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offsite link Alternative Copy of thesaker.is site is available Thu May 25, 2023 14:38 | Ice-Saker-V6bKu3nz
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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

offsite link Waiting for SIPO Anthony

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The Daily Sceptic

offsite link If You Thought the Farmers? Inheritance Tax Raid was Bad, Wait Till You See What its Proponents Have... Thu Dec 12, 2024 19:00 | Mat Brown
If you thought the inheritance tax raid on farmers was bad, wait till you see what its proponents have in store for us next, says Mat Brown. The Blob that gave us the 'tractor tax' has its sights set on a wealth tax.
The post If You Thought the Farmers’ Inheritance Tax Raid was Bad, Wait Till You See What its Proponents Have in Store for Us Next appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Education Department Awards $1 Billion in DEI Grants Since 2021, Report Finds Thu Dec 12, 2024 18:03 | Will Jones
The U.S. Education Department has handed out more than $1 billion in DEI grants since 2021, a report from Parents Defending Education has found. No wonder Donald Trump wants to abolish it.
The post Education Department Awards $1 Billion in DEI Grants Since 2021, Report Finds appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link How Science is Showing that Free Speech is Built into the Brain Thu Dec 12, 2024 15:52 | Dr Christopher Badcock
Science is showing that free speech is built into the brain, says Dr. Christopher Badcock. The latest insights from neuroscience suggest that the censorious are regressing to infantile cognition where no nuance is allowed.
The post How Science is Showing that Free Speech is Built into the Brain appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Only 20% of Muslim Americans Voted for Kamala Harris Thu Dec 12, 2024 13:30 | Noah Carl
Just 20% of Muslim Americans voted for Kamala Harris ? fewer than voted for Donald Trump! The reason Muslims are abandoning the centre-Left is clear, says Noah Carl: they want parties that don't back Israel.
The post Only 20% of Muslim Americans Voted for Kamala Harris appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Greta Thunberg?s Descent from Climate Darling to Militant Pro-Palestine Activist Thu Dec 12, 2024 11:43 | Will Jones
Not long ago, anyone criticising St Greta was labelled a bully. Her expertise in climate science was beyond question, despite leaving school at 14. Now, it looks like the heretics were right and the worshippers were fools.
The post Greta Thunberg’s Descent from Climate Darling to Militant Pro-Palestine Activist appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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national / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Sunday September 29, 2013 15:35 by Concerned   text 10 comments (last - monday october 21, 2013 06:19)
Whatever is wrong with the Irish people? read full story / add a comment
dublin / history and heritage / event notice Friday September 27, 2013 17:24 by IV
Irish Volunteers Wynn’s Hotel Dublin Exhibition and Display September 28,2013
The Irish Volunteers Commemorative Organisation http://irishvolunteers.org/ will be
hosting an exhibition and display commemorating the 100th anniversary of the
foundation of the Irish Volunteers. The Irish Volunteers were instrumental in the
rebellion of 1916 and in the Irish War of Independence 1919-1921. We invite all
people from Ireland and overseas to attend, whether you have a direct connection or
simply have an interest in this pivotal moment in Irish history. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / press release Friday September 27, 2013 12:56 by Turing
Cuba Support Group Ireland is pleased to announce the dates and venues of a nationwide speaking tour by Canadian academic and author, Keith Bolender, a world expert on the blockade of Cuba.

His talk will be based on his latest book, Cuba Under Siege: American Policy, the Revolution and Its People.

In it, Bolender explores how Cuban society has been affected by 50 years of ‘non stop hostility from the world’s most powerful nation’. He offers extensive historical analysis, firsthand interviews and expert comment.

Most significantly, perhaps, Bolender puts the blockade of Cuba into the historical military context of the tactic of siege and analyses the psychological impacts of this on the besieged population, with some remarkable insights from historical parallels. Through this contextualisation, the potential of American policy to deliver its stated intentions is evaluated with uncomfortable conclusions for policy makers. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Thursday September 26, 2013 12:21 by Margaretta D'Arcy
Submission to the White Paper on Defence Government should be tried under Nuremberg Charter.

We are a collective of women; some of us very elderly. Some of us directly experienced wars; some of us have spent time in jail opposing war; the build up to war. We have buried our dead because of war. We have looked after and cared for those physically and psychologically damaged by war. We have experienced domestic violence by men, who have been traumatized by their time in war. We have suffered through the growth of the armed industry and the cost of filling the coffers or the armament industry merchants; the rough the devastation of the social services of our country. This is not only in our Country; this is worldwide read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Thursday September 26, 2013 12:19 by Turing
Human Rights Defenders in Colombia: Experiences on the ground

Thursday, October 3, 2013, 6:00pm

Connolly Books, 43 East Essex Street, Dublin 2

Organised by Latin American Solidarity Centre (LASC) and Front Line Defenders read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Thursday September 26, 2013 09:53 by Victor
To accurately meter liquids one must perform an after-installation test.

The meter’s calibration system should be checked after installation.
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international / history and heritage / event notice Thursday September 26, 2013 07:47 by Jack Lane
Teachers Club, Sat 19th Oct at 7:30pm

Despite official enquiries into the Dublin/Monaghan Bombings, no satisfactory answers have ever been found as to who carried them out. Even though these Bombings caused the biggest loss of life of a single operation of the whole Troubles, garda investigations were wound up after three months—with no proper explanation of what had happened; no prosecutions were ever brought. read full story / add a comment
international / history and heritage / event notice Tuesday September 24, 2013 15:03 by Jack Lane
This book is republished to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the death of Canon Sheehan.
Teachers' Club, Parnell Square. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Tuesday September 24, 2013 14:11 by B O'Neill   text 1 comment (last - tuesday september 24, 2013 18:26)
We are running a campaign to encourage people to boycott certain newspapers on the grounds that they are not only anti-Republican but indeed anti -Irish in their political views. Independent Newspapers will be the focus of our attention this week. This company publishes the Irish Independent. Evening Herald, the so called Irish Daily Star and The Sunday World. read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Tuesday September 24, 2013 12:34 by abraedt
Dr. Roslyn Fuller launching "Biehler on International Law - An Irish Perspective"
at the Goethe Institut Dublin on September 25th at 4:30 pm read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Monday September 23, 2013 15:37 by D O'Shea
Book Launch
"In the Footsteps of Anne"
Stories of Republican Women Ex-Prisoners
Compiled by Evelyn Brady, Eva Patterson, Kate McKinney, Rose Hamill and Pauline McKinney
at Connolly Books, 43 East Essex Street, Dublin 2
on Saturday 28 September at 2 p.m. read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Monday September 23, 2013 15:18 by Proinsias Ní Mhurchú
Beidh
Seimineár Poibli ar siúl ar an Satharn, 28 Meán Fómhair, 2 - 4 p.m. i Siopa Connolly Books, (thuas staighre), 43 Sráid Essex Thoir, BÁC 2
"An Ghaeilge i mBaile Átha Cliath i 2013 - Cad is féidir le gach duine againn a dhéanamh ?
Plé, caint agus comhcheilg le Brian Ó Gáibín, Gaeltacht Chluain Dolcáin, Feargal Mac Ionnrachtaigh, Béal Feirste agus Pól Ó Méara, Tamhlacht read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / other press Saturday September 21, 2013 16:45 by Red Banner
Issue 53 of
Red Banner: a magazine of socialist ideas
is available now from bookshops or from the address above for €2 / £1.50 read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Saturday September 21, 2013 13:48 by John Cornford   text 1 comment (last - sunday september 22, 2013 13:20)
As well as covering the latest Syrian developments, Yassamine Mather writes on the effects of sanctions in Iran.

The events we are now witnessing in the Middle East, the “United States’ accidental diplomacy” regarding Syria1 and renewed talk of the resolution of Iran’s nuclear programme were unexpected a few weeks ago. Having declared that the use of chemical weapons was the “red line” the Syrian leadership should not cross, the US has now accepted Russian proposals for a ‘diplomatic solution’ read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Wednesday September 18, 2013 17:25 by Con Carroll
Just stop for a moment and imagine the power and belief in working class political non violent direct action. What have we done with the words of Irish Scottish political activist CONNOLLY: "you can hoist the green flag over Dublin Castle but unless you build a Social Republic, all your efforts will be in vain" remember Irish republican Peader o Donnell read full story / add a comment
cork / arts and media / press release Tuesday September 17, 2013 21:53 by RCFT
A new historical/political/social blog site has been set up to promote our history and our revolutionary struggle. We hope to shed light on some of the lesser known figures who helped shape and define Republicanism in Cork. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Tuesday September 17, 2013 19:06 by Turing   text 4 comments (last - thursday september 19, 2013 12:47)
Tariq Ali looks at the various "revolutions" in the Middle East and writes: The idea that the Saudis, Qatar, and Turkey backed by NATO are going to create a revolutionary democracy or even a democratic set-up is challenged by what is happening elsewhere in the Arab world. Full text at link.

Ever since the beginning of the Arab Spring there has been much talk of revolutions. Not from me. I’ve argued against the position that mass uprisings on their own constitute a revolution, i.e., a transfer of power from one social class (or even a layer) to another that leads to fundamental change. The actual size of the crowd is not a determinant—members of a crowd become a revolution only when they have, in their majority, a clear set of social and political aims. If they do not, they will always be outflanked by those who do, or by the state that will recapture lost ground very rapidly. read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media / opinion/analysis Tuesday September 17, 2013 01:00 by newsmedia
Few people know the reality of the story behind what is known as the UK annex of 'Northern Ireland'. The Internet is now falling into the very same mire. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / press release Monday September 16, 2013 23:55 by Socail Justice
Ireland could and should have a Universal Pension for everyone over 65. it could be paid for principally by standard rating the current tax-break for private pensions. More than 80% of benefit of the current tax break goes to the 20% with highest earnings. A Universal Pension would be simpler, fairer and more just as well as being sustainable in the decades ahead.

No existing pensioner would lose out and many would experience an increase in the Universal Pension. In particular, those adults aged 66 years and older, in respect of whom reduced payments are now made due to their status as ‘Qualified Adults’, would receive a Universal Pension in their own right. read full story / add a comment
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