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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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Human Rights in Ireland
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The Daily Sceptic

offsite link News Round-Up Sat Nov 30, 2024 01:30 | 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 ?Ulez Architect? and 20mph Zone Supporter Appointed New Transport Secretary Fri Nov 29, 2024 17:38 | Will Jones
One of the 'architects of Ulez' and a supporter of 20mph zones has been appointed as the new Transport Secretary?after Louise Haigh's resignation, raising fears the anti-car measures may become national policy.
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offsite link Assisted Suicide Set to Be Legalised as MPs Back Bill Fri Nov 29, 2024 15:07 | Will Jones
MPs have voted in favour of legalising assisted suicide as Labour's massive majority allowed the legislation to clear its first hurdle in the House of Commons by 330 votes to 275.
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offsite link Australia Passes Landmark Social Media Ban for Under-16s Fri Nov 29, 2024 13:43 | Rebekah Barnett
Australia is the first country to ban social media for under-16s after a landmark bill passed that critics have warned is rushed and a Trojan horse for Government Digital ID as everyone must now verify their age.
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offsite link Is Banning the Burps of Bullocks Worth Risking Our Bollocks? Fri Nov 29, 2024 11:32 | Ben Pile
Is banning the burps of bullocks worth risking our bollocks? That the question posed by the decision to give Bovaer to cows to 'save the planet', says Ben Pile, after evidence suggests a possible risk to male fertility.
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national / arts and media Wednesday April 06, 2011 - 11:45 by Miriam K
Cork artist, Roseanne Lynch won the 1st Alliance Francaise Photography Award last Thursday in Dublin. The announcement was made at the opening of an exhibition of the four finalists work at the Alliance Francaise gallery on Kildare St. Roseanne will receive a two week residency at the Centre Culturel Irlandais in Paris and a grant from the Ireland Fund of France. ... read full story / add a comment
‘Preservation’ of the Lismullin National Monument – M3 Motorway at Hill of Tara – 2007
national / history and heritage Wednesday April 06, 2011 - 11:21 by Taravenger   image 2 images
The new Minister for the Environment, Phil Hogan, must act immediately to amend the National Monuments Act and the Planning and Development Act to comply with EU law and save our important cultural and archaeological sites. ... read full story / add a comment
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national / worker & community struggles and protests Friday April 01, 2011 - 15:55 by PRO   image 1 image
SIPTU members at Boots Chemists in the North are demanding that the company honours its contracts with staff. The call follows a statement by Boots that it intends to slash premium pay without agreement from 1st June in breach of the Wages (Northern Ireland) Order 1988.

Long serving members of staff are currently paid a premium for Sunday work and public holidays, a long and well established practice to compensate for working unsocial hours.
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national / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday March 30, 2011 - 19:48 by Ardoyne Republican
Regardless of how many meetings C.A.R.A. and the North/West Belfast Parades Forum have now and in the future. They are meaningless without the consent and approval of the greater number of Ardoyne residents. As C.A.R.A. do not represent the majority of residents in this community. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday March 29, 2011 - 19:21 by Chicherin
1. NATO bombing, no solutionJust eight years after they launched their shock-and-awe devastation of Baghdad and ten years after their invasion of Afghanistan, the same Western forces are pummelling yet another Muslim state with bombs, burning soldiers and tanks and killing civilians in the process.

Yet again, the claim is that their intervention is a question of moral principle. The passing of the UN security Resolution 1973 which authorised the bombing, was held up as an attempt to protect the Libyan rebels and stop Gaddafi brutally slaughtering his people. Why, then, did the same Western powers provide Gaddaffi with the arms that are now slaughtering the Libyan people? ... read full story / add a comment
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cork / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday March 29, 2011 - 15:04 by anarkitty   image 1 image
fortnightly from Tuesday 5th April to Tuesday 17th May at 8pm ... read full story / add a comment
Poster to download
national / environment Tuesday March 29, 2011 - 12:41 by StopGM   image 1 image
Dear Friends,
In mid-February, the EU proposed a relaxing of the legislation around the presence of GM ingredients in food stuffs and animal feed in Europe. This move was supported by Brendan Smith, then Minister for Agriculture, Food and Fisheries, without a mandate from the people of Ireland.
It is now time to harvest the growing momentum of concern among the people of Ireland.
Food Action and GM-Free Ireland invite you to participate in ‘Keeping Ireland GM Free/StopGMO – Gathering Momentum’ an all-Island gathering. Dangers of Genetically modified foods http://www.gmfreeireland.org/health/index.php ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / worker & community struggles and protests Sunday March 27, 2011 - 18:32 by owen mccormack   text 1 comment (last - tuesday march 29, 2011 - 11:11)
Defend trade union rights.
Support sacked Dublin Bus shop steward.

Protest Rally Wed April 6th, from 12 till 2pm

Outside NBRU office on Parnell Sq West, Dublin 1.
It is 12 months since Dublin Bus dismissed Eugene McDonagh, the National Executive of the NBRU in Harristown Garage over an unofficial dispute in 2009.

The dispute arose over management’s decision to rush in changes on drivers schedules’ without adequate consultation. The unofficial action affected five garages over three days and involved over a thousand drivers. But Eugene was the only worker sacked after a lengthy investigation that involved widespread intimidation and threats against drivers by management.

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national / crime and justice Friday March 25, 2011 - 21:40 by RNU PRO   text 1 comment (last - saturday march 26, 2011 - 16:28)   image 1 image
RNU's POW department understand that 53 Year old republican prisoner Thomas Nash was twice yesterday forcibly strip searched by the Maghaberry riot team having refused to comply on his way to and from Derry court for a preliminary hearing. ... read full story / add a comment
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international / anti-war / imperialism Thursday March 24, 2011 - 21:50 by Omar Ghraieb   image 1 image
Gaza, March 24 Thursday,

In Gaza City, Israeli F16 warplanes bombed an intelligence headquarter named "the ship", using at least five missiles, also raided the al-Rayes mountain with one missile and a room that belongs to “Gaza” sporting club, also “Badr” security HQ belonging to the Qassam Brigades, Hamas militant wing, with three missiles. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday March 24, 2011 - 13:13 by Seán Ó Murchú   text 2 comments (last - monday march 28, 2011 - 10:12)
March 23, 2011

We the Republican POWs currently incarcerated in Maghaberry jail, Co Antrim would like to update the general public on our struggle for political status. From the Stormont Agreement in 1998, we have endured conditions such as 23-hour and sometimes 24-hour lockup, physical assaults, degrading strip searches and the denial of our basic human rights. ... read full story / add a comment
Mohammad Al-Helou, a 7-year-old child killed in the Israeli attack yesterday (22/3/11)
international / anti-war / imperialism Thursday March 24, 2011 - 00:12 by Free Gaza (Ireland)   image 1 image
PRESS RELEASE, 23/3/11 10pm

FREE GAZA MOVEMENT IN IRELAND CONDEMNS TONIGHT'S INCURSION AND ONGOING ISRAELI ATTACKS ON GAZA
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Bob Geldof: Do not choose the side of the Israeli oppressor
international / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday March 23, 2011 - 17:59 by IPSC Cultural Boycott Officer   image 1 image
Below is an open letter to Bob Geldof regarding the offer he has received of an honorary doctorate from Ben Gurion University in Israel. The IPSC urges Mr. Geldof not to accept this dubious doctorate, for to do so would be aiding in the whitewash of Israeli crimes against the Palestinian people. We would also ask you to send emails to Bob Geldof asking him not to accept this doctorate, at the following mails:

[email protected], [email protected], [email protected] ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Wednesday March 23, 2011 - 09:42 by Malachy Steenson
Most damning aspect of tribunal report is thatt nobody is likely to face prosecution ... read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests Tuesday March 22, 2011 - 19:29 by Peter
March 21 is the start of the New Year in Iran. IUF, Education International, the International Transport Workers’ Federation (the three international union federations with member organizations in Iran) and the ITUC together send a message of solidarity to all Iranian workers fighting for trade union rights and independent unions:

“Today, New Year in Iran, the international trade union movement sends fraternal greetings to you, our sisters and brothers, fighting for basic worker rights against an oppressive regime. For daring to speak out and to exercise your right to form trade unions, to represent and defend your interests and to bargain with employers, Iranian workers have been sacked, arrested as criminals, tortured and imprisoned. Some, like Kamangar*, have been executed; others await their execution; and the threat of death and possible judicial murder hangs over all those who seek to challenge misery and oppression by organizing at their workplace for collective action.

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dublin / education Tuesday March 22, 2011 - 10:31 by Knowledge Exchange   image 2 images
Knowledge is an open collective group that aims to bring education and learning to everyone. The first lecture of our 2011 season will be this Sunday the 27th of March at 1 pm in the Exchange, Temple Bar. The topic will be ' An in-depth course on practical technological activism'. ... read full story / add a comment
Building destroyed by Israeli bomb in Gaza today
international / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday March 22, 2011 - 00:17 by Free Gaza Movement   text 2 comments (last - tuesday march 22, 2011 - 12:38)   image 1 image
PRESS RELEASE, 21/3/11 23.00PM

FREE GAZA MOVEMENT IN IRELAND CONDEMNS ISRAELI AIR STRIKES ON GAZA

Responding to this evening's Israeli air strikes against Gaza city and earlier incursions by Israeli tanks, the Free Gaza Movement in Ireland called for an immediate end to the violence and for an Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip.

It is understood that many Palestinians, including children, were severely injured in the air strikes by F16 aircraft. ... read full story / add a comment
Israels Enemies: one of the victims of the air strikes
international / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday March 22, 2011 - 00:11 by Muhammad A. Al Mahdi, APIC(APICONG)   image 1 image
We sharply condemn the murderous Israeli air strike on Gaza March 21,2011 ... read full story / add a comment
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mayo / environment Monday March 21, 2011 - 19:36 by Rossport Solidarity Camp   text 2 comments (last - tuesday march 22, 2011 - 10:05)   image 2 images
This morning, Shell workers were successfully prevented from carrying out survey work at the Glengad site. ... read full story / add a comment
Sean Cronin (1920 - 2011)
international / miscellaneous Monday March 21, 2011 - 10:49 by Malachy Steenson   image 1 image
Workers Party Tribute to Sean Cronin who died on 9th March 2011

Sean Cronin (1920 - 2011)

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