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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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Oxford WDM G8 Olympics

20-07-2006 19:53

Corporate fat cats are overjoyed at the strings attached to aid
This Tuesday members of Oxford World Development Movement staged the "G8 Olympics" in Cornmarket Street to draw attention to the lack of aid and debt relief for countries of the developing world, and to highlight the unfair trade rules which make and keep them poor. Campaigners dressed as Bob Geldof and Bono cheered on as others dressed as Blair and Brown failed to deliver on aid, debt and trade, while corporate fat cats pocketed lucrative contracts.

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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.

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The Israeli Censor

20-07-2006 10:35

Hizbollah took two Israeli soldiers prisoner in Lebannon, a legitmate act of state protection as these were military personel from a hostile state on Lebanese territory.
This security precaution is not kidnapping the term used to describe the operation in the world's media, Israeli soldiers are legal combatants and can therefore be taken as prisoners of war as sanctioned under the third Geneva convention, See below :

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Sat 22nd July, Picket Israeli Tennis Team in Eastbourne

19-07-2006 17:19

Picket Israel’s tennis team in their Davis Cup tie with Britain
On Saturday 22nd July from 12.00noon (note change of time)
At Devonshire Park Tennis Club, College Road, Eastbourne, E Sussex, BN21 4JJ
Minibus from Brighton leaves St Peter’s Church at 11.00am

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Chronicle of global resistance against the 2006 G8 Summit!

19-07-2006 10:50

July 14, 2006 was a Global Day of Action against the G8. July 15, 2006 was an International Day of Action for Climate Justice, and against Climate Change and the G8. Below is a partial list of anti-G8 actions that happened on these days around the world, and on other days in St. Petersburg and elsewhere during the past week. A number of actions against climate change (including many Critical Mass bike rides) also occurred on July 14. We continue to receive information about additional actions -- stay tuned to www.rtc.revolt.org and int.ru.indymedia.org for updates! Contact  g8@risingtidenorthamerica.org if you have an action to report!

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ASPO 5 report - The Oil Depletion Protocol

19-07-2006 09:44

The question of when global production of oil will reach it's maximum and start begin it's inevitable decline has not been the only question being asked at the 5th International Workshop on Oil and Gas Depletion which has been taking place is Italy this week. Amoung the doom and gloom inplicit the facts and conclusions being presented, there also appears to be scope for hope and optimism.

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Chossudovsky interview: "Al-Qaeda Is a U.S.-sponsored Intelligence Asset"

18-07-2006 20:32

Michel Chossudovsky

Michel Chossudovsky, author of the international bestseller America's War on Terrorism, personally graced the jam-packed local launch of his latest book held at the Asian Center at the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City last June 24. During the launch, he gave a lecture about the imminent danger of a U.S.-made nuclear catastrophe amid the Bush administration's preparations for war with Iran.

Joel Garduce of Center for Anti-Imperialist Studies (CAIS) caught up with the director of the Centre for Research in Globalization (CRG) during his short weekend stay in the Philippines and conducted the following interview.

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2007 G8 Summit Dates Announced

18-07-2006 10:56

German Chancellor Angela Merkel yesterday announced the dates of the 2007 G8 Summit which her government will be hosting.

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Chronicle of global resistance against the 2006 G8 Summit!

17-07-2006 22:54

July 14, 2006 was a Global Day of Action against the G8. July 15, 2006 was an International Day of Action for Climate Justice, and against Climate Change and the G8. Below is a partial list of anti-G8 actions that happened on these days around the world, and on other days in St. Petersburg and elsewhere during the past week.

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From 9/11 to WW3

17-07-2006 13:11

Let there be no doubt that the current military crisis in the Middle East could potentially take this world to the very brink of a global crisis.

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Solidarity With Swedish and German Workers

17-07-2006 12:35

Sweden's first wagedumpingsite has been launched. With the german page
jobdumping.de as a rolemodel Vashal Nindal, Aleksandar Goga, Valdemar Vogel and Jeffrey Singh have started the site jobbjakt (workhunting or jobhunting). jobbjakt.se´s motto is that the person who accepts the lowest salary gets the job.

Workers register themselves free of charge on the homepage, and are then
supposed to lay bids on the avalible jobs, the lower the "better". This
tasteless auction obviously reduces salaries in general, as collective wages agreements are undermined and the workers are forced to commit treason against their comrades.

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Russian Authorities Target Journalists

17-07-2006 12:31

The following press release was issued today by the Berlin-based "G8 2006 Info and Press Group"

Updates and more info:  http://presse.gipfelsoli.org

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UK PREPARES TO ATTACK SYRIA & IRAN

17-07-2006 10:23

Afghanistan. Iraq. Syria and Iran are next and it's already starting. Anybody feel a sense of deja-vu?

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G8 Delegates Blockaded in Hotel, Protesters Arrested

16-07-2006 17:17

The following is a report about actions this morning (16/07/06) in St. Petersberg.

Solidarity actions requested!

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300+ Demonstrate in Berlin Against G8 and Repression

16-07-2006 16:48

Today, around 300 people took part in a demonstration in Berlin against the G8 and the system it represents, and demanded a release of those arrested in St. Petersberg taking part in protests against this year's summit.

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(G8) blockade of hotel

16-07-2006 07:46

Today in the morning around 30 people who are involved in the Network Against G8 (NAG8) blockaded the entrance of a hotel which is used by participants of the G8 summit in St. Petersburg. They blockaded the street for a while, carried banners, distributed leaflets against the policy of G8 and made noise with a trumpet and by shouting slogans like “No G8 anywhere” and “it is the end of G8 as we know it” in Russian and English.

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On the Ground - St Petersburg G8 summit

15-07-2006 16:43

The first days of action were halted by police before any demonstrations could begin.

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G8 Summit 2006, Russia, Tony & Repressive States

15-07-2006 13:50

Today the Group of Eight (G8), the unofficial "world government" of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States, will attend the 32nd G8 Summit in some suburb of St.Petersburg, which is in Russia somewhere.

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Press Release: Global Day of Action Against G8 and Repression

15-07-2006 12:08

The following is a press release issued by the Berlin-based G8 2006 Info and Press Group. For more information, check out our website. Also see: www.agp.org