WOMBLES - G8 Summits

Bolzaneto: Convictions of abuse during Genoa G8 protests upheld

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:55:01 +0000

from email, 9 March 2010: "An Italian court has confirmed the convictions of 15 police officers, prison guards and doctors who were found guilty of the ill-treatment of detainees in the Bolzaneto detention facility in Genoa in 2001 during protests against the G8 summit. The court also overturned the initial acquittals of another 29 people who have now been convicted of ill-treatment..." more

Forgotten people of L'Aquila losing faith in Berlusconi promises

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:39:55 +0000

via imc-ie, 3 March 2010: "A taped conversation between building contractors has fuelled the anger of acquilani already disenchanted with the progress of reconstruction... Last Sunday, the patience of many of the L’Aquila earthquake victims ran out. An estimated 6,000 of them joined in a “wheelbarrow protest” in the old centre of L’Aquila, the Abruzzo town hit by a devastating earthquake last April which killed 307 people and left more than 40,000 homeless. Focus of the protest was the 4½ million tonnes of rubble which, 11 months later, still choke the eerily empty town centre..." more

G20 Summit will reportedly be held at Metro Convention Centre, Toronto

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:09:40 +0000

from gipfelsoli, 12 February 2010: "The upcoming G20 summit will reportedly be held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre on what may already be one of the busiest weekends of the summer in the city. International delegates and their entourages will be gathering in the financial district on June 26 and 27th 2010..." more

About the police investigations against those who protested in Rome against G8 in July 2009

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:15:34 +0000

from email, 1 February 2010: "Completion of criminal investigations against those who protested in Rome the G8 in July 2009. Twenty activists charged with paradoxical accusations, to strike once more the social movements..." more

An invitation: from Copenhagen to Toronto 2010

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 01:53:58 +0000

via afj, 24 December 2009: "The Group of 8 Leaders (G8) and the Group of 20 (G20) leaders are meeting in Ontario, from the 25th to the 27th of June, 2010. Following the collapse of the December 2009 Copenhagen Climate Summit, they will be discussing the global economy, development and climate change. These gatherings are about trying to fix capitalism, a system that cannot be fixed; about creating unsustainable market responses to ecological catastrophe that reinforce systems of oppressions; about ensuring the continued exploitation of people of color and the South and about celebrating war as a means to create puppet allies to maintain imperialist power..." more

European Court of Human Rights says "Carlo Giuliani was shot in self-defence"

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 23:56:20 +0000

from gipfelsoli, 26 August 2009: "The ECHR condemned Italy on Tuesday (26 August 2009) for failing to carry out a thorough investigation into the death of a protestor who was shot by police at a G8 summit in Genoa in 2001... The court awarded 40,000 euros ($57,160) compensation to the protestor's family. But it decided unanimously that the police officer had not used disproportionate force when he fired during an attack by demonstrators on his vehicle..." more

Actions in Italy against the G8 Summit 2009

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:10:43 +0000

from various sources, last updated 10 July 2009: Thousands of protesters gathered near the central Italian town of L'Aquila on Friday, as the Group of Eight summit came to a close. A crowd of anti-G8 protesters, including local residents and various international groups, has gathered at a railway station in the quake-hit town's suburb of Paganica..." more

Newswires: G8 Summits

Sat, 26 Jan 2008 17:34:29 +0000

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... more

Eyewitness: Death in Genoa

Fri, 27 Oct 2006 13:38:00 +0000

6 August 2001: A human body but not a human being. my first contact with death. 'After the first death, there is no other..." I forget where i read that, but i hope to hell i never see another like that. Perhaps this is unrealistic, as i believe that neither I nor the rest of the 100,000 people who gathered in Genoa, to fight a myriad-faceted cause (which I saw Carlo Giuliani die for) are dissuaded for a moment. more

Canada: Details on 2010 G8 security may come next month says local mayor

Fri, 06 Feb 2009 17:35:47 +0000

from email, 5 February 2009: "Huntsville mayor Claude Doughty says details about the security to be in place for the 2010 G8 Summit could come as early as the end of next month..." more

Uproar as top police cleared of attack on Genoa G8 protesters

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:23:40 +0000

from guardian.co.uk, 14 November 2008: There was uproar in a Genoa court last night after some of Italy's highest-ranking police officers, accused of masterminding a savage attack on peaceful protesters at the G8 meeting in the city seven years ago, were cleared of the charges against them. The area reserved for the public erupted into chants of "shame, shame" as the presiding judge finished reading his verdict. The mother of one of the victims clambered on to a crash barrier and screamed: "We'll have our revenge". more

Social movements against the global security architecture: A critique of the militarisation of social conflict

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:28:18 +0000

from email, 9 October 2008: A critique of the militarisation of social conflict and the securitisation of everyday life. * Assessment of the Strategy Papers of the ‘Future Group’ (on the future of EU Home Affairs policies) and the ‘new strategic directions’ of NATO, put forward in the publication, ‘Towards a Grand Strategy in an Uncertain World’ * Proposal for a campaign against the new EU policies to be ratified under the Swedish Presidency of the EU in 2009 more

Movements around the G8 Summit 2008: the situation in Japan

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:16:05 +0000

from japan-imc, 19 March 2008: An overview of the relationship between leftists and NGOs. Since the beginning of this year, NGOs, Leftists, trade unions, green political parties etc. have organized several events and networks concerning the G8 meeting. The position of these networks and organizations range widely from those opposing the G8 (mainly the Leftists) to those offering opinions and alternative ways of the G8 (mainly NGOs). more

G8 Bolzaneto July 2001: Prosecutors call for 76 years in prison for police defendants

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 13:39:05 +0000

from imc-uk, 13 March 2008: In a trial that has seen 209 victims, 392 witnesses and 23 defendants, The Bolzaneto G8 ‘Torture’ trial is finishing in a heated controversial ending. Monday saw prosecutors Patrizia Petruzziello and Vittorio Ranieri rise to their feet again and delivered the final damning indictment against the Italian legal system and the 45 Carabineri, GOM Penitentiary police defendants who have been on trial since late 2005 in a judgment that ran into 1000 pages. more

Looking ahead to the G8 2009 in Italy: Collapsing the European security architecture

Sun, 09 Mar 2008 22:45:27 +0000

from email, updated 19 September 2008: "Looking ahead to the G8 2009 in Italy, this text takes up these points to propose a campaign against the new "European Security Architecture". We outline some developments in police cooperation on a European level and call for a kind of antirepression work that goes beyond a simple critique and a scandalising police violence, and that is coordinated on a European level..." more