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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 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.
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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.
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offsite link The Significance of Jordan Peterson Fri Jan 10, 2025 11:00 | James Alexander
Jordan Peterson should make his mind up about Christianity, critics say. Prof James Alexander disagrees: he's a profound Jungian explorer who wants to help a secularised world see why Christianity still matters.
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national / crime and justice / press release Sunday June 27, 2010 14:12 by RNU-PRO
The Republican Network for Unity (RNU) calls on civil liberty groups, NPO’s and political parties to expose this clandestine injustice and defend the rights of Irish citizens”. read full story / add a comment
mayo / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Friday June 25, 2010 18:49 by S2S
--- Jailing comes as Shell prepare to start destructive borehole drilling ---

Maura Harrington was today jailed for non-payment of fines relating to protests against Shell's disastrous Corrib Gas project. She is currently en route to Mountjoy Prison. Mrs Harrington is now the third opponent of Shell in jail, following Pat O'Donnell and Niall Harnett. This is the fifth time Mrs Harrington has been jailed in the last 18 months, and comes as Shell have sent letters to residents of the local area, warning them of the start of drilling works in Sruwaddacon Estuary beginning 'in the coming days'.
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international / eu / press release Friday June 25, 2010 18:09 by Michael O'Callaghan
50 Irish farming, food and environmental organisations and businesses sent a letter yesterday (24 June) to the Irish Agriculture Minister, Brendan Smith, asking him to block the European Commission’s latest move to force the approval of more GM crops for cultivation at EU level.

Michael O’Callaghan of the GM-free Ireland Network said failure to do so will make it impossible for the Irish Government to implement its policy to ban field trials and cultivation of GM crops in the Republic, and also weaken the credibility of the Government’s proposed voluntary GM-free label that would provide Irish farmers and food producers with a competitive advantage in the global export markets. read full story / add a comment
Tommy in Tel Aviv
international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Thursday June 24, 2010 10:44 by Kev   text 1 comment (last - thursday june 24, 2010 12:33)   image 1 image
On Wednesday 23rd June, Irishman Tommy Donnellan took part in a protest outside the meeting of Kimberley Process Conference in the Hotel Dan Panorama in Tel Aviv. The conference is meeting to discuss the global trade in “conflict” or “blood diamonds”, and the protest was organised to highlight the double standard in the Kimberly Process which bans the trade in rough diamonds that fund human rights abuses but facilitates the far more lucrative trade in cut and polished diamonds that also fund such abuses – including Israel’s occupation of Palestine. During the protest, Mr Donnellan was questioned by Israeli police and had his passport and phone numbers taken down. read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment / press release Thursday June 24, 2010 10:24 by Mayo Shell to Sea   text 4 comments (last - friday june 25, 2010 16:15)   image 6 images
Campaigners hung a banner reading “Energy shouldn't cost the earth” from the roof of Shell offices in Belmullet this morning at 8am. This protest connected the environmental disaster suffered by the fishermen & people of Louisiana with the threat faced by the fishermen and people of Erris. In particular the protest was in solidarity with Pat O'Donnell who has been jailed for his courageous defense of the seas and his livelihood. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Wednesday June 23, 2010 16:23 by Ardoyne Republican   text 1 comment (last - wednesday june 23, 2010 17:16)
A common sense approach to forthcoming parades must prevail. To that end, G.A.R.C. take this opportunity to call upon Catholic/Nationalist and Republican people from near and far to come and stand shoulder to shoulder with the beleaguered Ardoyne community for the twelfth of July parade. Only together can we stop being treated as second-class citizens at the behest of sectarian bigots.
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dublin / worker & community struggles and protests / press release Wednesday June 23, 2010 16:21 by LASC   1 attached file
Applicants must be in receipt of state benefit for 52 weeks or longer

City Centre Voluntary Groups has a job vacancy in the following position based in LASC, 5 Merrion Row, Dublin 2 read full story / add a comment
international / gender and sexuality / press release Wednesday June 23, 2010 16:00 by Maryam Namazie
Press Release - For Immediate Publication.

Several hundred people joined One Law for All on 20 June at Downing Street to show their opposition to Sharia and religious-based laws in Britain and elsewhere and to demand universal rights and secularism. A new report “Sharia Law in Britain: A Threat to One Law for All and Equal Rights” was published on the day to coincide with the rally.

Human rights activist Gita Sahgal said of the report: “I think it is highly significant that in Britain there has been silence where there should have been condemnation. There is active support for ‘Sharia laws’ precisely because it is limited to denying women rights in the family. No hands are being cut off, so there can’t be a problem. Unfortunately for us, senior law officers will find that human rights expert bodies often have a similar attitude. They have done little research on the impact of family laws and the denial of justice caused by parallel systems of justice. That is why the findings of this report are so important. It is such dedicated work that changes the thinking of the experts.” read full story / add a comment
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national / history and heritage / press release Wednesday June 23, 2010 14:44 by Irish History   text 16 comments (last - friday july 02, 2010 17:51)   image 1 image
national / arts and media / press release Wednesday June 23, 2010 12:49 by Do The Right Thing   text 2 comments (last - thursday june 24, 2010 18:28)
This exciting new television show puts potential overseas volunteers through various challenges in order to find two people who have what it takes to win the trip of a lifetime: 1 year spent volunteering for different organisations around the world. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / press release Wednesday June 23, 2010 09:27 by Volunteer
We are delighted to announce SpunOut.ie’s first ever Academy of Activism. This is a practical, free of charge training opportunity that will be offered to twelve lucky young people who want to learn how to make a difference in today’s changing world.

The SpunOut.ie team, with the support of the NUIG Huston School of Film & Digital Media (who are hosts to Ireland's first ever Masters level Course in Public Activism) have lined up an exciting jam packed programme for this innovative ‘Academy of Activism’. read full story / add a comment
L-Rr: Mick Napier, Freda Hughes, Kamel Hawwash
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Monday June 21, 2010 11:54 by Kev   text 1 comment (last - monday june 21, 2010 14:58)   image 3 images
On Saturday 19th June 2010, the Annual General Meeting of the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) elected Freda Hughes as its new Chairperson. Ms Hughes, a teacher from Dublin, takes over the role from Dr David Landy, who remains on the National Committee as National Organiser and Vice-Chair. read full story / add a comment
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international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Monday June 21, 2010 10:07 by Free Gaza Movement (Ireland)   image 1 image
PRESS RELEASE, 21/6/10

ISRAEL'S 'EASING' OF GAZA LAND BLOCKADE IS INSUFFICIENT
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cork / miscellaneous / press release Saturday June 19, 2010 10:27 by D O D   text 1 comment (last - saturday june 19, 2010 14:02)
The Independent Workers Union promotes left unity. In order to manifest this view, it is our intention to host Cork’s first “Left Unity Table Quiz”.

The Official date for this momentous event shall be bonfire night, Wednesday 23rd June 2010, @9pm in 'An Spailpín Fánach Cork. read full story / add a comment
international / gender and sexuality / press release Friday June 18, 2010 12:09 by Maryam Namazie
Press Release: For Immediate Distribution

A new report by One Law for All has found Sharia Councils and Muslim Arbitration Tribunals to be in violation of UK law, public policy and human rights.

Read the press release about the report here: http://www.onelawforall.org.uk/new-report-sharia-law-in...ghts/

Download the full report here: http://www.onelawforall.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/New-R...n.pdf

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international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Friday June 18, 2010 11:10 by RNU PRO
“If Bloody Sunday had been limited to a few troopers and their commander, why was the truth so long stonewalled and the cover-up so doggedly continued? Why did the families of the victims have to wait so long for the truth? Meanwhile the families of many other victims of unjustified shoot-to-kill, plastic bullet, or collusion murders, continue to wait for justice.”
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national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Tuesday June 15, 2010 23:13 by Saoirse
Statement by the President of Republican Sinn Féin Des Dalton read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Tuesday June 15, 2010 20:03 by Fintan Lane   text 2 comments (last - wednesday june 16, 2010 17:34)
The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) welcomes today's expulsion of an Israeli diplomat by the Irish government and commends Minister Michael Martin for the move, but believes that the ambassador should also be expelled.

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national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Monday June 14, 2010 23:22 by Fintan Lane
IRELAND-PALESTINE SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN

PRESS RELEASE, 14/6/10 read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / press release Monday June 14, 2010 01:19 by Saoirse   text 3 comments (last - monday june 14, 2010 20:52)
Speaking at the annual Theobald Wolfe Tone commemoration in Bodenstown Co Kildare on Sunday June 13 former Republican POW Stiofán O Dálaigh, Co Tyrone said: read full story / add a comment
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