G8 2005 - Scotland

A freelance journalist and filmmaker has been held in jail for 209 days as of today for resisting a subpoena. San Francisco based Josh Wolf refused to testify in court and hand over his source material. After witnessing and videotaping a violent arrest during protests against the G8 2005 in San Francisco and publishing an editied version, he got more attention than expected: an FBI agent showed up at his house..." more

REPOSTED FROM SCOTLAND IMC: Passengers reading the Metro on Edinburgh's buses this week got a real shock - the paper contained something worth reading. A leaflet entitled "The Carnival is not over" mysteriously appeared in over a thousand copies of the Metro "newspaper" which is distributed free on Lothian Region buses. more

The legal support group has been contacted by some defendants whose trials were due to begin to say that they were not informed of the change and had already paid in advance for transport. This will obviously be particularly important if you were planning to attend a trial and are coming from outside the UK. more

Reposted from indymedia uk: Two street medics arrested at the Carnival For Full Enjoyment during the anti-G8 protests last July were acquitted of Breach of the Peace in court on Friday. The trial took place in a Sheriff’s court in Edinburgh, and lasted for around 4 hours. more

Posted 19:59 20 July 2005: There are 2 prisoners held on remand till their court cases open in August. more

Reposted from Scotland Indymedia - Edinburghs Carnival For Full Enjoyment was roundly condemned by the police, Edinburgh City Council and the mass media. But what was this anti G8 action really about? And what really happened on the capital's streets on 4th July? Here for the first time the Carnivalistas give their own account of the day. more

During the protests against the G8 over 700 people were detained or arrested by the police, often overnight, and around 366 people have been arrested and charged. The courts have imposed draconian bail conditions, which not only prevented those arrested from continuing their protests against the G8 summit, but forced those not resident in Scotland to leave at an impossible speed, making the conditions impossible to comply with. more

It is now emerging that while the blockades were up in Stirling and the gates of Gleneagles were being breached, a huge police operation was underway in Glasgow targeting the Wombles. There will be more news on what happened on 6 July shortly, but here is today's instalment. more

Posted 11:27 06 July 2005: Movement against the G8 started very early this morning: while the beacons of dissent were still burning in the dark in the Ochil Hills, hundreds of people were making their way out of the Stirling convergence eco-camp 'Hori-Zone' to head for Gleneagles. more

Posted 11:22 06 July 2005: The Carnival for Full Enjoyment travelled around the streets of Edinburgh on Monday 4th, involving a cast of G8 Summit protesters, clowns, police and local people. more

The Fuck the G8 Hip Hop EP is out now with a Limited pressing of 500 12" Vinyl. Its also available from konshussounds@graffiti.net on CD for a few quid. It features two tunes by Manage and Syanyde Riot (full version, instro, acapella) and 1984 (which uses some ill lyrical flows to rip apart the world of secret handshakes inhabitated by bush n blair). more

We - a collection of UK-based anarchists and anti-authoritarians - seek to encourage anarchists and other malcontents from around the globe to work together in taking practical, direct action to effectively disrupt the summit, expressing our solidarity in action. We are calling for an assembly of anarchists and anti-authoritarians in Edinburgh on July 3rd 2005. more

Many reports about the protests against the G8 make it all sound like a nightmare for Edinburgh residents. The truth is many locals welcome the upcoming demonstrations. more

FORWARDED MESSAGE ON EDINBURGH ACCOMODATION: We are writing this to prepare people for the accommodation situation in Edinburgh. We want to encourage people to travel here to take part in the actions and Edinburgh convergence, but also to circulate this information as widely as possible. more

It is a zone of self-organisation, horizontal decision making, ecology and autonomy in action. It is a radical campsite in resistance to the G8. It is space where people can organize in an open and participatory way, inviting all to take hold of their own lives and take a part in the creation of their own futures. more