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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
Indymedia Ireland is a volunteer-run non-commercial open publishing website for local and international news, opinion & analysis, press releases and events. Its main objective is to enable the public to participate in reporting and analysis of the news and other important events and aspects of our daily lives and thereby give a voice to people.

offsite link Trump hosts former head of Syrian Al-Qaeda Al-Jolani to the White House Tue Nov 11, 2025 22:01 | imc

offsite link Rip The Chicken Tree - 1800s - 2025 Tue Nov 04, 2025 03:40 | Mark

offsite link Study of 1.7 Million Children: Heart Damage Only Found in Covid-Vaxxed Kids Sat Nov 01, 2025 00:44 | imc

offsite link The Golden Haro Fri Oct 31, 2025 12:39 | Paul Ryan

offsite link Top Scientists Confirm Covid Shots Cause Heart Attacks in Children Sun Oct 05, 2025 21:31 | imc

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Lockdown Skeptics

The Daily Sceptic

offsite link The Question is Not Whether the WHO Failed During COVID-19 But What Should Follow From That Failure Sun Apr 05, 2026 20:03 | David Bell and Ramesh Thakur
A new blunt, wide-ranging report warns Covid exposed global health governance failures by design, not chance, and calls on the WHO and other international bodies to be leaner, clearer and genuinely accountable.
The post The Question is Not Whether the WHO Failed During COVID-19 But What Should Follow From That Failure appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link The Labour-Run Council, Where Disputes Are Settled With Firebombing Sun Apr 05, 2026 17:42 | Richard Eldred
Firebombings, pig's heads thrown through windows and Gaza-fuelled shouting matches have turned Oldham's council into a toxic mess, and provide a grim glimpse of Britain's sectarian future.
The post The Labour-Run Council, Where Disputes Are Settled With Firebombing appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Schools Pocket Up to ?700,000 Each to Teach Pupils Who Don?t Speak English as Bill Hits ?572?Million Sun Apr 05, 2026 15:28 | Richard Eldred
Mass immigration is sending school costs through the roof, with a record ?572?million now going to help 1.8?million pupils who don't speak English as a first language.
The post Schools Pocket Up to ?700,000 Each to Teach Pupils Who Don?t Speak English as Bill Hits ?572?Million appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link The Price Britain Will Pay For the Iran War Sun Apr 05, 2026 13:10 | Sallust
When even Left-leaning mags are pointing out that Britain's energy crisis is getting worse, factories are closing and all the talk of Net Zero is just smoke and mirrors, you know it's bad.
The post The Price Britain Will Pay For the Iran War appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link What Happened to the Batley Blasphemy Row Teacher Fanatics Threatened to Kill for Showing Cartoon of... Sun Apr 05, 2026 11:20 | Richard Eldred
Five years on, the Batley teacher who showed a cartoon in a free speech lesson is still in hiding ? cleared of any wrongdoing, but abandoned, traumatised and with his life in pieces.
The post What Happened to the Batley Blasphemy Row Teacher Fanatics Threatened to Kill for Showing Cartoon of Mohammed in Free Speech Lesson? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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Voltaire Network
Voltaire, international edition

offsite link Will intergovernmental institutions withstand the end of the "American Empire"?,... Sat Apr 05, 2025 07:15 | en

offsite link Voltaire, International Newsletter N?127 Sat Apr 05, 2025 06:38 | en

offsite link Disintegration of Western democracy begins in France Sat Apr 05, 2025 06:00 | en

offsite link Voltaire, International Newsletter N?126 Fri Mar 28, 2025 11:39 | en

offsite link The International Conference on Combating Anti-Semitism by Amichai Chikli and Na... Fri Mar 28, 2025 11:31 | en

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Free Software Alternatives to Big Tech that you should use

This page lists some free software alternatives to some common proprietary software. Indymedia is based on free software and we likewise encourage people to embrace its use as much as possible.

By using commercial software and by using corporate owned sites run by Facebook, Google and others you are empowering them and disempowering yourself. People should use software and platforms that are independent of this corporate giants and their control and take back control yourself. It can be done

There is also a comprehensive list at this site: https://goodreports.com/>

See also the TechTonic podcast charting the spread of Big Tech into all areas of live and it's intrusions and surveillance.
https://techtonic.fm/

Browser:

Media Tools:

Webserver:

Website development:

  • Perl language - www.perl.org
  • PHP scripting language - http://www.php.net
  • MySql database - www.mysql.com

Web Content Management Systems

  • Oscailt (designed for Indymedia sites -runs this site) http://www.indymedia.ie/oscailt
  • Drupal - www.drupal.org
  • Wordpress -Blog and Publishing Platform - www.wordpress.org

Text Editor:

Image Editor:

Email Service

Instead of Gmail

Email Client:

Instant Messaging / Chat:

Apps & Messaging:

Alternative to Google & Bing Maps

Alternative to Google Search

Secure Operating System including Mobile OS / Alternative Mobile OS

  • https://grapheneOs.org/ - Graphene OS
  • https://tails.boum.org/ -Tails is a live operating system, that you can start on almost any computer from a DVD, USB stick, or SD card. It aims at preserving your privacy and anonymity.
  • This is the full list of alternative OS for phones if you want to degoogle your phone and stop tracking.
    • LineageOS
    • iODE OS
    • CalyxOS
    • GrapheneOS
    • LunarOS
    • /e/Foundation

Alternative to YouTube

Social Media Alternatives

Instead of Twitter or Facebook, use Minds, Gab, Pleroma or Mastodon:
Centralized:
Decentralized (Federated):

Alternative to Zoom


VoiceCalls / Voice over IP:

  • Ekiga www.ekiga.org
  • Twinkle is a SIP softphone for linux only. http://www.twinklephone.com
  • Jitsi - Open Source Video Calls and Chat http://www.jitsi.org/

Alternative to Instagram

Whiteboard interworking:

Alternative to Wikipedia


For a comprehensive list of free software, visit the Free Software Foundation Website and go to the page: http://directory.fsf.org/
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