July 14, 2006 was a Global Day of Action against the G8. July 15, 2006 was an International Day of Action for Climate Justice, and against Climate Change and the G8. Below is a partial list of anti-G8 actions that happened on these days around the world, and on other days in St. Petersburg and elsewhere during the past week. A number of actions against climate change (including many Critical Mass bike rides) also occurred on July 14. We continue to receive information about additional actions — stay tuned to www.rtc.revolt.org and int.ru.indymedia.org for updates! Contact g8@risingtidenorthamerica.org if you have an action to report!

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July 14, 2006 was a Global Day of Action against the G8. July 15, 2006 was an International Day of Action for Climate Justice, and against Climate Change and the G8. Below is a partial list of anti-G8 actions that happened on these days around the world, and on other days in St. Petersburg and elsewhere during the past week. A number of actions against climate change (including many Critical Mass bike rides) also occurred on July 14. We continue to receive information about additional actions — stay tuned to www.rtc.revolt.org and int.ru.indymedia.org for updates! Contact g8@risingtidenorthamerica.org if you have an action to report!

Yesterday afternoon around 5p.m. an anarchist pink demonstration started on Vasilysv island in St. Petersburg. With banners, black flags and slogans against the G8 summit around 70 activists walked on the streets for a little while until the police reached them and started to arrest people. More than 30 people have been taken to the police station. Today except two of them (one under 18) all have been released.

LINK ("Libertarian News and Information Collective") of the Anti-G8 Network (SPB8).

Press-release no. 10
July 16th, 2006

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ACTION OF ANARCHISTS FROM THE NETWORK AGAINST THE G8: BLOCKAGE OF THE RADISSON HOTEL ON NEVSKY PROSPECT IN PETERSBURG
JULY 16, 2006

Today, July 16, 2006, at 8.30 in the morning a group of anarchists – participants of the network against the g8 (www.spb8.net) from different cities and countries blocked Nevsky prospekt in Saint Petersburg as a sign of protest against the neoliberal policies of the G8.

The traditional anti-war picket in Saint Petersburg against the war in Chechnya, which since 6 years is held every Sunday on Malaya Konyushennaya str. near to the Nevsky Prospekt has been broken up by the police on July 16 at 14.30.
At least 8 of about 20 participants have been arrested, according to other sources - 12. The Police refused to tell to which police department the arrested have been brought, but it is assumed that they are in the same 28 department where in the morning 36 arrested from the Nevsky prospekt blockade had been brought.

At July, 16 approximately one hundred of anarchists (participants of the Network Against G8 from many cities and countries) organized demonstration in spite of all so called security measures taken in Saint Petersburg during the whole period of G8 summit. At 5 p.m. 8 people dressed in white shirts and very similar to the leaders of states members of G8 have appeared on 7th line of Vasilieskiy Island. They posed for journalist for a while and then ceremoniously moved away.

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around 8:30h around 30-40 people went on the streets in front of the radisson hotel and shouted slogans, put banners and went in front of the hotel.
The police was surprised, first. Then OMON special forces came run next to the protesting people and tried to keep them away from the street.
Someone with a trumpet was graped in the neck and forced to walk with policemen to the sidewalk. Other people were standing with their banners and were pushed by cops to leave the street. Some fell down and some were carried around the corner. Activists were abused by civil policemen or secret service (?) civilists and provoked. Police arrived at the other side of the street and their first target was to blockade journalists to take pictures. One cameraman was arrested and they tried to get the film of one photographer till he said he would not make pictures any more. OMON tried to grap him later when he was using his telefone, then they released him., probably because he is foreigner and they were too confused of situation to continue with the agressive attack.

Blockade - action against G8 summit in St.Petersburg

Press release

Today in the morning around 30 people who are involved in the Network Against G8 (NAG8) blockaded the entrance of a hotel which is used by participants of the G8 summit in St. Petersburg. They blockaded the street for a while, carried banners, distributed leaflets against the policy of G8 and made noise with a trumpet and by shouting slogans like “No G8 anywhere” and “it is the end of G8 as we know it” in Russian and English.

Press Release
15/07/06
G8 2006 Info and Press Group

Global Day of Action Against the G8, Solidarity Shown with Protesters in St. Petersberg Worldwide
(For immediate release)

On Thursday 13 and Friday 14 July, 2006, people took to the streets worldwide to show solidarity with those facing repression in St. Petersberg in the run up to this year`s G8 summit and to say that „another world is possible!“

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Anarchists in London showed their support for anti-G8 protesters in Russia, where any attempt to challenge the dominant voices of the world's leaders is being brutally suppressed.

They targeted the Russo-British Chamber if Commerce near London Bridge, entering the offices and unfurling banners that could be widely seen by in the busy street below. Whilst several of the group discussed the reasons for the protest with those in the Chamber of Commerce, others handed out leaflets to members of the public who demonstrated their support and sympathy with the protesters. The Chamber of Commerce is the main link between Russian and British corporations, whose interests are being promoted at the G8 summit at the expense of the majority of the Russian and British people.

dj lotu5 plays anarchist hip-hop and raggae from Germany and talks about the g8, which is meeting in st. petersburg this year, and the solidarity actions in berlin and washington, dc. he also talks about the anti-g8 camp in germany this year.

music from: Anarchist Academy, Jan Delay, Seeed, Too Strong, BC400

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