UK Indymedia - UK G8 2005 Newswire Archive

stop them// CRIMINALISING PROTEST

15-03-2005 06:17

this letter was published in the daily mail on the 14th march 2005

Public Meeting: Cre8 in Lancaster

15-03-2005 01:57

100 people in a public meeting organised by a voluntary association of citizens in Lancaster's Town Hall about the G8 meeting in Scotland in July. People shared ideas in working groups about how to get practically involved in opposing the summit after a presentation about the G8 and global democracy.

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G8 media monitor online

15-03-2005 00:45

The Cambridge Action Network has set up a media monitoring project, to follow the coverage of the G8 protests.

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Shakedown ‘05 - Nottingham G8 :: The Pictures

14-03-2005 22:10

Shakedown ‘05 will brought together the diversity of Nottingham’s cultural life (live bands, DJs, visual artists, performance artists) at this very big one-off non-profit DIY all-night event that tries to bring together as large a variety of people, music and arts as possible.

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RESIST G8 // 3rd South East Assembly - 3rd April

14-03-2005 14:01

The Resist G8 South East Regional Assembly is a co-ordination of groups and individuals opposed to the G8 and who are mobilising towards the G8 Summit in Gleneagles, Perthshire, Scotland in July 6th-8th.

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G8 Ministers Counter Summit -DISSENT!

14-03-2005 10:52

G8 Ministers Counter Summit -DISSENT!
tonight, from 6:00 pm, @ Ashbee Hall, part of Toynbee Hall, 28 Commercial Street, London E1 6LS.

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Dr Kissinger arrested at Gleneagles shock!

13-03-2005 23:04

This is an account with photos of my experiences at the Gleneagles Hotel on Saturday 12th March 2005. I was taken into custody after hotel security were not amused by my impersonation of Dr Henry Kissinger!

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Noise Demo at International Energy Roundtable - London March 15th

13-03-2005 17:53

International Energy and Environment Ministers Roundtable
March 15th 2005

"POTS AND PANS NO!SE DEMO!"
The Brewery, 52 Chiswell Street, 12 noon

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Demo against G8 employment ministers (pics).

12-03-2005 14:50

A small but perfectly formed theatrical protest against the G8 employment ministers and the offices of the DSS fraud squad.

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Commission For Africa Report - pdf download and some criticisms

12-03-2005 10:33

12th March 05: Tony Blair yesterday launched the much heralded "Our Common Interest" Commission For Africa Report, put togethr by a 17-member international commission which he chaired - with Bob Geldolf providing several 4 star "Fuck" quotes (saying it would cost the United States "fuck all" to free the African continent of the shackles of war, poverty and disease).

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G8Alternatives Apply for Permission for Gleneagles Demo

12-03-2005 03:11

The press have reported that G8Alternatives have today (11th march) applied for permission to hold their demonstration on the first day of the G8 Summit - starting from Gleneagles train station, passing by Gleneagles hotel, to end with a rally in the park at Auchterarder (the local village). The reports say that they think approval will be given with some conditions attached.

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How much will you stand for? - Bristol G8 Dissent! news

11-03-2005 20:35

As the city council slashes services for the elderly & vulnerable, and prepares to increase the council tax; as more land gets flogged off to private developers; as water and other utility bills increase by many times the rate of inflation; and as the Government attempts to rush through Parliament, with some Bristol MP’s support, yet more draconian attacks on our civil liberties; it just so happens that a series of G7/8 ministerial meetings are taking place around the UK, involving Employment, Environment & Development ministers (for info see

http://indymedia.org.uk/en/actions/2005/g8/). And of course we have Blair’s conscience-saving Commission on Africa reporting today.

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Pictures from the Employment Ministers G8 Protest in London

11-03-2005 12:24

Some small version pictures from the G8 Employment Ministers Protest in London on Thursday 11th March 05.

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G8 Employment Ministers Protest In London (thurs 10th report)

10-03-2005 20:21

Today, Thursday 10 March 2005, a small group of around 25 activists gathered outside the Department of Trade and Industry in London to mark the G8 Employment Ministers meeting.

While the last G8 Summit in the UK in Birmingham in 1998 focused on ‘employability’ and economic restructuring, the result people see now in their daily lives is social cuts, privatisation and compulsory work schemes imposed throughout Europe and beyond.

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broken words

10-03-2005 17:01

“...and then the word becomes flesh! Choreo-poetry takes spoken word to new dimensions” Jonzi D

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WATCHING THEM WATCHING US.

10-03-2005 14:18

They photograph us in the street but some of them don't like being photographed back.

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"POTS AND PANS NO!SE DEMO!" 15.3.05 52 Chiswell st - Ec1 12noon

10-03-2005 11:14

G8 Climate Counter Summit – Moving Beyond the Greenwash
Monday 14th March, London

March 15th 2005

"POTS AND PANS NO!SE DEMO!"
The Brewery, 52 Chiswell Street, London EC1, (Moorgate tube), 12 noon

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ACTION THURSDAY: Government launches New Deal for the Dead!!!

10-03-2005 03:39

A press release obtained by our overcover team of rapporteurs learns of the Government's next shocking move to tackle any remaining unproductive sectors of society... Meet: 12.00 @ Department of Trade & Industry, Victoria Street, London SW1 O St James Park, Thursday 10 March 2005

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G8 Summit 2005 - Mobilisations Links and Resources

09-03-2005 22:52

This page is a collection of links and resources for the protests around this summer's G8 Summit in Gleneagles (Scotland) that take place from the 2nd to 8th of July 2005 [Timeline of planned events]. This is a resource that will be kept updated as new information comes in.

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Statewatch Report on G8 and EU Counter Terrorism Plans

09-03-2005 20:01

Special Statewatch 12,000 worrd report on G8 and EU counter-terrorism plans, pulished today, 8th March 2005.

Also check the excellant Statewatch website for the latest news and analysis on the current UK Prevention of Terrorism Bill -

http://www.statewatch.org