense expenditures that are 110 times greater. Israel and every Arab country (except Syria and Iraq) are . . . allied against Iran. And yet we are to believe that Tehran is about to overturn the international system and replace it with an Islamo-fascist order? What planet are we on?." http://counterpunch.org/moayedian10272007.html
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dublin / environment / event notice Monday October 29, 2007 12:10 by Shell   text 2 comments (last - monday october 29, 2007 17:14)   image 2 images
Shell to sea are holding a protest @ 6pm Tuesday 30th October at UCD's student centre

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about 100 people attend the Shroom march Amsterdam Sat. last
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Monday October 29, 2007 10:40 by gurggle   text 2 comments (last - monday october 29, 2007 21:56)   image 1 image
The Dutch government have decided to ban shroom sales. But at least one hundred people gathered to save them Saturday last carrying colourful shroomie messages "When will they ban bread?" and "Boss of your own brain", they thus vowed to go on doing whatever it is they do to their brain.

Amongst marchers were included the weighty psychedelic Arno Adelaars who criticised foreign tourists for getting pissed up on beer, gawking at prostitutes, stuffing their faces with hash cake & then thinking that's the time for a dose of psilicybin. Quite right. I agree. Rather than banning the shrooms they should ban the tourists. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / news report Monday October 29, 2007 10:15 by Reductio ad Absurdum   text 5 comments (last - tuesday october 30, 2007 10:54)   image 1 image
On the second of October 2007 a complaint was received at the coroner's court about the
alledged use of lethal force by members of the armed ERU in relation to the shootings
at lusk P.O. The Coroner Brian Farrell decided to press ahead with the inquest to bring in
Verdict on the deaths of the two men. Interestingly not much has happened on the media
in the ensuing 26 days. is it suppression?
The Gardai want to arm the plod- GRA press-released yesterday. read full story / add a comment
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dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Monday October 29, 2007 01:57 by Fergal Scully   text 4 comments (last - thursday november 15, 2007 21:14)   image 1 image   1 attached file
A weekend of workshops, talks and films will be held in Seomra Spraoi from 16th-18th November. The purpose of the weekend is to get people new to activism from various backgrounds and groups to meet up, get to know each other and learn from the experience of the current Gluaiseacht activists and others. We hope to create enthusiasm for the various campaigns and some formal and informal networks which would kick-start some serious activism through Gluaiseacht and the other groups invited to participate.

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dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Monday October 29, 2007 01:46 by Fergal Scully   text 4 comments (last - tuesday november 20, 2007 16:09)   image 1 image   1 attached file
A weekend of workshops, talks and films will be held in Seomra Spraoi from 16th-18th November. The purpose of the weekend is to get people new to activism from various backgrounds and groups to meet up, get to know each other and learn from the experience of the current Gluaiseacht activists and others. We hope to create enthusiasm for the various campaigns and some formal and informal networks which would kick-start some serious activism through Gluaiseacht and the other groups invited to participate.

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result of the Irish Times Head2Head poll on the Corrib Gas project
mayo / environment / opinion/analysis Monday October 29, 2007 01:03 by JM   text 19 comments (last - tuesday october 30, 2007 13:56)   image 10 images
The latest Irish Times online Head2Head poll concerned itself with the Corrib gas controversy in North Mayo, and asked the following question:

Is Shell's Corrib Gas project good for the local community?

The result came in as a resounding NO, with 84% believing the project as proposed is bad for the local community, with less than 1 in 6 agreeing it was good for the area. read full story / add a comment
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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Sunday October 28, 2007 21:23 by Simon mcGuinness   image 2 images
Internationally acclaimed writer and former CIA Whistle Blower, Mr. Philip Agee, will address a public meeting in Liberty Hall Theatre at 8 pm on Tuesday 20th November 2007. Philip Agee came to international attention when he revealed many of the CIA’s covert and illegal activities in South America. As a result, he was deported from Britain as a threat to the security of the state and was denounced as a traitor by George Bush Sr.

He will describe the undeclared terrorist war against Cuba launched by the USA - a terrorist war that has killed more than died on all sides during the "troubles" in Ireland - yet it remains unknown outside Cuba. Mr Agee's Europe tour has been curtailed due to ill health and he is unlikely to be able to attend any of the Irish events in person.

Venue Update


The Dublin event on 20 November at 8pm at Liberty Hall Theatre will continue as planned with a film featuring an extended interview with Mr Agee entitled "One Man's Story: Philip Agee, Cuba and the CIA". His prepared speech will then be delivered by a well-known Irish actor, followed by questions and answers. read full story / add a comment
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