May 31, 2003
Mobile Publishing from the Anti-G8 Protests
[UPDATE - Sunday June 1st in textually.org].
Mediactivism is an open project reporting every day on the mobilization efforts against the G8 meeting in Evian (May 29 - June 1st) and offers demonstrators the opportunity to publish short articles and pictures of demonstrations or direct actions with their cell phones or PDA.s So far, as of this Saturday morning 10 am, only three text posts and no pictures.
It's High Noon here is Geneva as the population awaits for what it fears most, the city being torn down by violent demonstrators. Most store fronts in the center of town have been boarded up, it's the strangest sight to see the city wrapped up like a sarcophagus. ATM machines have been emptied, ticket dispensers for public transportation dismantled and removed. Many companies have unscrewed their brass engraved business plates from the entrance of their buildings and the private banks have asked their employees returning to work on Monday, to dress in casual attire (no suit and tie) to avoir attracting attention. So far the number of demonstrators has been far less than predicted (under 5 thousand, whereas figures such as 300'000 were articulated) and their manifestations mostly peaceful, but the biggest demonstration scheduled here in Geneva will be tomorrow, Sunday. [Above picture comes from La Tribune de Genève's photo gallery]
G8 Summit Text alerts are being offered by local TV channel Leman Bleu and daily Geneva newspaper La Tribune de Genève (cf G8 Summit Text Alerts post in textually.org).
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