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UK G8 2005 Newswire Archive

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MAKE THE G8 HISTORY RALLY!

20-06-2005 18:31

Rally week before Gleneagles protest

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Come to the Cabar8!!!

20-06-2005 18:15

Come to the Cabar8 - July 1st Bongo Club , 37 Holyrood Road, Edinburgh.
9pm-3am and celebrate the creative genius, the inspiring tours, and our
diverse resistance to the G8.

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MAKE THE G8 HISTORY RALLY! @LSE, London

20-06-2005 17:06

George Monbiot
Tariq Ali
Victoria Brittain
George Galloway
Mark Curtis
Hilary Wainwright (Chair)

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To the Gates of Gleneagles Hotel by Tariq Ali

20-06-2005 16:51

June 20, 2005

To the Gates of Gleneagles Hotel
Making the Noises Politicians Don't Want to Hear
By TARIQ ALI
 http://www.counterpunch.org/ali06202005.html

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G8 Report: Africa Pays Price of G8 Climate Blindspot

20-06-2005 16:12

AFRICA PAYS PRICE FOR G8 CLIMATE BLIND SPOT SAY TOP AID AND ENVIRONMENT GROUPS

Monday 20th June: New report from a UK aid and environment coalition says act now on climate change or efforts to end poverty in Africa will go Up in Smoke:

 http://www.neweconomics.org/gen/news_AfricaUpinSmoke.aspx

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Medic Trainings before the G8

20-06-2005 15:58

The Action Medics have a few trainings left befor the G8 protests start, a weekend course in Glasgow, two one day courses, and several two hour courses.

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Cre8, Liber8 & Gyr8 against the G8: 2 events in Brum

20-06-2005 14:25

Flier for the 2 events

In the run up to the G8 summit in Gleneagles Scotland there will be events in Birmingham to raise funds for, awareness and entertainment around resisting the G8 and Beyond!

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Sheffield G8 Events 6 Guantanamo Bay orange jump suits

20-06-2005 11:45

After the arrests on the demonstration the previous day, Team dressed in Guantanamo Bay orange jump suits demonstrate outside South Yorkshire Police HQ and magistrates Court.

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Sheffield G8 Events 5 Press Conference at Marriot Hotel

20-06-2005 11:41

Press Conference at Marriot Hotel. Arrivals and then all deligates represented on stage.
Charles Clark - Home Secretary,
Lord Goldsmith - Attorney General
Alberto Gonzales - US Attorney General,

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Sheffield G8 Events 4 Cutlers Hall for Diner, police and escorts

20-06-2005 11:35

After getting of the buses, most of the deligates got in the hall rather sharpish, so, it seemed to me, that they didn't hear too much of the demo on the other side of the square .........

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Sheffield G8 Events 3 Covergence Space & Indymedia Media Centre

20-06-2005 11:30

This place was set up, both as a convergence space for those involved in action, or, just wanting to know about the issue involved. Also, Sheffield Indymedia had a network of computers available for an immediate upload of events throughout the days the of the justice ministers G8 meetings.

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Sheffield G8 Events 2 Police lines in Fargate & Lyceum Theatre

20-06-2005 11:25

Police lines in Fargate. and outside the Lyceum Theatre. A demonstration had been allowed with restricted numbers.

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Sheffield G8 Events 1 Press Conference at Marriot Hotel with Americans

20-06-2005 11:19

The American Ministers attending the Justice and Home Affairs G8 Meeting in Sheffield - Alberto Gonzales, Attorney General and Michael Chertoff, Secretary of Home Land Security, will be giving a press briefing

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The First Embedded Protest - Guardian

20-06-2005 10:05

Two Dissent! activists manage to get a decent criticism of MPH into the mainstream media.

 http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1509192,00.html

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New Amnesty Report on Detention Centres (20th june)

20-06-2005 09:56

UK: New Amnesty report calls on government to reveal annual asylum detention figures.

Amnesty also asserts that detaining children at Dungavel is unlawful.

A protest at Dungavel detention centre is planned during the G8 Summit for Tuesday 5th July.

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RESIST G8 "1st July" TRAIN UPDATE

20-06-2005 03:30

The Resist G8 train leaving London on 1st July and returning on the 9th July (long stay train) has been 100% CONFIRMED.

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A short history of the G8...

19-06-2005 21:36

A short history of the G8...

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GARDEN PARTY with live music at Inst. for Autonomy

19-06-2005 19:00

Anti-G8 benefit Saturday 25th June 6pm-6am

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Cre8 Summit Community Garden Pictures

19-06-2005 18:54

Pics taken on Sunday 19th June 2005 at the Glasgow Cre8 Summit community Garden.

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AUDIO: Cre8 Summit Community Garden Action (G82005)

19-06-2005 18:43

Interview with permaculture activist about the week of community gardening just completed in Glasgow, Scotland - where a piece of vacant land was occupied in opposition to the planned M74 motorway and the fast approching G8 summit.

MP3 11.30mins 48kbps mono
 http://radio.indymedia.org/uploads/cre8_robedit.mp3