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UK G8 Russia 2006 Newswire Archive

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A call to attack and block capitalism, Towards an inventive strategy

23-10-2006 15:48


Towards an inventive strategy‭ for attacking and blocking summits

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Shut down G8 2007!

23-10-2006 14:19

Russian speaker from the G8 protests this year will be in Liverpool on Friday 27th October to talk about the 2006 protests in St Petersburg. Come along to discuss organising against G8 next year/ find out about the protests this year! She will speak at 7.30 at the Casa, Hope Street (near Catholic cathedral) which is about 10 minute walk from Lime St train station or 15 minutes from the coach station.

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THINK G8 ! An anticapitalist teach-in

19-10-2006 10:54

TUESDAY 24TH OCTOBER

LOST & FOUND SOCIAL CENTRE

Call 07796 788 111 for directions – entrance free

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Human Rights in Russia!

17-10-2006 14:28


STOP CRIME RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT

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Summit Hoppin' 06

04-10-2006 09:44

Eight years after the first big summit blockades, activists are still
mobilized against. On several different occasions this summer there
were
demonstrations and discussions about political approaches and the
planning of actions. For example at the G8 summit in St. Petersburg,
the
Campinski near Heiligendamm, and the PGA conference in France.

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Anti-G8 meeting in Cardiff

27-09-2006 20:51

Speakers from Russia, Germany and er.. Wales!

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G8 Summit, St Petersburg, Russia - On the ground 5

14-08-2006 13:44

I woke on 17 July to endless text messages and phone calls about Lebanon. I found a television and watched bombs falling on so-called Hizbullah strongholds that looked like poverty-stricken Lebanese housing estates.

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Where Next for the Fight Against the G8? Meeting Cardiff, 16th Aug

12-08-2006 17:55

A discussion meeting about resistance to this and next year's G8 Summit presented by South Wales Against the G8

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G8 Summit, St Petersburg, Russia - On the ground 4

10-08-2006 10:00

I woke late. The sun was up and the head of a large and round-faced Russian policeman was poking through the tent entrance. He said something in Russian.

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G8 Summit, St Petersburg, Russia - On the ground 3

01-08-2006 02:03

Saturday 15 July. My English contacts were nowhere to be found in the camp. After some searching and chasing I contacted them by phone only to find they were holed-up somewhere in the city, too fearful of a complete police lockdown of Kirov stadium, which would put a serious damper on any actions they were planning.

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G8 Summit, St Petersburg, Russia - On the ground 2

30-07-2006 06:43

“I wish you success in your professional activity and expect the world’s leading media to provide a detailed, reliable and objective coverage of events taking place in Russia’s northern capital.”

Vladimir Putin

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Arrested anti-G8 protestors - 16 July

28-07-2006 04:08

Video
A short video of arrested protestors being loaded on to buses outside the court in st Petersburg.

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G8 Summit, St Petersburg, Russia - On the ground 1

27-07-2006 12:09

From London to Riga to St Petersburg, the first part of Oscar Beard's eye witness reports from the 2006 Russian G8 Summit.

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Eat The Rich: Making Life Taste Better

27-07-2006 11:13

Eat the Rich
Taking advantage of a free pop festival in the Parkers Piece park, Cambridge Action Network braved the heat on Saturday the 15th of July, to hand out reading matter to the passing crowds as a public education action.

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RESISTANCE (July/Aug 2006) - anarchist bulletin from AF (Britain)

25-07-2006 12:05

Resistance 86 front cover (4 pages total)
THE ANARCHIST FEDERATION'S agitational bulletin Resistance no.86 is out.
IN THIS ISSUE: Trade union strikes, John Reid new Home Secretary, Armchair cops, Left-wing in South America, Russia G8, ASDA depot action, Jerry Springer Opera, General Strike 1926, plus the usual activist's events diary, industrial frontline news. Read too PDF:  http://www.libcom.org/hosted/af/res/

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G8 Arrests : Has Everyone Now Been Released ?

22-07-2006 12:02

G8 Arrest Coverage in Russian free newspaper
In Saint Petersburg, following the G8 Summit, there are questions about whether all detainees have now been released. The actual number of people arrested remains unclear. Those who know of someone who went to Russia but who has not come back, please post an appeal for their release on Indymedia.

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(G8 russia) update 21st July

21-07-2006 19:02

Today was a meeting to resume the summit activities in moscow with around 40 people, in Piter there are still 4 people in prison.

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Worldwide Protests Slam G8 Support of Nuclear, Coal, Oil

21-07-2006 01:33

The protests included large "banner drops" in multiple cities, protests of coal and oil companies, and rallies at the U.S. embassy in London and the Washington, DC home of U.S. Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman. On Friday, protestors showed up at Bodman's home, demanding that the United States and the G8 abandon the focus on nuclear, coal, and on oil wars as "energy security." They chanted "No Coal, No Nukes, G-8 shut it down!" No arrests took place.

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G8 2006 Repression Continues -- The case of Mihain

20-07-2006 10:51

Translated and posted by the "G8 2006 Info and Press Group", Berlin.