APEC Media Roundup: PROTESTS – September 3, 2007

Links to coverage of the APEC 2007 protests in Sydney this week from media around the Pacific rim.

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Sydney Morning Herald

APEC security due to protesters: PM
Prime Minister John Howard has blamed expected violent protests for the intensive security measures put in place for this week's APEC meeting in Sydney. LINK

Inymedia Sydney

Newcastle: Greenpeace activists arrested at APEC coal protest
Twelve Greenpeace activists have been arrested at the world's biggest coal port at Newcastle, 160km north of Sydney, after painting the message "Australia Pushing Export Coal" on the side of a coal ship, The Endeavour, and unfurling a large banner in Chinese calling on China to be cautious of John Howard and George Bush’s attempts to sabotage Kyoto. The protest comes at the start of the 2007 APEC (Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation) forum meeting being hosted by Australian Prime Minister John Howard in Sydney 2-9 September 2007, and being attended by USA President George Bush, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Hu Jintao and other Pacific rim leaders. LINK

Stop Bush 2007

APEC protesters: 'We will not be silenced'
Thousands of people will gather at Sydney Town Hall on September 8 in what is expected to be the largest protest demonstration during the coming Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit. LINK

Resistance Social Youth Organisation

Students call for a boycott of Howard’s Defence “gap year”
Students will this afternoon picket the Department of Defence headquarters in protest to PM John Howard’s launch of the “defence” gap year program for school leavers. Organisers from the socialist youth organisation, Resistance, are calling for young people to boycott the $306 million program. LINK

Greenpeace

Howard’s real APEC agenda spelled out in coal protest
Newcastle, Australia — Twelve Greenpeace activists are in police custody after painting an APEC protest message on the side of a coal ship this morning. LINK

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