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IMC G8 Newsblast - Sat 2nd July - Collected Reports

imc'ista | 03.07.2005 22:06 | G8 2005 | Globalisation | Indymedia | Social Struggles

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
 http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=70589

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imc'ista

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04.07.2005 09:28

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04.07.2005 10:04


Inhoud
/ contenue


Verslagen uit EDINBURGH
(vrijdag 1 en zaterdag 2 juli)

Pictures | Photo | Foto
Audio
Meer:


Op
weg naar Schotland:

Protest tegen de G8 kan
beginnen


Wat vooraf ging

“Schuldkwijtschelding
G8 is een PR-stunt”
Belgische
andersglobalisten naar G8 in Schotland




Verslagen
uit EDINBURGH (vrijdag 1 en zaterdag 2 juli)

Witte
mars tegen armoede in Edinburgh

EDINBURGH -- zaterdag 2 juli. De Make Poverty History-betoging kleurde
de straten van de Schotse hoofdstad Edinburgh stralend wit. De meeste
betogers beantwoorden de oproep van de organisatoren en daagden op in
witte kledij. De witte armbandjes zijn het symbool van de campagne. De
betoging wil de leiders van de G8 tot de orde roepen. Volens de
betogers hebben zij de sleutels in handen om de armoede uit de wereld
te helpen.

Politie
isoleert antikapitalistische betogers op Make Poverty
History-mars 

EDINBURGH -- Hoewel de betoging van zaterdag zeer rustig verliep, was
er toch één incident. Kate, een Britse activiste,
was er bij en legt uit wat er gebeurd is. (foto uk.indymedia.org)

Black
sun over Genoa in Edinburgh 

EDINBURGH -- Vrijdag 1 juli. Terwijl vele groepen activisten de stad
blijven binnen druppelen, lopen de groene terreinen rond de stad die
dienst doen als geimproviseerde campings stilaan vol. In de stad zie je
de onvermijdelijk dichtgespijkerde winkeletalages maar het zijn er
minder dan pakweg in Florence tijdens het Europees Sociaal Forum van
2002. Op de North Bridge die de vallei overspant tussen de "old town"
en de "new town" komt passeer ik een groep Italianen met trommels die
op zoek zijn naar slaapgelegenheid. Het is een kleurrijk gezelschap.
Van de andere kant komen jonge autochtoonse koppeltjes die hun
vrijdagavond gaan doorbrengen in de vele bars aan de overkant. Ze zien
er heel verschillend uit maar velen van hen roepen de activisten een
warm welkom toe. Opmerkelijk toch.


Pictures
| Photo | Foto

G8:
Manifestation a Edinburgh-Ecosse

Une quantite surprenant a rampli les rues de la ville á
Edinburgh ce vendredi 2 juillet 05.
200.000
tegen armoede in Edinburgh

EDINBURGH -- Verwijs de armoede naar de geschiedenisboeken. Dat was de
boodschap van 200.000 betogers in het Schotse Edinburgh. Zij roepen de
leiders van de G8 op om eindelijk eens werk te maken van
schuldverlichting, armoedebestrijding en eerlijke handel.


[Fotoreportage]
200.000 tegen armoede in Edinburgh (deel 2)

EDINBURGH -- Verwijs de armoede naar de geschiedenisboeken. Dat was de
boodschap van 200.000 betogers in het Schotse Edinburgh. Zij roepen de
leiders van de G8 op om eindelijk eens werk te maken van
schuldverlichting, armoedebestrijding en eerlijke handel.


Audio

Monbiot

George Monbiot en Ken Wiwa beantwoorden de vragen van de journalisten
op de persconferentie na het milieudebat.

Ken
WIwa
Interview
met Ken Wiwa zoon van de vermoorde Nigeriaan Ken Saro-Wiwa.
Hij was een van de genodigde sprekers op het debat rond milieu en
globale opwarming van de aarde. Hoe is het gesteld met ons milieu en
wat moet eraan gedaan worden?

The
Anti Globalist Supermarket
Anti Globalist Market at the start of the Make Poverty History
manifestation. The anti globalist consumer can buy everything from
whisles to revolution books and newspapers...sign up on petitions....
Clown
Army at G8

The members of the Clown Army were stopped by the police at the
beginning of the march so most of them couldn't join the manifestation.


Meer:
[
indymedia
UK Reports Section ]
Op
weg naar Schotland:
Protest
tegen de G8 kan
beginnen
Duizenden
andersglobalisten
stromen toe in de Schotse hoofdstad Edinburgh.
Zaterdag moet de Make Poverty History-betoging geschiedenis schrijven.
Armoede moet de wereld uit en daar kunnen de acht machtigste leiders
van
de wereld iets aan doen. Indymedia.be is er bij en brengt nog een hele
week live verslag uit van op de anti-G8.

Betogen
tegen de G8: wie zijn de Belgen in Schotland? 
Drie
bussen van Belgisch Sociaal Forum komen niet zonder moeite aan
in Schotland 
G8-update:
praktische tips



Wat
vooraf ging
“Schuldkwijtschelding
G8 is een PR-stunt”
De
G8 (de zeven rijkste landen plus Rusland) maakte begin juni bekend
dat ze de schulden van 18 arme landen bij een aantal multilaterale
instellingen zou kwijtschelden. Een historische beslissing volgens
sommigen. Onvoldoende volgens de meeste NGO's.


Bogdan
Vandenberghe (11.11.11): "Schuldkwijtschelding voor 18
landen niet voldoende"
Xavier
Declercq (Oxfam): "Wij vrezen dat het om een pr-stunt
gaat"
Update
G8: korte nieuwtjes van het protestfront
"De
barden van de machtigen", onderzoeksjournalist Monbiot over
Geldof en Bono

Belgische
andersglobalisten naar G8 in Schotland
Begin
juli komen de leiders van de acht rijkste en machtigste landen samen
in het Schotse plaatsje Gleneagles voor de jaarlijkse
G8-topontmoeting. Andersglobalisten bereiden hen een warm onthaal.
Volgens de Belgische tak van de andersglobaliseringsbeweging wordt
het een mengeling van een militante tegentop en een mini-sociaal
forum.

Belgische
andersglobalisten gaan in Schotland betogen tegen de G8
Rudy
De Meyer (11.11.11): "Tijd van vage beloftes is voorbij"
De
G8
en de klimaatswijziging: de tijdbom tikt
Zij
zijn met acht, wij met zes miljard
G8-update
(Nederlands)
Je
kan nog steeds mee naar de G8
Indymedia.be
vergadert (G8, evaluatie, financiën)



indymedia.be


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