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Photos From Reclaim The Streets
Some 200 people joined the Mutant Street Fest that was organized by a group that called itself West Coast G8 on Tuesday, June 8th. The march was surrounded by the SFPD and the CHP, and the police eventually arrested everyone who was in the street....
Posted: Wed, Jun 9, 2004 1:53am PDT
interesting corporate media article
while lots of corporate media tried to focus on how the bio2004 protests were "misguided..."...
Posted: Wed, Jun 9, 2004 1:18am PDT
Reclaim the Streets, June 8
A Reclaim the Streets party and anti-G8 solidarity march ended in a mass arrest Tuesday, June 8. More than 150 activists were surrounded by police and arrested, without being given an order to disperse. By midnight, most arrestees had been cited and released....
Posted: Wed, Jun 9, 2004 12:33am PDT
Photos From Morning Reclaim the Commons Action
Photos from morning reclaim the commons action....
Posted: Tue, Jun 8, 2004 11:12pm PDT
two photos from Bio-tech protest today
two photos taken earlier today, around 11:30am, corner of 4th and Howard, in the middle of the Bio-Tech conference, SF, June 8, 2004...
Posted: Tue, Jun 8, 2004 10:29pm PDT
Biotech, 4th & Howard
Some pictures shot at 4th and Howard at around mid-day....
Posted: Tue, Jun 8, 2004 7:51pm PDT
tackled (divx.avi video) (video/x-msvideo 3.5MB)
Biotech protest today, June 8, 2004, about 6:45pm at 5th and Market, SF...
Posted: Tue, Jun 8, 2004 7:33pm PDT
Protestors Arrested
Protestors gathered and were arrested one by one by a massive police presence of probably 5 to 1 that I could see...
Posted: Tue, Jun 8, 2004 7:09pm PDT
Blame SF Board of Supes for Allowing Biotech Conference
These conferences are only invited to San Francisco to make money for San Francisco. Since the massive, expensive police presence was obviously planned, then the Board of Supervisors knew that this biotech conference could not make money for the City and at that point, they should have told the conference organizers to find another city for their conference because we cannot afford to waste and lose money....
Posted: Tue, Jun 8, 2004 7:05pm PDT
Reclaiming the Commons - Expanding our Critique to include Pharma & Intellectual Property
This last couple of days I’ve been in San Francisco when the Bio 2004 conference was being held so I’ve participated in the festivities. The counter forum / mobilization this year is called Reclaim The Commons. The idea is great, get away from a purely negative campaign about the dangers of untested genetically modified food. The idea was to broaden the movement to look at the way all of the biotech industry is taking what was held in common, life itself, and making it in something which can ...
Posted: Tue, Jun 8, 2004 5:42pm PDT
June 8 Biotech Protests
As many as 2,000 activists converged outside the Moscone Center in San Francisco on Tuesday, June 8, to confront attendees at the BIO 2004 biotechnology conference....
Posted: Tue, Jun 8, 2004 1:59pm PDT
Police Chief Heather Fong Supervises from the Street
San Francisco - San Francisco Police Chief Heather Fong supervised the riot-geared police contingent from 4th and Howard at the Reclaim the Commons street blockade. The street blockade was conducted in protest of the BIO2004 conference....
Posted: Tue, Jun 8, 2004 1:34pm PDT
Two Protesters Crawl Under Bus To Prevent It From Getting Into BIO 2004
During the Reclaim the Commons protests against BIO 2004, two protesters dove under one of the busses bringing in attendees from their hotels. The bus (and several behind it) were delayed for up to a half an hour as the police worked to get them out....
Posted: Tue, Jun 8, 2004 12:46pm PDT
Pictures From The June 8th Reclaims The Commons Protest At BIO 2004
Hundreds took to the streets of San Francisco to protest BIO 2004. Several groups locked down and at least 25 people were arrested for nonviolent civil disobedience, protest against the growing corporate control of food and healthcare....
Posted: Tue, Jun 8, 2004 12:18pm PDT
Pictures From the BIO Lockdown
Pictures from this morning's lockdown at the Bio2004 Conference...
Posted: Tue, Jun 8, 2004 10:22am PDT
PIX: signs and faces
Just a couple of photos from the convergence center....
Posted: Tue, Jun 8, 2004 3:51am PDT
Photos From Reclaim The Commons
These are pictures taken by various people at various actions between June 3rd and June 6th. Shutdown Bio-Tech!...
Posted: Tue, Jun 8, 2004 1:28am PDT