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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

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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

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offsite link Female Olympic Boxer Loses to Male Opponent in Just 46 Seconds as She Cries Out ?This is Unjust? Thu Aug 01, 2024 12:59 | Will Jones
A male boxer competing as a woman in the Olympics despite failing a gender test won today against an Italian woman, who conceded in just 46 seconds as she cried out "this is unjust".
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offsite link Academics Sign Letter Calling for NATO to Admit Ukraine Thu Aug 01, 2024 11:00 | Noah Carl
158 academics have signed a letter calling for NATO to admit Ukraine. But they don't address the crucial question of when Ukraine should be admitted: now, or once the war is over. Neither option is straightforward.
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offsite link Lies, Damned Lies and the Met Office?s Statistics Thu Aug 01, 2024 09:00 | Paul Homewood
No, Britain's weather is not become more extreme, says Paul Homewood, and the Met Office's manipulation of statistics to try to prove it is is shameful and dishonest.
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offsite link In Episode 9 of the Sceptic: Toby Young on Labour?s War on Free Speech, Andrew Montford on the Lunac... Thu Aug 01, 2024 07:00 | Richard Eldred
In Episode 9 of the Sceptic: Toby Young on Labour?s war on free speech, Andrew Montford on the lunacy of heat pumps and Euggypius on a mad month in U.S. politics.
The post In Episode 9 of the Sceptic: Toby Young on Labour’s War on Free Speech, Andrew Montford on the Lunacy of Heat Pumps and Euggypius on a Mad Month in U.S. Politics appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link News Round-Up Thu Aug 01, 2024 00:47 | 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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dublin / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Thursday August 19, 2010 16:57 by Steven Bennett
Friday 20th August 2010: 6pm-7pm + travel time from Dublin

Irish Anti-War Movement is looking at the possibility of arranging a bus from Dublin city to BBC in Belfast and back, to demonstrate/protest against the airing of the outrageously pro-Israeli Panorama documentary "Death in the Med". The documentary tried to justify the murder of the 9 peace activists on board the Marvi Marmara on the 31st May 2010.
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international / gender and sexuality / press release Thursday August 19, 2010 14:59 by Mina Ahadi   text 2 comments (last - friday august 20, 2010 14:35)
For Immediate Publication.

According to a report disseminated by the International Committee against Execution, in addition to Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, at least 21 others in the Islamic Republic's prisons are living with the nightmare of a stoning conviction. At any moment, their sentences could be implemented. These verdicts should be overturned immediately and this despicable punishment against humanity should be abolished everywhere and forever. read full story / add a comment
cork / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Thursday August 19, 2010 12:53 by Bryan Wall   text 5 comments (last - friday august 20, 2010 12:53)
A number of weeks ago, an article has published in a local newspaper in Cork in which the 19 year old author describes her time volunteering with the IDF for 2 months over the summer. This article is a response to her initial article and a correction of the false claims and accusations she made in her initial article. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Thursday August 19, 2010 11:48 by green leprechaun   text 1 comment (last - saturday september 04, 2010 15:54)
Ireland, by its very nature, should become a model of tolerance and intellect for the rest of the world...afterall....no one else is doing it...the market for tolerance and real intellect is WIDE OPEN...with electronic security and a little know-how the crime can be squashed and the profits can be enormous, all the while setting an example for the world about what freedom means. read full story / add a comment
John Gormley supporting the Rossport Five in 2005
mayo / environment / press release Wednesday August 18, 2010 19:44 by Stop Shell Hell in Mayo   image 1 image
The 30th of August is the deadline for submissions to Minister for the Environment, John Gormley on Shell's plans to tunnel under Sruwaddacon Estuary which is designated a Special Area of Conservation.

The tunnel will be....

* 4.9 kilometers long
* 4.2 meters in diameter
* 15 months of tunnelling
* 24 hour a day tunnelling
* 944 truck movements a day at peak construction
* 68,000 m3 of material removed
* 2.5 km of 3m high fencing
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Lone kayaker surrounded but still Beating The Boreholes!
mayo / environment / news report Wednesday August 18, 2010 14:23 by FSB!   text 2 comments (last - wednesday august 18, 2010 19:19)   image 6 images
Yesterday lunchtime, nine kayakers from Rossport Solidarity Camp, with their team of volunteers and local campaigners in support roles on dry land, successfully interrupted Shell's borehole survey drilling programme in Sruth Fhada Conn for several hours yesterday. read full story / add a comment
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wicklow / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Wednesday August 18, 2010 13:36 by Kev   image 1 image
The Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign's annual sponsored hillwalk will take place in the Wicklow mountains on Sunday 19th September 2010.

NB: If you are interested in signing up, please contact info@ipsc.ie for a sponsorship card or call 01 6770253. read full story / add a comment
national / history and heritage / other press Wednesday August 18, 2010 10:10 by Irish history Podcast
international / animal rights / news report Tuesday August 17, 2010 20:43 by ALiberation
Sweden's fur industry has been forced out into the spotlight by the group Animal Rights Alliance (Djurrättsalliansen) who recently published a year and half long investigation.
The group visited 20% of Sweden's fur factory farms and found rights violations including minks crammed into tiny cages, death, deprivation of essential needs, mutilations, infected animals and psychotic behaviour from been unable to cope with this existence.

Please see:
Text and subtitles for film (English);
www.sveketmotminkarna.se/horror-revealed-swedish-fur-farms
For more information, film and photo (Swedish):
www.sveketmotminkarna.se
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No British Withdrawal?  No Royal Visits!
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Tuesday August 17, 2010 18:04 by éirígí PRO   text 2 comments (last - monday september 06, 2010 23:41)   image 5 images
Following on from a very succesful protest in July éirígí have announced details of the latest public demonstration against the propsed state visit by Elizabeth Windsor (aka the British Queen) to the Twenty Six Counties. read full story / add a comment
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national / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Tuesday August 17, 2010 17:00 by Kev   text 5 comments (last - sunday december 19, 2010 20:43)   image 3 images
The Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC), will hold a peaceful protest at the Irish Women's soccer team World Cup qualifier with Israel in Bray on Wednesday 25th August.

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international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Tuesday August 17, 2010 14:39 by IPSC   image 1 image
Dear John,

Although you were born in Ireland, you may not be aware that on 12th August the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) launched its "boycott pledge" campaign, whereby over 140 (now over 160 and counting) Irish artists undertook "not to avail of any invitation to perform or exhibit in Israel, nor to accept any funding from any institution linked to the government of Israel, until such time as Israel complies with international law and universal principles of human rights."
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Dolphins in Broadhaven Bay
mayo / environment / news report Tuesday August 17, 2010 12:34 by JM   text 3 comments (last - tuesday august 17, 2010 12:54)   image 20 images
Several times a day there is a mini convoy that shoots back and forth between Ballyglass and Rossport, and this traffic intensifies at knocking-off time in the evening. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Monday August 16, 2010 22:49 by Marie O Connor   text 3 comments (last - thursday august 19, 2010 01:12)
‘“Whistleblower” exposed a hospital world of cover up and concealment that is still with alive. Symphysiotomy was as much an institutional abuse as invountary sterilisation. Survivors of symphysiotomy have called upon the Government to initiate an independent inquiry into these childbirth operations on the grounds that they amounted to medical malpractice.

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antrim / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Monday August 16, 2010 22:00 by Patrick
At a meeting in Belfast on 16 August, socialist and trade union activists agreed to form the Stop the Cuts Alliance in order to build opposition to the cuts from Westminster and Stormont. It's first decision was to call a protest against cuts at 1pm outside Belfast City Hall on 29 September - as part of the day of action called by the European Trade Union Confederation.

Protest - Belfast City Hall 1pm 29 September read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / event notice Monday August 16, 2010 16:48 by JM
"Ireland and the Eurozone Crisis"

Fri 17th – Sun 19th September
Co. Wicklow read full story / add a comment
donegal / miscellaneous / press release Monday August 16, 2010 16:38 by Séamus Mac   image 1 image
The Annual Hunger Strike Commemoration will take place in Bundoran, Donegal on Saturday 28th August 2010. Leaving the towns East End at 3pm. The Republican gathering commemorates all Irish Republican soldiers who have given their lives in pursuit of the 32 County Republic. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / news report Monday August 16, 2010 13:10 by GAAW PRO   text 4 comments (last - monday september 20, 2010 02:33)
The news that the former British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, is to sign copies of his newly published memoirs at Eason’s in O’Connell St Dublin on September 4th has prompted the Galway Alliance Against War to call for him to be arrested for war crimes – specifically “for his unprovoked war of aggression against the defenceless people of Iraq”. read full story / add a comment
antrim / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Monday August 16, 2010 00:05 by Trade Union TV   video 1 video file
On Thursday 12th August 2010, Nipsa launched its campaign to raise awareness about the impact of the draconian cuts the Tories are proposing on public services across the North of Ireland. read full story / add a comment
Irish Republican Prisoners Support Group's picket of the Ministry of Justice
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Sunday August 15, 2010 20:03 by Gerry Downing   text 1 comment (last - sunday august 15, 2010 20:20)   image 4 images
The Irish Republican Prisoners Support Group welcomes the resolution of the conflict in Maghaberry. The prison-ers demands had been con-ceded and that there will be a phasing out of controlled move-ment and random strip search-ing has been abolished.

The IRPS held a 20-strong picket of the Ministry of Justice, Petty France, London on 7 August 2010. The picket involved com-rades from Socialist Fight, the Revolutionary Communist Group (Fight Racism, Fight Imperial-ism!), Workers Power, the Irish Political Status Committee and the Free Mumia Abu-Jamal campaign. read full story / add a comment
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