APEC

from sydney-imc, 5 February 2008: Using unnecessary force and intimidation, police arrested peaceful protesters at the end of the rally at the APEC summit in Sydney in September 2007. While filming these police actions, Melbourne-based independent filmmaker Marcela Olea was arrested and her gear destroyed. She now faces two charges of assaulting police and one charge of resisting arrest. more

Articles from the newswires filtered for articles about the Sydney 2007 Asia-Pacific Economic Forum [APEC] summit of regional leaders.

Keyword: APEC more

from email, 05 Sep 2007: "It's clear that the police and security forces -- in complicity with the state and corporate proponents of APEC, as well as sensationalist mainstream media -- utilize a strategy of divide and rule. They distinguish between "good" and "bad" protesters to weaken social movements..." more

from various sources, 5 September 2007: A collection of items on the state response to the prospect of people thinking for themselves rather than following their nominated leaders' commands. more

from email, 30 August 2007: "This is a statement of our intent to disrupt the APEC conference, because we believe it promotes exploitation, inequality and the destruction of the planet. We are dreaming up ways to disrupt the conference whilst communicating our deeply held convictions against capitalism and the authoritarian state, and our belief that another world is possible..." more

July 08 2007: Hundreds of high-definition surveillance cameras have been installed on Sydney's transport network for September's Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation conference, but only some will be monitored live. more