UK Indymedia - UK G8 2005 Newswire Archive

Climate change, carbon credits and the other CC

04-07-2005 13:40

Climate change is the biggest threat humanity currently faces, and it won't be going away anytime soon. What will the G8 summit be doing about it? Very little.

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G8 Carnival Timeline

04-07-2005 12:10

"Carnival for Full Enjoyment" has started at 12, but before that things are already happing in Edinburg. Please call in 07901-778 062 or 07050 686 844 to report from the streets.

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video: arrest outside the forrest cafe Edinburgh 2nd/3rd.07.05

04-07-2005 12:01

A short film showing the arrest of a G8 protester by unidentifiable police outside the Forrest Cafe, Edinburgh, on the night of the 2nd / 3rd July 2005.
Footage by Jason Parkinson.

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Cops_on_way_at_Edinburgh

04-07-2005 11:15

Loads of cops are moving towards the convergence center!

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G8 will not ease Third World poverty

04-07-2005 10:47

LONDON — The front page of the June 12 Observer announced, “$55bn Africa debt deal ‘a victory for millions'”. The “victory for millions” is a quotation of Bob Geldof, who said, “Tomorrow 280 million Africans will wake up for the first time in their lives without owing you or me a penny...” The nonsense of this would be breathtaking if the reader's breath had not already been extracted by the unrelenting sophistry of Bob Geldof, Bono, Prime Minister Tony Blair, British treasurer Gordon Brown, the Observer et. al.

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G8 Carnival Timeline

04-07-2005 10:32

"Carnival for Full Enjoyment" is supposed to start at 12, but things are already happing in Edinburg. Please call in 07901-778 062 or 07050 686 844 to report from the streets.

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Report of `Make Poverty History` march in Edinburgh with 12 photos

04-07-2005 09:57

This is a 2,200 word report from the `Make Poverty History` march and rallies of Saturday 2nd July 2005. 12 labelled photos are attached.

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BP and Shell garages closed by direct action in Edinburgh today

04-07-2005 09:41

Direct action against the oil industry and the G8 started early today in Edinburgh....

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Glasgow - Make Borders History Pictures #2

04-07-2005 08:47

Pictures of the Make Borders History Tour in Glasgow, july 3rd, for freedom of movement and against migration control (part 2).

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Glasgow - Make Borders History Pictures #1

04-07-2005 08:38

Pictures of the Make Borders History Tour in Glasgow, july 3rd, for freedom of movement and against migration control.

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Stop War Edinburgh March

04-07-2005 08:18

A short report and pics.

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Faslane: First report

04-07-2005 08:01

Protestors arrived at Faslane. At the moment the midges are a bigger problem then the cops...

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Faslane Blockade: Timeline

04-07-2005 06:37

A 'Really Really Big Blockade' type direct action by Trident Ploughshares (TP) and CND is planned for Faslane nuclear submarine base. Coaches left from Glasgow and Edinburgh. This timeline gives news as they are coming in the dispatch phone at 07901 778 062 and 07050 686 844.

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THE LIMITS OF 'LIVE 8' AND THE G8 IN MAKING POVERTY HISTORY

04-07-2005 06:08

Some interesting reflections here from US writer/editor Danny Schechter. Danny Schechter edits Mediachannel.org and directed WMD (Weapons of Mass Deception) a film on the media coverage of the war in Iraq that was shown at the Alternative Summit in Edinburgh. For more: www.wmdthefilm.com)

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protest g8 in Bristol : 6 July

04-07-2005 01:11

July 6th Wedenesday, 5pm
outside the Hopoddrome, St Augustine’s parade

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Plym against G8 (poster)

04-07-2005 00:39

just a nice poster

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Make Poverty History July 2nd Demo - An Eyewitness Report

04-07-2005 00:16

After an epically long overnight Coach journey, (which incidentally didn't get surveillance from Cops Inc. at its drop off point), we arrived in Edinburgh for what I suspect may prove to be one of the biggest public demonstrations in the city's history.

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24 police vans seen heading north

04-07-2005 00:03

Late Sunday afternoon, the People's Patrol spotted three convoys of police vans, a group of 8 motorcycle police and a tractor trailer loaded with steel barricades.

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