UK Indymedia

Fixed up for the hols, old bean? How abite a week in the Kempinski Grand hotel?

27-05-2007 09:14

The unelected masters of the universe will be meeting next week to discuss more ways of making the poor even poorer and starting more wars. Here is some info about their venue with a few photos.

Full article | 1 addition

Nottingham folk report from G8 in Germany #1

27-05-2007 08:41

First report from some Nottingham folk who have travelled to Germany to take action during the G8 summit, which takes place at from 6-8 June 2007 in a hotel in Heiligendamm next to Rostock at the Baltic Sea.

Full article | 2 additions | 1 comment

Hamburg street chaos

26-05-2007 21:34

G8 Critical mass disrupted by police and St Pauli fans take over streets of Hamburg.

Full article

Massive security preparations for upcoming G8 summit in Germany

25-05-2007 18:15

In preparation for the G8 summit of world leaders to be held June 6-8 in Germany, the idyllic bathing resort of Heiligendamm is being transformed into a high-security tract resembling the notorious “Green Zone” in Baghdad.

Full article | 1 addition | 1 comment

Cultural Centre in Berlin/Germany in Danger

25-05-2007 18:05

One of the last important non-commercial centers in Germany is threatened with eviction. There is a call for solidarity-actions on a global action day:

Full article | 3 comments

Geldof in private jet scandal

25-05-2007 17:57

Bob geldof has angered environmental campaigners by agreeing to be flown by private jet

Full article | 1 addition

BREAKING NEWS: German court says anti-G8 protest marches can´t be forbidden

25-05-2007 13:25

The Verwaltungsgericht Schwerin (Court of Schwerin) came to the decision that the planned protest marches against the G8 summit are legal and can´t be forbidden.
German police wanted to forbid the marches.

Full article

German Police Opens Thousends Of Letters Of Suspected G8 Activists

25-05-2007 10:56

Media reports today, that "Police have been intercepting mail in the German city of Hamburg, the postal company said Friday as a hunt continued for radicals who have attacked cars and homes with petrol bombs in the run-up to next month's G8 summit. "

Full article

We are all 129a! Sign up online.

24-05-2007 23:29

Sign up against the branding of G8 critics as terrorists!

Full article

AFA G8 Action Map

23-05-2007 10:49

afa action map against g8

Full article | 1 comment

Stasi Lives!

23-05-2007 08:35

Anti-G8 policing re-activates East German Secret Police tactics

Full article

G8 Resistant Art Festival Update

23-05-2007 07:31

http://www.free4alter.org

update below - this from the free spaces / free party scene who plan to have a safe space of cultural expression - a place to chill out and wind down...

Full article

Anti-G8-Rave in front of German parliament

22-05-2007 11:03

(Berlin) Last Sunday about 100 activists had a spontaneous rave in front of the German Parliament, the Reichstag. They protested against the G8-summit and the repression. Demonstrations near the parliament are forbidden in Germany.

Full article

G8: The Independent Media Center needs money

21-05-2007 20:13

During the action days against the G8 summit in Heiligendamm, Germany, there will be a media center in Evershagen, a district of Rostock. Media activists will have the opportunity to work day and night to propose a different perspective on the protests from what is to be expected of corporate media. There will be information points on the camps as well, and another meeting place is going to be set up in the "Frieda", another school in Rostock. So there will be an infrastructure to allow serious media work, i.e. public access computers, internet connection, and audio and video editing facilities.

Full article

Local Travel Around The G8, Practical Info

21-05-2007 11:46

Many people going to Germany next week (and there seem to be many, really ) were concerned about how to travel between camps and other locations in the area. There seem to be an easy answer fro that now:

Full article | 1 addition

London G8 meeting notes

21-05-2007 11:37

On Thurs 17th May we had a G8 preparation meeting in London. Here be the notes therefrom.

Full article | 2 comments

Germany: Fire, stones, paint, and banner drops in the run-up to G8

21-05-2007 07:37

What happened in the last two weeks:

full list on:

http://dissentnetzwerk.org/node/446

Full article

Malmö: 300 on Street party against the G8

21-05-2007 07:34

May 21, 2007
Indymedia Germany

Saturday, May 19 three hundred young people took over the centrally located spot Triangeln and placed a great party right in front of shopping avenues and luxurious hotels. Hip hop acts with local bands from Rosengård (a part of the city which has the most poor of which the big share are immigrants) was mixed with mobilising speeches about the G8-meeting. Participants from Mexico, Germany, and the USA, who stopped in Malmö on their way to Rostock, used the microphone to announce why everyone should go to Germany in the beginning of june to block the meeting.

Full article

Final G8 Meeting in London

20-05-2007 12:36

Need last minute information about anti-G8 activities in Germany or London? Well, this will be your last chance to come to one of the London G8 meetings!

Thurs 24th May - 7pm RampART - East London

Full article

From now on online: http://www.g8-tv.org/

18-05-2007 18:21

From now on online: videos and films about the protests against the G 8 summit in Germany. Up to now most of the films are in german, but interesting for non-german speakers, too. There's often a small overview in english about the contents of the videos.
Soon there will be videos translated in many languages.