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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

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offsite link Michael ?Hockey Stick? Mann Ordered To Pay National Review Over $500,000 Sun Jan 12, 2025 11:00 | Richard Eldred
Michael Mann, infamous for his climate "hockey stick" graph, has been ordered to pay over $530,000 in legal fees after spending over a decade trying ? and failing ? to silence National Review through a lawsuit.
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offsite link NHS?s Tech ?Efficiency? Adds Layers of Inefficiency and Pain Sun Jan 12, 2025 09:00 | Shane McEvoy
In an age where technology promises efficiency, Shane McEvoy's recent encounter with an NHS booking service chatbot paints a very different picture of inefficiency and frustration that is symptomatic of deeper issues.
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offsite link Cooking the Books: Why You Just Can?t Trust the Annual Bestseller Lists Anymore Sun Jan 12, 2025 07:00 | Steven Tucker
The New York Times Bestseller list is "pure propaganda", says Elon Musk. The newspaper even admitted in court it is "editorial content", not factual. But what about the Sunday Times version? Steven Tucker investigates.
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offsite link News Round-Up Sun Jan 12, 2025 01:23 | Will Jones
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 Top Journal: Scientists Should Be More, Not Less, Political Sat Jan 11, 2025 17:00 | Noah Carl
Science, nominally the most prestigious scientific journal in the world, is at it again. In November, they published an editorial saying that scientists need to be even more political than they already are.
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national / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Saturday October 23, 2010 16:18 by SQ
It may come as a surprise to union members but the government and the trade union general secretaries have now revealed that further pay cuts are in fact provided for under the provisions of the Croke Park agreement.

The Irish Independent of 23rd October reported that the department of finance "is strongly considering reducing wage levels for all new recruits to the public sector by a flat 10pc in the Budget". See this link:
http://www.independent.ie/national-news/budget-plan-to-....html read full story / add a comment
tipperary / anti-capitalism / news report Friday October 22, 2010 13:33 by Paddy Healy
About 100 people attended a meeting sponsored by Workers and Unemployed Action Group (South Tipperary) in Clonmel last night to discuss the alternative budget measures contained in “4Steps 2 Recovery”

The meeting was chaired by Cllr Seamus Healy. Five WUAG councillors were also in attendance. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / other press Friday October 22, 2010 03:09 by Scanner
DEAGLÁN de BRÉADÚN, Political Correspondent

SPIRITUAL AND political leader the Dalai Lama is expected to visit the Republic in April next year.

During his visit, he is due to take part in a series of events being planned by three Irish-based non-governmental organisations – Children in Crossfire, Afri and SpunOut.ie. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Thursday October 21, 2010 21:57 by Gerry C   text 7 comments (last - sunday october 24, 2010 15:34)
The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) have congratulated and paid tribute to all the activists on the Viva Palestina Gaza Convoy who today entered Gaza - breaking the siege imposed by Israel - and delivered more than $5 million in much needed humanitarian aid to the population living there. read full story / add a comment
international / environment / event notice Wednesday October 20, 2010 20:56 by Damhert
Join us in Brussels, 26th – 29th November 2010, for 4 days of debate, discussion, planning, films, cultural events, and action. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Wednesday October 20, 2010 19:21 by pat c   text 1 comment (last - friday october 22, 2010 13:56)
Here we have the truth about the freedom and democracy that the US brought to Iraq. From the very start they set out to crush independent trade unions. Full text at link.

It is only in comic books and Hollywood movies that America's superheroes exist to defend the underdog. In practice, the armies of America have fanned out around the globe to show they are the willing servants of the corporate overdog. As Noam Chomsky writes in his book “Imperial Ambitions”(Metropolitan), “You can almost predict (U.S.) policy by that simple principle: Does it help rich people or does it help the general population? And from that you can virtually deduce what's going to happen.” There is no more disgraceful example than Iraq. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Wednesday October 20, 2010 17:58 by joe mcivor
Two articles from Indymedia UK on the Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) protest at the Guardian Graduate Fair . The arms giant BAE had a presentation team at the fair in central London .Anti war protesters took over the stall yesterday (19 Oct) and staged a die-in . read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Wednesday October 20, 2010 16:05 by Paddy Hackett
"Why not freeze all mortgage payments for two years? Nobody makes any payment on their mortgage until November 2012. If we assume a conservative multiplier of only 1.4, Ireland would get € 20 bn worth of stimulus without upsetting our EU leaders rules at all." read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / event notice Wednesday October 20, 2010 07:28 by Eamonn Lynskey
A wide variety of performers/readers beginning 7.30pm. read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / event notice Wednesday October 20, 2010 07:19 by Eamonn Lynskey
A reading of poetry and prose at Chapters Bookshop, Parnell Street, Dublin read full story / add a comment
cork / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Wednesday October 20, 2010 00:09 by LATIF SERHILDAN
UK Delegation in Diyarbakir to observe the trial of 151 Kurdish political activists and human rights defenders.
Press Statement as read out to the Turkish media - 19 October 2010
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tipperary / anti-capitalism / event notice Tuesday October 19, 2010 15:14 by pat c
Public Meeting, Wed Oct. 20, Hearn’s Hotel, Clonmel. 8pm.

Community Platform, representing 29 caring organisations, will present budgetary proposals which protect the poor, the vulnerable and those on middle incomes. It’s programme “4Steps 2 Recovery” contains proposals to tax the income and assets of those best able to pay. read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Tuesday October 19, 2010 05:48 by Steven Bennett
Palestine Solidarity Protest at the Israeli embassy.

12pm - 2.30pm Wednesday the 27th of October

Location: Israeli Embassy, Pembroke Rd, Dublin 4, Ireland
http://www.yelp.ie/map/israel-embassy-dublin

Act for Palestine - Protest of the Israeli Embassy
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=116553091734635 read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Monday October 18, 2010 12:08 by José Antonio Gutiérrez D.
Like millions of others, I was absolutely delighted to see the trapped miners in the San José mine in Chile getting out alive from their stressful, claustrophobic confinement which they'd been in for almost 70 days as a result of negligence on the part of the mining companies. I could only be thrilled to see this terrible story of grief and suffering come to a happy ending and see tears exchanged for bursts of laughter. But at the same time, mixed with my joy at seeing these 33 condemned men return to life, I still had a feeling that was a mixture of revulsion and anger at the show put on by the very people who had dug what could have been these men's graves. I have no wish to be a killjoy, but when the natural euphoria that has engulfed the country calms down, a great many questions will need to be asked. read full story / add a comment
dublin / worker & community struggles and protests / event notice Monday October 18, 2010 09:54 by Dublin North Labour
Public Meeting - Ireland's Economic Future - 8pm - Swords -Tonight read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Sunday October 17, 2010 18:36 by Anne Mc Shane   text 24 comments (last - tuesday november 02, 2010 15:36)
Working class people throughout Ireland are suffering deep anxiety. With poverty, homelessness and unemployment escalating, the feeling is that we are on the edge of a phenomenal disaster.

That sense of dread has been exploited by a government bent on even more savage attacks on public spending. We had been told previously that we were facing €3 billion in cuts this December. Now it is certain to be much more. A new four year economic plan is to be imposed aimed at reducing the economic deficit to 3% by 2014. So there could be up to €7 billion in cuts this December, with more to follow. This will mean increases in taxes, in particular the introduction of taxes on the low-paid. It will also mean unprecedented attacks on health-care, social welfare, child benefit, pensions, education and just about every area of social provision. read full story / add a comment
dublin / animal rights / event notice Sunday October 17, 2010 13:38 by Laura Broxson
We'll be having another extra long protest at Barnardo's on Saturday 23rd October 12.30pm - 2.30pm- please come along and support our fight against the fur trade!

Those ex-fur farmers (who, we were informed, are paid by Barnardo's to protest our protests) are back, promoting animal abuse and creating controversy with their hateful, racist and sexist comments - but, as expected, this is resulting in more support for us and our campaign! So, come join us on Saturday, for what should be a very interesting demo! read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Sunday October 17, 2010 07:01 by Steven Bennett
Palestine Solidarity Protest at the Israeli embassy.
12pm - 2.30pm Wednesday the 20th of October
Location:
Israeli Embassy, Pembroke Rd, Dublin 4, Ireland read full story / add a comment
galway / environment / opinion/analysis Sunday October 17, 2010 01:26 by donkylemore
Having written 6 times to sen o brolochan and not having had one response i wrote this letter and had it published in a local paper read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / feature Saturday October 16, 2010 23:00 by Chris O’Connell
Amid the hum of words spoken and written here in Ecuador and further afield about the events of Thursday, September 30, two are easily discernible: “coup” and “democracy”. Yet it can be argued that neither concept had much to do with what unfolded on that day.
It would be easy to say that the convulsions that gripped Ecuador on that day were just more of the same. This is a country, after all, that has deposed three elected presidents by different means (none of them impeachment), and at one stage could count 9 different presidents in 10 years.
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