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RedRed, a latina womyn from Portland, is facing a felony and 5 years in prison on the false charge that she broke a window of the California state building during the WTO/USDA protests in Sacramento. Authorities claim that the window was broken on Sunday, when she was arrested; the problem with their story is that the window in question was not broken until 2 days after she was taken into custody for posession of a gas mask. RedRed has asked that supporters contact the Sacramento DA to demand that her charges be dropped. Read more: 1 | 2 | 3

From June 19-21, the self-declared bosses of Europe will gather on the Sithonia peninsula in Greece to confirm their pre-taken decisions regarding the expansion of Fortress Europe, the continuation of repression and the post 9/11 witch hunt. They will not do so without a fight! Protestors have gathered in the city of Thessaloniki (125 km from the summit site), which together with Chalkidiki will be the epicenter for the mobilizations. The city is already buzzing with thousands of people from across Greece and around the world. Read more on Global Indymedia.

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Ministers of Trade, Agriculture and Environment from 180 nations, including all member states of the World Trade Organization (WTO), are expected to participate on June 22-25 in Sacramento in a conference hosted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), USAID, and the US State Department. This meeting will be a stepping stone to the September WTO Ministerial in Cancun and the Summit of the Americas on FTAA scheduled for Miami in November. There is a call out for people to go to Sacramento for a five-day convergence of action and education. There is a schedule for Bay Area mobilization planning meetings for people planning to take action in Sacramento.

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Archive: ECR Live from the Sacramento Mobilization
Biotech IMC - For Breaking News | Portland IMC | Biodev.org | Sacmobilization.org | Anti-capitalist/Anti-authoritarian Gathering | Audio Interview with Luke Anderson | Convergence Schedule

6/3: The Camp de Bourdonette in Lausanne was evicted this morning, and a peaceful demo (no teargas!) took place in Lausanne. People are starting to evaluate the last few days. Although all demos in the last days started off cheerful and full of positive vibes, many people were injured during the anti-G8 demos by massive police teargassing, rubber bullets and concussion grenades. Peaceful protesters have stated their solidarity with the blockades carried out by Black Bloc activists. A disobedient solidarity action has taken place in Barcelona when 21 activists occupied the French consulate for 12 hours. In Berlin 40 activists who had just returned from Geneva demonstrated outside the Swiss embassy during which the Swiss embassador stated his rejection to the police violence during the G8 summit.

Geneva Update

6/2: It is 10AM in Geneva. After a day of peaceful protests, mixed with fighting with riot police and building flaming barricades in the streets, protesters are temporarily regrouping. According to Indymedia dispatch, "the G8 is still going on, so it is safe to assume the protests will keep going on." Earlier in the day, the Indymedia Geneva office was raided while live internet TV broadcast the police invasion live. An unconfirmed 11 Indymedia people were arrested during the raid. There is a legal update and photos at the Indymedia G8 site.

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