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Marchers in Rome protest Italian - 2.7 MILLION AT CIRCO MASSIMO

04-04-2009 13:05

Circo Massimo
Rome - Tens of thousands of people gathered in Rome Saturday to protest what they say is the inadequate response to the country's economic woes by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's government.

Demonstrators set off through the city's streets on five separate marches organized by the country' largest labour union confederation, CGIL.

Participants included several political leaders including Dario Franceschini who heads the main centre-left opposition Democratic Party.

Italy's economy, Europe's fourth-largest, could contract by 4.3 per cent this year as exports are hit by the global economic downturn, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said this week.

Unemployment in Italy in the fourth quarter of 2008 rose to its highest level for over two years as the economic recession began to take a heavy toll on the labour market, according to data issued this week.

The seasonally-adjusted jobless rate rose to 6.9 percent from 6.7 percent in the previous three months, reaching its highest level since the second quarter of 2006, but analysts said the worst was still to come.

Some 1.73 million people are estimated to be out of out of work in Italy. (dpa)

 http://roma.repubblica.it/multimedia/home/5403389

 http://video.unita.it/?video=848

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The Strasborg begining. Pictures

03-04-2009 19:45

Them clowns.
Some shots from today. We were told that the clowns did an action near a military facility and were attacked. They retreated to the camp where others came out and clashed with riot cops in the road outside one of the entrances.

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ITV embedded camera & TASERS

03-04-2009 18:44

MEDIA, POLICE and FIT working together for repression and liars ////

MARCH ON SATURDAY

 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/04/426265.html

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Bush, Obama differences (by Latuff)

03-04-2009 17:19

Bush, Obama differences
Copyleft artwork by Brazilian cartoonist Latuff.

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Interview with two Eyewitnesses of G20 Death

03-04-2009 16:37

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Interview with two eyewitnesses of the events preceding the death of Ian Tomlinson, the man who died during anti G20 protests in the City of London on the 1st of April.

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U.S.Protestant/Christian economics behind neo-liberal globalization

03-04-2009 15:42

Protestant Calvinism(especially the U.S. variety), is at the root of neo-liberal globalization.

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G20 financial fools day in pictures.

03-04-2009 13:10

The counter demo.
So much for those dark predictions by the MET. Just one set of windows broken. I somehow doubt if the UK will be rising up in condemnation on behalf of RBS?

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Police violence at G20 Climate Camp

03-04-2009 07:51

Bishopsgate April 1st at South limit of Climate Camp. "Police have a crack at a dangerous crowd of psychopaths .... or a load of people who are obviously involved in a peaceful protest and who are doing nothing at all to provoke any reaction." (Experimental reposting from http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/04/426108.html to try out embedded viewing inside Indymedia)

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01.04.09 - G20 demonstrations, Bank of England

03-04-2009 00:22

01.04.09 - G20 demonstrations, outside the Bank of England.
Images from the 1st April demonstrations outside the Bank of England, which coincided with the arrival of world leaders for the 'G20' summit in London.
Includes images of RBS being broken into, police battling protesters, protesters climbing buildings and lamp-posts to escape the police, etc.

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Storming the Banks

02-04-2009 21:28

An article appeared on the national Indymedia site calling on us to storm the banks. While I understand the feelings from which it comes I don't think that will achieve very much.

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A G-20 Potential London Statement: No more Tinkering

02-04-2009 14:50

t appears that soon a Statement from the G-20 will be released; It will be presumably nothing more than tinkering with the Economic system. If the current global situation is to be changed, there must be more than measures to prop up the current capitalist system.

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Police raid convergnece centre and RampArt

02-04-2009 13:29

As Met and City police continue to overreact to yesterday's demos, at 12.30 this afternoon, both places were raided at the same time.

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Protestors BEAT the DELETIONS and broadcast LIVE!!!

02-04-2009 13:22

BROADCAST LIVE FROM MOBILES AND LAPTOPS! Broadcasts archived.
 http://bambuser.com/

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Excel protest update at 1.45pm

02-04-2009 13:03

Diverse protests are happening at the Tidal Basin of Royal Victoria Dock by Excel Station. Police have blocked off all other areas. About 300 were there around 1pm. Locals have reported that protesters arriving at Canning Town have been sent back by police.

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Climate Camp Claims Victory as Bishopsgate Occupied for 12 hours

02-04-2009 12:50

Yesterday around 2000 protesters set up a Camp for Climate Action in the
middle of the Square Mile, closing a major road for 12 hours. The Camp was
located outside the European Climate Exchange on Bishopsgate, to protest
against the G20's plans to use deeply flawed carbon trading mechanisms to
tackle climate change.

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G20 Bank of England protests, London - pictures.

02-04-2009 10:21

The view from inside RBS.
On the day before G20 (G8 plus 12 satellite dependant) leaders assemble in London to manage the G8 nations post 'crisis' financial affairs, opponents gather at the Bank of England to object.

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Europes externalised immigration controls lead to mass drowning in mediterranean

02-04-2009 09:34

Over 500 migrants are likely to have drowned crossing the mediterranean from Libya as two boats sank and a third is still missing . The true circumstances are unknown except to the migrants themselves .
The Libyan authorities put responsibility on strong winds rather than on the border regime they are implementing on behalf of Italy and European governments and paid for by the taxpayers of Italy and of the European Union.

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April 1st timeline from Last Hours

02-04-2009 08:52

Police attacking people on Cornhill at around 8pm
Yesterday over ten thousands faced down excessive police violence to protest in the City of London, against corporate greed, capitalism, climate change and war. During the demonstrations members of the Last Hours collective sent mobile phone updates giving a timeline of the day.

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2 minute video of G20 protest

02-04-2009 08:21

Video
Shows Silver Group arriving at the Bank, FIT, Climate Camp and riot police tooling up.

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April 1st - Fossil Foolery Around the World

02-04-2009 05:08

FFD in Plymouth
Today saw not only mass protests in London ahead of the G20 summit, but local demonstrations in cities around the UK and across the globe. Under the banner of Fossil Fools Day, activists held protests at banks, energy companies and power stations across the UK, the USA, Canada and South Africa to highlight the twin economic and climate crises.