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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 Canadian Town Fined and Mayor Sent for Compulsory Education After Failing to Hoist Pride Flag Sun Dec 01, 2024 19:00 | Richard Eldred
In a bizarre ruling, the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal has fined the tiny town of Emo and its mayor $15,000 for failing to fly a Pride flag ? on a flagpole that doesn't exist.
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offsite link Police Failing to Solve Three in Every Four Domestic Burglaries Sun Dec 01, 2024 17:02 | Richard Eldred
A national crisis is unfolding as police in England and Wales fail to solve three in four domestic burglaries, leaving nearly 32,000 victims stranded without justice in just three months
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offsite link Fear of Offence is Eroding Free Speech and Fuelling Modern Blasphemy Laws, Says Kathleen Stock Sun Dec 01, 2024 15:02 | Richard Eldred
Blasphemy laws are a dangerous road to walk down, as religious offence should never trump the vital need for free speech, no matter who gets upset, warns Kathleen Stock in the Sunday Times.
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offsite link Is Elon Musk About to Give Nigel Farage $100 Million to Make Him Next PM? Sun Dec 01, 2024 13:00 | Richard Eldred
Elon Musk is rumored to back Nigel Farage?s Reform Party with a $100 million "F*** you, Starmer" play to shake up UK politics and elevate Farage to Downing Street.
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offsite link ?If We Want to Reverse Global Warming We?re Going to Have to Be a Bit More Queer? Sun Dec 01, 2024 11:00 | Steven Tucker
"If we want to reverse global warming we're going to have to be a bit more queer." Chad Frischmann is a 'queer climate expert' convinced that gays have a "superpower" to solve climate change. Steven Tucker is sceptical.
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How fracking works
sligo / environment Thursday March 08, 2012 - 13:12 by Edward Durand   text 2 comments (last - friday march 09, 2012 - 21:12)   image 1 image
Dr. John O’Connor and Jessica Ernst from Canada gave a series of talks on ‘The realities of hydraulic fracturing and associated health risks’ across Ireland. This is a write-up of their talks on fracking in Sligo. ... read full story / add a comment
national / environment Wednesday March 07, 2012 - 23:44 by indigoshaman   text 3 comments (last - saturday march 10, 2012 - 07:51)
Teagasc, the agriculture and food development authority in Ireland, have
applied for a licence to grow Genetically Modified potatoes in Ireland.
Their application arrived on 27/2/2012 and the public has until 27/3/2012
"to make representations" about the application. ... read full story / add a comment
Another Corrib special sitting
mayo / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday March 06, 2012 - 20:52 by Rossport Solidarity Camp   text 8 comments (last - friday march 09, 2012 - 22:29)   image 1 image   video 1 video file
Between the 20th and 24th of February 2012, 19 campaigners were tried at a 'special sitting' of Belmullet District Court, for alleged offences arising from protest against the Corrib gas project. Most of those tried were for Section 8 and 9 of the Public Order Act. Section 9 is obstructing 'the free passage of a person/vehicle’ in a public place and section 8 is failure to obey the directions of a Garda.

Overall the judge came down very heavily on the defendants. The hearings began only one week after public criticism from the minister for Justice Alan Shatter against what he called “protest tourism”. One campaigner received a prison sentence and three others received suspended sentences. Fines for all cases totalled €8350. ... read full story / add a comment
galway / anti-war / imperialism Monday March 05, 2012 - 21:40 by GALWAY ALLIANCE AGAINST WAR   text 5 comments (last - thursday march 08, 2012 - 19:34)
The Galway Alliance Against War has learnt that the British military display team, the Red Arrows, will perform during the Volvo Ocean Race Finale in Galway on July 1st. Another “war outfit” has also been invited, but has not yet confirmed. ... read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice Monday March 05, 2012 - 18:58 by Lurgan
As new details emerge which show that eight armed undercover British soldiers were targeting Sam Marshall at the time of his death in March 1990, a book to be launched this week will reveal further details.
The murdered man's relatives say , "As a result of information and facts concerning Sam’s killing which we have discovered in recent times, we are now convinced that members of British state forces, including British military intelligence and the Special Branch, were directly involved in the planning and commission of his murder. We also believe that British government ministers are aware of that fact.
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dublin / environment Monday March 05, 2012 - 10:54 by CDC   image 5 images
Today (4/3/12) the CDC in cooperation with residents in Charlemont Street continued to work on a communal garden for the area.

Spokesperson for the CDC and Charlemont Street resident Tony N commented: ... read full story / add a comment
national / consumer issues Sunday March 04, 2012 - 17:28 by john lagan   text 13 comments (last - tuesday may 15, 2012 - 16:23)
Successive Irish governments have overseen the fluoridation of public water supplies since the practice commenced in 1964. This form of mass medication is supposed to benefit the nation's teeth.

Today 97% of Europe's water supply is fluoride free, including Northern Ireland, as this practice has been widely discredited. Eire remains the only country to fluoridate its entire public water supply. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Thursday March 01, 2012 - 20:00 by koindim   text 1 comment (last - thursday march 08, 2012 - 16:45)
We are a group of citizens who have come together from a variety of political backgrounds with a common purpose: the pressing need to articulate a coherent and persuasive critical voice that will be heard loudly both inside and outside Greece.
... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Monday February 27, 2012 - 09:42 by Giuseppe Conlon House   text 2 comments (last - tuesday july 02, 2013 - 20:02)   image 1 image
YOUTUBE -"Giuseppe Conlon" performed by Joe Black at Giuseppe Conlon House, London

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQsUcLAx03U&list=UUn6VMo...=plcp

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international / anti-war / imperialism Friday February 24, 2012 - 12:54 by LCW   text 5 comments (last - wednesday february 29, 2012 - 00:50)   image 7 images   video 2 video files
Seven Catholic Workers, a Quaker, a doctor and a priest were detained and searched following the marking of the M.O.D. Buiding in Whitehall in an anti-nuclear weapons action on Ash Wenesday ... read full story / add a comment
Locals show their solidarity with many from the Rossport Solidarity Camp who are in court
mayo / environment Wednesday February 22, 2012 - 22:54 by j debender   text 15 comments (last - monday march 05, 2012 - 00:58)   image 6 images
On Tuesday Shell to Sea spokesperson Terence Conway was handed two 3-month prison sentences for protesting against Shell's Corrib Gas Project. Throughout the week local residents have been protesting on the roads while many of their supporters are up in court in Belmullet, which so far has resulted in fines totalling 5,825 euro. ... read full story / add a comment
international / environment Wednesday February 22, 2012 - 16:47 by Joe Mc   text 4 comments (last - tuesday march 06, 2012 - 18:18)   video 1 video file
The right-wing Heartland Institute think-tank , which produces anti-scientific propaganda for climate change denial purposes , has often been criticized for its links to mining, oil and mineral extraction industries . These links would seem to have been confirmed by the publishing of documents on the Desmogblog site on February 14 that , if authentic, reveal much of the "inner workings " of Heartlands . ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Wednesday February 22, 2012 - 14:59 by Paul Gavan   video 1 video file
This short video gives a summary of reasons why workers employed in the Community Sector need to organise in order to defend the vital services they provide. It's time for all Community Workers to demand their right to collective bargaining, and have their say over the future of the Community and Voluntary Sector! Join us on the Road to Recognition! ... read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment Tuesday February 21, 2012 - 11:20 by j debender   text 8 comments (last - friday february 24, 2012 - 10:15)
In Belmullet district court on Monday 20th February, 6 campaigners were
convicted of a total of 13 charges between them with fines totaling 3,035
euros. While this went on, local residents blocked Shell's haulage route
between Bellanaboy refinery and the compound in Glengad.
... read full story / add a comment
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mayo / environment Monday February 20, 2012 - 20:13 by Shell To Sea   text 3 comments (last - monday february 20, 2012 - 20:21)   image 19 images
Music, dancing, games and a bit of trespassing. ... read full story / add a comment
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dublin / environment Monday February 20, 2012 - 18:14 by Nico   text 2 comments (last - wednesday february 22, 2012 - 18:53)   image 5 images
Today (19-2-12) the Dublin Citizens Defence Committee carried out a second weeks work on a communal garden in Charlemont Street, Tom Kelly Flats. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Monday February 20, 2012 - 01:01 by Diet Simon
The Australian Labor government is planning more assaults on the rights of Aborigines.
It plans to extend for another ten years onerous conditions on income quarantining, education, alcohol and land rights.
And moves to dump nuclear waste on Aboriginal land have advanced with a deal between government and opposition.
... read full story / add a comment
antrim / environment Sunday February 19, 2012 - 23:59 by No To Fracking   text 4 comments (last - thursday february 23, 2012 - 17:03)
The prospect of Fracking moves one ominous step closer in the North Coast. Join the No To Fracking campaign! ... read full story / add a comment
Stop criminalising our community
mayo / environment Sunday February 19, 2012 - 23:28 by j debender   image 1 image
On Monday February 20th the Belmullet courthouse in Co. Mayo will be full of campaigners opposing the Corrib Gas Project. Nineteen people are facing 80 charges between them for civil disobedience, and this week has been set aside as a special sitting for the campaigners. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday February 19, 2012 - 22:18 by Shell to Sea
At 10.30am this Monday 20th of February nineteen campaigners will arrive at Belmullet District Court to face 80 charges arising from protests against Shell’s Corrib Gas Project in Co. Mayo. This unprecedented volume of civil disobedience charges is all scheduled to be dealt with within one week. ... read full story / add a comment
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