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offsite link Alternative Copy of thesaker.is site is available Thu May 25, 2023 14:38 | Ice-Saker-V6bKu3nz
Alternative site: https://thesaker.si/saker-a... Site was created using the downloads provided Regards Herb

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
Promoting Human Rights in Ireland

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

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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international / sci-tech / other press Monday February 12, 2007 15:19 by R. Isible   text 1 comment (last - tuesday february 13, 2007 19:03)
Gillian McKeith is a popular TV quack whose books on health and nutrition are avidly consumed by a gullible public in the UK. Due to a grassroots efforts by bloggers the author of the book most borrowed from UK libraries in 2005/6 "Dr. Gillian McKeith's You Are What You Eat Cookbook", has been forced to stop misleadingly calling herself a doctor. read full story / add a comment
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roscommon / anti-capitalism / other press Monday February 12, 2007 14:34 by Paddy Murphy   text 19 comments (last - saturday december 06, 2008 00:17)   image 9 images   video 1 video file
The Irish Times is reporting that RAF/Baader-Meinhof gang member, Brigitte Mohnhaupt, after 24 years in jail would be released on five years probation on March 27. Brigitte, 57, was arrested in 1982 and sentenced to five life sentences for her role in the killings of leading German figures including industrialist Hanns Martin Schleyer, Dresdner Bank head Juergen Ponto and federal prosecutor Siegfried Buback.

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dublin / miscellaneous / other press Monday February 12, 2007 01:12 by David Collins   text 1 comment (last - tuesday february 13, 2007 19:09)
A brief notice about a small web-based project which aims to facilitate free sharing of goods, and free provision of services. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Sunday February 11, 2007 06:06 by nano   text 4 comments (last - monday february 12, 2007 18:18)
John Howard, known internationally as a Bush lackey, shameless coward, racist and abandoner of Australian citizens in trouble, today levelled a criticism at U.S. Presidential candidate, Barak Obama. The ‘aluminium tubing’ Prime Minister stated that Obama’s Iraq policy would “completely destabilise and destroy Iraq”. Howard seems ‘completely’ oblivious to the FACT that his participation in the illegal invasion and occupation of Iraq has ALREADY COMPLETELY DESTABILISED AND DESTROYED Iraq! read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Saturday February 10, 2007 13:53 by peptide
The ever increasing, unmentionable death toll of U.S. military expansionism in the Middle East, Eastern Europe and elsewhere exceeds one million souls. The human casualties have achieved unification and consensus at last! The slogan of death is unutterable, perfectly silent and devastatingly effective! Devoid of tribe, nation, race, religion and every other divisive factor that contributed to their demise, all humans are united in death – they are finished! In death there are no ideologies, 'critical issues' or causes. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Thursday February 08, 2007 04:39 by Kwang zi
China's President Hu Jintao re-establishes trade links with Africa vowing not to interfere with the sovereign rights of African nations. The net result of this soft approach is African nations clamouring to the Chinese whose trade links with Africa extend thousands of years into the past. Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of large African port cities containing artefacts and trade material from China and Africa. Large amounts of ceramics, ivory, gems, precious metals and a wealth of other artefacts reveal a long history of lively and thriving two-way trade between the two continents. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Wednesday February 07, 2007 19:18 by www.democracynow.org
In Florida, USA, Governor Charlie Crist has announced the state will abandon touch-screen voting machines in favor of paper ballots. The $30 million replacement would mark the nation’s biggest rejection of voting-machines to date.

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international / miscellaneous / other press Wednesday February 07, 2007 14:26 by Apparat   text 42 comments (last - thursday february 15, 2007 00:52)
The ISN have added 4 new publications to irishsocialist.net

☆ An article on Trotsky
☆ The latest issue of "The Finglas People"
☆ Reflections on the Anti War Movement in Ireland
☆ A review of "Socialism Made Easy", by James Connolly - first published in Red Banner read full story / add a comment
international / sci-tech / other press Tuesday February 06, 2007 15:58 by R. Isible
The independent documentary Loose Change [1] is doing the rounds in screenings and downloads (over 4 million apparently for just this version on Google Videos) [2]. Despite overwhelming testimony from independent scientific experts as publicised by Counterpunch [3], Popular Mechanics [4] and South Park [5] the documentary is spreading a pall of confusion and misinformation about 9/11. George Monbiot takes it on in his latest column: read full story / add a comment
One of the Wind Turbines at Cahore Point in Co. Wexford
international / environment / other press Tuesday February 06, 2007 11:24 by Terence   image 1 image
According to the latest statistics released by the European Wind Energy Association www.ewea.org, Ireland's wind power capacity increased by 50% last year bringing us from 495 MW (megawatts) to 745 MW. Meanwhile for Europe as a whole, new records were broken again and capacity installed for last year by 23% or 7,588 MW over the 2005 figure. Cumulatively total capacity increased by 19% with the total for Europe now over 48,000 MW. read full story / add a comment
national / animal rights / other press Tuesday February 06, 2007 11:23 by CAPS   text 3 comments (last - sunday february 11, 2007 23:53)
The UK-based Captive Animals' Protection Society and Dublin-based Alliance for Animal Rights have launched a website as part of their campaign to end the use of animals in circuses.
The website includes reports, videos, information on animal circuses and encourages the public to get actively involved in the campaign. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Tuesday February 06, 2007 00:31 by Sean
An emergency appeal from human rights groups in Canada for individuals and groups internationally to show solidarity with three detainees in Canada's Guantanamo who are approaching their 75th day on hungerstrike on Wednesday 7th February. Please take a minute to email, phone or fax your protest to the Canadian Embassy in Dublin and copy to the campaign at the address given below.

65 St. Stephen's Green
Dublin 2
Ireland
Tel: 353 (1) 417-4100
Fax: 353 (1) 417-4101
email: cdnembsy@iol.ie

Please copy emails to: abolissons@gmail.com and tasc@web.ca
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dublin / anti-capitalism / other press Monday February 05, 2007 18:25 by Revolt Video   text 2 comments (last - tuesday february 27, 2007 20:28)   image 1 image
Chomsky came to a private meeting with anarchists and activts in Dublin during 2006. He spoke about anarchism, the Spanish Civil War and Vietnam among other topics. This is a 3 camera shoot, the audio of this will be availble through radio.indymedia.org for those who don ' t wish to download the full video file. For those who do we recommend videolan as your player regardless of what OS you are using.

http://video.indymedia.org/en/2007/01/711.shtml
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national / miscellaneous / other press Monday February 05, 2007 15:51 by none   text 4 comments (last - friday may 20, 2016 03:31)
Monsanto Ireland CEO Patrick O’Reilly is furious at RTE 2 for broacasting “The Future of Food” last Sunday.

He has complained to RTE and to the chief scientists of the various agricultural research bodies. The Irish Farmers Journal printed the following article in its current issue: read full story / add a comment
Under investigation this morning
national / politics / elections / other press Monday February 05, 2007 09:49 by Groundhog   image 1 image
The Dublin free-press which litters our buses has a headline
this morning about the mundane : Minister Mc Dowell is under
investigation for planning irregularities in relation to his constituency
offices in Ranelagh. read full story / add a comment
offaly / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Monday February 05, 2007 02:47 by Nora G.
In today's UK Guardian, a letter signed by Noam Chomsky, Naomi Klein, John Pilger, Walden Bello, Michael Greger, Mike Davis, Caroline Lucas, Green MEP, Gabriel Carlyle, Pandemic Action,
Kathy Kelly, Voices for Creative Nonviolence, Michael Albert, ZNet. Mairead Corrigan Maguire, Nobel peace prize winner and Hans von Sponeck, former UN assistant secretary general warns that "Humanity faces a massive global threat from avian influenza"

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international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Saturday February 03, 2007 16:06 by pat c   text 5 comments (last - tuesday february 06, 2007 11:37)
Conscription never went away you know. It just became Economic Conscription. It is Working Class kids who will die in the war for oil. Sixteen-year-old Cara is particularly keen. "They told us about the pay, and it's way better than all my cousins
are getting," she says.

Don't forget : James Connolly first came to Ireland in the uniform of a British Soldier, he was an Economic Conscript.

pat c

Britain's child army

Stricken by Iraq and low morale, the British army is on a desperate
recruitment drive. Its new targets? Poorly educated teenagers and young
schoolchildren

On a winter day, 38 schoolchildren gather at Fulwood Barracks in Preston. They are aged between 14 and 16 they have been bussed over from a poorly performing comprehensive in a deprived area. The teachers who have come along with them seem apprehensive. Many of these kids can be unruly; others are quiet but don't perform well in class.
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international / environment / other press Friday February 02, 2007 19:17 by Terence
It has been revealed in a report in today's Guardian newspaper that Scientists have been recently offered bribes of $10,000 each by a lobby group funded by one of the world's largest oil companies to undermine a major climate change report due to be published today. read full story / add a comment
Jazh , hope this is the right pic......
international / eu / other press Friday February 02, 2007 14:02 by C Murray   text 18 comments (last - thursday january 03, 2008 20:22)   image 5 images
The whole light emission thing which was brought to our attention by
'bright spark' comes to mind. There is to be a photo-op , as part of the German
Presidency of the EU- it comes under the heading 'Youth, Culture and education'
The piece is called "More Light".

All interesting EU German presidency stuff is oN:- http://www.eu2007.de.
Today, a Press release on the Kosovo Situation, which was highlighted
by the sad death of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskya. read full story / add a comment
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