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The Saker
A bird's eye view of the vineyard

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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The Daily Sceptic

offsite link Miliband Picked the Wrong Week to Boast That Wind Power is Britain?s ?Biggest Source of Electricity? Sat Jan 11, 2025 07:00 | Ben Pile
Ed Miliband picked a bad week to trumpet wind power becoming Britain's "biggest source of electricity", says Ben Pile, as a cold snap sent costs spiralling and brought gas-starved Britain to the brink of deadly blackouts.
The post Miliband Picked the Wrong Week to Boast That Wind Power is Britain’s “Biggest Source of Electricity” appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link News Round-Up Sat Jan 11, 2025 02:10 | Toby Young
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 Is Facebook Really Committed to Free Speech? Fri Jan 10, 2025 18:25 | Rebekah Barnett
Depending on which echo chamber you get your news from, this week Mark Zuckerberg took steps to either save democracy or to end it. But how far is he really going in his new commitment to free speech, asks Rebekah Barnett.
The post Is Facebook Really Committed to Free Speech? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Reform Candidate ?Sacked? by Housing Association for Reposting ?Racist? Daily Telegraph Cartoon Fri Jan 10, 2025 15:10 | Will Jones
A housing officer was sacked for being a Reform UK candidate and reposting a Daily Telegraph cartoon after being told Reform?s policies on immigration and Net Zero were "in direct conflict" with his employer's "values".
The post Reform Candidate “Sacked” by Housing Association for Reposting “Racist” Daily Telegraph Cartoon appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Trudeau?s Prorogation of Parliament is a Mistake He Must Be Allowed to Make Fri Jan 10, 2025 13:18 | Dr James Allan
Justin Trudeau wants to prorogue Parliament to buy time before the election. Voters will punish him for it, says Prof James Allan, but it's a mistake he must be allowed to make without activist judges getting in the way.
The post Trudeau’s Prorogation of Parliament is a Mistake He Must Be Allowed to Make appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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Voltaire Network
Voltaire, international edition

offsite link Voltaire, International Newsletter N?114-115 Fri Jan 10, 2025 14:04 | en

offsite link End of Russian gas transit via Ukraine to the EU Fri Jan 10, 2025 13:45 | en

offsite link After Iraq, Libya, Gaza, Lebanon and Syria, the Pentagon attacks Yemen, by Thier... Tue Jan 07, 2025 06:58 | en

offsite link Voltaire, International Newsletter N?113 Fri Dec 20, 2024 10:42 | en

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national / consumer issues / news report Monday April 27, 2009 11:38 by Plato   text 1 comment (last - wednesday july 14, 2010 09:21)
Last year, Minister Ryan indicated that he would soon bring legislation forward so as to stop the rip-off by "subscription services" Alas.nothing has happened read full story / add a comment
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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Saturday April 25, 2009 16:20 by éirígí PRO   text 11 comments (last - sunday october 13, 2013 03:18)   image 11 images
éirígí activists yesterday marked the 93rd anniversary of the 1916 Rising with a series of banner drops and the erections of dozens of posters. read full story / add a comment
Lismullin Bridge as seen from Rath Lugh
international / history and heritage / news report Friday April 24, 2009 17:05 by Tara Tara Tara   text 6 comments (last - saturday april 25, 2009 10:49)   image 8 images   video 1 video file
Poster for meeting
international / anti-capitalism / news report Friday April 24, 2009 15:40 by Andrew editing - Farah recording - Torab Saleh speaking   image 1 image   audio 1 audio file
Yesterday Torab Saleh who took part in the Iranian revolution of 1979 spoke in Dublin of his personal experiences of that time and the challenges it presented to him and others on the left. This is the audio recording of that meeting. read full story / add a comment
Spelling it out -- of the protesters on Sunday (some of the 1916 leaders' descendants in front)
dublin / history and heritage / news report Friday April 24, 2009 15:22 by Diarmuid Breatnach   text 8 comments (last - monday april 27, 2009 20:07)   image 2 images
Public hearing of appeal against property developers' plan for Moore Street has been going on all week. 500 people protested on Sunday in a symbolic Arms Around Moore Street event. Witness for the developers compares the deliberate destruction of the Reichstag as a fascist symbol with the burning of the British Embassy in Dublin after Bloody Sunday. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Friday April 24, 2009 14:28 by Paula Geraghty   text 1 comment (last - friday april 24, 2009 22:13)   video 1 video file
A multi-national group of people took part in a protest to show their horror at events in Sri Lanka against the Tamil people. read full story / add a comment
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antrim / miscellaneous / news report Thursday April 23, 2009 10:23 by Belfast WSM   text 3 comments (last - friday april 24, 2009 19:40)   image 1 image   1 attached file
Mayday is a time of reflecting and renewing the proud tradition of working-class resistance and commitment to social revolution. The spirit of class struggle continues to burn in our class from the Visteon workplace occupations to the school occupations in Glasgow and beyond. As we continue to bear the brunt of job cuts, house evictions and police brutality, the powerful message of direct action and solidarity against the bosses and the state is as relevant and necessary as ever before. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Thursday April 23, 2009 08:59 by Dublin Shell to Sea   text 32 comments (last - friday april 24, 2009 23:11)   image 7 images
Willie Corduff, one of the Rossport 5 and Goldman prize winner, was badly beaten by men in balaclavas and dark clothes at approximatly 4 o clock in the monrning last night.

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The gates go up
mayo / environment / news report Wednesday April 22, 2009 23:34 by A   text 6 comments (last - sunday april 26, 2009 23:25)   image 15 images
Todays fencing (and gates?) in Glengad is right now being removed by the community

Shell returned in force to Glengad early this morning on Wednesday 22nd April 2009. Willie Corduff & 2 others lay under a Shell truck where Willie lies as we write, and is not for moving, despite the efforts of a number of Gardai to remove him. read full story / add a comment
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galway / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Tuesday April 21, 2009 18:01 by TD   text 6 comments (last - saturday april 10, 2010 18:29)   image 3 images   video 1 video file
Following the passing in February of a similar motion by Sligo County Council, yesterday evening, by a majority of 12 to 2, Galway City Council passed a joint motion by Billy Cameron and Collette Connolly of the Labour Party, that called on the City Manager, Joe MacGrath, not to renew the city's water management contract with French multinational, Veolia. read full story / add a comment
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antrim / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Monday April 20, 2009 21:47 by Sean Matthews-personal capacity   image 4 images
Belfast City Centre was brought to a standstill last Friday lunchtime in a rally organised by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) against the latest job losses in the manufacturing and textile industry.

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Mike Dwyer seen on right filming protestors at Shell to Sea protest
national / anti-capitalism / news report Sunday April 19, 2009 23:33 by Sean   text 96 comments (last - friday may 29, 2009 12:52)   image 26 images   video 3 video files
The security firm employed by Shell to stop protests by locals against the building of the gas pipeline had employed Tipperary man Mike Dwyer at the site in the past. read full story / add a comment
sligo / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Sunday April 19, 2009 20:54 by Allen   text 7 comments (last - thursday april 23, 2009 19:58)
The presence of plainclothes Gardai in an unmarked car in the vicinity of a 1916 Commemoration in Sligo where two former Labour Party Mayors, Cllr. Declan Bree (Sligo Borough Council) & Cllr. Catherine Connolly (Galway City Council), held a ceremony has been described as "sinister and disturbing."

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national / miscellaneous / news report Sunday April 19, 2009 19:30 by Mark P   text 4 comments (last - thursday april 30, 2009 01:46)   video 6 video files
Last Thursday, 16th April 2009, Joe Higgins, the Socialist Party candidate in the forthcoming European Elections and Jim Power, economist with Friends First, debated the current economic crisis. The debate took place in Wynne's Hotel, in front of a large crowd. read full story / add a comment
national / environment / news report Saturday April 18, 2009 22:48 by Contaminated Crow
A telemast, a quarry, an electricity substation, a technological campus, water extraction, electricity interconnector and timber processing read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous / news report Thursday April 16, 2009 11:23 by FEE   text 15 comments (last - thursday april 23, 2009 02:49)   image 4 images
Protest against the governments budget. read full story / add a comment
national / environment / news report Tuesday April 14, 2009 20:23 by Contaminated Crow   text 4 comments (last - saturday april 18, 2009 22:39)
Two landfills, a sludge treatment plant, a LNG terminal and powerlines read full story / add a comment
kerry / environment / news report Tuesday April 14, 2009 14:39 by Blue Planet Advocate   text 10 comments (last - monday july 27, 2009 22:21)
Kerry Council and An Bord Pleanala have agreed to the Unsustainable Development of The Great Blasket Islands.
Works Have Begun. read full story / add a comment
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dublin / history and heritage / news report Monday April 13, 2009 18:58 by konia   text 7 comments (last - thursday april 16, 2009 10:07)   image 7 images   video 2 video files
In Dublin today, the North Inner City Folklore Project organised a commemoration of the 1916 Easter Rising by honouring the men and women who fought for Irish Freedom. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Monday April 13, 2009 18:34 by Justin Morahan   text 11 comments (last - thursday april 16, 2009 13:48)
Israel's contemptible treatment of its famous whisleblower continues. His Good Friday harassment again raises the question: Is part of Israel's relentless punishment of Mordechai Vanunu because of his Christian faith? read full story / add a comment
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