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Sydney G8 action

bento | 08.07.2005 14:53 | G8 2005 | Ecology | Globalisation | Social Struggles

About 100 people joined a colorful and loud G8 solidarity action in Sydney, Australia tonight. The climate criminal carnivale focused on a range of corporate and government offices that are contributing to climate chaos.

Risingtide Action, Sydney
Risingtide Action, Sydney


Radical cheerleaders got the message out to Friday night punters that fill Sydney's outside bars. While we all danced to the beat of the wheely bin sound system.

Australia is the worse per capita greenhouse gas polluter in the world and that doesnt include all the coal that is exported. In the land of sunshine solar is almost non-existant.

The action bailed up the offices of Tory Prime Minister John Howard as well as Labor leader Bob Carr, who was greeted with a chant of "bobs a knob".

Xtrata was one of the many corporates also targeted.

The after party is continuing near the opera house site of big mobilisation planned for August 30 against the Forbes Global CEO Conference. check out 30A Network

bento
- Homepage: http://www.risingtide.org.au

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Nice one! :-)

08.07.2005 15:06

Nice action .. and cheers from Edinburgh.
We are everywhere, and, by the way, we are still winning! :-))

dissenter


The Ice Bloc lives!

08.07.2005 16:21

Hey Bento,

Glad you're with us in spirit...

;-)

Poon


Pointless

08.07.2005 16:27

Yes, u are still winning in the fact that you are still steering a handful of idiots into stupid, pointless and demoralising protests / actions. Has anyone noticed how direct action has decomposed into a useless pile of dribble? just how ineffectual it has all become, how sad has it become that our supposedly alternative media both organises and reports on so called 'dissent', does the word 'Propaganda' [1] spring to mind? The very same alternative media that censors comments / reports that are not within the narrow confines of its school of thought which is glued together by the worst from of 'cronyism' [2] by thought cops whom self style themselves on a dodgey handshake.

My friends, if you thought the mainstream media was bad, think again.

[1] Propaganda - The systematic propagation of a doctrine or cause or of information reflecting the views and interests of those advocating such a doctrine or cause.

[2] Cronyism - Favoritism shown to old friends without regard for their qualifications, as in political appointments to office.

iodhadh


Chill out

10.07.2005 01:53

Hey Iodhadh,

What's your problem mate? We had fun, we got the message across. I didn't come across anyone that felt demoralised. It was more productive than spendng Friday night in the pub. What would you suggest instead?

Lou