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29-04-2005 12:14
Activists from the newly formed Stirling Re-decoration Kollektiv re-decorated parts of the A9 moterway warning about the upcoming G8 summit.
anti-G8 graffiti on A9 (near Stirling)
Activists from the newly formed Stirling Re-decoration Kollektiv re-decorated parts of the A9 moterway warning about the upcoming G8 summit.
28-04-2005 13:20
Protestors To Shut Top UK Military Base Before G8 Summit
- You can't end poverty, unless you end war
27-04-2005 12:00
Protestors to shut top UK military base before G8 Summit
This is the first press release from the Faslane G8 Team
26-04-2005 02:02
Re G8 see report below:
Fuel Protestors Considering G8 Summit Action?
Report in yesterday's Transport News Network, following the short blockade / picket of Shell's Stanlow oil refinery in Cheshire. Plans for high-profile demonstrations to demand a cut in fuel prices will be discussed at a meeting in Edinburgh today (tues).Re G8 see report below:
17-04-2005 17:46
The faslance base 'source' is quoted as saying "We’re used to this sort of thing but the people planning it are not the ordinary peaceful protesters" - maybe they should tell Trident Ploughshares, CND and Scottish CND who are, as usual, planning the blockade!
Article also covers the G8Alternatives international organising meeting that has been going on in Scotland this weekend.
Article below for reference:
Sunday Times reports Faslane base may 'close' on G8 Demo Day + G8A Int Mtg
Sunday times reports many staff may be given the day off. Not that surprising - on most faslane submarine base big blockade days which have happened in the past, many staff are given the day off, essential staff come in early to beat the blockades and some come by boat.The faslance base 'source' is quoted as saying "We’re used to this sort of thing but the people planning it are not the ordinary peaceful protesters" - maybe they should tell Trident Ploughshares, CND and Scottish CND who are, as usual, planning the blockade!
Article also covers the G8Alternatives international organising meeting that has been going on in Scotland this weekend.
Article below for reference:
17-04-2005 17:09
Edingburgh airport not to be used for G8 deligates - prestwick is new target
Newspapers are reporting that Edingburg airport has been dropped in favor of Prestick airport as the arrival point for the G8 delegates. Over 1,500 delegates (and 3,000 journalists) are expected and most will travel by road from Prestwick which is on the west coast and much further away from the G8 venue than Edingburgh. While the new route will offer protesters many new possibilties there are multiple possible routes to block unlike the journey from Edingburgh.
16-04-2005 16:54
4 mins 48 secs MP3
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http://radio.indymedia.org/uploads/tp_g8faslaneblockade.mp3
G8 Faslane Trident Nuclear Submarine Base Blockade Audio Interview
Interview with activist about the planned Trident Ploughshares G8 blockade of Faslane Submarine Base due to take place just prior to the G8 Summit in Scotland in July - as part of a week of protests and actions.4 mins 48 secs MP3
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http://radio.indymedia.org/uploads/tp_g8faslaneblockade.mp3
16-04-2005 09:51
G8 Media Coverage: "Anarchist Militants Infiltrated" + G8A leaflet Auchertarder
Set of articles 16th April 05:
14-04-2005 12:49
Now We Are Free - Lessons from Vieques
A major international conference launches at the end of the month in Glasgow with special speakers coming from Puerto Rico to Govan. Robert Rabin was at the heart of the struggle to eject the US Navy from Vieques. After this victory he's now invited to Scotland to share his tactics...
06-04-2005 15:15
Festival of Dissent Press Release
Tuesday, 05 April 2005
Anti-G8 Festival of Dissent! 6th-10th April 2005
Festival of Dissent Press Release
Festival of Dissent Press Release
Tuesday, 05 April 2005
Anti-G8 Festival of Dissent! 6th-10th April 2005
30-03-2005 22:13
Listen to them speaking! Journalists = so called fourth power. Do you really believe that TV messages may smash the World of Big Business?
AntiG8 mobilization. Antiglobalists and Mass Media
Listen to them speaking! Journalists = so called fourth power. Do you really believe that TV messages may smash the World of Big Business?
26-03-2005 01:21
The Diaz trial of 28 policemen has been recommended to the European Court of Human Rights by the Italian prosecutor, Dr Enrico Zucca, following meetings with Mark Covell, the indymedia victim and primary witness in the Diaz trial.
Diaz Trial goes to European Court of Human Rights
Diaz Trial goes to European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.The Diaz trial of 28 policemen has been recommended to the European Court of Human Rights by the Italian prosecutor, Dr Enrico Zucca, following meetings with Mark Covell, the indymedia victim and primary witness in the Diaz trial.
20-03-2005 01:48
TASTER REBEL CLOWN TRAINING AND G8 WAR ROOM OPENING NEXT WEEKEND IN GLASGOW
Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army IN GLASGOW next WEEKEND
TASTER REBEL CLOWN TRAINING AND G8 WAR ROOM OPENING NEXT WEEKEND IN GLASGOW
18-03-2005 01:13
1996 the peace accords were signed, before only the armed struggle was an alternative to oppose the military dictatorship.
Today atrocities are still not talked about, the paramilitary forces and the intellectual authors of massacres not convicted nor do they stand in court, and many mass graves have not yet been exhuminated.
Jesus Tecu Osorio is one of the few human rights activists in Guatemala who has been able to give evidence against and the only one to thereby convict three paramilitary perpetrators of some of their crimes - linking them directly to at least one of the five massacres occuring to his community during 1981 and 1982.
He spoke at an event hosted by Amnesty International in Edinburgh, on Thursday, 17th of march 2005.
Guatemala massacres in the 1980s: My soul will not die!
Guatemala has seen over 36 years of military dictatorship, initiated and supported by the US with technical advisors, equipment and funding, and 250 000 civilians, particularly children and women, were massacred by the paramilitaries during the civil war. Thousands of clandestine mass graves are still all over the country.1996 the peace accords were signed, before only the armed struggle was an alternative to oppose the military dictatorship.
Today atrocities are still not talked about, the paramilitary forces and the intellectual authors of massacres not convicted nor do they stand in court, and many mass graves have not yet been exhuminated.
Jesus Tecu Osorio is one of the few human rights activists in Guatemala who has been able to give evidence against and the only one to thereby convict three paramilitary perpetrators of some of their crimes - linking them directly to at least one of the five massacres occuring to his community during 1981 and 1982.
He spoke at an event hosted by Amnesty International in Edinburgh, on Thursday, 17th of march 2005.
16-03-2005 22:58
SOS: Trade unions in Colombia
The director of the department for human rights of the Colombian trade union federation CUT informs the national and international public about the existence of a strange plan. This plan is to murder trade unionists who are critical towards the current negotiations between government and paramilitaries in Colombia.
16-03-2005 21:53
This article is a translation of an article posted on Indymedia Germany about the background, activities, history and recent histroy of the 18th of march as the international day of the political prisoners.
18th of march: Day of the political prisoners 2005 (in Germany)
This article is a translation of an article posted on Indymedia Germany about the background, activities, history and recent histroy of the 18th of march as the international day of the political prisoners.
16-03-2005 07:43
Below the article is reproduced for note:
Scotsman Reports Bans Requested For G8 Protest in Derby on 17th March
The Scotsman in a PA news article has reported that police and councillors in Derbyshire have requested bans on G8 demonstrations which are planned for tomorrow - thursday 17th march - alongside G8 Environment and Development Ministers meeting. Home Secretary Charles Clarke will today consider meansures to be imposed.Below the article is reproduced for note:
13-03-2005 23:04
This is an account with photos of my experiences at the Gleneagles Hotel on Saturday 12th March 2005. I was taken into custody after hotel security were not amused by my impersonation of Dr Henry Kissinger!
Dr Kissinger arrested at Gleneagles shock!
This is an account with photos of my experiences at the Gleneagles Hotel on Saturday 12th March 2005. I was taken into custody after hotel security were not amused by my impersonation of Dr Henry Kissinger!
12-03-2005 03:11
