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Protests relentless, meetings and rallies too.
The most hectic and vibrant week of protest Hong Kong has ever seen continues….
As I write about five hundred Korean peasants are making very slow progress towards the convention centre. They are marching three steps and then lowering to their knees and bowing their heads to the ground, then repeating
KONG YEE SAI MAU! - PROTEST AGAINST THE WTO!
The WTO started today, the protests got off to a good start
The WTO started in Hong Kong today, as did the more confrontational demos. As a speaker from Focus on the Global South announced at a meeting on the evening before:
“Civil Society? Don’t give me civil society! They’re [the WTO]
Scene setting - first words from Hong Kong
Got to Hong Kong, and after a slight delay courtesy of the police, am raring to go!
Hong Kong is a very suitable place for the WTO to meet, Disneyland has just set up it’s HK branch, and the streets here in the run up to Xmas are like Oxford Street
Opening Salvo in Seoul
A radical demonstration in Seoul today, it seems part of the build up to the Hong Kong mobilisation.
There’s two issues being protested, firstly the rice trade laws, a huge issue amongst the farmers here, and the other is the issue of casualisation. Like many places in the world, short term
THE WTO GOES TO HONG KONG
The next summit of the Doha ‘development’ round of the WTO promises problems for developing countries, not solutions as they’d like us to believe.
Hong Kong is seen the city of capitalism by many. Its famous skyline created by the huge amounts of investment poured into it by multinational firms and
THE G8 AFRICA BROUHAHA: HOT AIR AND LITTLE SUBSTANCE
The G8 was no success, argues Charles Abugre. While some of the campaigners at Gleneagles welcomed the outcome others were more forthright in their condemnation of the deal.
Message from the organisers of G8 Alternatives
Its now over a year since a small number of us came together to discuss how we would meet the challenge of having the G8 arriving in Scotland.
Moral High Ground
One of the Brighton & Hove WDM activists reports on their crane occupation and banner drop
CLOSE DUNGAVEL
Voices Across Barriers - Demonstration at Dungavel refugee detention centre.
Dungavel Detention Center protest
A protest against the jailing of asylum seekers was held on July 5 at Dungavel, Scotland. Coordinated with G8 Alternatives, peaceful protesters were overwhelmed by the large presence of militarized police, with their horses and dogs in tow.
The Battle to get to Gleneagles
Wednesday morning 8am torrential rain and we’re off to Gleneagles!