World G8 Germany 2007 Newswire Archive

video clips of police repression in rostock

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.

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¨.

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.

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…..

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

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.

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:

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.

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

Video Rush of the march, 02/06/2007.

Here are more pics. Internetconection is shacky though.

Another attempt of putting up the pictures.

Short report since the arrival.

Pics from today's march against the G8 in Rostock - tens of thousands of people in two different marches converged at the harbour for a rally. Trouble with the police broke out, but these pics are from before that.

Follow a constant flow of latest updates from the anti-G8 mobilisations in Germany at the Indymedia's Timeline of Events in English language:

 http://de.indymedia.org/ticker/en/

Well, 13km of fence do not built an inaccessible stronghold. The architects of the G8 summit omitted the roof!

The truth is out there......... in Istanbul this weekend.

G8 News round up taken from reports on Indymedia Germay - 1st June 2007

Millions of people are deeply disturbed by the current state of society. They are vehemently opposed to the policies of the ruling elites all over the world and are seeking ways to resist them. They face, however, a contradiction. Experience shows that protest, even if it embraces masses of people, is not sufficient to resolve the great problems of war, repression and social reaction.