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IMC G8 Newsblast - Sat 2nd July - Collected Reports

INDYMEDIA G8 2005 NEWSBLAST
SATURDAY 2nd JULY #v1.0

(please post any additional reports from other imc's and alternative media coverage below)

PRECIS:

Over 200,000 demonstrators from very different backgrounds joined the massive Make Poverty History march in Edinburgh. The organisers had called for people to wear white clothes and the majority did with a 'white band' snaking around the centre of Edinburgh. Throughout the day speeches and performances were held in the Meadows which had several huge themed areas. Queues were the order of the day, for water, for food from the burger bars, and for marching itself.

The march was set up with staggered starting times, but because of the number of people and the tiny exit of the Meadows rally area, those who wanted to start marching at 1pm were still waiting to leave as it neared 4pm. Many left to get coaches without marching. Many estimates put the numbers at around 225,000 or more, despite much of the media reporting just 100,000 for most of the day.

Before the start of the official march, residents of Craigmillar, the most deprived area of Edinburgh and location of the Council provided G8 Campsite, joined with anti-G8 protestors to march through the local estate to show their opposition to poverty here and abroad.

During the afternoon an anti-capitalist block broke away from the main march and was attacked and cordoned off by riot cops. People were held for several hours before being released in threes.

Other events happened during or after the official march (and we're not talking about the Live 8 concerts). Faeries moved about the march, as did battalions of the Clown Army and the funny 'Pro-Capitalist Bloc'. Break Dancers gathered in Bristo Square in an event entitled 'Break Poverty'. An impromptu street party on one of the roads closed for the march, with samba and music from the Infernal Noise Brigade, lasted until past midnight. At that point, police moved the party to the nearby Meadows in order to re-open the road, resulting in one arrest.

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INDYMEDIA UK FEATURE

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315513.html

INDYMEDIA IRELAND - FEATURE + PICS
Saturday Report Back From Edinburgh MPH Demonstration

http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=70597

>> IMC Ireland Phone/Text Blog

http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=70558

>> IMC Ireland Blog of Blogs

http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=70454

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JULY 2nd G8 REPORTS:

Geldof's Live Shame Show

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315739.html

THE LIMITS OF ‘LIVE 8’ AND THE G8 IN MAKING POVERTY HISTORY

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315711.html

Police stop and search pedestrians and cyclists on Forth Road Bridge

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315556.html

Unidentifiable Police arrest protestor outside Forest Cafe

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315710.html

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JULY 2nd GENERAL PICTURES

Make Poverty History Weekend Fri & Sat (Compliation of Pics)

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315791.html

July 2nd: Images from Anti-G8 activities in Edinburgh

http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/07/1750671.php

G8 Photos from July 2nd

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315587.html

Residents and visiting activists march through Craigmillar

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315460.html

Indymedia Banner on Forest Road, Edinburgh

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315472.html

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MAKE POVERTY HISTORY MARCH

AUDIO: Make Poverty History Radio Collaboration:
Gael Garcia Bernal on celebrity & activism - actor Pete Postlethwaite - vox pop from the street - Alice Unkono - Tourism Concern -Walden Bello

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315748.html

Edinburgh street closure + boarding pics before the make poverty history march

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315865.html

First photos of the make poverty history demo in Edinburgh

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315478.html

Make Poverty History Demo

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315638.html

MPH Photographs

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315665.html

Make Poverty History Rally Pics

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315545.html

Cool set of MPH Photos

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315616.html

Photos of MakePovertyHistory March

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315572.html

Anti-Mugabe on the march

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315673.html

Views of MPH Rally

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315598.html

Clown Army out and about 2nd July

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315535.html

Clown Army July 2nd Preparation pics

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315762.html

The Clown Army and its (Police) Entourage Extravaganza

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315722.html

Police Arrive to Quell Violence in Edinburgh

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315508.html

Pics from Edinburgh streets

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315486.html

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ANTI-CAPITALIST MARCH REPORTS

J2: The View from Inside

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315761.html

Police harrasment on Edinburgh Make Poverty History March

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315846.html

Heavyhanded police tactics lead to blockade and arrests on Make Poverty History

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315628.html

Black bloc march in Edinburgh

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315500.html

Police attack - demonstrators S60'd

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315502.html

Section 60 Declared Across Edinburgh

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315631.html

'Black Bloc' at an 'End of an Era'? Audio Transcript

http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=70616

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ANTI-CAPITALIST MARCH PICTURES

Pics of autonomous march attacked by police

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315557.html

Pictures of Police Pen in Edingurgh demo

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315582.html

Police stopping the anti-capitalist demo at Edinburgh

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315515.html

Edinburgh: Police surrounded anticapitalist demo and banned observers

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315522.html

Confrontation between anarchist bloc and cops

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315632.html

Anti-Capitalist March - Arrival and demonstation pictures

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315769.html

Inside the anti-capitalist pen pics

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315740.html

Pen-in solidarity photos, 1st July

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315809.html

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AUDIO: Anarchist audio interviews from todays G8 protests

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315581.html

http://radio.indymedia.org/uploads/overviewmph.mp3

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OTHER POSTINGS

PICS: Break Poverty Party in Bristo Square

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315651.html

PICS: Edinburgh Street Parties

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315657.html

REPORT: An impression from Stirling Eco-Camp

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315821.html

PICS: Stirling Eco-Campsite Convergence (Irish post)

http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=70591

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MAKE POVERTY HISTORY DUBLIN DEMO PICS

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