PRECIS:

Over 200,000 demonstrators from very different backgrounds joined the massive Make Poverty History march in Edinburgh. The organisers had called for people to wear white clothes and the majority did with a 'white band' snaking around the centre of Edinburgh. Throughout the day speeches and performances were held in the Meadows which had several huge themed areas. Queues were the order of the day, for water, for food from the burger bars, and for marching itself.

The march was set up with staggered starting times, but because of the number of people and the tiny exit of the Meadows rally area, those who wanted to start marching at 1pm were still waiting to leave as it neared 4pm. Many left to get coaches without marching. Many estimates put the numbers at around 225,000 or more, despite much of the media reporting just 100,000 for most of the day.

Before the start of the official march, residents of Craigmillar, the most deprived area of Edinburgh and location of the Council provided G8 Campsite, joined with anti-G8 protestors to march through the local estate to show their opposition to poverty here and abroad.

During the afternoon an anti-capitalist block broke away from the main march and was attacked and cordoned off by riot cops. People were held for several hours before being released in threes.

Other events happened during or after the official march (and we're not talking about the Live 8 concerts). Faeries moved about the march, as did battalions of the Clown Army and the funny 'Pro-Capitalist Bloc'. Break Dancers gathered in Bristo Square in an event entitled 'Break Poverty'. An impromptu street party on one of the roads closed for the march, with samba and music from the Infernal Noise Brigade, lasted until past midnight. At that point, police moved the party to the nearby Meadows in order to re-open the road, resulting in one arrest.

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INDYMEDIA UK FEATURE
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315513.html

INDYMEDIA IRELAND - FEATURE + PICS
Saturday Report Back From Edinburgh MPH Demonstration
 http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=70597

>> IMC Ireland Phone/Text Blog
 http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=70558

>> IMC Ireland Blog of Blogs
 http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=70454

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JULY 2nd G8 REPORTS:

Geldof's Live Shame Show
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315739.html

THE LIMITS OF ‘LIVE 8’ AND THE G8 IN MAKING POVERTY HISTORY
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315711.html

Police stop and search pedestrians and cyclists on Forth Road Bridge
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315556.html

Unidentifiable Police arrest protestor outside Forest Cafe
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315710.html

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JULY 2nd GENERAL PICTURES

Make Poverty History Weekend Fri & Sat (Compliation of Pics)
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315791.html

July 2nd: Images from Anti-G8 activities in Edinburgh
 http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/07/1750671.php

G8 Photos from July 2nd
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315587.html

Residents and visiting activists march through Craigmillar
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315460.html

Indymedia Banner on Forest Road, Edinburgh
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315472.html

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MAKE POVERTY HISTORY MARCH

AUDIO: Make Poverty History Radio Collaboration:
Gael Garcia Bernal on celebrity & activism - actor Pete Postlethwaite - vox pop from the street - Alice Unkono - Tourism Concern -Walden Bello
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315748.html

Edinburgh street closure + boarding pics before the make poverty history march
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315865.html

First photos of the make poverty history demo in Edinburgh
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315478.html

Make Poverty History Demo
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315638.html

MPH Photographs
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315665.html

Make Poverty History Rally Pics
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315545.html

Cool set of MPH Photos
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315616.html

Photos of MakePovertyHistory March
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315572.html

Anti-Mugabe on the march
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315673.html

Views of MPH Rally
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315598.html

Clown Army out and about 2nd July
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315535.html

Clown Army July 2nd Preparation pics
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315762.html

The Clown Army and its (Police) Entourage Extravaganza
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315722.html

Police Arrive to Quell Violence in Edinburgh
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315508.html

Pics from Edinburgh streets
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315486.html

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ANTI-CAPITALIST MARCH REPORTS

J2: The View from Inside
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315761.html

Police harrasment on Edinburgh Make Poverty History March
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315846.html

Heavyhanded police tactics lead to blockade and arrests on Make Poverty History
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315628.html

Black bloc march in Edinburgh
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315500.html

Police attack - demonstrators S60'd
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315502.html

Section 60 Declared Across Edinburgh
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315631.html

'Black Bloc' at an 'End of an Era'? Audio Transcript
 http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=70616

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ANTI-CAPITALIST MARCH PICTURES

Pics of autonomous march attacked by police
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315557.html

Pictures of Police Pen in Edingurgh demo
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315582.html

Police stopping the anti-capitalist demo at Edinburgh
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315515.html

Edinburgh: Police surrounded anticapitalist demo and banned observers
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315522.html

Confrontation between anarchist bloc and cops
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315632.html

Anti-Capitalist March - Arrival and demonstation pictures
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315769.html

Inside the anti-capitalist pen pics
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315740.html

Pen-in solidarity photos, 1st July
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315809.html

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AUDIO: Anarchist audio interviews from todays G8 protests
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315581.html
 http://radio.indymedia.org/uploads/overviewmph.mp3

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OTHER POSTINGS

PICS: Break Poverty Party in Bristo Square
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315651.html

PICS: Edinburgh Street Parties
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315657.html

REPORT: An impression from Stirling Eco-Camp
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315821.html

PICS: Stirling Eco-Campsite Convergence (Irish post)
 http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=70591

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MAKE POVERTY HISTORY DUBLIN DEMO PICS
 http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=70589

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