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Bob Geldof has called for a modern-day Dunkirk, sailors to sail to France and bring across protestors for Edinburgh.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.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.
Chiapas: bank bars the solidarity bank accounts
The bank Bilbao Vizcaya-Bancomer freezes the bank accounts of the solidarity organization ENLACE CIVIL“The bank has to protect itself from money laundering”
Motorcycle demonstration to support Kurdish hungerstriker Bahoz in Greece
On Tuesday, the 24th of May, a motorcycle demonstration took place in Thessaloniki, Greece, to support the anarchist hungerstriker Bahoz in his fight for political asylum.Political asylum is nearly unknown in Greece as from 2000 to 3000 applications each year only 2-3 individual’s applications get approved.
Police fired again on Students in Ambazonia
ANARCHIST IMMIGRANT ON HUNGER STRIKE FOR THE POLITICAL ASYLUM, GREECE
POLITICAL ASYLUM TO BAHOZ NOW!HUNGER STRIKE SINCE MAY 17
SOLIDARITY TO REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS
Stop The War Coalition announces G8 Demo in Edinburgh Mon 3rd July
Scottish Police Attack Sensationalist Press Over G8 Taser Gun Deployment
Chief Constable David Strang, President of the Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland, and Tayside Police Chief Constable John Vine, the officer in charge of policing the summit, have both denied that Taser guns will be deployed against G8 protestors and have attacked the press for being sensationalist, accusing The Scotsman of a "dangerous form of journalism".
JOURNALISTS TO SUE POLICE FOR GENOA G8 VIOLENCE
GENOA - Italy's press union, FNSI, on Thursday said it had joined anti-globalization protestors who are suing 28 police officials accused of brutality during an international summit here in 2001. The union said it was suing the police on behalf of journalists who were beaten and had equipment seized during a raid on the Pascoli school, which was used as an independent press centre during the Group of Eight summit.Stormtroopers Against The G8
G8: Travel Ban @ Prestwick Airport as Americans Flex Security Muscles
18th May:A massive security clampdown has been announced around Prestwick airport for July ahead of the G8 Summit, as details emerged of US military demands for premission to act independently of domestic security forces.
"How To Spin the G8" - good article on the state, media and protests
Good article joining the dots about the state, media and protests, from Spinwatch.
http://www.spinwatch.org/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=360
G8 Gleneagles Road Closures, Exclusion Zones and offer of rally for just 5000
“Reporters without borders” serve US government intrests
“Yes, this is correct, we receive money from NED and this isn't a problem for us”, admitted the boss of “Reporters without borders” Robert Ménard. But the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) is not any organisation. It has been founded 1983 under the admistration of Reagan to enforce a politic which specifically aimed to destabilise Cuba and Sandinista Nicaragua.G8 Alternatives announce not to accept road blocks during G8 summit
This coincides with the announcement of road closures during the G8 summit.
