Dissent, the media and the G8

international | anti-capitalism | news report Thursday May 19, 2005 14:30 by DissentHead

Last Mayday in Ireland we experience press hysteria in the run up to the EU summit protests. Some of these were really nuts - We were even told 'Anarchists plan to gas 10,000 Dubliners' (front page of the Sun). None of these predictions came true and amazingly our lap dog media never felt any need to publish any retractions after the event or even analysis as to how they were taking in. Now its happening in Scotland.

As every indymedia.ie reader knows there are going to be massive protests against the G8 in Scotland in early July. And the British media are trying to whip up the same frenzy over there.

Lots of people from Ireland including dozens of indymedia.ie readers will be heading over for the protests with several organistions mobilising people, including Dissent whom I'm going with. So we should have a strong interest in this hysteria.

I'm predicting that from now to July it will become constant enough that we can blog new articles as comments here without this article every dropping off the 'latest comments' newswire. This will also be very useful for all of us heading over and from time to time should give us a good laugh. So it start off the blog here are some opening enteries

Aircraft carrier will guard Bush at G8
Not that mad but does predict hundreds of US marines on standby on a massive aircraft carrier off the Scottish coast.
http://news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=545682005

Geldof gaffe in G8 call to pupils
Sir Bob who we remember posing with Belisconi and Putin as the cops murdered Carlo in Genoa calls for school walks out when the schools are on holidays.
http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=449&id=538152005&20050519131535

Police intelligence plays down fear of large-scale G8 violence
Damn the scotsman isn't playing the game - what's all this "Detectives have been monitoring extremist groups for months and discovered no evidence of plans to organise riots or other large-scale disorder" stuff. They need to talk to Deirdre about 'spicing up' their work.
http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=449&id=525192005

Anarchists plot anti-G8 action as police prepare for 'extreme measures'
Ahh this is a bit more like it - I wonder if Scotland on Sunday is any relation to IoS. Sounds like they use the same headline manual at least.
http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=167082005

Look who's coming to the G8... anarchists start school for havoc
Oh yeah - this is the stuff "Scotland on Sunday can reveal that the first anti-capitalist training session will be held at a secret location in Glasgow in February to create an elite corps of ‘experienced activists’"
http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1420182004

Inside the secret world of anarchists preparing for G8 summit
In a remarkable wankfest "The Times penetrated a group of militants who are intent on organised chaos when world leaders come to Scotland". "This was a “war summit”, where about 300 anarchists — some dressed in urban guerrilla garb in freezing temperatures — had gathered to draw up plans to paralyse Scotland "
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1571447,00.html

So there we go boys and girls - who can top these stirring reports of the anarchist hordes preparing to descend on Scotland. Will you be there with them - get on the bus at http://www.dissenteire.tk/