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UK G8 2005 Newswire Archive

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Hijack of James Brown Press Conference at Edinburgh Airport

05-07-2005 17:31

Evaiding all political points the questions were soon reduced to ''So I here you are keen to try our fish and chips'' at which point I felt it necessary to intervene.

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a different view of Saturdays protest

05-07-2005 17:10

Report on my trip as Youth Worker with a group of 13- 16 year olds to the demo on Saturday

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Photos from life in Edinburgh

05-07-2005 16:29

Some photos from the political living and meeting spaces in Edinburgh.

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Section 60 serches or just ID checks?

05-07-2005 16:17

Someone being searched under section 60.
The police has stopped under section 60 (search for weapons powers) 3 people around the media center and the only thing they did is note down their ID numbers and description -- nothing about weapons!

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Stories from the back passage - the scene behind Edinburgh courthouse

05-07-2005 16:06

They said that the G8 was going to be bad for small business, but the seedy sauna at the back of Edinburgh's courthouse is probably feeling the pinch more than most

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view of a frustrated arm-chair revolutionary

05-07-2005 15:55

why we cannot win like this

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Tuesday 5th Timeline

05-07-2005 14:55

Timeline of dispatch reports for G8 protests around Scotland on Tuesday 5th July

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BEWARE OF BBC VIDEO

05-07-2005 14:33

the BBC will Incriminate you, !

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Institute of Autonomy Evicted

05-07-2005 14:23

Institute of Autonomy Evicted during G8

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Court Solidarity action in Edinburgh

05-07-2005 14:21

A small group of protesters are staging a solidarity demonstration, in support of those arrested yesterday. Around 20 people are holding a banner outside the back door of the Edinburgh courts where those arrested will be driven through.

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Activists climb Edinburgh crane to say "No More Brownwash"

05-07-2005 14:01

At 6am today (Tuesday 5 July) three activists from Brighton & Hove WDM climbed a crane in central Edinburgh to call for the end of Gordon Brown's attempts to co-opt the aims of the Make Poverty History campaign and twist them to the UK government's own advantage.

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Small Video - Local retaliation Monday

05-07-2005 13:40

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Local relatiate to Police taking over their town. Small Video not duplicate of earlier one.

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Be advised

05-07-2005 13:37

Information on police

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G8

05-07-2005 13:13

images from monday's demos against the g8

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Impacting Cartoons for G8 Suits...

05-07-2005 12:51

Work Harder
Powerful G8 relative cartoons...

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G8 CLIMATE ACTIONS, JULY 8 2005

05-07-2005 12:34

Details: Rosie Jones/Bob McLintock, G8 Climate Action
- 07967 906892
Email:  july8climateaction@yahoo.co.uk
Web: www.dissent.org.uk/g8climateaction

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Questioning Live8 'Class Dividing' Golden Circle...

05-07-2005 12:27

Posh & Becks were allowed into the Golden Circle at Live8 even though David Beckham accepts six figure sums of money from labour abusing corporations like Nike! What on earth is going on!!!

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G8.. G8 .. G8 .. G8 ..If the ship sinks it sinks for us all - Feeding the beast

05-07-2005 12:23

If the ship sinkd, it sinks for ALL of us
Edinburgh, G8 etc is an amazing reality show interactive theatre - We are collectively writing the script - All of us from all points of the compass - we are colllectively creating our future RIGHT NOW! - The police - the government, the rest of us, we live in a soup of action reaction - infinite possibility

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Crane protest G8 Co-option in Edinburgh

05-07-2005 11:57

We've just had a call from Kath Pasteur, who has climbed a crane outside Waverley station in Edinburgh to protest at what she sees as the G8's failure to tackle the problems of the developing world.

 http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/news/archives/2005/07/05/the_moral_high_ground.html