Protestors march in Rostock
Despite police repression and political propaganda, the summit will face one of the biggest mobilisations ever to shut down the G8.
The "hot phase" of the protest started at the ASEM summit in Hamburg last weekend ( 1 | 2 ), with a Critical Mass and a massive demonstration ( Reports 1 | 2 | 3 | Timeline | Pictures 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 (nl) | 5 (indybay) | 6 ). Reports speak of up to 100 arrests but most people are released again allready. Another demonstration is now announced for tuesday night and a "moving assembly" under the slogan Beat Capitalism for wednesday afternoon.
Protestors march in Rostock
Tens of thousands of anti-G8 protesters, with several thousands on the
Black Bloc alone, took part in the international demonstration in
Rostock on 2 June, 2007. With colourful banners and puppets,
protesters of different backgrounds tried to draw attention to the
bigger problem of capitalism and the 'empire'. Police were very
aggressive and provocative, using batons, water cannons and tear gas,
not only against the 'bad protestors' but 'normal' ones as well.
Violent confrontations were taking place while, on stage, the concert
and speeches were trying to continue. Over 100 people were arrested
and many injured on both sides.
Reports: [en] 1 | 2
| 3 |
[de] 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | [it] 1 | 2 | 3
Pics: 1 | 2 | 3
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10
| 11
| 12 | 13 | 14
Video: 1 | 2 | 3 Audio: [de] 1 | 2 | 3 |
4 | [en] 1
Information Resources: Indymedia Germany will report bilingual: IMC Germany (en) | IMC Germany (de) | G8 TV - daily video stream from the G8 | flashradio - daily podcast (en) | IMC UK Topic G8 2007
Websites: dissentnetwork | Dissent! UK | Interventionist Left | all for all | antig8.tk | Gipfelsoli | people global action | heilig endamm2007.de | Alternative Summit | Camps
MIM articles: Anti-
What? | Prelude
to the G8: Tearing it up in Hamburg | Women in
Protest
Cluster bombs have received international condemnation for their
tendency to kill many non-target victims, especially children. They
have been recommended for banning in the U.N and are the subject of a
68 country treaty.
Stop Cluster
Munitions |
Peace Convergence
From datakid at gmail.com Mon Jun 4 08:11:46 2007
From: datakid at gmail.com (musicman)
Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2007 18:11:46 +1000
Subject: [Imc-melbourne-eds] Proposed: Australian Military To Target
Civilians with Cluster Munitions
In-Reply-To: <200706040714.l547Ek49006645@apollo.linuxengine.net>
References: <200706040714.l547Ek49006645@apollo.linuxengine.net>
Message-ID: <24261cd0706040111x2a49559ewe7b5dec2217d2136@mail.gmail.com>
both look good to me - go for it...
L.
On 6/4/07, takver
> Cluster bombs have received international condemnation for their
> tendency to kill many non-target victims, especially children. They
> have been recommended for banning in the U.N and are the subject of a
> 68 country treaty.
>
> Stop Cluster
> Munitions |
> Peace Convergence
>
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From tirin at takver.com Tue Jun 5 04:10:20 2007
From: tirin at takver.com (takver)
Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2007 23:10:20 -0500
Subject: [Imc-melbourne-eds] Proposed: Court Enforces Shroud of Secrecy Over
Pine Gap Spybase
Message-ID: <200706050410.l554AKI2015413@apollo.linuxengine.net>
Pine Gap trial feature. comments?
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http://melbourne.indymedia.org/images/20070530pinegap4.jpg
Court Enforces Shroud of Secrecy Over Pine Gap Spybase
The secrecy surrounding the Pine Gap Spybase operated by the USA and
Australian Defence Forces was maintained in the Northern Territory
Supreme Court on June 4 when Justice Sally Thomas ruled in favour of
the Crown's submission for public interest immunity. Defendant Jim
Dowling asked in response: ?So they're allowed to give the information
they want without us getting a chance to query that?? Justice Thomas
agreed. [More...]
Four protesters are facing jail for
opposing spy base?s role in Iraq war when they carried out a
citizens inspection of the base. Anti-nuclear campaigner Dr Helen
Caldicott told a gathering outside the base on June 2, "Pine Gap
plays a vital role in US wartime operations. It has been used by the
CIA for political intervention in Australia, and it allows the US to
spy on half the world's population. Pine Gap is a prime target in the
event of nuclear war. It will be one of the first to go, along with
Alice Springs."
Background
pinegap6.org |
Emergentlayer Blog
From tirin at takver.com Tue Jun 5 17:49:25 2007
From: tirin at takver.com (takver)
Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2007 12:49:25 -0500
Subject: [Imc-melbourne-eds] Proposed: Climate Concern on World Environment
Day
Message-ID: <200706051749.l55HnP23016831@apollo.linuxengine.net>
World Environment Day feature. Comments?
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http://melbourne.indymedia.org/images/20070605_World_Enviro_Day.jpg
Climate Concern on World Environment Day
"If we don't start re-engineering our society and reorganising our
society around to deal with these issues of climate change and oil peak
which are simultaneously affecting us, the social disharmony and effects
are going to be widespread and felt by everyone." said Adrian Whitehead
of the Zero Emission Network in a rally in
Melbourne on World Environment Day.
Australia's
zero emission future blowing in the wind
[World Environment Day | Zero Emission Network | Nuclear Free Australia | Carbon Equity]
From tirin at takver.com Thu Jun 7 15:26:49 2007
From: tirin at takver.com (takver)
Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2007 10:26:49 -0500
Subject: [Imc-melbourne-eds] Thousands Blockade G8
Message-ID: <200706071526.l57FQnHA032726@apollo.linuxengine.net>
Another G8 feature...coments?
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http://melbourne.indymedia.org/images/200706_G8_roadtaken.jpg
Thousands Blockade G8
"The global social justice movement is alive and kicking and giving hell
to the assembled criminals of the G8. In an atmosphere reminiscent of
the our S11 demonstration ten thousand peaceful protestors have used
non-violent civil disobedience to blockade the G8 in Germany." said
Davey.
UK IMC
story |
News Ticker |
Germany IMC (en)
Wikipedia |
ACF
Award citation |
While open publishing is suspended, our collective suggests if you have
a well researched, well-written story about Melbourne events, you should
post the story to Sydney
Indymedia. We thank our many loyal readers and contributors for
several years of grassroots journalism and media activism and hope we
can resume reporting with an even better interface at some stage in the
future.
Melbourne Solidarity Event: Scum Bag Tour, Friday June 8
From tirin at takver.com Mon Jun 4 07:14:46 2007
From: tirin at takver.com (takver)
Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2007 02:14:46 -0500
Subject: [Imc-melbourne-eds] Proposed: Australian Military To Target
Civilians with Cluster Munitions
Message-ID: <200706040714.l547Ek49006645@apollo.linuxengine.net>
leadup to the Talisman Sabre War Games protests...
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Image: http://melbourne.indymedia.org/images/200706cluster-bombs.jpg
Australian Military To Target Civilians with Cluster Munitions
The Australian Defence Force (ADF) has announced their intention to
add cluster bombs to their arsenal. Kim Stewart, speaking for the
Peace Convergence said, "98% of the victims of cluster bombs are
civilians. They are still blowing the limbs off children in Vietnam
today. The U.S. dropped almost 30,000 kilos of cluster bombs in Iraq,
which will go on killing innocents for decades. The U.S military, with
whom the ADF are making increasing links, has no compunction about
using munitions that cause unnecessary non-target deaths like depleted
uranium, cluster bombs and white phosphorus. In our eagerness to
follow the U.S military lead will we soon also see depleted uranium in
Australia?s arsenal?" [More...]
Prosecutor
Moved for House Arrest which was rejected
by the Judge (May 29) | Solidarity vigils were held in Me
lbourne and Brisbane(May 30)
Solar
Cells: Best Emission Solution Under the Aussie Sun
Information Resources: Listen Live! - 4
radio streams | G8 TV - daily video
stream | Flashradio -
daily podcast (en) | Dropping Knowledge
Melbourne Solidarity Event: Scum
Bag Tour, Friday June 8
From tirin at takver.com Sat Jun 9 14:58:55 2007
From: tirin at takver.com (takver)
Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2007 09:58:55 -0500
Subject: [Imc-melbourne-eds] Indigenous Elder wins Environment Award
Message-ID: <200706091458.l59EwtMe012243@apollo.linuxengine.net>
In between moderating Greg Kable (aka Parrot Press), I have done this
feature :)
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http://melbourne.indymedia.org/images/200706Buzzacott.jpg
Indigenous Elder wins Environment Award
The Australian Conservation Foundation's (ACF) Peter Rawlinson Award was
given to 'Uncle' Kevin Buzzacott, an Arabunna elder, on World
Environment Day in 2007 for two decades of work highlighting the impacts
of uranium mining and promoting a nuclear free Australia. Uncle Kev has
been a tireless campaigner for indigenous rights including reclaiming
the kangaroo and emu sacred totems from the Coat of Arms from Parliament
House in Canberra and accusing the Federal Government of genocide. [Full
Story]
Video:
reclainming sacred totems from Parliament House
From tirin at takver.com Sun Jun 10 03:22:05 2007
From: tirin at takver.com (takver)
Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2007 22:22:05 -0500
Subject: [Imc-melbourne-eds] Melbourne Indymedia Suspends Publishing?
Message-ID: <200706100322.l5A3M5qc005050@apollo.linuxengine.net>
I think we need to stop open publishing on Melbourne Indymedia ASAP to
reassess what we want to do.
Over the last week I have attempted to get the site back on track with
features and moderation. But one person can't manage the site. All it
takes is one irate user, like Parrot Press, to undermine the site and my
efforts.
Basically, irate users and spammers have become more persistent in their
attacks and without a software upgrade or a collective of several people
to actively moderate posts and do features, the site is unworkable. If
numbers are insufficient to moderate the site effectively, then the only
responsible action is to stop open publishing.
I think this is the responsible thing to do for our loyal readers and
contributors, many of whom have openly complained about spam and
crossposts being published and unmoderated. If we suspend publishing I
suggest we link to Sydney IMC for people to post stories.
If or when open publishing is turned off, I shall probably join Sydney
IMC to help with moderation and features.
==Australia wide Indymedia==
Cameron from Sydney IMC has seriously suggested that an Australia wide
site be developed with various newswires according to our needs and
moderated and edited by IMC ppl across Australia. I am now thinking this
could be viable.
If this proposal goes ahead I would like to see for Melbourne:
* an open newswire and a promoted newswire.
* userids to enable priveledged posting,
* posters being able to choose a comments option: all comments, approved
comments, or no comments.
* an event calendar for each city/region
I would also like to see at the very least one newswire on the Australia
wide site being fully catalogued by Google News, and for this to happen
we must show we exercise editorial control over those postings -
basically ensuring articles are factual and of a reasonable standard.
== Suggested statement as Front Page feature:==
Melbourne Indymedia Suspends Publishing
Open publishing has been suspended on Melbourne Indymedia as numbers in
our editorial collective are insufficient to manage the site effectively
and responsibly. We realise that MIM still plays a vital role in
reporting activist news from Melbourne, Victoria and further afield. To
this end the present collective will be assessing options for how best
to provide an activist news service in the future. If you wish to get
involved, please contact us, or
subscribe to our mailing list.
Melbourne Indymedia Collective
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Discussion, ideas?
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From tirin at takver.com Tue Jun 12 01:15:55 2007
From: tirin at takver.com (takver)
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 20:15:55 -0500
Subject: [Imc-melbourne-eds] Open Publishing on MIM suspended
Message-ID: <200706120115.l5C1FtAD031149@apollo.linuxengine.net>
After the leak of my email yesterday to the local newswire, I decided to
go ahead with publishing the feature re suspending open publishing.
Inspiral harry and Anna have all emailed in principle support of
suspending open publishing.
Today I authorised Dave from axxs.org to modify the publishing pages to
effectively turn off open publishing.
Takver change the filenames sounds good
Takver change comment.php as well
davo http://www.melbourne.indymedia.org/prepublish.php
Takver that is the first form - the key one
Takver looks good
davo http://www.melbourne.indymedia.org/comment.php
Takver yep that should do the trick
Takver we'll leave the calendar going atm
davo backed up as http://www.melbourne.indymedia.org/comment.php.SAVE
* naught102 (naught101 at localhost) has joined #oceania
* ChanServ gives channel operator status to naught102
davo backed up as http://www.melbourne.indymedia.org/prepublish.php.SAVE
Takver thanks davo
As harry has been checking the emails to the collective using info at ...
address which has become inundated with spam on a daily basis, I have
asked Dave to change the site contact address used by the contact form
to collective at ....
I am open to restarting open publishing with the present software if
more people become involved in feature writing and moderation. However,
I think to resolve the problems long term we need to upgrade the
software, or move to a different model.
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