London G8 2005 Newswire Archive

17-02-2005 03:29

nano links and open sourcing

follows is a link..

it's not comercial but it is in the world..

it concerns open sourcing. both in principle and actualy..
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13-02-2005 19:39

G8: Activists Being Monitored - Border Controls Considered reports Scotsman

Scotsman roundup of security measures re G8 Summit in July 05 - including assertion by Tayside Chief Constable that "known activists" were already being "monitored" by "undercover officers" both in the UK and mainland Europe, and that police are "talking to the Crown about a range of issues... ...including restricting access to Scotland". John Vine, the Chief Constable of Tayside Police said: "In extreme situations we may apply to prevent entry into Scotland". Read more >>

11-02-2005 14:09

G8: Scottish Parliament Petition re Policing + Protests

G8 Alternatives are publicising a petition in response to some of the alarming reports about policing plans for the G8 summit protests this coming July is Scotland. The petition demands that riot police equipped with rubber bullets are not used for policing, that venues be provided for protest meetings and accomodation, and that protestors creating their own spaces should be allowed to do so. Read more >>

08-02-2005 10:49

FINANCIAL G7 LEADERS RECIEVED A NOISEY WELCOME!

The first of the G7 meetings leading up to the G8 Summit took place in London over February 4th/5th in the form of the G7 Financial Ministerial.Activists from Dissent!, the new South East Resist G8 Network and others were there to greet them...
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08-02-2005 10:45

G7 Finance Ministers Protest Friday

Last night, the G7 Finance ministers met in Lancaster House, The Mall, Central London
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05-02-2005 01:45

Make Poverty History Rally

On February 3, 2005, thousands of people gathered in Trafalgar Square in London to demand the elimination of world poverty from the G7. Nelson Mandela delivered the keynote speech adjacent from the South African embassy, the site of anti-apartheid demonstrations during Mr. Mandela’s imprisonment. Read more >>

04-02-2005 17:12

SchNEWS on the G7 Finance Minister's Meeting

Here's this week's SchNEWS article on the G7 Finance Minister's Meeting in London today>>> Read more >>

03-02-2005 20:13

TOMORROW (FRIDAY 4TH) G8 ACTION LONDON!

Financial G7 - Bankrupt! Give the central bankers and government tools a G8 welcome: Friday 4th February, 6pm, Lancaster House, The Mall, London.

Dissent! A Network of Resistance against the G8 - www.dissent.org.uk

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02-02-2005 13:23

Jubilee Debt Campaign Annual Conference

Details of Jubilee Debt Campaign's free annual conference -- all are welcome! Read more >>

31-01-2005 10:25

Scotsman Reports Plastic Bullet Baton Rounds Authorised for G8 Protests in July

From:

http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=110412005 Read more >>

26-01-2005 00:23

Kyoto Climate Demo London (Sat 12th Feb) + Regional Meetings

Kyoto Climate March - Sat 12th Feb
Campaign against Climate Change

http://www.globefox.com/cacc Read more >>

24-01-2005 17:16

G8Alternatives: Main Demo at Gleneagles Train Station 1st Day of G8 (6th july)

The last meeting of the G8Alternatives mobilisation in January 2005 agreed to call their main mass demonstration on the first day of the G8 Summit (Wednesday 6th July) with the meeting point at Midday at Gleneagles train station.
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16-01-2005 19:15

nature, culture, and indygenous struggle for autonomy under threat from road bu

three recent articles taken and translated from chiapas indymedia which explain the current situation in the mexico- guatemala border area, in the lacantun nature reserve. the governement is building a huge bridge to prepare the way for the transnationals and "progress", perhaps lets call it sustainable development. only that the zapatisas hold autonomous comunities in the area, and that we are resisting everywhere. dissent!g8

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13-01-2005 09:08

Make Your Tsunami Donations Go Further - Vegetarian Relief

Make you money and donations go further when helping victims of the Tsunami , earthquake, Tidal wave in the Indian Ocean. Vegfam offers vegetarian/vegan relief and spends money on people not expensive advertising campaigns. Read more >>

07-01-2005 16:33

RESIST G8 2005 - SOUTHEAST ASSEMBLY

A southeast regional Anti-G8 assembly is to be held in London on Saturday 22nd January, 2pm at University of London Union, Room 3D, Malet St, WC1 Read more >>

07-01-2005 08:56

"Fair and Free Trade" - Blair and Brown G8 Poverty Plan - Media Coverage

With the terrible tsunami disaster giving added urgency to efforts to end poverty and reduce / cancel the debt, Blair and Brown yesterday announced their G8 presidency plans for reducing poverty.

While this is all good it's clear that along with debt reduction / cancellation and more aid, the priority is also expanding free trade, but trying to make some of it fairer.

Below are some of the key points as excerpts from the media coverage: Read more >>

28-12-2004 18:36

Residents to Get Id Cards Ahead of G8 Summit

Children as young as eight living near Gleneagles will be issued with identity cards as part of a massive security operation ahead of next year’s G8 summit, it emerged today.

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14-12-2004 16:27

Band Aid 20 - The Real Story

Do they really give a fuck at all’ is the CD released by the Free the World Collective. The CD is a response from the anti-capitalist movement with several spoof versions of the Band-Aid 20 single, a song almost beyond parody. Diverse in their messages and themes, the songs are about understanding that we don’t exist separately from the “world outside our window”, that we are all part of that world and have the power to change it. Read more >>

12-12-2004 15:40

Media War Against G8 Protestors Begins (secret anarchist training camps)

The opening shot of a PR war on protest groups has been fired ahead of next years G8 Summit in Scotland, with an article in the usualy quite well balanced Scotland on Sunday, published Sunday 12th Dec 04. Read more >>

13-11-2004 19:14

Dissent! & PGA benefit gig, 20th November Hitchin, Herts.

Details of benefit gig in Hitchin Herts. Hitchin is on the main train line from Peterborough & Cambridge to London Kings Cross. Read more >>