Newswires: G8 Summits

Updated daily: Articles from external newswires about the G8 summits due to be held in Italy in 2009, in Canada in 2010. Keywords: Aquila, Abruzzo, G8, Hokkaido, Toya, Sapporo, Heiligendamm...

The Battle Of Toronto: Protesting The G8/G20 Summits

Source: Infoshop News

My involvement in organizing against the Group of Eight (G8) and Group of Twenty (G20) meetings, along with others in Ottawa, began in earnest (... more >>

G8/G20 Communiqué: Toronto police search for the G20 worst of the worst

Source: Gipfelsoli

_By Krystalline Kraus_ Fresh from the sting of having 73 G20-related cases dropped or settled in court on Monday August 23, 2010, the police fought back with a new Most Wanted list of G20 activists. These are allegedly the bad boys (+girls) of the Summit protests, les menace to society. This isn't the first time the police have used the media to host duelling press conferences and media releases to shape public opinion. At the very least, the release of such a sensationalized criminal list was a cynical attempt to buy media attention away from all the failed G20 charges that triggered more calls for a G20 inquiry and back to their law and order agenda. This isn't the first time the police have used the media to host duelling press conferences and media releases against the activist community. more >>

An artist's pledge to boycott

I am proud to be among the many Irish and Ireland-based artists from across creative disciplines who have chosen to publicly support the growing campaign of boycott against apartheid Israel. Compared to the imprisoned Palestinian people themselves and to those taking part in flotillas and other perilous anti-apartheid activities in Palestine our contribution and risk may be justly considered small.  more >>

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