Indymedia UK ESF NEWSBLAST #2
This is an updated listing of some of the reports posted around the European Social Forum and the Autonomous Spaces in London, October 2004.
There were still serious problems with the Indymedia webserver after the seizure of the servers in London, so many people had problems posting reports. If you have unublished reports of events please post them to Indymedia or to the text reporting database @ http://www.efcr2004.net/forum-comment - Also the London Social Forum now has a wiki set up ready to take write up from events that took place in or alongside the LETS Solidarity Village at
http://www.londonsocialforum.org/wiki/solidarityvillagereportThis listing is not complete, there's still a lot of content to come in and be tracked down - another updated version will be released at the start of November.
Don't hate the media - be the media!
Sign the Indymedia Solidarity Declaration here: http://solidarity.indymedia.org.uk/
- The Assembly of the Social Movements Call http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299520.html
- Final Text on official esf website http://www.fse-esf.org/en/esf.shtml?x=2234
- Middlesex Declaration of Europes Precariat http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/300042.html
- Declaration of the ESF Youth Assembly 2004 http://www.esf-democracy.org/index.php?id=44,148,0,0,1,0
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MAJOR ESF REPORT PAGES ON INDYMEDIA UK:
- (first esf newsblast #1 at http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299954.html)
- Indyemdia UK Precis Feature http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299642.html
- Indymedia UK ESF Section http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/actions/2004/esf
- IMC ESF Thursday Reports http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299023.html
- IMC ESF Friday Reports http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299082.html
- IMC ESF Saturday Reports http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299218.html
- IMC ESF Sunday Reports http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299328.html
- Also see: Indymedia Ireland Feature and Reports http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=67091
- Indymedia Belgium Reports
[NL] [FR] [Overview] ESF2004 | London | FSE2004 http://www.indymedia.be/news/2004/10/89210.php - Netherlands Indymedia Coverage [NL] http://indymedia.nl/nl/2004/10/22192.shtml
- Portugal Indymedia Coverage http://pt.indymedia.org/ler.php?numero=50300&cidade=1
- Paris Indymedia [FR] http://paris.indymedia.org/article.php3?id_article=27381
- Athens Indymedia Coverage [GR] http://athens.indymedia.org (no fixed feature link yet)
- Indymedia Germany Coverage [DE] http://germany.indymedia.org/2004/10/96236.shtml
- Italy Indymedia Coverage [IT] http://italy.indymedia.org (no fixed feature link yet)
- Barcelona Indymedia Coverage [SP] http://barcelona.indymedia.org/feature/display/127958/index.php
- Indymedia Hungry Articles
http://indymedia.hu/cikk.shtml?x=18700
http://indymedia.hu/cikk.shtml?x=18654
http://indymedia.hu/cikk.shtml?x=18655
http://indymedia.hu/cikk.shtml?x=18643
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GENERAL ESF PICTURES:
- 320 photo reportage, the days of the ESF, the demonstration against war and the intelligent police of Blair etc *includes 'violence' at iraq plenary and storming esf pictures
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/300029.html
http://www.forumdelteatro.org/article.php3?id_article=135 - Pics - General (including Millennium Dome Accomodation)
http://barcelona.indymedia.org/newswire/display/129553/index.php
http://barcelona.indymedia.org/newswire/display/129289/index.php - Pictures of Alexandra Palace ESF
http://www.penelopes.org/xarticle.php3?id_article=5480 - Belgium Delegation and Registration
http://www.indymedia.be/news/2004/10/89001.php - First impressions of the ESF
http://www.indymedia.be/news/2004/10/89017.php - Some more impressions of the ESF
http://www.indymedia.be/news/2004/10/89048.php - George Orwell was right Continuous Control + CCTV
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299961.html - Heavy police presence at the 'horizontal' ESF.
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299932.html - Stalls At Alexandra Palace
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299849.html - Art and Banners At Alexandra Palace
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299837.html - General ESF Pictures
http://www.indymedia.be/news/2004/10/89149.php - Speaker Portraits
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299886.html - Photos of the speakers at "GM-Free Europe" and "A Trans-Atlantic GMO Trade War" (+relevant links)
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299868.html - Photos of the speakers at "Developments in Human Genetics " and "Beyond GM: Nanotechnology in Food and Agriculture" in Bloomsbury (+relevant links)
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299822.html - Photos of the speakers at "Resisting corporate monopolies and new enclosures", "Prenatal screening: eugenics or women's rights?" and "Human cloning and genetic engineering: what's at stake?" in Bloomsbury (+relevant links)
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299809.html - Autonomous Spaces Newspaper Pics
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299293.html
http://barcelona.indymedia.org/usermedia/image/7/large/1_P1010014.JPG
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VIDEO: General Impressions from Alexandra Palace (.mov 3.30 mins)
http://barcelona.indymedia.org/newswire/display/128360/index.php
VIDEO LINK:
http://barcelona.indymedia.org/usermedia/video/2/fse_london_01.mov
STREAMING: http://barcelona.indymedia.org/usermedia/video/2/fse_london_01.mov
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INDYMEDIA CENTRE PICTURES
- Indymedia Centre @ Camden Centre (pics)
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299194.html - IMC Centre / Indymedia on the streets / Party
http://radio.indymedia.org/news/2004/10/2727.php - IMC and European Forum On Communictaion Rights
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299664.html - Phone Pics of Indymedia Flags
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299344.html - Have Nots / No Vox Party at IMC (Friday)
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299221.html - Pictures from The Penelopes who worked out of the centre
http://www.penelopes.org/xarticle.php3?id_article=5488 - Indymedia Madiaq Tee Shirt Picture
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/298990.html
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THURSDAY 14TH OCTOBER REPORTS
- Fairford Coaches at Court of Appeal - Photos + Report 14 October 2004
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/300020.html - ESF registration in chaos
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299012.html - Police at ESF registration at Conway Hall
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299690.html - Arrest at ESF Registration
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299038.html - Women's Open Day Autonomous Space
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299140.html - Beyond ESF Autonomous Space
http://barcelona.indymedia.org/newswire/display/128525/index.php - No Borders Waterloo Action Reports
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299295.html
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299046.html - No Borders Waterloo Action Statement
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299303.html - Waterloo station No Borders Action
http://www.scotland.indymedia.org/newswire/display/953/index.php
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299051.html - Evening Standard: "Protesters to defy Canary Wharf ban"
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299024.html
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FRIDAY 15TH OCTOBER REPORTS
- Fairford coach kidnap High Court appeal hearing: Samba action, police harrassment and arrest
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299094.html - Pictures Outside Royal Courts of Justice
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/london/2004/10/299096.html - G8 Climate Criminals Critical Mass Action Report
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299299.html - European Social Forum Starts!
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299068.html - Canary Wharf Banned Protest Goes Ahead - Report and Pics
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299125.html
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299144.html - Global warming G8 protestors halt traffic
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299083.html
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299204.html
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299115.html - Pre-event G8 Climate Criminals Press Release
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299004.html - Evening Critical Mass Ride
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299143.html - Pictures and Report: LAB Action Against CCTV
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299174.html - Tube Party Reports
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299152.html
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299158.html - IMC Breaking News Timeline: Police surround and close off Victoria station after tube party
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299150.html - News of Arrests after Tube Party
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299224.html - Tube Party, Reclaiming Public Transport + Repression
http://barcelona.indymedia.org/newswire/display/128526/index.php - Beyond ESF: Grassroots movements against the Clash of Civilisations Report
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299151.html - Beyond ESF: Caracoles, Zapatismo and the Piqueteros
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299157.html - Beyond ESF: Swapping lives - Social Centres Discussion
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299149.html - Beyond ESF: G8 Scotland Sessions
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299141.html
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SATURDAY 17TH OCTOBER REPORTS
- REPORT: Europe and the Arab World
http://esf2004.net/en/tiki-index.php?page=EuropeAndTheArabWorld - REPORTS: Life Despite Capitalism
http://esf2004.net/en/tiki-index.php?page=LdsWorkshopsNotes
http://esf2004.net/en/tiki-index.php?page=LdsNotesEndPlenary
http://esf2004.net/en/tiki-index.php?page=FinalPlenaryNotes - Police Film and Video Autonomous Spaces
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299225.html
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299217.html
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299215.html - Police Survaillance at Ramparts (picture)
http://pt.indymedia.org/cidades/c1/imgpublico/1098491850bc31b094c4.jpg - Genderchangers Workshop @ IMC - Pictures and report
http://barcelona.indymedia.org/newswire/display/130452/index.php - Laboratory of Insurrectionary Imagination : Action Reports
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299123.html - Actions Against Consumerism Reports
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299301.html
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299239.html - Corporate Games Actions - Report and Pics
http://pt.indymedia.org/ler.php?numero=50311&cidade=1 - LAB Theatre and "Legal Subvertising" Pictures
http://pt.indymedia.org/ler.php?numero=50270&cidade=1 - Street Theatre: 'The Chaps' out in force 'civilising the city'
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299253.html - Worldwide Anti-McDonalds Day - mass leafleting event
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299240.html - VIDEO:
Actions : Street theatre and leafletting consumers and Samba band action @ Canary Wharf (previous day).
http://www.scotland.indymedia.org/media/all/display/931/index.php
8,192k (video/quicktime) (3.30 mins)
VIDEO LINK:
http://www.scotland.indymedia.org/usermedia/video/8/ESF-Actions.mov
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SATURDAY 17TH: INTERVENTION AGAINST KEN LIVINGSTONE / GLA / ESF PROCESS
(otherwise knows as 'storming the palace')
- IMC Feature
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299327.html - IMC Breaking News and Timeline
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299268.html - Babels Coordinators Statement, 7pm, October 16 2004
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299292.html - Storming the Palace (report and pic)
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299270.html - Assembly of Social Movements And Anti-Ken Livingstone Intervention
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299281.html - Storming Palace visual report
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299326.html - The storming of the palace - criticism
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299319.html - Middle class white kids playing at politics AKA the anarchists
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299323.html
PICTURES:
- A Tale of Two Plenary Disruptions - What's Going On?
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/300072.html - Livingstone AllyPally speech replaced by protest
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299272.html - Storming the palace (more pics)
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299282.html - Anarchists at the ESF. Peaceful 20 min. protest.
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299981.html - Anarchists at the ESF - Peaceful protest
http://pl.indymedia.org/pl/2004/10/9461.shtml
http://pl.indymedia.org/pl/2004/10/9477.shtml - VIDEO:
VIDEO: Storming the Palace
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/300003.html
http://radio.indymedia.org/news/2004/10/2776.php
QuickTime movie at 10.9 mebibytes
http://radio.indymedia.org/uploads/storming.mov
MPEG at 31.8 mebibytes
http://radio.indymedia.org/uploads/storming.mp4
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FOLLOWING CONTROVERSY
A letter condemning the takeover of the ESF stage in protest against the lack of democracy of the ESF organsing process was published in the Guardian. It accuses protesters of being white anarchists, denies that the intervention had anything to do with the ESF process and implies a racial attack. Here are some of the letters and exchanges:
- Ken Livingstone's Special Advisor Accuses White Anarchists of Racial Violence
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299522.html
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299527.html
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299635.html - REPLY: Anti-Racist Groups Accuse Lee Jasper of Playing 'Race Card' re ESF
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299638.html - Stop using race to smother dissent: another Letter to The Guardian
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299659.html - Collection of Letters sent to the Guardian and other articles
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299711.html - IMC Lancaster Open Letter to the European Anti-Social Forum
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299593.html - Alex Callinicos blames violent "Black Bloc"
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299657.html - GR Scotland tries to capitalise on disruption re G8 Organising
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299895.html - French Statement condeming the police interference and the GLA/SWP.
Agir ensemble contre le chômage, Droit au Logement, No Vox network
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299966.html
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SUNDAY 17TH OCTOBER - KINGS CROSS DETENTION REPORTS
- People detained in king kross ldn, sunday 14:03
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299329.html - Preventitive arrests, police violence
http://www.globalproject.info/art-2331.html
PICTURES:
- 75 police at King's Cross surrounding about 15 peaceful protestors
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299333.html - Kings Cross Detention of anti-capitalist block - Pics and Report
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299629.html - VIDEO + Statement:
Arrests at King's Cross - Different ESF is possible!
Statement of slovenian movement Dost je! and video streaming showing arrests at King's Cross.
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299942.html
STREAMING VIDEO: http://www.dostje.org/NeTV/TVS/kcross.htm
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SUNDAY 17TH OCTOBER ESF DEMONSTRATION REPORTS
- Report of anti-war march and rally in London October 17th 2004
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299469.html - Photo Essay: A protestor's eye view
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299488.html - Clowns versus Pro Capitalists at Leicester Square
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299369.html - Police Shut Down Bicycle Sound System
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299514.html - VIDEO:
Sunday march, ECF Carnival bus video (1.7mb wmv video)
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299608.html
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SUNDAY 17TH OCTOBER ESF DEMONSTRATION PICTURES
- The main ESF demo
http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2004/10/81750.php - StopWar March and Arrests - Pix and Report
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299427.html - 70,000 demonstrate against war in london
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299373.html - Photos from the ESF march / Arrests and Kings Cross / Surveillance
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299424.html - Samba against war in london
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299477.html - Pix of ESF 2004, Sun 17 Oct 04 - Set 1 of 5
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299768.html - Pix of ESF 2004, Sun 17 Oct 04 - Set 2 of 5>
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299752.html - Pix of ESF 2004, Sun 17 Oct 04 - Set 3 of 5
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299733.html - Pix of ESF 2004, Sun 17 Oct 04 - Set 4 of 5
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299787.html - Pix of ESF 2004 (Pro-Capitalist Bloc), Sun 17 Oct 04 - Set 5 of 5
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299718.html - Banners and General Demo Pics
http://www.indymedia.be/news/2004/10/89174.php - Photos from the anti-war march at the end of the ESF
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299560.html - More Demonstrations Pics and Portraits
http://www.indymedia.be/news/2004/10/89117.php - Diversity at the London ESF demo
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299350.html - Indymedia takes to the streets
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299344.html - Stop The War Demo Pics
http://www.penelopes.org/xarticle.php3?id_article=5494 - Backwards Intelligence Team (FIT surveillance cop piss take)
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299306.html
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SUNDAY 17TH OCTOBER ESF DEMONSTRATION MAIN STAGE AUDIO:
- Main Stage: Lee Jasper, Secretary of National Assembly Against Racism speaking on behalf of Ken Livingstone, Mayor of London
MP3 at 1.5 mebibytes (3.18 mins)
AUDIO LINK: http://www.indymedia.be/uploads/01_jackman.mp3 - Main Stage: Venteran Campaigner Bruce Kent
MP3 at 2.6 mebibytes (5.35 mins)
AUDIO LINK: http://www.indymedia.be/uploads/04_interv.mp3 - Main Stage: Ismail Patel, Chairman Friends of Al Aqsa, speaking on Palestine
MP3 at 2.1 mebibytes (4.32)
AUDIO LINK: http://www.indymedia.be/uploads/03_interv.mp3 - Main Stage: Paul Mackney, General Secretary of NATFHE Union
MP3 at 2.5 mebibytes (5.25 mins)
AUDIO LINK: http://www.indymedia.be/uploads/02_paul_m.mp3 - Main Stage: Rose + Maxine Gentle, relatives of Gordon Gentle, a 19-year-old Glaswegian soldier killed in Iraq, plus Tommy Sheridan , Scottish Socialist Party MSP
MP3 at 6.2 mebibytes (13.36 min)
AUDIO LINK: http://www.indymedia.be/uploads/06_interv.mp3
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SUNDAY 17TH OCTOBER - ARRESTS BACKSTAGE AT ESF DEMO RALLY
- Pictures of One of the Arrests
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/300044.html - Anti- ESF process action at Trafalgar Square report
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299355.html - stage storming attemt at Trafalgar square
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299363.html - ESF: arrest at stage at Trafalgar Square - eyewitness report
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299362.html - COBAS Union condemns UK ESF organising committee (swp/sa/gla)
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299610.html - Clown Army Show Solidarity at Charing Cross Police Station
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299356.html - Clown Army Show Solidarity at Charing Cross Police Station
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/rtsp/2004/10/299445.rm
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ARRESTS REPORTS
- Arrests Reports (at least 8 on sunday, and more from before)
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299581.html
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299417.html - Arrested for 'molotov cocktail' - turnS out to be bottle of whisky
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299508.html - VIDEO
http://radio.indymedia.org/news/2004/10/2716.php
QuickTime movie at 18.6 mebibytes
http://radio.indymedia.org/uploads/bottle.bigmovie.mov
QuickTime movie at 9.3 mebibytes
http://radio.indymedia.org/uploads/bottle.smalmovie.mov
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ADDITIONAL AUDIO: INDYMEDIA RADIO LONDON
- Post ESF Show: Wednesday 20th October (58 mins long)
Indymedia Radio London Weekly Show on Resonance FM
http://radio.indymedia.org/news/2004/10/2725.php - MP3 at 40.1 mebibytes
http://radio.indymedia.org/uploads/imc_uk_on_resonancefm_20.10.04-96.mp3 - MP3 at 13.4 mebibytes
http://radio.indymedia.org/uploads/imc_uk_on_resonancefm_20.10.04-32.mp3
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ADDITIONAL AUDIO: FROM GENOA TO GUANTANAMO
- Human Rights Discussion Held at the IMC - Friday 15th October
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299064.html - Speakers include a campagning journalist , a diaz school (Genoa) survivor, the mother of Tom Hurndall (shot dead by the IDF), the mother of Carlo Guiliani, and one of the UK Guantanamo detainees released this year:
http://radio.indymedia.org/news/2004/10/2686.php - Introduction audio: MP3 at 10.3 mebibytes
http://radio.indymedia.org/uploads/01.from_g_2_g_introduction_sky_64kbps.mp3 - Diaz_lawyer audio: MP3 at 6.8 mebibytes
http://radio.indymedia.org/uploads/02.from_g_2_g_diaz_lawyer_64kbps.mp3 - Palistine_audio: MP3 at 6.6 mebibytes
http://radio.indymedia.org/uploads/03.from_g_2_g_palistine_64kbps.mp3 - Campaigning_journalist audio: MP3 at 2.8 mebibytes
http://radio.indymedia.org/uploads/04.from_g_2_g_campagning_journalist_64kbps.mp3 - Human_rights_journo audio: MP3 at 6.2 mebibytes
http://radio.indymedia.org/uploads/05.from_g_2_g_human_rights_journo_64kbps.mp3 - Questions_to_the_panel audio: MP3 at 15.6 mebibytes
http://radio.indymedia.org/uploads/07.from_g_2_g_questions__to_the_panel128.mp3
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ADDITIONAL AUDIO: European forum on communications rights
- Raw Stream Archives - Several Hours (patchy in places):
http://www.diversity-radio.net/efcr/
Some short excerpts from the audio of the sessions at the Indymedia Centre and European Forum of Communication Rights (www.efcr2004.net) - an autonomous space around the European Social Forum in London, October 2004- Gus Hossein - Privacy International on Communication Rights Challenges to civil society post 911 (2.59mins)
http://radio.indymedia.org/uploads/gus_hussein_ecfr.mp3 - Indymedia Server Seizure I (2.41 mins)
http://radio.indymedia.org/uploads/indymedia_servers__silence_free_speech_03_48_57.mp3 - Indymedia Server Seizure II (1.06 mins)
http://radio.indymedia.org/uploads/indyemdiaecfr.mp3 - Corporate Media + Propaganda Against Dissent in UK (4.02 mins)
http://radio.indymedia.org/uploads/j18_media_attrition_05_30_01-ecfr.mp3 - Corporate Media and Dissent in Ireland (6.51 mins)
http://radio.indymedia.org/uploads/imc_ie_and_media_relations_05_30_01-ecfr.mp3 - Steve Buckley - AMARC - Corporatisation of The Media + Community Media (3.34 mins)
http://radio.indymedia.org/uploads/steve_buckly_corpotisation_of_media_09_00_02-ecfr.mp3 - Institute of Race Relations and and Communication Tools + Strategies (4.25 mins)
http://radio.indymedia.org/uploads/inst._of_race_relations_08_30_01-ecfr.mp3 - Justice for Janitors and Communication Tools (4.30 mins)
http://radio.indymedia.org/uploads/justice_for_janators_and_comms_08_30_0.mp3 - Electronic Security Issues and Politics (5.48 mins)
http://radio.indymedia.org/uploads/george_on_security_conslut_and_soc_movs_07_30_01-ecfr.mp3
- Gus Hossein - Privacy International on Communication Rights Challenges to civil society post 911 (2.59mins)
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ADDITIONAL AUDIO: Interview with Marcelo Andrade
- (director of "Venezuela Bolivarian: People & Struggle of the 4th World War") 2004-10-15 in Caracas by phone (recorded & uploaded at indymedia ESF-media centre, king's cross, london)
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299160.html
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ADDITIONAL VIDEO:
- Gonzalo Gomez - editor and founder of aporrea.org an independent news wire in Venezuela talks about the situation in Venezuela
http://radio.indymedia.org/news/2004/10/2699.php
MPEG at 36.5 mebibytes (7.06 mins)
VIDEO LINK: http://radio.indymedia.org/uploads/hands_off_venezuela.mpg
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COMMENTS REPORTS CRITIQUES AND ANALYSIS
- Babels Coordinators Statement, 7pm, October 16 2004
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299292.html - MY ESF EXPERIENCE
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299510.html - European Social Forum events - short report and thoughts on lack of media coverage
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299315.html - IMC Solidarity Missing From ESF Assembly of Social Movements Declaration!
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299520.html - Hacking networks of power: Report on the contrast between the 'official' ESF and autonomous spaces
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299318.html - A discussion for the autonomous movement networks about the ESF and the N/europa challenge
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299894.html - The European Social Forum: time to get serious
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299906.html - ESF: Encounter or Representation
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299962.html - Precarity: New forms of exploitation, new forms of resistance at Beyond ESF
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299066.html - ESF Coverage - Mainstream & Indymedia Criticism
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299459.html - Anti-SWP posting is killing indymedia
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299450.html - The Trots will destroy ESF
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299602.html - This is all desparately sad. We can not let it end like this.
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299634.html - ESF future: We should go deeper, to find more links between movements
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299343.html - Changes Must be Made for the Next ESF - Greece 2006
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299354.html - Some comments on ESF
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299358.html - Last word from the ESF
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299456.html - Litter at ESF
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299147.html - TUC leader calls for closer links between unions and social movements
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299538.html - General Motors strike - Tues 19 October - European day of solidarity action!
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299330.html
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299243.html - What's Hot and What's Not at the ESF 2004
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299291.html - BEYOND ESF - quick report
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/300043.html
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OTHER REPORTS:
- Social Press Covreage [IT]
http://www.socialpress.it/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=72 - Female Media Network - The Penelopes ESF Reports [FR]
http://www.penelopes.org/xbreve.php3?id_article=5466 - Red Pepper ESF Blog
http://red-pepper.blogspot.com - Other Red Pepper Coverage
http://www.redpepper.org.uk/Oct2004/ESFindex.html - Open Democracy Coverage Social Forums
http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/debate-6-91.jsp - SchNEWS on ESF: Endless Shit Flinging
http://www.schnews.org.uk/archive/news470.htm
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THE GUARDIAN NEWSPAPER - "OFFICIAL ESF MEDIA PARTNER" COVERAGE:
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/esf/
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/esf/0,15212,1326215,00.html
Includes:
19.10.04 Letters: Unwelcome anarchy at the European Social Forum
18.10.04 ESF closes with mass protest
18.10.04 Soldiers' parents join 70,000 at rally
18.10.04 Angry protests halt ESF Iraq debate
17.10.04 Anarchists storm European Social Forum
16.10.04 Bewildering, chaotic, but heading for a better world
16.10.04 Babel of noise so nothing is lost in translation
16.10.04 Muslims urged to embrace their role in the west
15.10.04 Organisational chaos at the start of the European Social Forum
15.10.04 Hundreds excluded from 'antisocial' forum
15.10.04 Police stifle Canary Wharf protest
15.10.04 Don't take Che's name in vain, warns daughter
14.10.04 'Young people are highly political'
13.10.04 Delegates gather to put world to rights at European Social Forum
13.10.04 Aleida Guevara: Time to act, not just talk
21.10.04 Letters: Consensus breaks down at the Social Forum
18.10.04 Leader: New politics takes a bow
16.10.04 Letters: Forum for global issues
16.10.04 Frances O'Grady: Unions and social movements are natural allies
15.10.04 Susan George: This is the way to win
ESF affiliated organisations
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/esf/page/0,15212,1327463,00.html
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INTERNT PRESS SERVICE (IPS) COVERAGE
Different Paths Emerge
Oct 25
The third European Social Forum appears to mark the end of the "love story" between grassroots social movements and the international gatherings that are now in vogue. In any case, discontent in both camps - the activists and the official organisers - will leave a mark on future events.
http://www.ipsnews.net/interna.asp?idnews=25995
Cities Belongs to All
Oct 23
Addressing people's rights to the places they inhabit is one of the new challenges of growing urbanisation, both in developed and developing countries.
http://domino.ips.org/ips%5Ceng.nsf/vwWebMainView/051935C8D1297DC1C1256F36004C3592/?OpenDocument
Public Urged to Act on Trade Agreements
Oct 20
African and European civil society groups are urging European citizens to put pressure on their governments to halt regional trade agreements between the European Union and developing countries.
http://www.ipsnews.net/new_nota.asp?idnews=25944
NGOs Face a Constitutional Test
Oct 19
The European constitution emerged as a less emotive but more immediate issue than Iraq during the three-day European Social Forum that concluded in London last weekend.
http://domino.ips.org/ips%5Ceng.nsf/vwWebMainView/8A6D65232885231CC1256F3200757D7A/?OpenDocument
Another World, But How?
Oct 18
Under as brave a banner as “Another world is possible ”, the third European Social Forum that concluded in London Sunday was always open to the question-but just how?
http://domino.ips.org/ips%5Ceng.nsf/vwWebMainView/0446802C46B5E135C1256F31005082CC/?OpenDocument
'Resistance' Call at Anti-War Rally
Oct 17
Several thousands joined an anti-war rally Sunday to mark the end of the three-day European Social Forum.
http://domino.ips.org/ips%5Ceng.nsf/vwWebMainView/A53ADEF296C3ED69C1256F300070E971/?OpenDocument
Public Service form Cradle to Grave
Oct 17
"We still believe in the welfare state. The challenge for us here today is to defend and promote public services," Dave Prentis from the British union UNISON said at a meeting on public services and the welfare state at the European Social Forum.
http://domino.ips.org/ips%5Ceng.nsf/vwWebMainView/969A94090857DE2AC1256F300033AD53/?OpenDocument
Civil Society Shot Finds a Mark
Oct 17
Several civil society groups have come together at the European Social Forum to support a review of British development aid.
http://domino.ips.org/ips%5Ceng.nsf/vwWebMainView/DEDCD2BC351DC29EC1256F300033AD23/?OpenDocument
Fighting 'Cyberlords'
Oct 16
An information rights activist has warned against the growing power of the "landlords" of cyberspace.
http://domino.ips.org/ips%5Ceng.nsf/vwWebMainView/EC3A894932CD6143C1256F2F005BAF83/?OpenDocument
Faultline Becomes a Frontline
Oct 15
The meeting on 'The Faultline in British Politics' at the opening of the European Social Forum in London Friday came to resemble at least a little the frontline in Iraq. Civil society seemed at civil war.
http://domino.ips.org/ips%5Ceng.nsf/vwWebMainView/59538F7E5A696CDDC1256F2F00283AD7/?OpenDocument
A Weekend for Another World
Oct 14
London is preparing to host the third European Social Forum (ESF) after meetings in Florence in 2002 and Paris in 2003.
http://domino.ips.org/ips%5Ceng.nsf/vwWebMainView/EE355BBA623ABF17C1256F2D0037CB46/?OpenDocument
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THE TELEGRAPH
Down with capitalism they chant - then charge £10 for a Che sweatband
17/10/2004
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/10/17/nesf17.xml
Thousands in anti-war protest rally
18/10/2004
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/10/18/nprot18.xml
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THE BBC ONLINE
How Africa is courting its exiles
Sunday, 17 October, 2004
On the fringes of the European Social Forum in London, people of African descent are holding their own conference - and discussing how Africa could benefit from their achievements.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3751034.stm
Thousands at globalisation event
Friday, 15 October, 2004
Thousands of European activists are arriving in London for a weekend of anti-globalisation events and protests.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3743854.stm
Inside the European Social Forum
Friday, 15 October, 2004
Thousands of campaigners have gathered in London for a three-day forum against war, racism and corporate power.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3748108.stm
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REUTERS:
Anti-war protesters march in London
Sun 17 October, 2004
LONDON (Reuters) - Thousands of anti-war campaigners have taken to the streets of London calling for an end to the "illegal occupation" of Iraq by U.S-led coalition troops.
http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=604528ion=news
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WEEKLY WORKER (CPGB) EXTENSIVE COVERAGE:
http://www.cpgb.org.uk/esf/index.html
ESF 2004: Where next?
http://www.cpgb.org.uk/worker/549/esf%20general.htm
ESF demo: Damning criticism
http://www.cpgb.org.uk/worker/549/esf%20demo.htm
ESF protests: Paying the price
http://www.cpgb.org.uk/worker/549/esf%20protest.htm
Next ESF: Athens 2006 - next stop
http://www.cpgb.org.uk/worker/549/esf%20athens.htm
EU campaign: For a social Europe
http://www.cpgb.org.uk/worker/549/esf%20eu%20campaign.htm
'No' or 'yes' in EU referendum? Opportunity missed
http://www.cpgb.org.uk/worker/549/esf%20constitution.htm
Language rights and wrongs, Common fight
http://www.cpgb.org.uk/worker/549/esf%20reports.htm