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Date | Event | Details |
June 30 |
"Black Sun Over Genoa" Theatre Workshop, Festival Theatre, Edinburgh |
The Genoa demonstrations are shown through the eyes of six characters constructed from accounts of those who were really there. The play looks at the right to protest peacefully and how the police used violence to repress the demonstration |
July 1 |
G8 Alternatives opening rally |
begins 5:30pm, at Queens Hall, Clerk St., Edinburgh |
July 2 |
Make Poverty History March |
begins and ends in Meadows, planned to encircle city centre, forming a human white band |
July 3 | G8 Alternatives Summit, Edinburgh: "Ideas to Change the World" |
Usher Hall, Queens Hall & Edinburgh University |
July 3 |
Make Borders History - Tour |
Glasgow demonstration against the criminalization and deportation of asylum seekers |
July 3 | Corporate Dream/Global Nightmare G8-Counter Conference |
Assembly Hall, Royal Mile, Edinburgh Attendance: approximately 400 reports G8RG delegate |
July 4 | Faslane G8 Blockade |
protesters planning to shutdown the Faslane base that houses nuclear trident submarines through non-violent direct action |
July 5 |
Friends of the Earth Global Warming 8 conference |
Queens Drive by Holyrood Park |
July 5 |
Make Borders History march |
Dungavel Detention Centre Mass Protest "Open borders - Close Dungavel!" |
July 5 |
Beacons of Dissent |
Beacons are to be lit on the hills south of the Gleaneagles Hotel on the night of Tuesday 5th July to send a clear message that the G8 "leaders" are not welcome. Beacons to be lit in solidarity around the UK. |
July 6 | Demonstrations Converge on Gleneagles |
Dissent Network calls for a blockade to cut of all transportation to Gleneagles hotel |
July 6 |
Bob Geldofs Edinburgh 50,000 Final Push Live 8 Concert |
Murrayfield Stadium, 12pm-10pm |
July 6 |
Conference on IFIs: Will "Debt relief" and increased "Foreign Aid" Make Poverty History in Africa? |
Teviot Row House, Bristo Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9AJ, Edinburgh, United Kingdom |
July 7 |
Peoples Open Golf Tournament |
PGA anarchist group plans to invade Gleneagles golf course and start games of golf |
July 7 |
Climate alarm |
7th July 2005 13:45 in the middle of the G8 Summit |
July 8 |
International Day of Action on the Root Causes of Climate Change
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