UK Promoted Newswire Archive
Climate activists glued to doors at airport
16-06-2007 13:37
Climate campaigners this afternoon glued themselves to the doors of the short-haul East Midlands airport to draw attention to the environmental impacts of flying as part of a European day of action on short-haul flights called by pressure group Airport Watch.Full article | 1 addition | 3 comments
Greece, Athens: Shocking video from tortures of immigrants inside police station
16-06-2007 10:04
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCc7xc8hxDQ&NR=1
GM Victory! Hull down! One more pota't'go!
15-06-2007 14:39
Following extensive local and national resistance, BASF (the company trialing the GM potatoes), announced last month that they would not be conducting a GM potato trial in Yorkshire this year!Full article | 2 additions | 3 comments
London G8 debrief meeting notes
15-06-2007 13:17
Yesterday there was a G8 mobilisation debrief meeting in London. Here are some of the things that were said.We also decided to have a broader 'What next' type discussion at 4pm, Sunday 24th June – Ramparts main hall. This can turn into a bit of a social in the evening to relax and socialise. More information to come.
G8: Schwerin, Caterpillar and Snatch squads
14-06-2007 22:49
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Pictures from StWC Palestine Demo.
14-06-2007 19:59
These images shot on good old fashioned film (hence the lateness) - digital pictures to follow soon.
Conditions worsen at UK asylum-seeker detention centres
14-06-2007 14:09
Britain’s Immigration Removal Centres have become notorious due to the desperate conditions facing immigrants and asylum-seekers detained there.German police raid eleven premises on suspicion of “terrorism”
14-06-2007 14:06
Only days after the end of the G8 summit, German police conducted new raids against left-wing and anarchist organisations in northern Germany. Early on Wednesday morning the federal prosecutor’s office and police carried out surprise searches of a total of 11 premises in Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein.Nottingham Against Incineration and Landfill [NAIL]: A Video
14-06-2007 10:13
This video shows it is a national issue, affecting many people and their communities.
There has been a large campaign, with much support over recent times. A planning application to extend the operation of the Eastcroft Incinerator in Nottingham was denied. WRG, the operators of the plant, appealed. This process has now been stopped and a new application has been lodged.
Now, folks have to go round again.
The film explains the background and dangers.
Reflections on Rostock
13-06-2007 20:36
Rostock showed us the system is rotten, the planet is ailing, neo-liberalism is struggling to survive, alternatives have taken a toehold in Latin America but still have to metamorphose from the pages of philosophers into real life elsewhere.Again: German Police Raids 11 Homes Of Activists
13-06-2007 17:05
In another strike against the the movement in Germany, police this morning raided 11 homes of activists in Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein under suspiscion of forming a "terrorist organisation" (so called "Article 129a").The Right to Stay/ Refugee week, London
13-06-2007 16:11
Film evening+ asylum seekers and migrants speaking about their experiences.Full article | 1 addition | 2 comments
G8 Media Gets the Massage - good article from 'unspin the g8'
13-06-2007 12:49
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9/11 Truth Group Protest At Parliament
13-06-2007 12:40
Reclaim The Beech Style Party at weekend
13-06-2007 12:23
Police was waiting at the location, blocking off the steps, but before they knew what was happening the crowd moved off along the river to another site where the sound system was already set up!
German G8 Police: Lies, Propaganda and Provocation (report)
13-06-2007 11:44
Below are a few examples of the lies and propaganda spun by the police during the G8 protests in Germany, as well as direct evidence that the police were at times using infiltrators to try and create conditions to justify further repression.There are for sure many more examples of this during the last two weeks or so and civil liberties monitoring groups are investigating other incidents. It should also be said that while the media were able to report what appeared to be a tolerant attitude to the blockades at the East Gate, in other places sit down protestors were water cannoned, pepper sprayed and beaten. Also the police tried to provoke violence at various different protests and actions, arrested people for nothing more than having the wrong clothing on them, and failed to give medical assistance to injured people in a number of incidents. Police have also been criticised for using water canon at close quarters against peaceful blockaders resulting in several serious eye injuries, including a man from Liverpool who has lost the use of his eye after it was dislodged. Further criticism has come regarding the use of the military against protestors including the army on the A19 autobahn and the use of Panavia Tornado jets in low fly reconnaissance / intimidation runs over protest camp sites.
Other tactics used by the police included mass unrpovoked arrests, closure of transport systems to prevent people reaching legal assembly points and systematic feeding of misinformation to the media - details of which below:
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Daily Mail G8 Blockade Reporting - Atrocious Newspaper Article Shocker!
13-06-2007 11:16
Published in print and on the web, it deals with the blockade protests against the G8 held on Wednesday 6th June. I saw a copy of it last night and was astounded at the shoddy quality of the journalism. I find it hard to believe that someone was actualy paid to produce such a mixed up shambles of misinformation and mistake.
It contains around 13 serious factual errors. This is a shocking number of mistakes for any article.
The Daily Mail does not have a good record when it comes to accuracy and G8 protests. This article confirms that their reporting should not be believed. Over 2.3 Million people read the Daily Mail...
Vox Pops - What was your best experience at the G8 protests 2007 in Germany ?
13-06-2007 10:30
http://www.freie-radios.net/portal/content.php?id=17619
Video of Prisoner Solidarity March, 08/06/07
12-06-2007 23:29
Whats hot and not G82007 Heiligendamm
12-06-2007 19:46
From the streets, blockades and bars- the self- elected unrepresentative group of 8 that make up the whats hot team have this report.