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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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Human Rights in Ireland
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The Daily Sceptic

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.
The post Is Facebook Really Committed to Free Speech? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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.
The post The Significance of Jordan Peterson appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Massive Recovery in Antarctica Sea Ice Unreported by Net Zero-Obsessed Mainstream Media Fri Jan 10, 2025 09:00 | Chris Morrison
There's been a massive recovery in Antarctica sea ice this year. But you won't hear about it in our Net Zero-obsessed mainstream media, says Chris Morrison.
The post Massive Recovery in Antarctica Sea Ice Unreported by Net Zero-Obsessed Mainstream Media appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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derry / arts and media Sunday April 04, 2010 - 22:40 by People Before Profit   text 1 comment (last - monday april 05, 2010 - 11:17)
Paddy Nash and the happy Enchiladas have released a song for Eamon McCann's election campaign for Westminister. ... read full story / add a comment
Mahaberry Jail
international / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday April 04, 2010 - 17:53 by Saoirse   text 3 comments (last - tuesday april 06, 2010 - 20:09)   image 1 image
Republican POWs have taken over the wings Roe House 3+4 at Maghaberry Gaol today on Easter Sunday, in protest of worsening conditions at the jail. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday April 04, 2010 - 15:47 by Cllr Gerry Murray
Sinn Féin have called for the immediate release of Rossport Fisherman Pat O' Donnell
who is currently serving a sentence in Castlereagh prison. The call was made in the
aftermath of a visit to Mr O Donnell by a Sinn Féin delegation made up of Martin
Ferris T.D. Cllr. Gerry Murray, Cllr Rose Conway-Walsh and Cllr Thérèse Ruane.
Following the visit Deputy Ferris stated that no useful purpose was been served by
the ongoing detention of Pat O' Donnell and called for his immediate release. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday April 04, 2010 - 15:37 by Fintan Lane   text 4 comments (last - wednesday april 07, 2010 - 00:30)
IRELAND-PALESTINE SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN

PRESS RELEASE, 4/1/10

IPSC demands an end to Irish Defence Forces expenditure on Israeli arms
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international / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday April 04, 2010 - 01:41 by RNU PRO   text 2 comments (last - sunday april 04, 2010 - 23:40)
The REPUBLICAN NETWORK for UNITY extends Easter greetings to our activists and supporters within the thirty-two counties of Ireland and abroad, especially those in America, to all organizations or independent Republicans who have worked with us through the Irish Republican Forum for Unity initiative, and to all Republicans who today remain faithful to the sovereign and indefeasible right to national freedom enshrined in the 1916 Easter Proclamation.
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national / miscellaneous Friday April 02, 2010 - 19:20 by Republican Sinn Féin
The forces, tendencies and trends are there! The same as before. British rule remains, the new Patron of Sinn Féin Poblachtach, Ruairí Ó Brádaigh said. ... read full story / add a comment
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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression Friday April 02, 2010 - 17:02 by pat c   text 23 comments (last - wednesday may 06, 2015 - 09:26)   image 2 images
Show open Fri-Sat-Sun 12-5 [or by appointment] thru April 25. Curated by K. Bear Koss.

Thanks to all of the artists who repsonded to the open call for the Blasphemous Project. Although we could not include everyone due to the extremely high volume of submissions, we will keep all of you in the IMOCA database of artists for future possible shows. We look forward to seeing you all at the opening on Good Friday, April 2.

Opening reception Good Friday, April 2 2010, 6-9 pm.

The Irish Museum of Contemporary Art (IMOCA), Ladd Lane, Off Baggot Street, Dublin 2. ... read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice Friday April 02, 2010 - 02:12 by RNU PRO
Denouncing the recent politically motivated arrest of RNU Ard Comhairle member, Tony Catney, REPUBLICAN NETWORK for UNITY (RNU) SPOKESPERSON, MARTIN Óg MEEHAN said; ... read full story / add a comment
'Remember Irelands Patriot Dead- Wear an Easter Lily'
national / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday April 01, 2010 - 00:39 by éirígí PRO   text 7 comments (last - friday april 02, 2010 - 17:37)   image 2 images
éirígí chairperson Brian Leeson has called for republicans to remember Ireland’s patriot dead with pride this Easter and attend the party’s commemorations ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Wednesday March 31, 2010 - 18:44 by Jerry Cornelius   text 1 comment (last - wednesday march 31, 2010 - 19:51)
The “public service deal” is historic betrayal of public service union members by ICTU and its Public Services Negotiating Committee of general secretaries.The National Public Services Alliance calls on the elected national executives of individual unions to reject these destructive proposals without ballot where rules permit.

Should national executives put these proposals to ballot, the NPSA will campaign vigorously in each union for a “no” vote

The NPSA also calls on all national executive committees of individual unions to keep directives and forms of industrial action in place rejecting the call by Kieran Mulvey to end industrial action.
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national / worker & community struggles and protests Wednesday March 31, 2010 - 17:19 by Kerry Public Service Worker   2 attached files
The Kerry Public Service Workers’ Alliance has rejected the government proposals emanating from the Croke Park talks as a recipe for the destruction of public services. ... read full story / add a comment
solidarity books on international women's day
cork / arts and media Wednesday March 31, 2010 - 13:37 by anarkitty   image 1 image
Local Cork bands The Altered Hours and Mashed Chicken and DJ Dr. Fiasco will play a fundraiser for Solidarity Books in Cruiscin Lan on Thursday 1st April starting at 8pm. Cork WSM, who have organized the event, anticipate a good turnout. Since opening its doors in December 2009, Solidarity Books, a non-profit radical book shop and meeting space, has become a hub for the local Douglas Street Community. This was most clearly seen in the recent hugely successful Douglas Street celebration of International Women’s Day. ... read full story / add a comment
Harper Paul Dooley with poet Pádraig Ó Moráin at Gort Library
national / arts and media Tuesday March 30, 2010 - 00:42 by Fred Johnston   text 1 comment (last - saturday april 03, 2010 - 16:48)   image 2 images
Sunny weather and solid organisation brought a small feast of excellent music,prose and storytelling, and a fine workshop on poetry, to the small town of Gort, Co. Galway. ... read full story / add a comment
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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression Monday March 29, 2010 - 13:59 by Freda H & Kev   image 1 image
On the evening of Tuesday 30th March the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) in Dublin will commemorate Palestinian Land Day by holding a solidarity vigil outside the GPO on O'Connell Street from 5 - 7pm. ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Saturday March 27, 2010 - 17:40 by Jerry Cornelius
The National Public Service Alliance of public service trade unionists placed a picket on the plenary talks between ICTU and Government to-day in Dublin. Members of the Kerry Public Service workers Alliance, and new branches from several regional centres joined their Dublin Colleagues on the picket line. Placards with legends such as “end the sell out talks”, “conditions of service are pay” and “trade union leaders captured by government” were carried. ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Friday March 26, 2010 - 14:55 by Eugene Mc Cartan
The National Executive Committee of the Communist Party of Ireland at its regular meeting
welcomed the devolution of policing and justice powers to the Northern Ireland Executive. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Thursday March 25, 2010 - 14:26 by Malachy Steenson   text 1 comment (last - friday march 26, 2010 - 14:53)
Speaking after RTE revealed the contents of the Docklands investigations, Malachy Steenson, Workers’ Party representative in Dublin Central stated: “These reports highlight corruption and reckless disregard for the public good. These people have robbed the taxpayers of untold hundreds of millions of Euros. Those responsible for this theft from the public purse must be brought to justice”. ... read full story / add a comment
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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday March 25, 2010 - 12:00 by Freda H   text 5 comments (last - monday march 29, 2010 - 21:22)   image 1 image
On Saturday 27th March the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign's monthly Boycott & Divestment action will focus on Veolia (the operators of the LUAS and several waste management projects) who are complicit in the building of a colonial-settler only light rail system in occupied East Jerusalem and who operate an Israeli landfill in the West Bank. ... read full story / add a comment
cork / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday March 25, 2010 - 02:03 by Tom

Just to tell you Caoimhe Butterly is talking in the Victoria hotel,Patrick St ,Cork. this Saterday 27th at 3pm. ... read full story / add a comment
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tyrone / history and heritage Wednesday March 24, 2010 - 15:45 by Irish Republican Youth   text 1 comment (last - wednesday march 24, 2010 - 18:30)   image 3 images
Ógra Shinn Féin erected a number of murals in Carrickmore, County Tyrone last night (22 March) ahead of the main Easter Sunday County Commemoration taking place in the republican heartland.

The two murals erected on Quinn's Corner are one urging people to 'wear an Easter lily' in remembrance of Ireland's patriot dead and the other one is highlighting the strong solidarity links between the Basque and Irish Youth.

The murals are the first of many to be erected across Tyrone in the coming week.
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