UK G8 2005 Newswire Archive
School students will walk out on July 6! SMS your family and friends!
28-06-2005 15:44
"I will walk out against war and poverty on Wednesday 6th July but only if 50 other school students will make this same pledge."— Alys Elica Zaerin, convenor of School Students Against War
Call for Multi-Coloured Blocs On Sat 2nd Make Poverty History G8 Demo
28-06-2005 15:11
A MESSAGE TO EVERYONE GOING TO EDINBURGH ON 2 JULYNicola Bullard
We hope that hundreds of thousands of people fill the streets of Edinburgh on 2 July for the “Make Poverty History” rally.
Greek Union G8 Protests
28-06-2005 15:07
Solidarity actions of activists and unions against G8Four years after Genoa 2001, activists in Greece are organising Days of Action against G8 in solidarity with demonstrators in Scotland.
Get on down with the disco bloc on the 2nd July
28-06-2005 11:37
Get on down with the disco bloc..in EdinburghNew Warning on Climate Change
28-06-2005 10:35
New Warning on Climate Change [from Prof. Bill McGuire, Benfield Hazard Research Centre, University College London’s] The UK could be transformed into a string of different islands due to climate change and rapidly rising sea levels, according to new research.Get On the Buses to Edinburgh
28-06-2005 09:48
UB40 will join an open topped Route Master (London) bus in Birminghamat 11.30am in Centenary Square on Tuesday destined for Edinburgh.
The bus is promoting the G8 rally that is taking place in Edinburgh
this Saturday. when thousands of Birmingham campaigners are expected
to help ring the city in a human white band.
G8 Journalism and Public Order Policing
28-06-2005 01:07
Public Order at the G8What can journalists attempting to cover protests around the G8 meeting on 6-8 July expect? Louis Charalambous, a solicitor specialising in Public Order law, gave some notes to the June London Freelance meeting.
http://www.londonfreelance.org/fl/0508g8-2.html
Rightness Seen
28-06-2005 00:07
Da Bush Docta is now online describing the current situation in Scotland. Da Bush Docta is into some crazy voodoo!---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G8 - Our Agenda - Our World Working For All Of Us
27-06-2005 23:44
BUT ………. You can sprinkle salt in its food.
If we go to Edinburgh with hatred, negativity and blame in our hearts and minds, we will be part of the problem, not the solution, the result will be more of the same if not worse
Inside the Murky World of Make Poverty History
27-06-2005 23:16
Make Poverty History would seem an unprecedented success story. Uniting trade unions, charities, NGOs and a stellar-cast of celebrities, its cause is dominating media coverage while the campaign's white wristband is being worn the world over. So why, as the G8 summit approaches, are leading members briefing against each other to the press and African social movements saying ‘nothing about us, without us'? Stuart Hodkinson investigates.LAST CHANCE FOR TICKETS ON THE RESIST G8 TRAIN
27-06-2005 20:52
**********LAST CHANCE FOR TICKETS ON THE RESIST G8 TRAIN*******Bristol Indymedia server seized tonight
27-06-2005 18:59
Have just been informed that police visited the home address of a member of the Bristol Indymedia Collective (BIM) late this afternoon (approx 5.30pm) armed with a search warrant.They seized from the property the persons personal computer, as well as the Bristol Indymedia server. The member of the collective has also been taken into custody, although his partner was told this was just for a 'chat' and he'd be home soon!?
Rupert Murdoch's son-in-law in charge of Live8 publicity
27-06-2005 18:28
Tony Blair's and Peter Mandelson's friend, Murdoch's son-in-law, is Geldof's spin doctor: corporate public relations consultant Matthew Freud in charge of Live8 Ltd. adds more weight to the accusations that Live8 is a mere publicity stunt by the rich and powerful to distract from the real issues of global capitalism and the extreme poverty it increasingly causes.Red Pepper launches G8 protest blog / supports Indymedia
27-06-2005 17:24
We press-released a version of this in the early hours. See you in Scotland.Mini-Festival This tHURSDAY!
27-06-2005 15:42
Mini Festival in Birmingham, featuring Food Not Bombs, Filastine, Persons Unknown, LOst Film Fest and the Infernal Noise Brigade. One night only!FCUK The G8! Hip Hop EP Out Now
27-06-2005 15:29
The Fuk The G8 Hip Hop EP 12" Vinyl is out now. It is a Limited pressing and features 4 tunes by Manage, Syanyde, Chemo and MC Excentral The Tempest. Its AntiCapiatalist, Anti G8, Anti Cop, pro partying and Fooking havin' it!!!.Theatre of Dissent hit the streets of edinburgh.
27-06-2005 14:29
Bank of Scotland HQ occupied in Edinburgh.
27-06-2005 14:22
Debt
27-06-2005 13:55
Less developed countries' external "debt" impedes their economic development and attempts to reduce poverty. But it generates huge revenues for rich countries. In the decade 1994 to 2004, Brazil paid rich country creditors US$400 billion just in interest, equivalent to the entire population of Brazil working a whole year.(1) "Debt" serves various seamlessly linked purposes, all to the advantage of rich country creditors.