Police raided about 40 buildings in Germany on Wednesday morning, 9th May, including social centres and several private homes in Berlin and Hamburg, as well as the alternative web provider so36.net. Police forces searched the Rote Flora in Hamburg as well as parts of the Bethanien in Berlin. Both social centres are planning to be convergence spaces for the G8 protests in early June. See de.indymedia.org for up-to-the-minute info.
Reports so far on IMC-UK: 1 | 2 | 3 | press groups press release (en) | SO36.net statement
On IMC-Germany: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
On IMC Scotland: feature | call for soli-protest | paint attack statement | 4 | 5 | 6
Solidarity demonstrations and actions have taken place in several cities around the world, including Amsterdam, Berlin [more], Hamburg [more], Cologne, Goettingen, Managua, Vienna. Internet activists hacked "german-police.org" , a police bulletin board. The German consulates in Edinburgh and Amsterdam were attacked with paint. This last wave of state repression in Germany just followed a weekend of over 100 arrests in the Netherlands , where the G8 bicycle caravan was disrupted in Utrecht.
Many more demonstrations were planned and have taken place in the following days. These included one in London [Pics 1 and 2 | Video] and another one in Edinburgh [Pics], both on Friday 11th. Next G8 UK mobilisation meeting in London May 17th.
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surpised?
09.05.2007 14:38
keep organising and keep resisting!
good luck!
masked bandit
Yes I am..
09.05.2007 15:27
This is a really huge escalation and a big risk for the German state. I hope they've overstreched themselves and this provokes an increase in demonstration size as people refuse this intimidation and come out to protect the right to protest.
Suprised
800 police in "anti-terror-action"
09.05.2007 16:15
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surprised?
09.05.2007 17:05
we should expect more things like this to happen. on the borders, in the cities, where ever we are they will be there trying to stop us. i really hope that this does lead to an increase in the numbers in germany next month, because for it to have the opposite effect would be a real shame!
please expect trouble getting into germany because it will happen. as we have already seen with the arrests in the netherlands, this is a coordinated attempt by all goverments with interest in the g8 to stop us letting the cat out of the bag.
this is not going to be easy! they will try and stop us!
again, good luck!
masked bandit
who said people are suprised?
09.05.2007 17:30
but its repression anyway.
someone
!! police: international anti-G 8 protest march illegal and forbidden !!
11.05.2007 12:33
y
Come to G 8
13.05.2007 12:38
by all means
http://www.g8-tv.org/
18.05.2007 18:04
http://www.g8-tv.org/