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G20 Focus - Lemmer's Rogue Report

At the G20 protests, there was one group of people awaiting the action more eagerly than the anarchists. Cameras at the ready, press passes dangling around their necks, some with PRESS labelled hard hats and knee pads, the media of the world were ready for… well, it appears the media isn...

Submitted by Richard.Lemmer

G20 Focus: The Bank Riots

After a couple of minutes of milling around, the numbers had well and truly arrived, with our London Bridge contingent bringing the most. For me this represents the truth, because it is financial crimes and our flawed system of capitalism which is behind every problem the world faces today. Wars...

Submitted by Jody.McIntyre

G20 Focus: Black Horse Down

This article was written as we were being barricaded in the city of London by a mass of Police officers, after participating in the G20 Meltdown protest to mark the G20 summit hitting our city on Thursday 2nd April 2009. The protest was organised as a message to the 20 world leaders gathering in...

Submitted by ben.anderson

G20 Focus: Inside Climate Camp

The atmosphere was buoyant, the sun was shining and we were all getting into the festival spirit, complete with face painting, huge games of snakes and ladders and upbeat drum music. Admittedly, it was a little bit odd that all this was taking place not in a field in Somerset, but on a street deep...

Submitted by Kevin E.G. Perry

G20 Focus: The Anti Anarchist

I’ve been watching anger build for weeks about the G20 summit, including in myself. The paradox of 85% of the world’s power and wealth coming to London in the form of world leaders to discuss the crumbling financial system vs years, as a campaigner, telling the same world leaders that the financial...

Submitted by Vikky.Wilkes

G20 Focus: Climate Rush

The future’s bright, as long as the future’s green. So the ‘Financial Fools Day’ protests were attended by thousands and seen by millions, but the spectacle it became was as useless as a stock market trader promising they’ll take care of your money.The whole point of...

Submitted by lance.boyd

Blog: Russell Myrie

As a wise person once said, these are some very crucial and critical times. Massively so. The next few days could well decide how the next few years and decades pan out. In the immediate future however, the global economic crisis needs to be sorted out somehow, someway.It's so crucial that the...

Submitted by Russell.Myrie

Feature: Financial Fools' Day

This Wednesday, April 1st 2009, will be a protestors dream. Twenty-four hours before the leaders of the world's richest nations meet for the G20 summit in London, groups will be taking to the streets across the capital to make their message clear - Capitalism Is Not Working. The Put People First...

Submitted by Jody.McIntyre

Young Blood: Gordon Brown is a Liar!

At the pre-G20 London Summit at St Paul's Cathedral on Wednesday, Gordon Brown opened up with a lengthy speech on the current financial crisis. By the end of it, I was fuming.

Submitted by Jody.McIntyre

Feature: Madonna Madness

Time was, all Madonna had to do to court controversy was squeeze her norks into a glittery double-cornetto bra, pout alluringly at the camera and make a glorified porno film. Agreed, she’s not bad for her age, but at 50 the Queen of Pop has realised that there’s only so long the Ad Man’s favourite...

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