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UK G8 2005 Newswire Archive

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Dissent action against Wilton Park conference

05-11-2004 16:17

Dissent groups in the South East are currently heading for the Wilton Park Conference Centre near Steyning in West Sussex. The aim is to disrupt a conference being held there between top European economists. There have so far been two arrests.

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SWP condemn direct action in run up to G8 visit

04-11-2004 19:11

The Socialist Workers Party's (SWP) condemnation of a popular action against Labour politician Ken Livingstone at the recent European Social Forum (ESF) in London marks a significiant move to the right for the SWP. It is a deliberate attempt to help the state demonise and criminalise direct action in the run up to the G8's visit to Scotland next year.

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Sheffield to host G8 Justice ministers summit in June

29-10-2004 17:55

The G8 ministers of Justice and Home Affairs will meet in Sheffield in June 2005.

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Reading Anti-G8 public meeting this week!

27-10-2004 11:54

Reading Anti-G8 group will host a public meeting, presented by the Dissent! roadshow group 'Trapese' at 8.00pm on Saturday 30th October at Reading International Solidarity Center.

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Dissenting Voices: from the Edinburgh Dissent! Gathering in September

26-10-2004 12:16

New audio documentary from IMC Éire. 47 minutes, 128Kbps high quality MP3 audio. 44 Mb download.

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Reading Anti-G8 public meeting this week!

23-10-2004 22:26

Reading Anti-G8 group will host a public meeting, presented by the Dissent! roadshow group 'Trapese' at 8.00pm on Saturday 30th October at Reading International Solidarity Center.

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Bristol G8 Dissent! update

22-10-2004 20:32

From 1 January 2005 for one year, Britain will be the 'host' nation of the G8 (group of eight major industrial democracies - not necessarily the 8 richest, nor most democratic). 'Dissent! a network of resistance against the G8' held a stall at last weekends ESF conference, as well as a day long series of packed out workshops on Friday 15 October at the Beyond ESF event. At the Bristol Dissent meeting on 26 October, Bristolians who attended the workshops will report back on the discussions and progress of the campaign.

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GR Scotland tries to capitalise on disruption

21-10-2004 14:20

This message is being circulated by Gill Hubbard. I don't know why I
recieved it because Scottish CND or me were never part of the Scottish ESF mobilisation committee although Scottish CND has affiliated to the G8 Alternatives group - which was originally a ESF Committee clone...

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Dissent Newsletter now on line

20-10-2004 13:41

Dissent, a network of resistance to the G8 @ Gleneagles, Perthshire 2005, summer newsletter is now available. Please download and distribute.

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The forth coming G8 in the UK

19-10-2004 10:54

We need to be on our guard.

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G8 CLIMATE CRIMINALS CRITICAL MASS - A SAMBISTAS PERSPECTIVE

17-10-2004 01:02

"People need the G8 like a fish needs a bicycle"

Coming straight from the High Court for the Fairford trial, the sambistas gathered in the cafe of the Royal Festival Hall to have a chat over coffee. We were already joined by some of the police, but spirits were high and we were ready to visit some of the climate criminals haunts.

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It is the G8 in Scotland...

15-10-2004 19:36

It is the G8 in Scotland,
We are staying in an illegal squat,
There are 3 days of protest left,
The police have given us 24 hours to leave,
Then they will come to get us out,
At the moment the police are not stoping people from going in or out,
What do we do?

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Shortlist of G8 climate criminals for Friday's tour

14-10-2004 09:32

A highly incomplete shortlist (eg. where the hell are the banks?) of London-based companies & institutions profiting nicely from climate chaos and everyday exploitation - by G8 country. (Write to LRT if you might be up for helping turn this into a printed briefing/map in early 2005.)

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Anti-G8 Meetings at (Beyond) ESF

11-10-2004 15:16

Day of Dissent! at Beyond ESF: Friday 15th October, Middlesex University, White Hart Lane Campus (opposite White Hart Lane train station). FREE EVENT, AUTONOMOUS FROM THE 'OFFICIAL' ESF

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Unity for the ESF, ESF and Beyond to the G8 will Shake the State

09-10-2004 20:09

Seizure of the IndyMedia server should not distract from work for the ESF, ESF and Beyond to the G8! If this was an attempted political gagging then that surely was the target. In defiance we should stop pretending to be disunited: it's just elitism gone mad. And taking this as a reminder, never become too dependent on the Internet and WWW, and be prepared in the likely eventuality, someday, to work without it.


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Resist the 2005 G8 Summit – ESF Meetings

06-10-2004 15:50

In 2005 the G8 (a Group of Eight of the worlds largest economies and most powerful nation-states) returns to Europe. As in recent years, resistance is being organised.

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New dangerous radio masts to be built in Scotland for G8 summit

02-10-2004 15:00

As part of the preparation for the upcoming G8 summit, July 2005, companies are planning to put up new radio masts. If anyone wants to do community-based action against the G8 these masts will be a good focal point.

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Scottish 'G8 Alternatives' Mobilisation News

01-10-2004 15:37

G8Alternatives News:

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Anti-G8 Meeting in Oxford 7 Oct

01-10-2004 08:11

Anti G8 meeting in Oxford at East Oxford Community Centre 7.30pm Thursday 7th October