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Global Action Day Against G8 July 6th

imc temp glasgow | 07.07.2005 19:04 | G8 2005

While thousends of protesters blockaded the roads around Gleneagles in Scotland and demonstrators and hillwalkers reached the fences built up around the hotel, actions against the G8 summit took place all over the world.

A survey of wordwide actions against the G8 06/07/08 July (going to be updated):

Fana, Mali: 4th African Counter Summit

London:Action at the "Business Action for Afrika"
Oxford:Demonstration with samba band
Bristol: Demonstration
South Bristol: People visited the House of Tony Blair
Leeds: Spontanous demonstration

Heidelberg: "You are eight, we are six billion!"
Hannover: G8 Circus
Berlin: Demonstration
Magdeburg: Public Soup Kitchen
Cologne: Street Theatre
Hamburg: Banners and drumming
Heiligendamm (location of G8 2007): Banner 'Fight the G8' (Video)

Moscow: Street Party at UK embassy
Moscow: Solidarity action (pictures)

Vienna: ClownArmy at the British Ambassy

Barcelona: Action against G8 and climate chaos
Action done in barcelona this afhernoon against climate chaos
and REPSOL YPF - a spanish based oil company responsability.

Buenos Aires: Film Screening

Amsterdam: Beacons of Dissent
and broadcasting of the G8 Radical Radio Collective.
Nijmegen: Attempt to put up banner 'Break the power of the G8'
Groningen: Posters 'Make Capitalism History'

Perth: IndyRadio
Sydney: Climate Criminal Carnivale
About 100 people joined a colorful and loud G8 solidarity action in Sydney, Australia July 07. The climate criminal carnivale focused on a range of corporate and government offices that are contributing to climate chaos.

Richmond: Demonstration, conference and critical mass.
Kansas City:Demonstration
San Francisco:SpokesCouncil and conference
San Francisco: solidarity action - police officer attacked

In Switzerland a IMC Switzerland-Italy was set up in Lugano for translation and reporting from the G8.
Berne: Prisoner Solidarity March
Basle: G8 golfing tournament
Thun: Camp and Rubberboat Demonstration
Minks (Belarus) Action of support

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Vienna protest

09.07.2005 18:25

6th of Jul 2005, global action day: welcome to the british embassy in vienna!

A Rebel Clown Army action has been held in vienna in front of the great britain embassy (British Embassy, Jauresgasse 12, 1030 Vienna)

report (en):  http://at.indymedia.org/newswire/display/54209

no g8 feature (german):  http://at.indymedia.org/feature/display/53375

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Solidarity actions from madrid

10.07.2005 16:58





Actions in madrid:

vances de la acción contra la cumbre del G8 en Castellana

 http://www.rompamoselsilencio.net/article.php3?id_article=23


fuentes teñidas de rojo: acción contra las políticas neoliberales en La Castellana

 http://www.rompamoselsilencio.net/article.php3?id_article=24


Nueva acción contra el G8 de Quién debe a quién, esta vez en la Pza. de Colón

 http://www.rompamoselsilencio.net/article.php3?id_article=26


G8:Los 8 Pinochos, acción en Sol

 http://www.rompamoselsilencio.net/article.php3?id_article=34


Solidaridad con las víctimas de las guerras y con los detenidos del G8

 http://www.rompamoselsilencio.net/article.php3?id_article=50

noting


Wellington, Aotearoa

11.07.2005 01:09

NO G8 demo in Wellington ( http://indymedia.org.nz/newswire/display/36066/index.php)

Around 40 people showed up for a demo today in solidarity with protesters world-wide who are protesting against the G8, Climate Change and Capitalism. Photos will come soon i'm sure...
The protest started at Midland Park where a speech by a member of the Acheh Support Group was made about Exxon Mobil.

The demo then went down Lambton Quay, unfotunately on the footpath. But the cops (lots of them around) were quite bossy about the whole affair... Lots of anarchist flags were flying in the Wellington wind. Leaflets were handed out to people explaining what the whole thing was about.

Further down on Lambton Quay the proposed Free Trade Agreement with China was auctioned off. Bidders traded workers rights, Te Tiriti o Waitangi, Democracy, Biodiversity and FUN for the FTA in return.

The demo then went up to Marian Hobbes' office. Again lots of cops. Peole put up vampire teeth on her photo. Hobbes is the minister for the environment and also the local MP. But the Labour government is so commited to progress (progress of capitalism that is) that they completely forget about the environment... (Bypass, Happy Valley, Marsden B, GE...)

WE ARE EVERYWHERE!

smush


solidarity action in virginia by mountain justice summer

11.07.2005 03:28

there was also an action in solidarity with the anti-g8 activists in richmond, virginia that went right in front of massey headquarters. this march and direct action was organized by mountain justice summer, a campaign that is bent on stopping mountain top removal. mtr and the burning of coal, also contribute heavily to climate change and the destruction of the environment. massey is one of the bigger coal corporations that does mountain top removal. they go as far as to build a coal silo (and now have a permit to build a second one) 150 feet from an elementary school, plus a 2 billion gallon sludge dam less than 400 yards right above the school.

in solidarity
~mountain justice summer~ www.mountainjusticesummer.org

links to stories about the richmond action:

 http://www.kentucky.com/mld/heraldleader/news/state/12091269.htm

 http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD/MGArticle/RTD_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031783738485



mountain justice summer activist


Christchurch New Zealand holds 'dance of dissent' against the G8

11.07.2005 22:13

On Saturday the 9th of July activists in Christchurch, New Zealand attempted to RECLAIM THE STREET and did so for up to an hour before the cops came down on them. The party of dissenters then moved to a nearby park where the music continued into the night. A four wheel drive pinata was completely smashed to bits highlighting the effects of capitalism on the climate. FOOD NOT BOMBS served BBQ lentil burgers to the hungry crowd. There was also much information on anti capitalism, anarchism, climate change and various props and banners were used to let people know why the dissenters were there. A fire in a drum kept them warm.

Democrew