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UK G8 2005 Newswire Archive

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Formation of the Cambridge Action Network

28-05-2004 11:56

The formerly nameless group of people who perpetrated the fearsome May Day Picnic in the Grafton Centre has now decided after a vigourous debate to call itself the Cambridge Action Network. The group has also adopted the PGA Hallmarks and affiliated to the Dissent! Network organizing against the G8 summit to be held in Scotland next year.


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LIBERATE GEORGIA, U.S.A. !!! HELP THE G8 PROTESTERS!!

28-05-2004 06:06

12 days away from the Sea Island 2004 G8 summit, the repression in Georgia (USA) escalates. State of emergency declared by Georgia Governor in six coastal counties.
Police given the go-ahead to stop all demonstrations.

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Resist the 2005 G8 Summit in the UK

27-05-2004 12:01

The following text is an international call to participate in a process of reflection upon past summit mobilisations and to begin organising resistance to the 2005 G8 Summit to be held somewhere in the UK. Please distribute widely.

For information about the next national Dissent! Network gathering in the UK, email:  g8gathering@yahoo.co.uk

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G8 2004:Savannah placed under state of emergency

22-05-2004 23:36

Ga governor panics as G8 protests approach

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Police cover fears over G8 summit

22-05-2004 22:28

frontpage of Edinburgh Evening News 22nd of May 2004
Sat 22 May 2004 JANE HAMILTON - CRIME REPORTER
Edinburgh Evening News

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CALL FOR SAVANNAH BLOC G8 2004

14-05-2004 23:45

COME TO SAVANNAH JUNE 8th-10th for anti-G8 action!

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upcomming anti G8 actions in Nottingham

13-05-2004 15:04

some info on upcomming anti G8 actions in Nottingham

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Dissent! Oxford meeting

29-04-2004 21:32

The next Dissent!Oxford meeting is to be on Wednesday the 5th May at 7.30pm, hopefully at OCSET (or another venue will be announced).

There are a number of things to discuss including the Dissent!Oxford group, a potential bid for £10,000 to fund a social/info space to help build energy in oxford for the mobilisation around the UK G8 meeting 2005 as well as potential actions around the G8 2004 (beginning of June)...and any other matters?.

All welcome

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Anti-G8 'Dissent! Network' National Gathering in Manchester, April 24-25

14-04-2004 23:02

Dissent! is a Network of resistance to the G8, set up in the Autumn of 2003 to co-ordinate resistance to the 2005 G8 Summit in the UK, and to contribute to the building of an anti-capitalist movement in the UK. The Network is open to all of those who work within the PGA Hallmarks (www.agp.org)

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G8 2004: Police crackdown begins in Savannah

17-03-2004 04:06

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15 Savannah Metropolitan Police officers swarmed leafleting labor union leaders in historic Johnson Square. Threatened arrests.

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G8 2004: Savannah on the move

03-03-2004 18:42

Savannah activists make plans for Festival for Peace and Civil Liberties

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INFO ON THE G8

26-02-2004 14:27

Someone called Che was asking for information about the G8, and the post has vanished from the newswire (technical problems) so...

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G8 Dissent in Oxford - Photos! (21st Feb., 2004)

22-02-2004 17:21

G8 Action 1
Here are the photos from Saturday's G8 action in Oxford.

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The G8 leaders visit oxford

21-02-2004 18:15

The G8 leaders visit oxford with a samba band to celebrate the launch of dissent the activist network.

They hand out truthful money to the toe tapping crowed

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DISSENT - Anti G8 Day

17-02-2004 14:51

An invitation to a day event (& evening social) to discuss the forthcoming G8 Summit in the UK in 2005.

SATURDAY 21ST FEB. 2pm onwards.

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DISSENT - Anti G8 Day (London Sat 21st Feb)

14-02-2004 14:22

An invitation to a day event (& evening social) to discuss the forthcoming G8 Summit in the UK in 2005. SATURDAY 21ST FEB. 2pm

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G8 Call to Action: Geography is not an Obstacle, but an Opportunity!

24-01-2004 00:43

Global Days of Action against Empire, War and Capitalism

June 8-10, 2004

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G8 comes to UK in 2005. Organising has already begun!

09-12-2003 19:43

The G8 summit is happening in the UK in 2005. Already people are meeting and planning how to oppose the rulers of the world when they come to these islands. The Dissent! network was launched at a recent gathering. It aims to connect people who want to mobilise against the G8 on the basis of solidarity, mutual aid, direct action and autonomy, as defined by the hallmarks of Peoples' Global Action. For more info on PGA see www.agp.org.

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Newcastle vs the G8 in 2005

07-09-2003 12:43

Preparing for the G8 in Gateshead
Somebody is spreading the rumour that the 2005 G8 summit will be held in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Excellent.
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