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Friday, 18 February 2005 |
FINANCIAL G7 LEADERS RECIEVE A NOISEY WELCOME!
The first of the G7 meetings leading up to the G8 Summit took place in London over February 4th/5th in the form of the G7 Financial Ministerial. The Financial G7 brings together the central bank governors and finance ministers of the seven richest countries in the world. Activists from Dissent!, the new South East Resist-G8 network and others were there to greet them.
Each of the G7 central bankers sit on the board of directors of The Bank of International Settlements (BIS) in Switzerland, the central bank of central banks. The meetings of the ‘Basel Club' are disturbed by nothing. During the Second World War, the BIS quietly carried on its activities, with bankers from both sides meeting under the presidency of Thomas McKittrick, an American who was ‘officially neutral' in the conflict. Diplomatic immunity, provided at the time courtesy of the Swiss government, no doubt comes in handy from time to time for these gentlemen.
The Financial G7 met for a fancy dinner at Lancaster House on the Friday night and, as expected, the police presence was high with FIT team harrasment continuing from beginning to end. Make Poverty History campaigners were 'allowed' to protest from the confines of a fenced off pen. However, after refusing to join them in the pen, activists were followed and verbally harrased, with the Met using all the usual intimidation tactics. Reportedly, others were stopped and searched with one person recieving an on the spot fine for a minor offence.
However, despite this harrasment (and the short notice of a last minute call-out!), Rythms of Resistance showed up, blocking the exit and along with roughly 20-30 other activists made sure their presence was felt. Noisey support from a pizza delivery driver topped the demo off. As the night drew to a close, the ever thoughtful police officers kindly escorted activists to a local public house, where they continued to look after them by parking a riot van outside!
Despite the short notice (and thanks in no small part to the drummers) the finance ministers and bankers didnt get to enjoy their dinner in peace. Hopefully, the trembling rythms of a samba band did nothing for the rich mens digestion! Yet this was only the first of the G7 Minesterials which mark the countdown to the G8 Summit in July, and as the Summit gets closer our resistance to these meetings must get stronger - lets shut them down!
March 10-11, G8 Employment Ministers Meeting, London March 15-16, International Energy/Environment Ministers Roundtable, London March 17-18, G8 Environment and Development Ministers Meeting, Derbyshire. June 11-11, G7 Finance Ministers Meeting, London June 16-17, G8 Justice and Interior Ministers Meeting, Sheffield July 6-8, G8 Summit, Gleneagles, Scotland. |
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Thursday, 17 February 2005 |
Thousands
resist the global elite at the World Economic Forum in Davos,
Switzerland
Political and economical
heavyweights came together behind closed doors in the Davos,
Switzerland from 26-30th of January for the World Economic Forum
(WEF), to give a "social label" to the capitalist globalization.
Leading up to and throughout the WEF meetings,
actions, demonstrations, and counter forums were held
against the summit by a coalition of groups from France, Germany and
Switzerland. These came under heavy state repression, and
police violence. 250 activists were forbidden to enter the country and
the army had 6500 soldiers on standby.
The first
big demonstration against took place in Winterthur,
Switzerland, with about 400 people taking part. Meanwhile,
another 400 people voiced their resistance in Chur and Adelsberg. In
Heiden, an attack against the UBS, a giant bank consortium,
occurred, while in Zurich, an anti-repression group burnt down a
training camp for anti-terrorist units in protest against
the WEF security preparations. In Bern, the education collective "Tour
de Lorraine", educated with films, theatre and
gigs throughout the week. Various protests happened during the week in
Berna, Davos, Lugano and Basilea.
On
Saturday 22 January a day of Decentralised Creative Actions was called,
because the huge mass demonstration which had been planned
against social cuts, salary dumping, privatisation,
institutional racism and war, was prohibited by a court decision.
This repression and the ensuing police violence triggered
protest in the Swiss parliament. Around 1.500 people took
part in a series of civil disobedience actions. Neo-nazi's tried to
descend the demonstration in Winterthur into violence, yet it remained peaceful. At the same time, there was a solidarity action
in Oxford.
More info on Indymedia: http://www.indymedia.org/or/2005/01/112839.shtml
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