http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal/taxonomy/term/1267/all en http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal/2010/06/27/g20-countries-reject-robin-hood-tax-continue-subsidies-to-big-oil-and-coal-amid-street-pr <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> The G20 countries have rejected the proposal for a micro tax on large financial transactions - dubbed a <a href="http://robinhoodtax.org.au/">Robin Hood Tax</a> - at the meeting in Toronto Canada 25-27 June, while riot police have turned the streets into a bloody battleground with <a href="http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/story/house-raids-warrants-and-arrests/3823">pre-emtive house raids of activists</a>, <a href="http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/video/toronto-police-attack-peaceful-protesters-and-journalists-g20-protests/3852">attacking peaceful protests</a>, baton charges, and over <a href="http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/audio/police-have-arrested-estimated-100-peaceful-protesters/3854">100 arrests</a>. (See up to the minute reporting from the <a href="http://2010.mediacoop.ca/">G20 Alt Media Centre</a>) | <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/iwasaround/sets/72157624240070919/">Toronto G20 People's March Photos</a> </p> <p> Update: Jun 29: Over 900 people arrested - <a href="http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/story/journalists-illegally-detained-and-searched-en-mass/3931">Journalists Illegally Detained and Searched en Masse</a> | WWF: <a href="http://blogs.panda.org/climate/2010/06/27/g20-long-on-platitudes-short-on-delivery/">G20: long on platitudes, short on delivery</a> | Democracy Now: <a href="http://www.democracynow.org/2010/6/28/naomi_klein_the_real_crime_scene">Naomi Klein: The Real Crime Scene Was Inside the G20 Summit</a></p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Geography:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/geography/global/international">Global/International</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/geography/australia">Australia</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-4 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Promotion:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/features">Feature</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Keywords:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/g20">g20</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/canada">Canada</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/robin-hood-tax">Robin Hood Tax</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/wayne-swan">Wayne Swan</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/toronto">Toronto</a></div></div></div> Sun, 27 Jun 2010 07:30:05 +0000 takver 1385 at http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal