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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

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The Daily Sceptic

offsite link In Episode 22 of the Sceptic: Sam Bidwell on Britain?s Open Borders, Fleur Meston on the ?Assisted D... Fri Dec 06, 2024 07:00 | Richard Eldred
In Episode 22 of the Sceptic: Sam Bidwell on Britain?s open borders experiment, Fleur Meston on the "assisted dying" Bill and Madeline Grant on the parliamentary class of 2024.
The post In Episode 22 of the Sceptic: Sam Bidwell on Britain?s Open Borders, Fleur Meston on the ?Assisted Dying? Bill and Madeline Grant on the 2024 Parliamentary Class appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link News Round-Up Fri Dec 06, 2024 01:14 | 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 We Should Have Done Nothing Thu Dec 05, 2024 19:33 | Martin Sewell
Five years on, it's clear that lockdowns were the greatest health economics mistake in modern history, says Martin Sewell. We would have been better off doing nothing.?Next time, we should keep calm and carry on.
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offsite link Half of Businesses to Cut Jobs and Hike Prices After Budget Thu Dec 05, 2024 17:00 | Will Jones
More than half of British businesses expect to put up prices?and cut jobs to cope with the costs imposed by Rachel Reeves's Budget and National Insurance raid, according to a Bank of England survey.
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offsite link Church of England Spending ?Excessively? on Diversity, LGBT and Net Zero Officers, Report Warns Thu Dec 05, 2024 15:24 | Will Jones
The?Church of England?is overspending on HR and "politicised roles" such as diversity,?social justice,?LGBT?and Net Zero officers at the expense of parishes, a report has warned.
The post Church of England Spending “Excessively” on Diversity, LGBT and Net Zero Officers, Report Warns appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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Belfast Mayor Niall O'Donnghaile supports Boots workers
national / worker & community struggles and protests / press release Saturday June 25, 2011 15:26 by PRO   text 1 comment (last - monday june 27, 2011 13:23)   image 4 images   video 1 video file
SIPTU, the trade union representing Boots workers held a day of action at the company’s flagship store in Donegall Place, Belfast today (Sat 25th June) to highlight Boots attack on low paid workers despite achieving record profits of over £1 billion last year.

Workers held a protest for over 2 hours and handed out thousands of leaflets to bring attention to Boots withdrawal of basic terms and conditions of employment.

Mayor of Belfast Niall O'Donnghaile, a former Boots worker attended the protest to show his support.
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international / education / press release Saturday June 25, 2011 14:47 by Louise K Thomas
TheBest Poems Encyclopedia would like to call for submissions for its second annual Poetry print Anthology for the best 303 creative works and poems written of the year and develop a new collection dedicated to promote the best poets in english literature and also discover young emerging poets among social poetry diaspora. The deadline for submission is 30 November 2011. All current members and those who join in advance of the deadline are eligible. Submissions are free and information on how to submit directly via the online form can be found at our website http://www.best-poems.net read full story / add a comment
galway / arts and media / press release Saturday June 25, 2011 12:50 by Maureen Gallagher
Maureen Gallagher has just won an award in the Swift Satire Competition. read full story / add a comment
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mayo / environment / news report Friday June 24, 2011 18:03 by C   text 1 comment (last - friday june 24, 2011 18:07)   image 8 images
Yesterday, one Corrib campaigner was hospitalised and several other injured as Gardaí stood by and allowed IRMS to assault and violently remove a group of people that had peacefully sat in front of the doors of the Shell offices in Belmullet. One member of the group had to be brought by ambulance from Belmullet to Castlebar by ambulance after being hit in the back by a IRMS security guard, while another protester was punched in the face by IRMS senior supervisor Derek Bolger. read full story / add a comment
The evidence Quinn failed to acknowledge - on the front page of report handed to him on 24 May 2011
national / rights, freedoms and repression / feature Friday June 24, 2011 17:58 by Derek Leinster   text 5 comments (last - wednesday july 06, 2011 14:09)   image 16 images   3 attached files
In letters to Joe Costello TD and Bethany Home Survivors Chairperson, Derek Leinster (attached), Ruairi Quinn TD, Minister for Education, turned down the survivors' request to have the Home included in the Schedule to the Residential Institutions Redress Scheme.

They met the Minister on 24 May last, accompanied by other survivors from the home, and by Niall Meehan from Griffith College Dublin. Inclusion is necessary in order for survivors to apply for compensation for the neglect they suffered in the home that the state was aware of but ignored. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / press release Friday June 24, 2011 14:49 by Malachy Steenson   text 1 comment (last - friday june 24, 2011 15:12)
Finance Minister Michael Noonan TD flabbergasted the nation yesterday with his call on people to go on a shopping “splurge” and start spending money in the shops again. On the same programme he suggested people should wear T-shirts emblazoned with the motto “Ireland is not Greece”. As his pronouncements mimic Marie Antoinette, is clear that the pressure getting to him.
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national / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Friday June 24, 2011 14:39 by SIPTUPR   video 1 video file
Renowned UK based Academic Eilis Lawlor explains why Cleaners are valuable to society than Bankers! read full story / add a comment
Contract Cleaners protesting outside the Dail
national / worker & community struggles and protests / press release Friday June 24, 2011 14:14 by SIPTUPR   image 1 image   video 1 video file
Contract cleaners protested outside the Department of Enterprise against proposals to dismantle their Employment Regulation Order (ERO)which sets pay and conditions for their sector.
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See this Circle?
leitrim / environment / news report Friday June 24, 2011 03:34 by Who the Frack?   text 7 comments (last - tuesday december 06, 2011 12:33)   image 2 images
An Taisce and The Frackers. See the coast that area reaches over to. See the sketched pipe on map one. If it wasn't so sick it would be funny. Fracking + Shell + Renewable energy biznizz. One big clusterfuck coming to Drumshambo and parts surrounding.

Dick Roche of course was one of the Invited speakers to the RJK energy symposium. http://www.rjkenergy.com/en.php/energy-symposium/welcome
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The march moves off from the Dáil
national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Thursday June 23, 2011 11:37 by Residents Against Racism   image 5 images
A report from the Residents Against Racism demonstration for Human Rights, not Racism read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Wednesday June 22, 2011 17:26 by SLH   text 6 comments (last - monday june 27, 2011 12:01)
News is breaking of the death of anti-apartheid campaigner Kader Asmal. He was a founder member of both the British Anti-Apartheid Movement and the Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement. read full story / add a comment
antrim / miscellaneous / press release Wednesday June 22, 2011 17:02 by PRO
SIPTU, the Trade Union representing the community and voluntary sector have appealed for calm in East Belfast, calling for an end to further attacks and praised the 'crucial' work of those community workers on all sides who were 'at the coalface' in dealing with the recent violence.

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international / anti-war / imperialism / press release Tuesday June 21, 2011 21:22 by LCW   text 1 comment (last - friday august 05, 2011 14:34)
Three English Catholic Workers were today convicted at Newbury Magistrates Court of Criminal Trespass under the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act (SOCPA), and Criminal Damage.

The convictions follows a protest at the Atomic Weapons Establishment in September 2010 organised by the Catholic Worker. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Tuesday June 21, 2011 14:47 by Brian Flannery   text 74 comments (last - sunday may 29, 2016 22:01)   1 attached file
In the last 10 years, numbers have risen drastically with people being incarcerated in prisons throughout Ireland.

We need a complete overhaul in the way our prisons are run. The latest report by Judge Reilly, Inspector of Prisons were shocking and indicated that many laws have been in fact been breached viz a viz basic human rights.

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national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Tuesday June 21, 2011 14:15 by RNU PRO   text 8 comments (last - thursday june 23, 2011 13:06)
REPUBLICAN NETWORK FOR UNITY CHAIRPERSON, CARL REILLY has asked Republican communities across Belfast and beyond to be vigilant after Monday night’s sectarian attack on the Short Strand area. read full story / add a comment
All pics © Michael Gallagher 2011 - No unauthorised use permitted.
dublin / anti-capitalism / news report Monday June 20, 2011 23:49 by Michael Gallagher   text 5 comments (last - wednesday june 22, 2011 23:33)   image 5 images
Robin Hood Tax in Ireland is getting off the ground
national / anti-capitalism / feature Monday June 20, 2011 21:48 by Robin Hood   image 1 image
The Robin Hood Tax will stage a global day of action on June 22nd. As a fledgling group, Robin Hood Tax (Ireland) will initiate an email campaign aimed at our TDs asking them to support a Robin Hood Tax in Ireland. read full story / add a comment
Ruairí making the column inches by ignoring poverty issues.
national / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Monday June 20, 2011 10:58 by indignant person   text 4 comments (last - wednesday june 29, 2011 13:36)   image 1 image
I want to seperate out what is becoming problematic in terms of Irish Coalition Partnerships for a minute
and focus on how those people who attain power actually begin to use it. For instance , the Irish Dáil is
a place where ideology (of whatever flavour) is not an issue when entering into what we fondly term a junior
coalition partnership/ relationship with a majority party (JCP). it doesn't matter a bit, no political party , whatever
their stripe goes into poor areas and asks for votes , because they (and especially the Labour party) do not
care to know about poverty. It is invisible to them, and mostly at the moment in terms of access to education. read full story / add a comment
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