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offsite link The Wholesome Photo of the Month Thu May 09, 2024 11:01 | Anti-Empire

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offsite link UK Sending Missiles to Be Fired Into Rus... Tue May 07, 2024 14:17 | Marko Marjanović

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The Saker
A bird's eye view of the vineyard

offsite link Alternative Copy of thesaker.is site is available Thu May 25, 2023 14:38 | Ice-Saker-V6bKu3nz
Alternative site: https://thesaker.si/saker-a... Site was created using the downloads provided Regards Herb

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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Lockdown Skeptics

The Daily Sceptic

offsite link News Round-Up Mon Jul 29, 2024 00:40 | 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.
The post News Round-Up appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Labour?s VAT Plan for Private Schools Flunks Revenue Test Sun Jul 28, 2024 19:00 | Richard Eldred
New analysis suggests Labour's tax on private schools could bring in less than half the expected amount because of the extra cost of adding more students to the state system.
The post Labour?s VAT Plan for Private Schools Flunks Revenue Test appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Far-Left Group Claim Responsibility for Paris Arson Attacks Sun Jul 28, 2024 17:00 | Richard Eldred
A far-Left group has claimed responsibility for crippling Paris's rail network with arson attacks, stranding 800,000 passengers, just before the Olympic opening ceremony.
The post Far-Left Group Claim Responsibility for Paris Arson Attacks appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link DESNZ Has Net Zero Competence Sun Jul 28, 2024 15:00 | David Turver
David Turver casts a critical eye over the new crop of ministers at the Department of Energy and Net Zero, revealing a batch of public sector lifers with no commercial savvy and zero energy know-how.
The post DESNZ Has Net Zero Competence appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Hate Cleric Raises £3 Million to Create Islamic Homeland on Scottish Island Sun Jul 28, 2024 13:01 | Richard Eldred
A radical cleric has raised over £3 million to transform a remote Scottish island into a self-governing Islamic state with its own army, justice system, school and hospital.
The post Hate Cleric Raises £3 Million to Create Islamic Homeland on Scottish Island appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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Voltaire Network
Voltaire, international edition

offsite link Netanyahu soon to appear before the US Congress? It will be decisive for the suc... Thu Jul 04, 2024 04:44 | en

offsite link Voltaire, International Newsletter N°93 Fri Jun 28, 2024 14:49 | en

offsite link Will Israel succeed in attacking Lebanon and pushing the United States to nuke I... Fri Jun 28, 2024 14:40 | en

offsite link Will Netanyahu launch tactical nuclear bombs (sic) against Hezbollah, with US su... Thu Jun 27, 2024 12:09 | en

offsite link Will Israel provoke a cataclysm?, by Thierry Meyssan Tue Jun 25, 2024 06:59 | en

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dublin / worker & community struggles and protests / event notice Wednesday August 05, 2009 17:24 by Laura
The government, the employers, every element of the establishment in fact is clearly preparing the way for an attack on the (already paltry) minimum wage. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / event notice Tuesday August 04, 2009 20:16 by Deezer   text 2 comments (last - friday august 14, 2009 12:38)
The 3rd Belfast Anarchist Bookfair will take place at the Belfast Unemployed Resource Centre, Lower Donegall Street, Belfast on Saturday 29th of August. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Tuesday August 04, 2009 12:05 by David L   text 3 comments (last - friday august 07, 2009 11:43)
The results of a recent survey in Israel shows a jump in racism and intolerance, particularly among newer Jewish immigrants. read full story / add a comment
antrim / worker & community struggles and protests / event notice Tuesday August 04, 2009 09:52 by Gary Mulcahy
A picket will be placed on Thomas Cook this lunchtime to protest against the arrest of 28 Thomas Cook workers who have been occupying their offices in Dublin. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / other press Tuesday August 04, 2009 08:56 by Ronoc   text 1 comment (last - tuesday august 04, 2009 09:34)
Its seems the vision that George Orwell had in 1984 is coming closer and closer for the English Public. There is already more CCTV cameras in the UK than there is in the rest of Europe, and now The Childrens Secretary has set out £400 million for plans to put 20,000 of the worst families under 24hour CCTV supervision in their own homes.... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / press release Tuesday August 04, 2009 06:11 by Laura   text 6 comments (last - tuesday august 04, 2009 12:53)
Thomas Cook workers' occupation forcibly broken up by over 80 Gardai - Protest at 1pm outside Four Courts today in support read full story / add a comment
national / environment / news report Monday August 03, 2009 17:43 by Contaminated Crow
Four masts, a landfill and a quarry read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Sunday August 02, 2009 19:12 by Hypatia
Here is an excerpt from an interview with Afshin, a student who was involved in the protests after the rigging of the presidential elections. The full interview text is available at the link below.

Can you explain what happened and the reaction from the authorities?

The protest at Tehran University was one of the first post-election movements. Students started to gather near the main gate chanting slogans such as ‘Death to the dictator’. This was the same day as Ahmadinejad’s celebration rally in Vali Asr Square - very close to the university. Afterwards some of his supporters, including plain-clothes bassiji, headed to the main gate chanting pro-Ahmadinejad slogans and throwing stones, injuring several students. They eventually forced open the gate and viciously attacked students with wooden sticks - several were killed.

That night bassiji and police stormed into the university dormitories whilst students were asleep, leading to more deaths and many arrests. Those held in Evin prison and the ministry of the interior’s underground jail were denied access to food, water and toilets and subjected to torture. They were released after about 30 hours, but not before they had been forced to give a detailed account of their political activities and beliefs. read full story / add a comment
antrim / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Sunday August 02, 2009 13:38 by Caitlin
'ASSAULT ON GAZA - A WAR CRIME?'
Following the assault on Gaza earlier this year, the theme of this year's 'Palestine Day' will be 'Israeli War Crimes'.

Daytime session starts at 12 noon
Evening Public Meeting starts at 7.00 p.m.

VENUE : ST. MARY'S UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, FALLS ROAD, BELFAST. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Saturday August 01, 2009 18:50 by Yassamine Mather
Yassamine Mather gives an update on the situation in Iran and analyses how the supposed leaders of the opposition are failing to confront the Iranian Regime. Full text at link.

Some of the founding ideologues of the Islamic Republic of Iran are currently in exile, having fallen foul of the current leadership, and, together with royalists, they represent the most backward sections of the opposition. Yet they have been given unprecedented coverage by the international media, including, worst of all, sections of the Farsi-speaking media.

First we have Akbar Ganji, promoter of a New York hunger strike and a man portrayed in the US media as a “human rights activist” who talks of Islam and democracy. An ironic description for someone who founded, and was a commander of, the dreaded Pasdaran (Revolutionary Guards) and who played an active role in some of the worst mass executions of leftist and socialists under the Islamic regime. read full story / add a comment
dublin / animal rights / event notice Saturday August 01, 2009 16:24 by Laura Broxson
Let's get fur out of Ireland! read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Friday July 31, 2009 20:42 by Susan Boyle   text 2 comments (last - thursday september 10, 2009 01:06)
Bolivia has broke ground in the articulation and assertion of rights many times in the last years & not only since Evo Morales was elected as popular leader of a Bolivarian style regime.

& this week, in what must be welcome news to Irish Animal rights activists, law have been passed which define the use of animals in circus as "cruel & unusual".
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cork / racism & migration related issues / event notice Friday July 31, 2009 20:30 by Joe Moore
Civil Rights for Asylum Seekers-The Case against Deportation. A meeting to discuss this issue will be held on Friday 21st August at 8.00pm in the Victoria Hotel, Patrick St. Cork. The meeting will be addressed by Rosanna Flynn, Residents against Racism Dublin, Joe Moore, Cork Anti Racism Network and Theresa Obi, Cork Anti Racism Network. The proceedings will be chaired by Marie Claire Kah. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Friday July 31, 2009 18:36 by Brendan Butler   text 1 comment (last - friday july 31, 2009 20:10)
The Transnational Chiquita company was actively involved and not for the first time in the overthrow of a Central American democratically elected Government . With its powerful allies in Washington the Obama Administration has not formally declared the ousting of President Zelaya as a Coup D'Etat which would require it under U.S. law to suspend all economic and military aid to the regime. read full story / add a comment
galway / miscellaneous / event notice Friday July 31, 2009 15:41 by Amnesty Galway
The Freedom Café is hosting a special FamilyFun Day with chocolate fondue, circus, live music, workshops and more! Chocolate dipped goodies in overflow, circus shows, loads of live music,kids workshops on how to have fun recycling your packages, face painting,raffles and much more happening - all this you can find in the Freedom Caféon Sunday 2nd August from 2pm till 7pm. A whole day of fun for the entirefamily! read full story / add a comment
national / history and heritage / other press Friday July 31, 2009 15:18 by history buff   text 3 comments (last - friday january 07, 2011 16:23)
An article on Irish anarchism in the 1880s by historian Fintan Lane that was published in the March/April 2008 issue of History Ireland. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Friday July 31, 2009 14:42 by Hypatia
Here are extracts from a statement by 42 Arab Human Rights Organisations. They make clear their solidarity with the Iranian People and their opposition to the repression carried out by the Iranian Regime. Full text at link.

We, the undersigned human rights organizations and advocates from the Arab region, express our condemnation of the brutal repression undertaken by the Iranian authorities against the Iranian people involved in peaceful demonstrations and protests against the course and outcome of the Iranian presidential elections. The repressive acts led to the death of dozens and the detention of thousands, including members of political opposition, journalists, workers and human rights defenders. The detainees have been subject to maltreatment and torture intended to force them to make false confessions or to give statements to be broadcast by the state media to distort the image of the popular uprising. The Iranian government has used the latter statements to support its fallacious claim that any dissonance or upheaval around the elections is merely the result of a foreign ploy to target Iran.
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dublin / arts and media / event notice Friday July 31, 2009 14:41 by Namgyal Damdul

Venue: RUA RED, Tallaght (near Luas last stop)
(www.ruared.ie)

Saturday 15th August, 2009

2.35 - 3 pm: Leaving Fear Behind (25 mins)

3.15 - 4.03 pm: Undercover in Tibet (48 mins)

4.35 - 5 pm: Leaving Fear Behind (25 mins)

Saturday 29th August, 2009

2.35 - 4.33 pm: Dreaming of Tibet (58 mins)

4.45 – 4.37 pm: Tibet's Cry for Freedom (52 mins)

4.45 – 5.10 pm: Leaving Fear Behind (25 mins)

These films contain challenging images. Parental guidance is advised for Under 15s.

Note: Screening times are subject change. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Thursday July 30, 2009 20:49 by Free Honduras
We, a group of Senior and Junior Officers (we do not mention names for obvious reasons and not because of cowardice) facing the situation in which politicians in collusion with commanders have involved the armed forces and that have deteriorated the good image that we had to the Honduran people we speak and we denounce the following: • read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / other press Thursday July 30, 2009 16:13 by Bazooka Joe
Fighting continued for a second day on Wednesday between Iraqi soldiers and members of an Iranian opposition group whose camp was stormed Tuesday on orders from Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.The US is obligated to the MEK (People's Mujahedin of Iran, Mujaheddin-e Khalq) because it provided information about Iran's nuclear program and because US officials promised to protect them after the 2003 invasion of Iraq. MEK member Behzad Saffari said that Iraqi troops were stopping injured people going to hospitals outside the group's camp Ashraf. read full story / add a comment
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