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15-06-2005 19:01
Coca-Cola Must Not Sponsor Live 8
The India Resource Centre and its allies are expressing serious concerns over news that Live 8 is in negotiations with the Coca-Cola company to seek sponsorship for the Live 8 concert.
15-06-2005 02:04
Bono's plea - "Go To Gleneagles, not Edinburgh"
"While Bob Geldof had called for the marchers to drop everything and head for Edinburgh, Bono appeared to encourage them to descend on Gleneagles Hotel itself...."
13-06-2005 16:10
Debt cancellation
'Give us your fuckin' money', the rallying cry of Live Aid, was again the rallying cry of Live 8, only this time it was aimed at the G8 leaders, not the man in the street. And it seems to have worked.
09-06-2005 13:47
MPs slag off Geldof
On Tuesday Members of the House of Commons slagged-off Bob Geldof for calling for a million people on the streets of Edinburgh. Highly irresponsible they muttered into their Order Papers.
08-06-2005 11:51
Corporate Watch guide to the G8 in Scotland - map available NOW!
This is a colourful, informative, double-sided map exposing corporate agendas at the G8 summit and Scotland Plc.
07-06-2005 03:52
G8 2005: Why Are People Protesting?
Tony Blair recently said "it would be very odd if people came to protest against this G8... I don’t quite know what they’ll be protesting against" - a comment that underlies the way that the UK Government has been working to paint the G8 as a progressive force for good when it comes to tackling Climate Change, Poverty and Debt.
07-06-2005 02:49
http://www.50years.org/factsheets/g8_fiction-fact.html
G8 Fiction and Fact - 2004 Intro to G8 Failures
Copy of 50 years is Enough G8 Briefing pre 2004 Summit: http://www.50years.org/factsheets/g8_fiction-fact.html
06-06-2005 18:20
Sail 8
Bob Geldof has called for a modern-day Dunkirk, sailors to sail to France and bring across protestors for Edinburgh.
06-06-2005 15:56
Bob Geldof and Live 8
Bob Geldof has come in for a lot of criticism for launching Live 8 to coincide with the G8 Summit at Gleneagles in Scotland. Is the criticism justified or fair?
06-06-2005 13:12
Author Simon Tormey
Website: http://www.word-power.co.uk
http://www.word-power.co.uk/platform/The-G8-Why-Be-Angry
The G8 - Why Be Angry?
The G8 - Why Be Angry?Author Simon Tormey
Website:
http://www.word-power.co.uk
http://www.word-power.co.uk/platform/The-G8-Why-Be-Angry
05-06-2005 15:30
Very quick update on recent protest news re 1st day of the G8 Summit.
Amidst the frenzy around Ure and Geldof the other protests are lacking media coverage, not least the calls by groups to blockade the G8 Summit itself.
Developing G8 Protests - G8Alternatives + Live8 - First Day of G8 Summit
It's all happening!Very quick update on recent protest news re 1st day of the G8 Summit.
Amidst the frenzy around Ure and Geldof the other protests are lacking media coverage, not least the calls by groups to blockade the G8 Summit itself.
03-06-2005 16:26
Mc Libel to be shown on BBC2, Sunday 5th of june,
Mc Libel is to be shown on BBC2 on Sunday 5th of June, 10.30 - 11.55 pm.
03-06-2005 10:00
International Anti-G8 Networking Meeting in Thessaloniki, Greece
"We don't want to be what we are now; we want to be what we want to become!"
From 20 – 22 of May 2005 the Antiauthoritarian Movement (Assembly of Salonica), Greece hosted the International Networking Meeting in Thessaloniki to spark off Dissent against the G8.
02-06-2005 00:15
URGENT: Workshop Space in Edinburgh Available During G8 Summit
Free workshop space available in central Edinburgh during the G8 Summit! Book your workshops now!
01-06-2005 22:06
European costitution, insurrection in Bolivia, protests in Israel, new penal law in Turkey, squat eviction in Amsterdam, Airbus WTO dispute, Amnesty International report, repression against Enlace Civil.
International News compilation 1st of June
News compilation today for Leith FM community radio.European costitution, insurrection in Bolivia, protests in Israel, new penal law in Turkey, squat eviction in Amsterdam, Airbus WTO dispute, Amnesty International report, repression against Enlace Civil.
31-05-2005 18:10
The concerts on July 2nd will be used to encourage hundreds of thousands of people to then make the journey up to Scotland for the start of the G8 Summit on Wednesday 6th July.
The Live8 website has gone live today: http://www.live8live.com
G8: Live8 Concerts to Mobilise 1 million for Edinburgh July 6th Demo!
Following intense media speculation the plan around the Make Poverty History alligned Live Aid concerts is currently being revealed.The concerts on July 2nd will be used to encourage hundreds of thousands of people to then make the journey up to Scotland for the start of the G8 Summit on Wednesday 6th July.
The Live8 website has gone live today:
http://www.live8live.com
30-05-2005 16:32
G8 Make Poverty History Wristbands made in Sweat Shops Report
Media reports that many of the the Make Poverty History wristbands were made in sweatshops...
28-05-2005 11:55
This is despite The Scotsman Newspaper briefing against them and initial objections from Lothian and Borders police.
Stop The War Coalition Get Go Ahead for 2 Edinburgh G8 Protests
The Stop The War Coalition have progressed in getting approval for their two protests in Edinburgh around the G8 Summit in July.This is despite The Scotsman Newspaper briefing against them and initial objections from Lothian and Borders police.
28-05-2005 11:14
G8: Geldof planning Edinburgh concert on the first day of the Summit?!?!
I am finding myself increasingly increduluous at the news reports being published around the Make Poverty History campaign and in particular the "Live8" re-runs of Live Aid being championed by Bob Geldof.
26-05-2005 14:12
After killing two students on the 27th of April by using life ammunition to shoot at peacefully demonstrating student, despite the fact that the law in this country does not permit the using of life ammunition to restore order, the police fired life ammunition yesterday on students again. This time 1person was killed and 6 others seriously injured.
Police fired again on Students in Ambazonia
After killing two students on the 27th of April by using life ammunition to shoot at peacefully demonstrating student, despite the fact that the law in this country does not permit the using of life ammunition to restore order, the police fired life ammunition yesterday on students again. This time 1person was killed and 6 others seriously injured.
