UK G8 2005 Newswire Archive
Sheffield G8 and Peace in the Park Photos 2 of 4
12-06-2005 21:24
Sheffield G8 and Peace in the Park Photos 1 of 4
12-06-2005 21:16
Direct Action Training, 18th June
12-06-2005 15:42
Thinking about coming to the G8? Thinking about taking part in DirectAction while you're there?
Brown lied about debt relief
12-06-2005 13:19
Debt relief is NOT agreed, there is NO new debt relief program, any debt relief is conditional on aggressive pro-market policy. Gordon Brown is lying when he says he wants to help the poor: he wants to subject starving people to a harsh and brutal economic regime. No free-market policies means NO debt relief.Squad Rave against the G8 Summit
12-06-2005 12:12
11.06.05 Sheffield Dissent Critical Mass
11-06-2005 16:08
exclusive F#ck the G8 rap track to download
11-06-2005 16:04
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17th June - Anti-G8 Fundraiser Gig
11-06-2005 10:27
Liverpool Social Forum presents a benefit gig with 4 top local bands, at Hannah's Bar, Hardman St on Friday 17th June, from 8.30pm. £4 / £3 on the door. Proceeds go towards transport & other costs for getting groups from Liverpool up to Scotland for the G8.Drivers needed for Liverpool anti-G8 contingent
11-06-2005 08:34
Liverpool Social Forum is organising minibuses to the mass protests against the G8 in Scotland in July. We urgently need more experienced drivers who can drive minibuses.Make Poverty History: New Wristband Scandal
11-06-2005 00:37
Following the damaging revelations last month that more than a million of the Make Poverty History wristbands have been sourced from Chinese sweatshops in ‘slave labour conditions’, a new scandal is about to break that goes right to the top of the star-studded anti-poverty coalition, Red Pepper can exclusively reveal.G8, Africa and corporations
10-06-2005 17:17
The Commission for Africa (CfA), was launched in February 2004 by Tony Blair, to 'take a fresh look at Africa’s past and present and the international community’s role in its development path'. Unfortunately for Africa, the CfA sees multinational corporations as Africa's only salvation.This Saturday in London
10-06-2005 11:24
Lots of things happening on saturday 11th in London for anyone looking for something do get involved in or any budding indymedia reporters looking for something to write about...SpOILs of War: The neo-liberal carve up of Iraq and why its THE issue at the G8
10-06-2005 10:08
Away from the bloody battlefields, Iraq is being plundered through the brutal economic reconstruction of a country already bombed to submission and starved by years of sanctions. This article examines the corporate takeover of post-Saddam Iraq, set in the context of a violent expansion of neo-liberalism and argues why its crucial activists in the UK take up the issue in the run up to the G8.PROTEST! STOP THE PLUNDER OF IRAQ's OIL
10-06-2005 10:02
A week before Blair hosts the G8, corporate executives from multinational oil companies will be meeting in London with representatives from the Iraqi government to discuss the future of Iraqi oil and gas reserves. Join us, the corporate pirates to protest against this neo-liberal plunder!
Pro-capitalists threaten to march in support of G8, July 2nd.
09-06-2005 23:14
Pro-capitalists plan to march in Edinburgh on July the 2nd, the same day as the huge 'Make Poverty History'protests.A group calling themselves CRAP (Capitalism Represents Acceptable Policy) claim they will be mobilising hundreds to march behind the banner 'Make Poverty Worse'.
Insurance condition on G8 march
09-06-2005 20:16
A G8 protest rally near the Gleneagles Hotel will only go ahead if insurance cover for up to £5m is put in place, say Perth and Kinross councillorsMPs slag off Geldof
09-06-2005 12:47
On Tuesday Members of the House of Commons slagged-off Bob Geldof for calling for a million people on the streets of Edinburgh. Highly irresponsible they muttered into their Order Papers.G8 Great? Debt and the art of deception
09-06-2005 09:53
It's all getting a bit weird... the lines are bing blured and the goal posts unclear. The PR machine throwing white wash and confussion into the mix as the G8 summit approaches. With climate change and African poverty apparently the key issues on the official agenda and the great and the good of planet celebrity all pledging support, and even corporations getting in on the game, it's no wonder people are getting confused.