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

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offsite link 2025 is the UN Deadline for All Countries to Integrate Climate Propaganda into Their School Curricul... Sat Dec 14, 2024 07:00 | Steven Tucker
2025 is the UN deadline for all countries to integrate climate propaganda into their school curriculum. Is this why there's been such a push recently in the UK and elsewhere to green the classroom, asks Steven Tucker.
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offsite link News Round-Up Sat Dec 14, 2024 01:18 | 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 Environment Agency Offers 40 Summer Internships ? No Whites Allowed Fri Dec 13, 2024 17:48 | Will Jones
The Environment Agency is offering 40 summer internships, but says white people need not apply as the positions are only for people of "diverse" backgrounds in an egregious example of official anti-white discrimination.
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offsite link Who is Wei Cai, the Scientist from Wuhan Concealed in Leaked Documents? Fri Dec 13, 2024 15:25 | Robert Kogon
When minutes of Germany's "COVID-19 Crisis Group" leaked, they were oddly redacted. The name of a Wuhan scientist working for the German Government, Wei Cai, was concealed. Robert Kogon asks why.
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offsite link Streeting Attacks Miliband for Failing to Stop Assad in 2013 Fri Dec 13, 2024 13:20 | Will Jones
Health Secretary Wes Streeting has?criticised Ed Miliband, the Energy Secretary,?over his failure to back military action against?Assad?in 2013, saying the "hesitation" created a "vacuum" that Russia filled.
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Are we tired being viewed as the drunken idiots of the world yet?
national / anti-capitalism Friday April 13, 2012 - 18:52 by lefty   text 9 comments (last - friday september 27, 2013 - 10:50)   image 7 images   1 attached file
Profit takes precedence as drinks industry representative body tries to downplay damning report about alcohol and it's relationship with domestic violence and rape in Ireland. In light of this report, perhaps those in government who still have some semblance of a moral compass remaining could override their complete deference to money, economic considerations and profit as the most important things in our society, and might now consider removing sales of cheap alcohol from supermarkets. This is long overdue as the strains on our already underfunded health system from alcohol related cases and the social breakdown exacerbated by the availability of cheap alcohol, often cheaper than bottled water, are becoming more and more pronounced. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday April 07, 2012 - 12:11 by Ali Baba   text 2 comments (last - tuesday april 17, 2012 - 19:32)
The Arab Spring morphs into the Islamic Winter. This is supposed to be moderate muslims in control? Full article at link.

Officials in Tunisia say two bloggers have been jailed for seven years after posting cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad on the internet.

The Ministry of Justice said the men had put naked caricatures of the prophet on their Facebook accounts.

Activists have criticised the sentences and voiced fears that they could herald a clampdown on free speech. ... read full story / add a comment
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international / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday April 07, 2012 - 06:27 by BrianClarkeNUJ   image 1 image   video 1 video file
Mounties were apparently well-bred Englishmen defending the ideals of the British empire according to English writers. However. that's not exactly how writers from the rest of the world see them, with their history of shootouts and extra-judiciary killing and kidnapping. The Mountie according to Brit writers could ride into a hostile native American camp and arrest a chief 's son without raising his weapon, because of a violent reputation of power. residing not in himself but in the history of the British Empire he symbolized. ... read full story / add a comment
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international / crime and justice Saturday April 07, 2012 - 01:13 by lefty   image 2 images
It's outrageous that John Kiriakou, a whistleblower, is the ONLY INDIVIDUAL TO BE PROSECUTED IN RELATION TO THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION'S TORTURE PROGRAM. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Friday April 06, 2012 - 00:07 by John Cornford
Video from the March 4th demonstration in Toronto against sanctions and the threats of war on Iran by the US and its allies. HOPI’s message – that we must oppose both war and the Iranian theocracy – is gaining ground, especially amongst Iranians living in Canada. This is evidenced by interviews with some of the demonstrators- and the numerous HOPI placards being waved around at the demo! ... read full story / add a comment
international / eu Wednesday April 04, 2012 - 19:07 by lefty   text 2 comments (last - monday april 01, 2013 - 20:55)
A greek pensioner and world war II hero, shot himself on front of the greek parliament to die with some dignity rather than waiting until he had to search for food in garbage cans, and becoming a burden to hs children. Apparently Suicide rates have soared in greece. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Monday April 02, 2012 - 02:05 by Paul Baynes   text 1 comment (last - monday april 02, 2012 - 15:45)
Link to an excellent Foreign Policy piece by an Irish journalist who lived in Syria from c. 2007-2012. Accurate and insightful. ... read full story / add a comment
international / environment Thursday March 29, 2012 - 13:53 by JoeMcIvor   text 5 comments (last - sunday april 01, 2012 - 16:30)

Energy giants Total and Shell are downplaying the threat to the environment from the Elgin gas leak , which was first detected last Sunday in a field that lies150 miles off the coast of Scotland . The French Total energy conglomerate which owns the well has evacuated staff from the platform . Shell evacuated 120 oil workers from a nearby rig citing the danger of drifting gas.

“The Norwegian Bellona environmental group that monitors the oil industry has described the Elgin platform as “the well from hell”. The head of the organisation, Frederic Hauge, citing anonymous sources said that platform staff had struggled for 14 hours to contain the leak before having to evacuate the rig on Monday. “They saw the sea bubbling with gas under the platform. This is quite shocking”.’

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national / miscellaneous Tuesday March 27, 2012 - 22:52 by .
Sharing Ireland is an informal project to connect anyone in Ireland who is interested in non-commercial culture. We want to encourage varied and meaningful forms of direct sharing, cooperation and mutual aid. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Friday March 23, 2012 - 22:58 by pat c
Yet another example of how Palestinians are second class citizens in Israel. Full text at link.

Hundreds of Beitar Jerusalem supporters assaulted Arab cleaning personnel at the capital's Malha shopping center on Monday, in what was said to be one of Jerusalem's biggest-ever ethnic clashes. "It was a mass lynching attempt," said Mohammed Yusuf, a team leader for Or-Orly cleaning services.
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international / eu Friday March 23, 2012 - 20:23 by abc
'We’ll continue to discuss and make sure that what we’re looking at is substantive,' the EU foreign policy chief said. ... read full story / add a comment
international / racism & migration related issues Saturday March 17, 2012 - 21:55 by Pip O'Regan   text 1 comment (last - monday march 26, 2012 - 03:32)
A new report shows just how extreme BNP members and supporters are: they believe in the use of armed force when defending the British way of life. This summary is from physorg.com . The full text of the report may be accessed at the url below.

Far right supporters in the UK believe violent conflict between different religious, racial and ethnic groups is largely inevitable, according to a new survey on political extremism.

From Voting to Violence? Far Right Extremism in Britain examines the beliefs of those identifying themselves as members of the British National Party, the English Defence League or the UK Independence Party. Examining a YouGov survey of 2,152 individuals, Dr. Matthew Goodwin, of The University of Nottingham’s School of Politics and International Relations, and the University of Salford’s Professor Jocelyn Evans found evidence that large numbers of BNP and UKIP supporters endorse the view that violence between different ethnic, racial and religious groups in Britain is largely inevitable, with much stronger agreement amongst the BNP group.

Within the BNP sample, the study also found evidence of support for armed conflict when defending the British way of life.
“It is current and former BNP members who are the most likely to think that violence may be needed to protect their group, and that inter-group violence is largely inevitable,” said Dr Goodwin. “In contrast, while significant numbers of supporters on the periphery of the extreme right adopt similar views, they are noticeably less extreme in their views than those who are at the core.” ... read full story / add a comment
Yassamine Mather
international / anti-war / imperialism Friday March 16, 2012 - 18:30 by Yassamine Mather   text 3 comments (last - monday march 19, 2012 - 10:50)   image 2 images
Yassamine Mather delivers a wide ranging speech in Manchester. She covers the increasing threats of war, the need for principled solidarity, the US intervention in Balochistan province and the misery caused by sanctions. Full text at link.

It seems such a long time that there have been threats of military action against Iran without them being followed through that some people may have become a bit blasé. It is a bit like the boy who cried wolf too many times perhaps. However, the reality is that his time the threats are very serious.

The reasons why there are serious threats now have very little to do with the Iranian nuclear programme. Most people agree that the Iranian government exaggerates the stage it has reached and the west also exaggerates this - in regard to uranium enrichment, for example - both for their own reasons. I am not dismissing the nuclear issue altogether, but I do not think it is the reason why we are facing these serious threats.
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national / animal rights Wednesday March 14, 2012 - 22:47 by RoS   text 19 comments (last - saturday march 31, 2012 - 23:57)   image 2 images
national / miscellaneous Wednesday March 14, 2012 - 21:13 by RoS   text 17 comments (last - thursday march 15, 2012 - 11:14)
Red meat is not only unhealthy but can be positively lethal, according to new research ... read full story / add a comment
international / eu Tuesday March 13, 2012 - 20:24 by a
The European Commissioner for external relations has said Israel should transfer money due to the Palestinian Authority it has held back since Hamas won the Palestinian elections in January.
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international / anti-war / imperialism Monday March 12, 2012 - 23:37 by lefty   text 1 comment (last - tuesday march 13, 2012 - 13:14)   image 1 image
Israeli war planes struck at the Gaza Strip and Palestinians fired more rockets against southern Israel on Monday in a fourth day of hostilities in which 25 Palestinians have been killed.
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international / rights, freedoms and repression Monday March 12, 2012 - 22:37 by Ex-Corkman
Anonymous threaten Islamic Fundamentalists. The misogynist mullahs will end up as halal minced beef! Full text at url.

Hackers claiming to belong to the Anonymous Internet freedom group posted video messages on Facebook pages of Tunisian Islamists, threatening reprisals over their efforts to introduce Salafist laws.

"We are fighting you... your emails, your bank accounts and transactions will be probed, your hard discs will be copied," said a man wearing the Guy Fawkes mask that has become a trade mark of Anonymous members. "If the Tunisian government won't stop your activities in the weeks to come, Anonymous will," he added.

"We are not against religion, we are Muslims, but we are defending freedom in our country," a separate written message said, posted along with images of the Tunisian flag. ... read full story / add a comment
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national / eu Saturday March 10, 2012 - 12:28 by serf   text 4 comments (last - thursday march 15, 2012 - 00:43)   image 4 images
A good analysis of the EU fiscal treaty which we will naively be voting "yes" on. Be very afraid! It's only a permanent austerity treaty biased against social spending. ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism Friday March 09, 2012 - 16:07 by Red Banner
Issue 47 of Red Banner is available now. €2 / £1.50 from bookshops or the address above. ... read full story / add a comment
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