ST ANDREWS G20: 5/11/09: Five students created a human blockade on the road to the Fairmont Hotel in an attempt to disrupt the G20 finance ministers as they arrived at their St Andrews hotel location for a two-day summit.

On Sunday 8th November Edinburgh's Support Worker's Action Network (SWAN) will hold its first open organising meeting as it begins its fight back against the budget cuts and competitive tendering it says threatens social care services in the Capital. The group is being set up by frontline staff from voluntary sector organisations affected by the tendering of services in the fields of learning disability, mental health and physical disability.

Press release concerning the planned protests of the G20 meetings in St Andrews this weekend 

 apex drilling @ bridgend sabotaged by anti opencast activists.

This is the Fuck the War Coalition and we are bringing the war home to those who profit from imperialism. This morning we broke 10 windows on the Selex Galileo building.

A spokesperson said "Corporations like Selex Galileo play a vital role in the military industrial complex. They have the blood of the innocent Afghani, Iraqi and Palestinian people who suffer at the hands of the capitalist system."

Another added "The war in Afghanistan has nothing to do with democracy, women's rights, opium or the war on terror. Its about oil pipelines, making money for big corporations, and establishing permanent military bases near China, India and Pakistan.

"Working class people from Scotland are joining the Army and getting killed in Afghanistan so that the bosses and shareholders of companies like Selex and BP can make more money."

NOTES

The Fuck The War Coalition does not exist, but is merely a name used by those taking action against the war machine. Property destruction and other acts of direct action have been claimed by the FTWC across the UK for the last two and a half years and will continue until global militarism has ceased. FTWC have attacked army recruitment centres, arms factories, and the American consulates and embassies.

ASSEMBLE AT 11AM SHARP
BE IN TOWN FOR 10.30AM
SIGN UP TO TEXT ALERTS FOR MEETING PLACE

With just over a week to go the NATO Welcoming Committee can release the details of the Friday the 13th demo.

UPDATES from Nae Tae G20 reguarding this weekend's protests against the G20 in St. Andrews

please take some time to check the updates that have been posted by the Nae Tae G20 organizing committee at http://naetaeg20.wordpress.com/

in the last few days we have posted new information on legal support, media inquiries/press release, flyers to distribute, directions to St. Andrews, and most importantly, A NEW ASSEMBLY POINT!

please check the website for more information, and try to give it a check over the next few days as well.

see you in the streets this weekend!

- Nae Tae G20

The Government is running a consultation which could seriously limit YOUR access to traditional medicines

YOUR freedom to choose traditional herbal medicines might be taken away

Show your support and find out more Saturday 7th November Bristo Place 1-4pm

Make your voice heard Tuesday 10th November mass lobby outside the Scottish parliament 2-4 pm

Register your comments with the government see
www.saveourherbs.co.uk
for further details

* The latest demonstration of political criminalization of autonomous social movements by the Venezuelan government is exposed by Rafael Uzcategui, a member of the anarchist collective El Libertario.

Activists sabotaged a specialist drilling rig and other machinery in Mainshill Wood on Saturday night.

 Venue for G20 Finance Minister's meeting confirmed, while activists gear up for events.

Glasgow Hunt sabs at L n R open meet

 Around the country billboards containing Poppy Appeal posters from the Royal British Legion are displaying images of British soldiers in Afghanistan, or their grieving widows and family. While the appeal tried to raise it's annual £30 million, most people think the best way to help the troops is to bring them home and prosecute the politicians who sent them. Below we outline how to modify these billboards yourself to carry the messages 'BRING 'EM HOME' and 'PROSECUTE BLAIR'

In preparation for protests at the English Defence League's demonstration in Glasgow on Saturday 14th November there will be a legal observer's training session on Monday 7th November at 6.30 in the Glasgow Social Centre.

Work was stopped for just over half an hour yesterday, as people tried to lock-on to the harvesting machine, but people were met with aggression and violence by the Scottish Woodland workers.

 In the past in Britain (and still today in most other European countries) opposing fascism was considered a duty by almost all anarchists and socialists. Today, many (particularly within the British anarchist movement) have abdicated responsibility for taking on the fascists, and either ignore the issue completely, or at best seed responsibility to specialist antifascist groups such as Antifa. Opposing fascism is something ALL of us have to play a part in, particularly with the growing influence of fascist groups like the British National Party (BNP.)

 Protest the G20 in St. Andrews on November 6-7th, 2009!