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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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Interested in maladministration. Estd. 2005

offsite link RTEs Sarah McInerney ? Fianna Fail?supporter? Anthony

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offsite link Labour?s Soviet-Style Plan to Shoehorn Climate Alarmism into Every School Subject Fri Dec 13, 2024 09:00 | Steven Tucker
Labour plans to shoehorn climate alarmism into every subject on the school syllabus. This indoctrination in dubious official 'science' is grimly reminiscent of the Soviet Union, says Steven Tucker.
The post Labour’s Soviet-Style Plan to Shoehorn Climate Alarmism into Every School Subject appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link In Episode 23 of the Sceptic: David Shipley on Starmer?s Political Prisoners, Anti-ULEZ Campaigner N... Fri Dec 13, 2024 07:00 | Richard Eldred
In episode 23 of the sceptic: David Shipley on Starmer?s political prisoners, anti-ULEZ campaigner Nick Arlett on his unjust arrest and David Turver on Net Zero subsidies.
The post In Episode 23 of the Sceptic: David Shipley on Starmer?s Political Prisoners, Anti-ULEZ Campaigner Nick Arlett on His Unjust Arrest and David Turver on Net Zero Subsidies appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link News Round-Up Fri Dec 13, 2024 00:51 | 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.
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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.
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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.
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international / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday December 04, 2012 - 22:35 by Elric   text 1 comment (last - tuesday december 04, 2012 - 23:15)
How women are treated in Iraqi prisons. Full text at link.

When women in Iraq are arrested, they routinely go through three gruesome phases, starting with humiliation, followed by torture, and often ending with rape. I have received disturbing information from two different, well informed sources: one from qualified social workers in Al-Kadimiyah Women Prison, the other from three national guards officers who worked in the prison. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday December 04, 2012 - 22:26 by Elric   text 4 comments (last - monday december 10, 2012 - 18:58)
Once again the Imperialists are using chemical weapons as a pretext to plan an attack on Syria. Patriot missiles are being moved to Turkeys border with Syria and these weapons require US personnel. Full text at link.

The Obama administration and the corporate media have cited unspecified “intelligence” about the movement of chemical weapons to issue new threats of direct intervention in Syria, where Washington and its allies have been backing so-called “rebels” in a bid to topple the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton both made public statements Monday alleging a danger of Syria using chemical weapons and threatening US retaliation. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Tuesday December 04, 2012 - 15:11 by Brian Clarke
A loyalist mob which had gathered outside Belfast City Hall this evening
erupted into violence following a vote to limit the days on which the
British Union Jack flag flies above the building. ... read full story / add a comment
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international / anti-war / imperialism Sunday December 02, 2012 - 21:44 by fred   image 1 image
The AP was caught with their pants down publishing a dubious graph and hyping up the "Iranian nuclear threat" lie again. "AP helped perpetrate a dangerous hoax, and owes an explanation and accounting for what took place, including identifying the "officials from a country critical of Iran's atomic program" who made false claims about what this is." ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism Friday November 23, 2012 - 22:24 by Zionism=Nazism   text 35 comments (last - thursday december 13, 2012 - 21:04)   image 7 images   video 1 video file
The targeting of tunnels by Israeli airstrikes has restricted the flow of food and fuel into Gaza. ( http://www.unrwa.org/etemplate.php?id=1507)

Few shops remain open and the UN has warned of an impending water crisis. There are reports of bombing campaigns purposely targeting irrigation wells. The Ministry of Health in Gaza is out of 40 per cent of essential medicines and running low on basics like bandages and syringes. (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/ove....html)

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international / anti-capitalism Tuesday November 20, 2012 - 10:06 by serf   image 1 image
The ECB is currently building a luxury tower for itself in Frankfurt with an eye watering price tag of 1 billion. Meanwhile they continue to force austerity on the rest of us. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Saturday November 17, 2012 - 07:37 by Volunteer
More info:
http://www.afri.ie/news-and-events/international-peace-...isia/

Organised by the International Peace Bureau and hosted by Afri - Action from Ireland.

President Higgins was the first recipient of the Sean MacBride International Peace Prize.
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Cover page image of Socialist Fight Issue 11 - Winter 2012
international / anti-capitalism Tuesday November 13, 2012 - 23:13 by Gerry Downing   image 1 image   1 attached file
Issue 11 of the Socialist Fight is out now in pdf and paper form. This is a publication is produced by the SF Editorial Board

Contents are:
Page 2: Editorial: TU leaders must fight for needs budgets!
Page 4: 200,000 March against Austerity in London, By Graham Durham.
Page 5: The Third Grand Old Duke of York Demo: TU leaders must fight for needs budgets!, GRL flyer for TUC demo.
Page 6: The Counihan Campaign and the Housing Crisis By Gerry Downing.

Continued in main article. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Sunday November 11, 2012 - 18:41 by john throne
WIN is a group of socialists from different traditions. We are trying to draw lessons from the past. In particular why have the left failed to put down deep roots in the working class movement as capitalism has spiraled deeper and deeper into crisis. ... read full story / add a comment
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international / anti-war / imperialism Saturday November 10, 2012 - 22:04 by serf   text 1 comment (last - sunday november 25, 2012 - 20:26)   image 3 images
A horrifying amateur video from Syria emerged online, showing an apparent mass execution of Assad supporters in Aleppo at the hands of rebels from the Free Syria Army.
The footage shows several bloodied men stripped down to their underwear being forced to kneel by a wall amidst a throng of excited, machine gun-touting men.
Once their captors open fire, the camera jerks away as the crowd momentarily disperses, seemingly unprepared for the nearly 40 seconds of uninterrupted shooting that follows. As the gunfire dies down, shouts of “Allahu Akbar!” resound as the once skittish onlookers victoriously raise their guns in the air, approaching what appears to be a pile of stripped-down corpses. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous Friday November 09, 2012 - 11:13 by JoeMc   text 10 comments (last - thursday november 15, 2012 - 11:35)   video 1 video file
Luke McGuire (26), had been following a vegan diet developed by US alternative medicine advocate Robert Young and was taking salt supplements -- labelled 'Young Phorever pHour Salts' and 'Young Phorever PuripHy' . He died after suffering a sudden collapse in Ranelagh, Dublin, on June 2, 2011.

Dublin City coroner , Dr Brian Farrell , returned a verdict of “death by misadventure” on Mr McGuire .Sadly, Dr Farrell didn’t take the opportunity to issue any sort of statement about the dangers of buying these so-called supplements over the internet .
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international / anti-war / imperialism Thursday November 08, 2012 - 14:30 by Elric
Kourosh Ziabari interviews Muhammad Hussam, a 24-year-old university student living in Aleppo ,( he preferred not to disclose his full name because of the death threats he and his family received from the terrorists,) he explains how the Free Syrian Army mercilessly kills supporters of President Assad and even has set up a website in which it publishes the photos and personal information of its potential targets. ... read full story / add a comment
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international / anti-capitalism Monday November 05, 2012 - 18:55 by serf   image 1 image
American Autumn is a well made and interesting documentary on the occupy movement in America. It is well worth viewing, whether you were pro occupy, anti occupy or just didn't really understand the movement. I'm linking to it here so all can view it free of charge while it remains available on Youtube. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Monday November 05, 2012 - 12:54 by Elric
British PM Cameron is on his way to the Gulf to try and secure billions in military technology sales, he may also mention democracy but no sanctions. Saudi Arabia & the UAE are different from Syria. Full text at link.

During the tour Cameron will seek to revive relations with both Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) where the UK has significant business interests in the oil industry. In addition, Britain will also seek to peddle 100 Typhoon fighter jets to both nations in a deal worth a potential US$10 billion. The UK PM faces stiff competition, with French President Francois Holland also in the region to sell defense equipment. ... read full story / add a comment
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international / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday October 24, 2012 - 14:49 by Elric   text 8 comments (last - sunday october 28, 2012 - 16:09)   image 3 images   video 1 video file
The slaughter continues. Full story at the url.

Bani Walid, Libya, has been under siege for nearly three consecutive weeks. A man whose family is in the besieged city spoke with RT, and described the horrors allegedly taking place: Civilians are killed every day by toxic gas and heavy tank fire.Bani Walid, the last stronghold for supporters of deceased Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi, has been under siege for 20 days, with no resolution to the conflict in sight.

RT has learned that militias are reportedly shelling the city indiscriminately, with footage from Bani Walid showing dead bodies, and women and children with missing limbs and disfigured faces. A man named Faraj, who is currently in Egypt but is in contact with relatives in Bani Walid, spoke with RT and claimed that the militias are committing genocide.

Militias have reportedly encircled Bani Walid, and are not allowing any supplies into the town including food, water, medicine or humanitarian aid. The town’s electricity and gas has also allegedly been cut off. ... read full story / add a comment
Athens Demonstrations 2012
international / arts and media Friday October 19, 2012 - 20:29 by Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin   image 5 images
A series of oil paintings examining the daily existence of people in the worst working, living (and dying) conditions in the global economy. ... read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media Friday October 05, 2012 - 17:57 by Revolt Video   text 1 comment (last - friday october 05, 2012 - 19:41)   audio 1 audio file
This is our pilot show for the Revolt Radio Series, they will be released in a as is and on the fly manner as we can.

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national / miscellaneous Wednesday October 03, 2012 - 17:15 by volunteer 13   text 3 comments (last - friday october 05, 2012 - 08:45)   image 2 images
October 3, 2012 By Dara Gantly

The first large-scale study to explore surgical outcomes across Europe has found that Irish patients have the highest risk of dying in Western Europe and the fourth-worst mortality rate among 28 European countries. Ireland is placed behind Poland, Latvia and Romania in the overall mortality table, published in a recent issue of the Lancet (2012;380:1059-65), but is worse off than Slovakia or Croatia. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday October 02, 2012 - 23:37 by pat c   text 4 comments (last - sunday october 07, 2012 - 22:01)
Russias Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov has fired a warning shot across NATOs bows regarding provocations as a pretext for an open military attack on Syria. Full text at link.

The Russian Foreign Ministry has called on NATO and Middle East countries not to devise pretexts for military intervention in Syria. Russia has expressed concern that some provocation could occur at the Turkish-Syrian border that may give NATO the green light to intervene in Syria.

"In our contacts with our partners both in NATO and in the region, including on international forums, we have called on them not to look for pretexts in order to carry out a [military] operation," Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov told reporters on Tuesday in Moscow. In such a scenario, NATO would be obliged to intervene in the conflict to defend Turkey, a NATO member.
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international / anti-war / imperialism Friday September 28, 2012 - 23:11 by pat c   text 5 comments (last - wednesday october 03, 2012 - 10:51)
A crazy man addressed the United Nations yesterday, he seemed to believe that Iran posed a nuclear threat to world peace. He appeared unaware of Israels possession of up to 400 nuclear warheads while Iran has zero. This crazie is threatening to plunge the Middle East into War. Full text at link.

In a bellicose speech before the United Nations Thursday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu demanded a “red line” be placed on Iran’s nuclear enrichment program, outlining a plan of action that would lead to war next year, if not sooner. Employing a crude cartoon drawing of a bomb with a lit fuse, Netanyahu said that action to physically destroy Iran’s nuclear program would have to take place before the uranium enrichment process began its final stage, which he claimed would happen around the spring or summer of 2013. “The hour is getting late, very late,” he declared. ... read full story / add a comment
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