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UK G8 2005 Newswire Archive

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Can the G8 satisfy the demands of global justice campaigners?

23-06-2005 18:27

Simultaneous Policy (SP) Adopters are supporting protests around the G8 meetings. But SP analysis suggests the G8 are incapable of delivering a fairer, sustainable version of globalisation. If we want global justice, we have to design and implement it ourselves.

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Third World Debt

23-06-2005 13:31

Debt is not an act of generosity on behalf of the lender, it is a tool of subjugation.

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G8 Council Provided Campsite Info (Jack Kane Centre - Hunter's Hall Park)

23-06-2005 10:49

Open from Friday 1 July to Friday 8 July.
CCTV. Perimiter Fence. 24 Hour Security. Possible Search on Entry.
Water + Toilets
Capacity 15,000
Near Craigmillar, a bus ride from town.
Estimated Cost £10 for the week

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Good article on G8 media manipulation and some of the effects

23-06-2005 09:35

First you scare them and then you play on their fears
Iain MacWhirter June 22 2005
The Herald
 http://www.theherald.co.uk/features/41699.html

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Art Not Oil heads to Scotland - update & call for help

22-06-2005 22:13

Profit-land
Hi peoples,

I hope it's OK to write with a wish list...

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Make the G8 History

22-06-2005 17:31

George Monbiot, Tariq Ali, Trevor Ngwane, Victoria Brittain, George Galloway, Mark Curtis, Hilary Wainwright call to Make the G8 History next Tuesday night.


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one account of G8 Sheffield

22-06-2005 16:54

Video cyclists on hannover way
I was involved in all the Rhythms of Resistance actions last week starting with the banner drop at 7.00 Wednesday morning on Park Square roundabout.

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Brighton to Gleneagles Bike Caravan.

22-06-2005 15:50

Video
Here is a video of them leaving London.

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Get ready to support anti-G8 prisoners in Scotland

22-06-2005 11:21

Get ready to support anti-G8 prisoners in Scotland

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Rhythms of Resistance’s “G8 Summer Fete”

22-06-2005 10:05

Samba!
A fundraiser for the upcoming week of protests in Scotland
TO BE HELD THIS COMING SUNDAY 26TH JUNE, 2pm – 10pm

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G8 arms exports fuelling poverty and human rights abuses (new report)

22-06-2005 09:47

22 June 2005

New report from the Control Arms Campaign: Amnesty International, Oxfam, IANSA

The G8: global arms exporters
Failing to prevent irresponsible arms transfers
 http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGPOL300072005

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Edinburgh Potterow University G8 Infospace

22-06-2005 08:57

Adding to the expanding list of G8 related spaces in Edinburgh is another large University based infospace - see below.

For other spaces see:
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/06/313845.html
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/06/314556.html

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Starhawk reminder

21-06-2005 22:14


In preparation for actions at Faslane on Monday 4th July and during the G8 Summit at Gleneagles the FaslaneG8 blockade team are hosting two training sessions in Glasgow and Edinburgh on Saturday 25th June led by veteran US activist Starhawk.

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Next Stop Gleneagles fo Sheffield anti-G8 group

21-06-2005 20:29

No Rest for the Wicked - Next Stop Gleneagles

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When Wearing White Is Not Chic-Full article

21-06-2005 18:57

Full article of critique of Geldorf and the worst sell out NGOs from a moderate analzsis organization

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G8 Immunity for Heads of State

20-06-2005 21:09

New Statutory Instrument in force from 1st July
gives immunity for war criminals.

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G8 Retreat on Climate Change

20-06-2005 20:15

LONDON - A new leaked document on the current stage of negotiations on the G8 position on climate change shows a further retreat from consensus on many fronts.

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Pilger: NUJ 'Partnership' w/ Government

20-06-2005 20:13

The National Union of Journalists and the Blair government are planning a "launch" ceremony, at which they will announce their "partnership". According to John Fray, the NUJ's deputy general secretary, this collaboration will "promote awareness among journalists of the issues that surround the struggle against poverty on a world scale... We want to help the media to tell it like it is."
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