UK Globalisation Newswire Archive
Make Poverty History Rally Pics
02-07-2005 17:55
About the park squat
02-07-2005 17:24
Yesterday we squatted a park then the police showed up and it ended up with most of the people got to sleep in the official campsites anyway.This is my story.
video: G8 meeting in Sheffield 11-17.06.05
02-07-2005 14:23
Timeline 2 July 2005
02-07-2005 14:17
Time line of events from 2 July14:00 Make Poverty History march going on. People who were supposed to leave the Meadows at 13:00 still haven't started walking because the route is still full of people.
14:30 Anti-capitalist block broke of the main march and has been cordoned of by riot police around Buccleuch Street/Windmill Lane. At least one samba band is in the cordon, and about 150 people outside the cordon.
15:00 Infernal noise brigade have arrived for support.
People within the cordons are 'kept' in smaller groups. They can move freely within that. This is on the corner of Buccleuch Street - Buccleuch Place. The clowns are on one side, doing their thing (cleaning uniforms)
16:30 people are being released in small groups into the meadows, their bags being searched. Other people (including members of the samba band are asked for their names
17:15 2 people arrested
17:15 according to reports, the whole of the Centre of the City and the whole of the Meadows are under Section 60
According to legal observers: people in the cordon were photographed one by one
brighton to edinburgh critical mass(photos)
02-07-2005 12:39
Pics from Edinburgh streets
02-07-2005 12:17
Irish buses arriving in Scotland stopped for one hour by cops
01-07-2005 18:45
The Irish buses have been stopped by poice coming off the ferry for one hour for intensive search and so they can videotape everyone.See indymedia.ie for blog
For audio interviews with Irish dissent crew on the buses see
CARNIVAL DENOUNCES ARMY “LIE CENTRES”
01-07-2005 09:10
The Carnival for Full Enjoyment - due to burst onto Edinburgh’s streets on Monday at noon - has denounced Army Recruitment Centres as “lie centres” and alleges the army relies on low wages and unemployment to drive young people into their clutches.G8- BRING 10mm Rope + Climber's Karabiners
01-07-2005 09:07
People are saying make sure that you bring rope ( 10mm builders blue polyproperlene will do) and any old rock climbing carabiners. Try toget 50+ metres of rope. - old climbers rope is also great.
And bring waterproof walking boots and 1 litr water bottles.
Why we are anti-capitalist. Why we are fighting the G8.
01-07-2005 02:44
We are anti-capitalist because we do not believe that capitalism can be consistent with democracy, social justice, environmental sense or the fight against AIDS: an argument, via Starbucks and Bill Gates, for why the South is all of us.Review of BLACK SUN OVER GENOA
01-07-2005 00:13
Live 8 - Making Poverty History? Or Entrenching Our Irresponsibility?
30-06-2005 18:06
"These eight guys should to this thing" Bob Geldof has said of the G8 leaders gathering in Scotland. Do these 8 men really have the power to change the world?First Aid Training in Edinburgh
30-06-2005 18:05
Friday 1 JulyLearn: How to be safe at an action
How to prepare yourself and your friends
How to treat commonly seen injuries and illnesses
How to decontaminate from crowd-control chemical weapons
How to care for yourself and your friends after the protest
Jack Kane Edinburgh G8 Campsite to be FREE (not £5)
30-06-2005 15:18
The council has today decided that instead of charging £5 per night to stay at the Jack Kane G8 Campsite in Edinburgh, it will in fact be free.Piracy in Paddington
30-06-2005 13:48
Wednesday 29 June saw the meeting of two groups of corporate pirates at the Paddington Hilton Hotel....Police Surround London Institute for Autonomy in Preparation for G8 Summit
30-06-2005 13:23
It appears that police have just surrounded the Institute for Autonomy squat and are illegally detaining and searching its occupants, seizing personal documents and openly talking about the searches being conducted in preparation for the G8 Summit. At the request of a friend, I am posting all the information he has sent me so far.
