Issues and Contacts for the G8 2005
** Indymedia Feature Workpad -
GoE2005IssuesWhyArePeopleProtesting - June 05
A list of issues Indymedia could provide analysis on before and during the 2005 G8 summit, and people/groups who could be approached to let them know we want their articles. This is part of a general project for
GoE2005ReportingIssues. This page will provide some resources on lists of issues that Indymedia will provide analysis on and collate information and analysis from other groups.
Feel free to add/reorganise issues and add as many contacts as you can!
Follow up from
Media Converge in London - May 14/15th of May.
Feedback from Media Convergence
There will be lots of information posted about protests and actions on Indymedia over the G8 period.
Content is important because
1) there needs to be background information which explains WHY people are protesting. This is to raise
awareness among the thousands who visit indymedia including mainstream journalists.
2) There needs to be diverse and balanced coverage
We agreed on the following issues as a starting point for discussion. Background information will appear on the Indymedia
G8 page. For each of a number of topics we'll have a summary paragraph and links to other websites. It was felt that these represent the types of protest that will be occuring at the week of the G8 protests. Details about each of these issues will be collected in the individual twiki page that links off each of the issues. In was envisaged that one person would co-ordinate attempts to collate information. Where a person volunteered their names/e-mail are noted. Where there are no names - please just add to wiki or take the responsbility yourself by adding your name.
The video and audio groups at the convergence also expressed an interest in providing some content to provide as an introduction to the main issues as well as a call out to protest.
Background Information
Should include FOE local and scottish / greenpeace / oil industry in scotland analysis
Wider ECO angle, including eco-convergence spaces etc
Contact: doopa (at) aktivix.org
Becoming a main issue even for trade unions and more left based migrant campaign groups.
Trade Justice?
Against 'free trade'/ Against Forced Economic Liberalisation / WTO
Smaller NGOs within MPH have a lot to say on this.
Contact: Catrionaf (at) care2.com
Structural adjustment / IMF
Again smaller NGOs within MPH have a lot to say on this - Mark Curtis WDM a suggestion here also check out Bretton Woods Project and the content of www.IFIwatchnet.org, networking groups worldwide that monitor world bank and imf...
Anti Privatisation? - Anti-corporate
Community, Employment & Precarity?
Anti Militarism - anti-war groups and peace campaigners
Click on
GoE2005IssuesAntiMilitarism to get details of who has been contacted and what the lead-in feature looks like so far...
contact: npg20 (at) cam.ac.uk
History Of Protest? - Why these tactics?
i.e. why have confrontational protests, direct action etc when the G8 leaders claim to be doing good things on the same issues we're interested in?
what are the diffrences AND LINKS! between make poverty history and dissent etc etc. how can 'insider' (sold out?) and 'outsider' (demonised?) networks work together, apart, good cop bad cop model etc.
Also an explanation of the different types of tactics from large demonstrations to direct actions and the situationalists and alternative types of protest. Not sure how these people label themselves but try to provide an explanation as to why the People Golfing Association and the rebel clown army exist and what they are trying to achieve.
CIRCA!
clandestine insurgent rebel clown army www.clownarmy.org, 'embedded' journalists...
Civil Liberties / Repressions
Have good contacts for Liberty / Statewatch / European Legal Team
Check Scottish Council for Civil Liberties
UK G8 Legal Team
TP crew
History Of G8? and corporations
People mentioned good articles from Corporate Watch and trapese which we may be able to utilise or precis. Also check out the
Corporate Pirates
Document from Dissent
What is the G8 (pdf)
Excellent History of the G8 -
An Activist's Guide
*Comment from Planet Mail: Christophe Aguiton is quite good on NGO side but is VERY ATTAC angled and the activists guide is a bit odd - like saying reclaim the streets worked to defend the DOCTORS in Liverpool instead of the Dockers! (no doubt translation error) - and while it nods at J18 saying it's significant it says RTS followed ATTAC and doesnt mention that J18 was truly global with militant actions kicking off in many countries, also doesn't mention the Global RTS in 1998 alongside Birmingham G8 etc etc - which is i think a bit of a problem for a UK or radical audience - but there's a lot of good stuff in there.
Contact: rolandplayle (at) yahoo.com
History Of Alternative Media?
Will probably focus on the history of Indymedia given its fifth birthday but could potentially go further back in time to cover the pre-internet - you never know.
Diverse coverage
To ensure diverse coverage we need to work with the
dispatch people to
*Create an up-to-date list of actions and events which
need reporting, e.g. counter-conferences
*Put this list on the'how to get involved' (resource) section on
the website
*Put this list in the IM centres
*Call out for reporting on actions which aren't being
covered
*Ask people to make less heard voices heard and for
variety in audio, e.g. interviewing members of
audience in counter-conferences
Action called for from Convergence
ACTION Call out for topic co-ordinators for the
remaining topics
ACTION Call out for links to be sent to topic
co-ordinators, with a sentence describing what the
link contains
ACTION Send the info to the G8 list to be posted on G8
page
Misc -
This was the starting point of these wiki before the convergence
Initial thoughts from e-mail from Video group is being set up to look at this as well -
MAIL from euan2000 at onetel.com (April 4th)
http://lists.indymedia.org/pipermail/imc-uk-video/2005-April/0404-q8.html
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