Police ban G8 Alternatives march to G8 Summit

national | summit mobilisations | news report Monday May 23, 2005 16:39 by rory hearne - g8 mobilise

In a dangerous attack on civil liberties,

In a dangerous attack on civil liberties, Tayside Police have decided to prevent the Wednesday 6th July march against the G8 demonstrating in front of the Gleneagles Hotel.
In the same way that the G8 mafia want to control the world, Tayside Police believe they can control our streets and stop us having the free access that generations of Scots have fought for.
"This is the 21st Century and we are in a democracy, we should be able to take to our own roads in Scotland and march past the hotel and have our voices heard."
Campaigner Rose Gentle, whose soldier son Gordon died in Iraq last year, added: "We are not animals or terrorists - we just want our voices to be heard."

Police ban G8 Alternatives march to G8 Summit –see www.g8alternatives.org.uk for details

In a dangerous attack on civil liberties, Tayside Police have decided to prevent the Wednesday 6th July march against the G8 demonstrating in front of the Gleneagles Hotel.
In the same way that the G8 mafia want to control the world, Tayside Police believe they can control our streets and stop us having the free access that generations of Scots have fought for.
"This is the 21st Century and we are in a democracy, we should be able to take to our own roads in Scotland and march past the hotel and have our voices heard."
Campaigner Rose Gentle, whose soldier son Gordon died in Iraq last year, added: "We are not animals or terrorists - we just want our voices to be heard."

Speakers at G8 Alternatives Summit July 3rd Edinburgh

Moazzam Begg - ex prisoner Guantanamo Bay; ;Ken Wiwa - son of Ken Saro Wiwa;
Susan George - Vice President Attac France; Lindsay German - Convenor Stop The War Coalition; Dita Sari - President National Front for Workers Struggle Indonesia; Haidi Guilliani - mother of Carlo murdered by police at Genoa G8 2001;George Monbiot - radical journalist;

Tommy Sheridan - Scottish Socialist Party; Caroline Lucas- Green Party MEP;
Scott Ritter Ex-UN Weapons Inspector




G8 Mobilise presents:


Giuliano Giuliani

Thursday May 26th at 7.30pm

Italian Trade Unionist whose son Carlo was murdered by the Italian Police during the protests against the G8 in Genoa 2001


The ATGWU hall on Middle Abbey Street, Dublin.

Also speaking: Andy Storey (Development Studies, UCD), Nessa Ni Chassidy(Make Poverty History)

Since Genoa Giuliano and his wife Haidi have become stalwarts of the international global justice movement, speaking at countless events and protests as well as campaigning for justice for their son.

Other G8 Events

1. G8 Global justice protest 2.30pm Sat May 28th Stock Exchange, Temple Bar

2. Next organising meeting of G8 Mobilise: Bowes bar, Fleet Street, 5pm Sat May 28th

3. June 30th Make Poverty History: Drop the Debt Rally, 6.30pm The Spire, O Connell St


For information and details on buses to G8 protest events in Scotland contact and G8 mobilise contact: 087 2703564

G8 Mobilise is a network of groups and individuals mobilising support for events and protests around the G8 summit in July. Supporters include: Irish Anti War Movement, Labour Youth, Sinn Fein, SWP, SP, Green Party and more