This Week's SchNews! G20+ special
Jo Makepeace | 04.04.2009 15:38
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Bank Statement
As the G20 Summit takes place, we look at what the leaders are discussing. This time the IMF is going to be 'coming to the rescue' with a $1 trillion of non-existent money be spent to prop up the leading economies.
G20 Summit, IMF, London, credit crunch
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Crapping Arrest Of The Week
Held in the kettle for hours during the G20 protests, one protester needed the toilet – and was arrested for going.
G20 Summit, direct action, London, Bank Of England
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Boiling Kettle
An eyewitness account and critical look at the G20 protests around the Bank Of England on Wednesday April 1st.
G20 Summit, direct action, London, Bank Of England, Met Police, royal bank of scotland
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Tents Affair
On April 1st, for the G20 Summit, the Camp For Climate Action set up tents in the middle of the City Of London. A peaceful protest, it was violently broken up later by police.
G20 Summit, direct action, London, Camp For Climate Action, climate change,
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Storming The Ramparts
The day after the main G20 protests in London, two of the main centres for the protests were violently raided by police. One was the convergence centre, a short-term squat on Earl St, the other being the long-established Ramparts building.
G20 Summit, direct action, London, squatting, convergence centre, Ramparts, Earl St, FIT Team, social centres,
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Reaching The Summit
A report from day two of the protests, on the day when the G20 Summit began at the ExCel Centre in the East London Docklands.
G20 Summit, direct action, London, Excel Centre,
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Raven's Art
The squatted island at Raven's Ait, on the Thames near Surbiton, is under threat from eviction and calling for help. This centre was used as a base during the G20 Summit protests April 1st-2nd.
Raven's Ait, London, squatting, eco-centre, G20 Summit, direct action, London, Surbiton, social centres
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Spanner In The Works
While the financial crash is sending protesters to the heart of capitalism in the City Of London this week for the G20 Summit, groups of sacked workers who are feeling the direct consequences of the crash are also protesting, and re-occupying their work places.
Workers struggles, Visteon, Ford, car industry, Belfast, Dagenham, Dundee, Waterford Crystal, Argentina, Indugraf
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NATO Summit Strasbourg
Protests have been kicking off during the NATO Summit this week in Strasbourg, with protesters not allowed into France.
NATO Summit, Strasbourg, France, direct action
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Creepy Crawley
The seven Tinsley House anti-deportation protesters have been found guilty this week of aggravated trespass.
Tinsley House, immigration, Crawley, direct action, aggravated trespass, asylum seekers, detention centres
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Mal Maison
A hotel in Birmingham has been squatted by a group calling itself 'Justice Not Crisis'.
Birmingham, squatting
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Lady Of Lakenheath
Long-term peace campaigner Lindis Percy causes traffic chaos outside the USAF airbase at Lakenheath in Suffolk.
Lakenheath, Lindis Percy, direct action, Suffolk, anti-war, peace campaigner
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EDO Briefs
There have been a number of solidarity demos for the EDO 2 – two of the EDO Decommissioners who caused hundreds of thousands of damage in January.
EDO-MBM, ITT, Smash EDO, EDO 2, Elijah Wood, Robert Alford, EDO Decommissioners, Brighton
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Right Off
The BNP's plans to march in Luton during a returned soldiers parade in the town were thwarted by a combination of Anti-Fascists, and a local police force who didn't want them either.
BNP, Luton, Antifa, Unite Against Fascism, Hope Not Hate, anti-fascist
Jo Makepeace
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