UK G8 2005 Newswire Archive
Can the G8 satisfy the demands of global justice campaigners?
23-06-2005 18:27
Simultaneous Policy (SP) Adopters are supporting protests around the G8 meetings. But SP analysis suggests the G8 are incapable of delivering a fairer, sustainable version of globalisation. If we want global justice, we have to design and implement it ourselves.Third World Debt
23-06-2005 13:31
Debt is not an act of generosity on behalf of the lender, it is a tool of subjugation.G8 Council Provided Campsite Info (Jack Kane Centre - Hunter's Hall Park)
23-06-2005 10:49
Open from Friday 1 July to Friday 8 July.CCTV. Perimiter Fence. 24 Hour Security. Possible Search on Entry.
Water + Toilets
Capacity 15,000
Near Craigmillar, a bus ride from town.
Estimated Cost £10 for the week
Good article on G8 media manipulation and some of the effects
23-06-2005 09:35
First you scare them and then you play on their fearsIain MacWhirter June 22 2005
The Herald
http://www.theherald.co.uk/features/41699.html
Art Not Oil heads to Scotland - update & call for help
22-06-2005 22:13
I hope it's OK to write with a wish list...
Make the G8 History
22-06-2005 17:31
George Monbiot, Tariq Ali, Trevor Ngwane, Victoria Brittain, George Galloway, Mark Curtis, Hilary Wainwright call to Make the G8 History next Tuesday night.one account of G8 Sheffield
22-06-2005 16:54
Get ready to support anti-G8 prisoners in Scotland
22-06-2005 11:21
Get ready to support anti-G8 prisoners in ScotlandRhythms of Resistance’s “G8 Summer Fete”
22-06-2005 10:05
TO BE HELD THIS COMING SUNDAY 26TH JUNE, 2pm – 10pm
G8 arms exports fuelling poverty and human rights abuses (new report)
22-06-2005 09:47
New report from the Control Arms Campaign: Amnesty International, Oxfam, IANSA
The G8: global arms exporters
Failing to prevent irresponsible arms transfers
http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGPOL300072005 Edinburgh Potterow University G8 Infospace
22-06-2005 08:57
Adding to the expanding list of G8 related spaces in Edinburgh is another large University based infospace - see below.For other spaces see:
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/06/313845.html http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/06/314556.html
Starhawk reminder
21-06-2005 22:14
In preparation for actions at Faslane on Monday 4th July and during the G8 Summit at Gleneagles the FaslaneG8 blockade team are hosting two training sessions in Glasgow and Edinburgh on Saturday 25th June led by veteran US activist Starhawk.
Next Stop Gleneagles fo Sheffield anti-G8 group
21-06-2005 20:29
No Rest for the Wicked - Next Stop GleneaglesWhen Wearing White Is Not Chic-Full article
21-06-2005 18:57
Full article of critique of Geldorf and the worst sell out NGOs from a moderate analzsis organizationMonbiot on G8 Media Spin and Bono + Geldof's Shameful Love Fest with UK Gov
21-06-2005 08:08
Articles below:G8 Immunity for Heads of State
20-06-2005 21:09
New Statutory Instrument in force from 1st Julygives immunity for war criminals.
G8 Retreat on Climate Change
20-06-2005 20:15
LONDON - A new leaked document on the current stage of negotiations on the G8 position on climate change shows a further retreat from consensus on many fronts.Pilger: NUJ 'Partnership' w/ Government
20-06-2005 20:13
The National Union of Journalists and the Blair government are planning a "launch" ceremony, at which they will announce their "partnership". According to John Fray, the NUJ's deputy general secretary, this collaboration will "promote awareness among journalists of the issues that surround the struggle against poverty on a world scale... We want to help the media to tell it like it is."