UK Indymedia - UK Newswire Archive

Brian Haw – six years in the square!

03-06-2007 17:56

Brian has lived in London’s Parliament Square for 6 years – nearly 2,200 days and nights of eating, sleeping, and talking to passers-by opposite the so-called `Mother of all Parliaments`. Here are 20 photos of the day on which he clocked up 6 years of his magnificent protest.

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Turkish Forces Shell Northern Iraq

03-06-2007 17:37

Iraq said Turkish forces shelled a mountain stronghold of Turkish Kurd rebels in the north of the country on Sunday, a day after it urged Turkey to use diplomacy to resolve rising tensions in the region.

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The w(r)eek of Live 8 returns..

03-06-2007 17:27

A similar event to the ¨Live 8¨ concert which took place in the run-up to the G8 in 2005 is to take place in Rostock on Thursday 7th June 2007. Undoubtedly the message will be the same: ¨wearing a white arm band and attending a rock concert will liberate the third world from poverty as well as making you feel good about yourself¨.

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The Saturday riot in Rostock (1)

03-06-2007 17:24

So, at the end of the demo there was a riot. Which has now been widely reported by the corporate media as being deliberately provoked by tooled up agitators in Black. Change the word black for green and you start getting a bit closer to the truth.

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Gordon Brown....Hustings in Oxford June 10

03-06-2007 17:11

Protest Gordon Brown and New Labour in Oxford on June 10th. Troups out of Afghanistan and Iraq now!

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Clowns force closure of the G8 (probably).

03-06-2007 16:51

It is now confirmed that the clown infection has spread as far as Germany. Following the first recorded outbreak in London in 2003 it was thought that the spread had been contained. Now it seems that the condition is reaching epidemic proportions will little or no indication as to where it will end. It is thought that the disease has become airborne due to activists traveling to summit mobilisations on budget airlines. “Many of them don’t even know they are carriers” said one expert who declined to be named.

Fortunately following the outbreak of the Samba virus a few years ago there are now many safeguards in place to protect the movement from this phenomenon. Symptoms of the illness are easy to spot and following treatment victims can make a full recovery. It remains unclear whether activists will in time develop immunity to the condition. People are being advised not to panic as the situation is being closely monitored. Although the situation in Germany had passed the previous peak witnessed in Scotland in 2005 no one is using the word pandemic yet…..

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The current counter-revolutionary offensive in Venezuela – what it means and ho

03-06-2007 16:47

The non-renewal of the broadcasting licence to private TV station RCTV in Venezuela has been used by the Venezuelan oligarchy and imperialism to unleash the coup-plotting campaign they were unable to launch at the time of the December 3rd elections.

Despite all the hue and cry over "freedom of expression" the real aim of the oligarchy in Venezuela is to create a situation of chaos, violence and confusion, and if they can, get someone killed in one of the demonstrations. This would allow them to create a favourable international climate and launch an open offensive against the Venezuelan revolution with a combination of the following methods: military coup, assassination of Chávez, imperialist intervention.

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Rostock Saturday. The international demo.

03-06-2007 16:32

The march moves at a snails pace due to the samba bands and sound systems that are dotted along the route. No one seems to mine as it has a carnival atmosphere and there is still no sign of the predicted rain

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Rostock Saturday

03-06-2007 16:11

The march was meeting at two points the IMC UK crew nominated the main station as our meeting point as the route was shorter and therefore kinder to our feet. Despite the weather reports it was cloudy but no rain.

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Corporate solution to rape

03-06-2007 15:55

A global alliance of corporate think-tanks has come up with an ingenious market-based system for limiting the incidence of rape. It's called "rape-rights trading" or, more informally, "cap and trade". Here's how it works...

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G8 Roundup Extra - 2 June - Anti-Nazis Arrested - RTS Party Attacked

03-06-2007 14:58

Yesterday, Sat 2nd june, most of the news dealt with reports from the main Anti-G8 demonstration in Rostock, and the clashes that occurred after the march at the rally / concert in the harbour. Here´s a quick run down of some of the other reports:

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Vidfeo Rush: Police Attack Move Against G8 Protest and Concert

03-06-2007 14:44

02/06/2007: A rough cut of some of yesterday's loony police action that, whatever set it off, had no strategic merit whatsoever, other than causing panic, rage and retaliation.

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Support the Cuban People -- Help Send a Bookmobile to Cuba!

03-06-2007 14:37

The US embargo on trade with Cuba continues. This summer Pastors for Peace will again challenge the blockade with a friendship caravan. A fully stocked bookmobile will accompany it. Before the revolution there were only 32 libraries in Cuba. In 2002 there were 400 public libraries and 6000 school libraries. Cubans are avid readers and life long learners but Cuban librarians struggle to meet their needs under the blockade. We urge you join us in sending books to Cuba!

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Police Repression of Antifa Demo in Schwerin

03-06-2007 14:13

Saturday 2nd June

German Fascists called a demonstration on the same day as the major mobilisation against the G8 in Rostock. Antifa mobilised an anti-fascist response to the planned demo in Schwerin, north-west Germany.

Schwerin was eerily quite for a Saturday morning. German cops setup road blocks on the city's arterial roads in an attempt to filter out fascists and anti-fascists. The city's streets were deserted and the tram system was suspended. Posters showing a Nazi swasticka being chucked in a bin adorned roads around the city. There was little evidence of the "Master Race" mobilising in Schwerin but reports came in later that they had mobilised in Berlin and other parts of Germany. For the most part, local people we spoke to seemed confused about the nature of the counter demo, perhaps mirroring the somewhat confused interpretation of what really constitutes the radical left and right in Germany.

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Collected reports, pics etc from Rostock G8 Demo Sat 2nd June

03-06-2007 11:52

Collected reports from Rostock Anti G8 International Demonstration and Rally - 2nd June 07
(more to add later... please add any missing ones - thanks)

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The Controversial Burma Debate

03-06-2007 11:07

With the review of Burma’s democratic figurehead for the National League for Democracy (NLD), Aung San Suu Kyi’s house arrest having passed on the 27th May this year and her freedom denied her, Cat McGovern and Paul Gourdon have carried out some extensive research into one of the main areas concerning her drive for democracy, namely the pros and cons of tourism to Burma.

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