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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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The Daily Sceptic

offsite link The Grooming Gangs Scandal is the Tip of the Iceberg of Public Sector Failure Wed Jan 08, 2025 13:00 | Dr Rowena Slope
The grooming gangs scandal has horrors all of its own. But it's also the tip of the iceberg when it comes to public sector failure, where managerial bureaucracy has killed compassion and common sense, says Dr Rowena Slope.
The post The Grooming Gangs Scandal is the Tip of the Iceberg of Public Sector Failure appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Keir Starmer Will Order Labour MPs to Block Grooming Gangs Inquiry in Parliament Today Wed Jan 08, 2025 11:11 | Will Jones
Keir Starmer is set to block a national inquiry into child grooming gangs in Parliament today, ordering his MPs to oppose an amendment tabled by Tory leader Kemi Badenoch that would trigger a new official inquiry.
The post Keir Starmer Will Order Labour MPs to Block Grooming Gangs Inquiry in Parliament Today appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Declined: Chapter Three: ?Papers, Please!? Wed Jan 08, 2025 09:00 | M. Zermansky
Chapter three of Declined ? a dystopian satire about the emergence of a social credit system in the U.K., serialised in?the Daily Sceptic ? is here. This week: the Government clamps down on "anti-health extremists".
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offsite link The Psychoses of the Established Political Parties Wed Jan 08, 2025 07:00 | James Alexander
The Labour party suffers from a psychosis of not having any ideas of its own from later then 1890. The Conservative Party psychosis is the compulsion to 'dish the Whigs'. That's English politics, says Prof James Alexander.
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offsite link News Round-Up Wed Jan 08, 2025 01:28 | Richard Eldred
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.

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national / environment / other press Tuesday July 02, 2013 23:16 by T   text 1 comment (last - wednesday july 03, 2013 07:01)   image 1 image
VOICE has just published its latest newsletter. In it we have outlined the government’s new Household Food Waste Regulations, our recent policy submissions, our new food waste challenge and more. Click Summer 2013 to read what’s happening at VOICE! read full story / add a comment
Comhlámh Global Trade Justice Course
dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Tuesday July 02, 2013 12:54 by Susan Collins   image 1 image
What will it involve?

Facilitated by Comhlámh staff and returned development workers, attendees will have a chance to explore together some of the important issues of the return/reintegration process:

Putting the overseas experience into context
Dealing with the challenges and opportunities of being home
Applying the vast skills gained overseas for development issues from Ireland
Understanding Reverse Culture Shock
Looking at networking and career possibilities

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We all mourn. The Gathering-RSVP. June 23. Pic. John Allen.
cork / arts and media / press release Saturday June 29, 2013 17:45 by Yvonne Coughlan   text 2 comments (last - sunday june 30, 2013 13:14)   image 1 image   audio 1 audio file
The Gathering-RSVP is an experimental collaboration of artists, located internationally, responding to the question of what it means to be Irish today, in a 2 hr promenade theatre presentation, integrating film, music, dance and poetry with community arts participation.
This project is produced by RSVP (Red Sandstone Varied Productions,) Kinsale, Co. Cork, Ireland and directed by Yvonne Coughlan. It is inspired by The Gathering Ireland.
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The Gathering-RSVP. We all mourn. Pic. John Allen.
cork / arts and media / event notice Saturday June 29, 2013 16:11 by Yvonne Coughlan   image 2 images   video 1 video file   audio 1 audio file
RSVP's song creation installation 'Harmony' at The Crane Lane Theatre, Phoenix St. Cork. Friday July 12th 7.30-10.30pm. Once again, all our installations offer a FREE ENTRY opportunity to get involved! Discuss what it means to be Irish today. Voice your concerns within the positive creation of art. Be an advocate of positive action. Come have some fun for FREE! read full story / add a comment
Cops blocking the gate to the camp
mayo / environment / news report Friday June 28, 2013 16:03 by j debender   text 1 comment (last - friday june 28, 2013 17:21)   image 4 images
This week has seen large numbers of people continually walking down to Shell's tunneling compound, disrupting work and blocking Shell traffic, and many people from the camp have taken advantage of the sunny weather to spend the days helping locals with turf collecting- many hands make light work! Meanwhile the guards have spent their time patrolling around harassing people on the roads. read full story / add a comment
David Drumm: Contempt for the little people
national / crime and justice / feature Thursday June 27, 2013 23:00 by ciara   text 31 comments (last - sunday september 29, 2013 13:31)   image 3 images   video 1 video file
The astonishing tapes show senior manager John Bowe, who had been involved in negotiations with the Central Bank, laughing and joking as he tells another senior manager, Peter Fitzgerald, how Anglo was luring the State into giving it billions of euro. Mr Fitzgerald had not been involved in the negotiations with the Central Bank and has confirmed he was unaware of any strategy or intention to mislead the authorities. Mr Bowe, in a statement last night, categorically denied that he had misled the Central Bank.

The audio recordings are from the bank's own internal telephone system and date from the heart of the financial crisis that brought the State to its knees in Sept 08.

Anglo itself was within days of complete meltdown – and in the years ahead would eat up €30bn of taxpayer money. Mr Bowe speaks about how the State had been asked for €7bn to bail out Anglo – but Anglo's negotiators knew all along this was not enough to save the bank. read full story / add a comment
galway / anti-war / imperialism / news report Thursday June 27, 2013 22:09 by Galway Alliance Against War   text 4 comments (last - saturday june 29, 2013 01:43)   image 1 image   video 1 video file
Niall Farrell of the Galway Alliance Against War has accused the Gardai of harassment after he was contacted today by Det. Roddy Bourke of Shannon Garda station seeking to “interview” him tomorrow in relation to an act of sabotage of a US warplane at Shannon airport in December 2011. read full story / add a comment
In the Name of the Father Release Martin Corey
international / crime and justice / news report Wednesday June 26, 2013 07:17 by Brian Clarke   text 18 comments (last - tuesday july 02, 2013 23:13)   image 12 images   video 14 video files
On 9 February 2005, then Prime Minister Tony Blair issued a public apology for the miscarriages of justice known as the Guilford 4, saying that he was "very sorry that they were subject to such an ordeal and such an injustice", and that "they deserve to be completely and publicly exonerated." If all this injustice happened in an open court, what chance does a 63 year old Irishman like Martin Corey have in a secret court, with secret paid evidence, where he has no idea of charge or length of sentence and is not allowed to defend himself? Giuseppe Conlon went to London, to simply help his son, as any good father would do on hearing of his son's wrongful arrest for terrorist offences, below is the nightmare that followed read full story / add a comment
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dublin / anti-capitalism / event notice Tuesday June 25, 2013 12:00 by Hypatia   image 1 image
What is Feminist Economics?

A talk by Conor McCabe followed by discussion. Open to all. Vegan Meals served from 7.30pm.

Seomra Spraoi,10 Belvedere Court, Dublin 1 Dublin

6.30 pm Wednesday, July 17.
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mayo / environment / news report Monday June 24, 2013 23:27 by Rossport Solidarity Camp   text 1 comment (last - tuesday june 25, 2013 09:54)   image 4 images   video 1 video file
Today, Monday 24th of June, six people, two piloting kayaks, ventured out onto Sruth Fhada Conn estuary to disrupt the progress of a boat doing surveying work for the Shell Corrib gas project, in a continuation of Rossport Solidarity Camp's week of action. read full story / add a comment
Letter from the "Boys in Blue"
galway / anti-war / imperialism / press release Monday June 24, 2013 11:34 by Galway Alliance Against War   text 1 comment (last - monday june 24, 2013 18:52)   image 2 images   video 1 video file
The Galway Alliance Against War claims in a press release that the Gardai see themselves above the law “just like the paedophile priests in the bad old days.” read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Monday June 24, 2013 07:09 by Solidarity   text 20 comments (last - saturday august 03, 2013 17:07)   image 1 image
VID (4 min) - Anti-war Activist Ciaron O'Reilly calls for solidarity with Snowden, Assange & Manning

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HIV-Negative AIDS?
dublin / sci-tech / news report Monday June 24, 2013 07:00 by lemonfoundation   text 1 comment (last - tuesday june 25, 2013 11:06)   image 1 image
Allied NATO Government is hiding millions of infectious NON HIV AIDS cases (like mine) under the "Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS)" ICD-code.
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mayo / environment / news report Sunday June 23, 2013 23:22 by Rossport Solidarity Camp   text 4 comments (last - friday june 28, 2013 02:14)   image 1 image
Today, Sunday 23 June, around eighty people stormed a work site of the controversial Shell Corrib Gas project near Rossport, Co. Mayo. Significant damage was caused to construction equipment. This was the latest event in thirteen years of struggle against the project, which faces concerted opposition from residents due to its dangerous, experimental nature. read full story / add a comment
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mayo / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Thursday June 20, 2013 02:07 by Rossport Solidarity Camp   text 7 comments (last - wednesday june 26, 2013 13:26)   image 1 image   video 1 video file
Press Release

For immediate release

Issued by Rossport Solidarity Camp

20/06/13 read full story / add a comment
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international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Monday June 17, 2013 19:19 by Ciaron O'Reilly   text 8 comments (last - thursday june 27, 2013 06:59)   image 8 images
Wed June 19th will mark a year since WikiLeaks editor Julian Assange entered the Ecuadorian embassy in London seeking sanctuary. The Ecuadorian government was immediately threatened in private correspondence from British Foreign Minister Hague with the loss of diplomatic status and a consequent raid. The Ecuadorian government made the private threat public, held their ground and conducted an inquiry into the Assange case. This was the same government that had previously responded to a U.S. request for a U.S. military base in Ecuador with, "if you let us have an Ecuadoran base in Florida?"

Photos & Short vids (thanx to Bradleylibero)
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national / anti-capitalism / news report Monday June 17, 2013 16:16 by RNU PRO   text 5 comments (last - wednesday june 19, 2013 16:26)   image 5 images   video 1 video file
Peaceful protest attacked in Belfast. Martial Law Exposed! read full story / add a comment
Protest and survive or injustice will thrive
international / miscellaneous / other press Monday June 17, 2013 08:29 by Mediawatchhead   image 1 image
As protests continue in Turkey and the G8 meet in Northern Ireland, the right to peaceful assembly and free expression has never been more important, says Ruairí McKiernan (The Irish Examiner June 17th 2013)

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The Condition of the Working Class
dublin / worker & community struggles and protests / event notice Sunday June 16, 2013 21:41 by Eamon Mc Caughey   image 1 image
This film is inspired by Engels’ book written in 1844, The Condition of the Working Class in England. How much has really changed since then? read full story / add a comment
Martin Corey
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Saturday June 15, 2013 17:03 by brionOcleirigh   text 11 comments (last - monday june 24, 2013 05:38)   image 8 images   video 7 video files
Imagine if you will, being taken from your home, without a reason or charge, by paramilitary police, who regularly collude in the murder of lawyers and journalists. You are then imprisoned for three years, without being told, how long you will remain kidnapped, by these scum state thugs.
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