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/solidarityvillagereport

This 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.

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MAJOR ESF REPORT PAGES ON INDYMEDIA UK:

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photo GENERAL ESF PICTURES:

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photo INDYMEDIA CENTRE PICTURES

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text THURSDAY 14TH OCTOBER REPORTS

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text FRIDAY 15TH OCTOBER REPORTS

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text SATURDAY 17TH OCTOBER REPORTS

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text SATURDAY 17TH: INTERVENTION AGAINST KEN LIVINGSTONE / GLA / ESF PROCESS
(otherwise knows as 'storming the palace')

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text 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:

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text SUNDAY 17TH OCTOBER - KINGS CROSS DETENTION REPORTS

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text SUNDAY 17TH OCTOBER ESF DEMONSTRATION REPORTS

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photo SUNDAY 17TH OCTOBER ESF DEMONSTRATION PICTURES

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audio SUNDAY 17TH OCTOBER ESF DEMONSTRATION MAIN STAGE AUDIO:

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text SUNDAY 17TH OCTOBER - ARRESTS BACKSTAGE AT ESF DEMO RALLY

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text ARRESTS REPORTS

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audio ADDITIONAL AUDIO: INDYMEDIA RADIO LONDON

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audio ADDITIONAL AUDIO: FROM GENOA TO GUANTANAMO

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audio ADDITIONAL AUDIO: European forum on communications rights

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audio ADDITIONAL AUDIO: Interview with Marcelo Andrade

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video ADDITIONAL VIDEO:

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text COMMENTS REPORTS CRITIQUES AND ANALYSIS

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text OTHER REPORTS:

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text 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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text 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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text 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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text 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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text 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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text 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

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