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Sheffield G8 Events 1 Press Conference at Marriot Hotel with Americans

20-06-2005 11:19

The American Ministers attending the Justice and Home Affairs G8 Meeting in Sheffield - Alberto Gonzales, Attorney General and Michael Chertoff, Secretary of Home Land Security, will be giving a press briefing

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video of sit down protest thursday 16 June Devonshire street

17-06-2005 22:26

protesters sitting down

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Clowne Videos

17-06-2005 22:22

clown videos

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Images and video from the demonstration

17-06-2005 22:17

penned in protesters revel

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Hanging Banners

17-06-2005 22:12

Banner drop 7:35 am Friday morning

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G8 Sheffield :: Arrivals for dinner at Cutlers Hall

17-06-2005 02:21

G8 Sheffield :: Arrivals for dinner at Cutlers Hall.

On the other side of the security cordon, a range of VIP's arrive for the dinner. surrounded by a massive police operation, to keep, protesters, the hungry and riff-raff out of the way........

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Operation Octagon Wednesday

17-06-2005 01:22

Defences around the Marriott hotel, were the main ministers meetings are held. Then the police lines in the operation opposing the protest.

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Sheffield Independent Media Centre at the G8 Convergence Space

15-06-2005 17:07

Some photos of the Indymedia Lab and Convergence Centre.

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Sheffield Peace in the Park [anti-G8] :: The Pictures

12-06-2005 22:00

Peace in the Park 2005. There was music from the main stage, the open mic stage with the speakeasy cafe and more. Also a kids area, healing area, and film tent. There was food stalls, meditation space, DJing workshops, campaign stalls, massage, artists and artisans, discussion, art workshops etc ......

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Sheffield 'Stop the War' March [anti-G8] :: The Pictures

12-06-2005 21:51

Demonstration against the G8 Justice and Interior Ministers in advance of them coming to town. People gathered in town on Devonshire Green, Sheffield. Marched through the city centre, and on to the Peace in the Park Festival.

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11.06.05 Sheffield Dissent Critical Mass

11-06-2005 16:08

Sheffield cyclists take over the roads in protest to the g8 and pending meetings in the city this coming week.

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Battle of the Beanfield - 20 Years on :: SchNews500

03-06-2005 10:22

June 1st was the 20th anniversary of the Battle of the Beanfield, a notoriously brutal one-sided confrontation between 450 unarmed travellers - including many women and children - and a quasi-military police force of over 1,300 police and MoD.

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The Travellers Situation

30-05-2005 22:17

Travellers come from many backgrounds. But similarities far outweigh differnces, in peoples expectations on what they want out of life. Recently, politics has come crashing through the door, and trampled their boots, all over the usual suspects of , travellers, asylum seekers, migrants, and the rest .......!

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Anniversary of the 'Battle of the Beanfield': 'Operation Solstice'

30-05-2005 22:03

Anniversary of the 'Battle of the Beanfield' 1st June 1985
It's 20 years, since the major trashing of my community, travelling on the way the make the "Peoples Free Festival of Albion" at Stonehenge. It was a regular event on the calender.

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Nottingham Green Festival, Arboretum Park :: The Pictures

30-05-2005 13:15

Nottingham Arboretum celebrates the May Bank Holiday with a festival embracing all things green. Live bands, monsters, fun for children and sustainable produce. Stalls, including crafts, plants, local produce, energy conservation demonstrations, wind and solar power, social struggles

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Paris Demo against EU constitution.

22-05-2005 20:16

In Britain being anti Europe has always been associated with reactionary Torys or even more rightwing entities like UKIP and Veritas. Even openly nazi scum like the BNP have used it as a platform for their vileness. Meanwhile across the channel tradeunionists, lefties and anarcho-sydicalists have realised that far from being a progressive move the EU constitution is yet another move towards a neoliberal agenda. In fact it's little more than a rubber stamp to stitch up workers on a continental scale. On Saturady the NON! campaign had their main rally.

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Nottingham Against Incineration and Landfill [NAIL] Protest against expansion

20-05-2005 22:49

On friday afternoon, the residence of Snienton and surrounding areas of Nottingham, came to protest against an Incinerators expansion plans. The company, Waste Recycling Group Ltd [WRG], are preparing a planning application for expansion. We went along to make our feelings known.

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New Galloway Revelation!!

12-05-2005 09:43

A new report by the Republican dominated US senate has implicated Respect MP George Galloway in the Oil for food scandal. Also in the frame is a French Minister and the UN.

Of course it's just coincidence that all three were totally opposed to the war? It is also unimportant that the senates info has come from a corrupt former Baathist who is presently being detained indefinately by the US occupiers and is desparate to curry favour with them?

I'm just surprised that they didnt manage to implicate Iran and North Korea as well.

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Nottinghamshire Indymedia IMC Exhibition pages

07-05-2005 23:56

Nottinghamshire now has its own Indymedia Collective! Various people have been active in the setting up of an Independent Media Centre (IMC) in Nottingham and the wider county.

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Nottingham Student Peace - Crystal Ball, Marcus Garvey Centre :: The Pictures

07-05-2005 16:52

Crystal Ball was an amazing night of delicious Food by Veggies, great music from the people who organise Demo Club including Jazz, acoustic and others as well as a film area, dance performances and even a Bush & Blair casino!! Held at the Marcus Garvey Centre on Lenton Boulevard, Nottingham