G8 2001 - UK

Genoa G8: Close Campsfield Detention Centre!

Diverse actions against the Campsfield detention centre are being planned by a variety of groups, charities and individuals, including the Anarchist Travelling Circus, a creative Carnival Against Campsfield with samba bands, a Critical Mass action, community and refugee support groups, world musicians, entertainers, side-shows, circus performers and theatre more

Actions in Oxford against the G8 and Campsfield Detention Centre

17:46 22/07/01: Over 200 hundred people, including a mass of WOMBLES and a samba band, demonstrated through the tourist-packed streets of Oxford on Saturday 21st July 2001. more

Information on private security firms - Group4 and Sodexho

13/07/01: Details of how these companies make money, who owns them, prisons they run. They provide security for everything from building sites to NATO HQ and the Pentagon. In the UK, Group4 security guards were used at Twyford Down and Stanworth Valley and brutally assaulted protesters at both. more

Police pre-emptive strikes at Campsfield

A few hours ago police cleared out a already existing camp next to Campsfield Detention Centre. They then erected a metal gate and have now occupied the land. Two police helicopters have been circling the area and have shut all pubs in Kidlington from 2.30pm this afternoon more

Anarchists plan assault on detention centre to free asylum-seekers reports Observer on Sunday

Anarchists plan to 'lay siege' to Britain's flagship detention centre for asylum-seekers and rip down its fences in a bid to free scores of refugees, writes Paul Harris. more

Genoa G8: Campsfield NoBorders Camp info

The Close Campsfield! July camp needs your help! Below is a list of useful things you might have access to - bring what you can to help create an effective and inspiring protest camp.  more

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