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IMC REPORT | G8 What Really Happened? CLICKABLE LINKS this time. Someone previously posted this here as html with unclickable links. San Francisco Indymedia converts URLs in plain text posts into clickable links. So I am reposting this as plain text so that the links are clickable....
Posted: Thu, Jul 26, 2001 10:05pm PDT
Blind Trust 
In Hampton, Virginia, Medic/Firefighters are deliberately withholding and delaying care to minority patients who call 911, causing serious injury and death. I am calling for an independent investigation into these activities....
Posted: Thu, Jul 26, 2001 9:28pm PDT
From the Multitudes of Europe, Rising Up Against the Empire & Marching on Genoa A European history of centuries of rebellion, progress, and repression....
Posted: Thu, Jul 26, 2001 12:10am PDT
Brutal "Weapons" Raid. NONVIOLENT G8 countersummit umbrella, Genoa Social Forum. The outrageousness of the brutal police raid, July 22, 2001, of Genoa Social Forum, the NONVIOLENT main organizer of the 200,000-strong G8 countersummit, is sinking in. Dozens brutally injured (some unconsciousness), hospitalized, terrorized, and still detained. World outrage. A combined raid of Genoa Social Forum, Italy Indymedia, Radio Gap. Lies about weapons. Pools of blood everywhere. Mainstream politicians and press as witnesses....
Posted: Wed, Jul 25, 2001 11:32pm PDT
Over In A Flash!! KPFA Flashpoints Radio July 25, 2001 (link to audio in 'full story' text below)
- Update on US /NATO hypocrisy in the Balkans, deceit in Macedonia (26 min)
- Kevin Cooper from San Quentin's death row (24 min)...
Posted: Wed, Jul 25, 2001 10:01pm PDT
Italy frees 4 G8 Brits. Some serious injuries. Foreign Secretary to investigate. We need to hold politicians to their promises by keeping [Indy]media pressure on them, or otherwise their corporate masters will buy them off.
"Friends of Miss [Nicola] Doherty, who had never been on a protest before, claim she was beaten in her sleeping bag when police raided ... She suffered a fractured wrist and bruises to her head when she was arrested during the raid. ... Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said: 'If there are allegations of assault they need to be investigated'."...
Posted: Wed, Jul 25, 2001 9:38pm PDT
Amnesty International worried about detained G8 protesters. Reuters article. "some foreign nationals arrested during the summit in the Italian city of Genoa had not yet been able to contact their consulates, lawyers, or families. ... More than 200,000 people took the streets in Genoa during the G8 summit ... Amnesty said Sunday that Italian authorities should institute a thorough review of training and deployment of law enforcement officers. The center-left opposition called for the resignation of Interior Minister Claudio Scajola, a senior figure in the conservative ...
Posted: Wed, Jul 25, 2001 9:12pm PDT
Against the American Correctional Association: Aug. 10-12 A diverse coalition of groups has come together to organize grassroots opposition to the annual meeting of the ACA in Philadelphia. This August, local activists will host a convergence of ex-prisoners, families of prisoners, activists, and concerned citizens to protest the expansion of our country's racist prison industry. This convergence will include an educational counter conference (August 10-12), permitted demonstrations, and direct actions....
Posted: Wed, Jul 25, 2001 3:13pm PDT
join the CRIMINAL SUIT against the GOVERNMENT DELEGATION IN CATALUNYA Barcelona...
Posted: Tue, Jul 24, 2001 10:16pm PDT
9 Young People Arrested While Protesting Super Jail Nine young people were arrested today protesting the Alameda County Super Jail...
Posted: Tue, Jul 24, 2001 10:09pm PDT
Black Inmates Sue Michigan Jail A black anti-police brutality activist who is a prisoner at the county jail here has been joined by 18 other predominantly black inmates in a lawsuit that charges jail officials with ethnic intimidation and racial intolerance....
Posted: Tue, Jul 24, 2001 10:00pm PDT
DELANO PRISON: Judge issues ruling in the Delano Lawsuit that the public must have input on revised environmental analysis....
Posted: Tue, Jul 24, 2001 10:55am PDT
Genoa Social Forum promotes NONVIOLENCE. "Weapons" found at brutal police raid. Genoa Social Forum (GSF) is the umbrella organization that was the main organizer of the peaceful G8 rallies, marches, and educational events. To coincide with the G8 summit meeting July 20-22, 2001. Over a thousand groups eventually worked with GSF. GSF did NOT approve violent, offensive direct action, and here are their web pages below to prove it. GSF specifically stated they were for NONVIOLENT ACTION. GSF could not possibly control all the participants in G8 protests, but they did the be...
Posted: Mon, Jul 23, 2001 6:18pm PDT
Portland, OR stories and photos from todays rally in downtown Portland...
Posted: Mon, Jul 23, 2001 5:37pm PDT
Plea From G8 Protesters Genoa Social Forum organizers are asking all other groups worldwide to continue protesting until Berlusconi is OUT! Arrestees forced to hail Mussolini!...
Posted: Mon, Jul 23, 2001 1:06am PDT
AP press misinformation on WEAPONS. Italy Indymedia and Genoa Social Forum raid. The AP (Associated Press) must think people will never get the true facts, and will automatically believe them. What blatant misinformation. They obviously didn't ask (or will act like they didn't ask) the people who were in the buildings about the "weapons."...
Posted: Sun, Jul 22, 2001 11:45pm PDT
Detailed press coverage of Italy Indymedia, Genoa Social Forum raid brutality. Here are a pair of UK Guardian articles detailing July 22, 2001 Italy Indymedia and Genoa Social Forum raid, brutality, injuries, torture, arrest numbers, world outrage, names, political responses, etc.. The second article has additional information in the middle of the article. Both are some of the fairest mainstream press coverage yet....
Posted: Sun, Jul 22, 2001 10:24pm PDT
genoa police brutality. Mainstream media reports Mainstream paper reports on the horrendous police beatings of Italian Indymedia...
Posted: Sun, Jul 22, 2001 9:35pm PDT
Press Conference, Genoa Social Forum. Brutality. UK Indymedia reporter in coma From Indymedia speaker at July 22, 2001 Press Conference:
"freedom of expression and of comunication has been negated in last days.
(indymedia is speaking english.) the journalist from uk is in a coma. an indymedia activist, journalist from uk is now in coma, in hospital, after surgery for perforation of lungs."...
Posted: Sun, Jul 22, 2001 5:46pm PDT
CORPORATISM. Berlusconi's far-right "democracy" in Italy. A mega-media Mussolini "Berlusconi owns Italy's three biggest television channels. The three Italian state-owned television channels are indirectly controlled by the government. Should he win the election then six of the seven Italian TV channels with an audience of over 90 percent of the total would then be directly or indirectly in his hands. In addition, the publishing houses Elemond, Einaudi, Sperling & Kupfer and Mondadori are all part of the Berlusconi media giant Fininvest. Via Mondadari Berlusconi controls ...
Posted: Sun, Jul 22, 2001 4:12pm PDT
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