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Indymedia ireland

offsite link Trump hosts former head of Syrian Al-Qae... Tue Nov 11, 2025 21:01 | imc

offsite link Rip The Chicken Tree - 1800s - 2025 Tue Nov 04, 2025 02:40 | Mark

offsite link Study of 1.7 Million Children: Heart Dam... Fri Oct 31, 2025 23:44 | imc

offsite link The Golden Haro Fri Oct 31, 2025 11:39 | Paul Ryan

offsite link Top Scientists Confirm Covid Shots Cause... Sun Oct 05, 2025 20:31 | imc

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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

Human Rights in Ireland >>

Lockdown Skeptics

The Daily Sceptic

offsite link Establishment Conservatives Must Embrace ?Populism? to Survive Fri Apr 03, 2026 17:00 | Dr James Allan
For too long, establishment conservative parties across the West took their voters for granted to pursue Left-wing policies. To survive, they must now embrace what they once dismissed as 'populism', says Prof James Allan.
The post Establishment Conservatives Must Embrace ‘Populism’ to Survive appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Marmalade to Be Renamed Under Starmer?s EU Reset Fri Apr 03, 2026 15:24 | Will Jones
Marmalade is to be renamed "citrus marmalade" under Sir Keir Starmer?s EU reset as Labour continues to unwind Brexit freedoms in a bid to boost trade.
The post Marmalade to Be Renamed Under Starmer’s EU Reset appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Flag-Raising Activist Arrested for ?Causing Alarm and Distress? Fri Apr 03, 2026 13:00 | Will Jones
The leader of the Raise the Colours campaign group, Ryan Bridge, has been arrested on suspicion of causing religious and racially aggravated harassment over putting up St George and Union flags in Oxford.
The post Flag-Raising Activist Arrested for “Causing Alarm and Distress” appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link M&S Turns on Sadiq Khan With Warning That ?Routine? Lawlessness is Putting Public at Risk Fri Apr 03, 2026 11:00 | Will Jones
Marks & Spencer has turned on Sadiq Khan, hitting out at the London Mayor for failing to get a grip on crime and warning that "routine" lawlessness is putting the public at risk.
The post M&S Turns on Sadiq Khan With Warning That “Routine” Lawlessness is Putting Public at Risk appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link The Strange New Left-Wing Cult of Ed Miliband Fri Apr 03, 2026 09:00 | Ben Pile
A strange new Left-wing cult of Ed Miliband has emerged that claims he has effectively been in power for the last 18 years. This greatly exaggerates the talents of the man, says Ben Pile: he is a symptom, not a cause.
The post The Strange New Left-Wing Cult of Ed Miliband 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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