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G 8 BREAKING NEWS: breakthrough to the fence !

06-06-2007 14:25

1000s managed to get into the 1st security zone which begins about 6km in front of the fence. They now are DIRECTLY at the fence. They began with the demontage of NATO razor wire.

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Wednesday Rostock-Laage Airport rallys

06-06-2007 14:23

Today, we went over to see what was going on at the supposed airport blockades at Rostock-Laage airport and found only a small number of protesters at each of the four rally points.

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Plan B has started already: join to the battle of joy.

06-06-2007 00:01

There are certain moments when it seems appropriate, without it ever being a matter of calculation, to address everybody in a manner as simple and direct as possible. One of these moments has arrived.

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Porto Ahainst the G8

05-06-2007 23:20

Report on street action against the g8 in Porto (Portugal). June 2nd - Saturday morning

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Down With Police Terror Against the Anti-G8 Demonstrators!

05-06-2007 23:15

Down With Police Terror Against the Anti-G8 Demonstrators!
For Mass Protests Against State Terror Based on the Social Power of the Working Class!
Down With the Witchhunt Against the “Black Block”!

Spartakist Leaflet - see attached PDF files: statement in English, German and French and Spartakist Jugend (Young Spartacus) statement from 27 May 2007

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visit of Kuehlungsborn

05-06-2007 22:17

Today we visited the neighbouring Seaside village to Heiligendam; Kuehlungsborn where most of the press is located.

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Rostock demonstration for global freedom of movement and equal rights for all.

05-06-2007 22:12

Arriving at the rally point the Police presence is unreal. Literally thousands of the fuckers. A group of communists are being kettled outside the entrance and the atmosphere is tense to say the least. The speeches are delayed because many of the speakers are held up outside while people are being searched. Then when the demo forms up hundreds of cops surround the start and block its passage. Behind them are water cannons. The crowd refused to provoked. Its the same deal as before. There are refugees present and noone is going to allow the Police to add deportations to their arrest quota.

After hours of negotiation the demo finally leaves with over 10,000 people on it. Outside the town centre it is stopped again because the streets are too narrow or something. Despite these pathetic excuses the crowd still refuse to react in a violent or confrontational manner.

10,000 is over ten times bigger than anything that Germany's Nazis have ever manged. They think that borders are a good idea...whose winning?

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Rostock No Borders. Moronic cops attack demo at the sight of pogrom.

05-06-2007 21:25

In 1992 Germany saw its first pogrom since the days of Hitler. A hostel in Lictenhagen used by refugees and immigrant workers was burnt to the ground by a gang of pissed up nazis as 3,000 local racists cheered them on. The 30 cops in attendance looked the other way and the event became an international scandal. It happened after a hysterical racist campaign by the conservative right and their tabloids (sound familiar?). Following the pogrom racist laws were passed and refugees rights were eroded.

Given the history of Lichtenhagen you would have thought that the cops might keep a low profile?

Yeah right...

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Rostock No Borders2. Foriegn Office Blockade.

05-06-2007 20:35

First port of call on the day of action against borders and immigrations controls was a blockade at the foriegn office.

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Sunday afternoon in Rostock

05-06-2007 20:05

A few snaps from Rostock on Sunday afternoon.

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Online radio podcast dedicated to anti-G8 protests now on Wiki

05-06-2007 18:27

Check it out

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G8#External_links

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As G8 gathers rich nation hypocrisy is exposed in attack on Philippines infants

05-06-2007 17:30

Rich nations will claim at the G8 meeting that they want to help developing nations. Yet when it comes to protecting the interest of their corporations they are prepared to overturn legislation to keep up profits, regardless of the impact on infant health. Plus action that can be taken to support the Philippines as it comes under pressure from the US and action to hold corporations to account.

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Why G8 has failed the Afrikan continent

05-06-2007 16:56

s failed miserably to deal effectively with Afrika'a problems by refusing to give Afrika access to western markets, by refusing to increase so-called aid, by refusing to stop selling arms to Afrika that fuel conflicts like Darfur, Somalia etc and by condoning corrupt Afrikan leaders.

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Video Rush: Rostock, Lichtenhagen Solidarity Rally, Police Attack Again

05-06-2007 07:39

Video rush of the Lichtenhagen Solidarity Rally for the 1992 Nazi fire bombing, 04/06/2007.

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Rostock Sunday. Global Agricultural day of action.

04-06-2007 23:36

Despite its claims to the contrary the G8 has done bugger all to alleviate starvation in the world. In fact the number of people starving in the world is now at an all time high. Sunday was the day nominated to draw attention to all things unfair in the world of agriculture so a roving demo toured the town to tackle the issues

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Black Bloc in Rostock

04-06-2007 23:14

Black Bloc at the anti-G8 manifestation in Rostock, 2nd June

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Rostock: rap against fortress Europe

04-06-2007 20:46

Thousands of people demonstrated against the Border Regime in Rostock this afternoon. There was a rally at a detention centre in the suburbs of Rosstock with speakers from the detention centre. What followed was a lively march into the centre of Rosstock, although the police didn't want the march to reach it's intended destination - the city's harbour, where the police provoked a surreal riot on Saturday.

The march organisers were apparently told by the police to follow an alternative route, but they refused and thousands of people made their own way to the harbour with the help of a sound system playing some banging tunes and an amazing political rap about Europe's border regime.

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G8 Migration streetrave clip

04-06-2007 20:43

oldskool

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G8 Migration Demo ends with RTS Streetrave

04-06-2007 20:41

Quick pics of today's march in rostock, which after being blocked by police for hours was dispanded by the organisers. As hundreds and hundreds of people and police flowed through the streets it really didn't seem like the demo had ended - then a sound system turned up to capture the crowd and lead them to the closing concert at the harbour...

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G8 Demo for Global Freedom of Movement - Rostock Pics

04-06-2007 20:32

Quick upload of pics from today's rally and march from the refugee detention centre. In the end the police stopped the march from entering the city centre - quite ironic given the nature of the issues people were protesting about...