What the Protesters in Genoa Want

Monday, July 23, 2001 - 12:37 AM

(written by Richard)
Most news reports in South Africa, especially SABC television, keep referring to the protestors in Genoa as 'anti-globalisation' protestors. SABC TV did the same with the recent protests against the WEF meeting in Durban. But this is completely incorrect and, therefore, completely unacceptable. The movement that started in Seattle is for the democratisation of globalisation and is not anti-globalisation.

Your journalists can educated themselves by going to Z Mag http://www.zmag.org or Green Left Weekly http://www.greeleft.org.au or even, for that matter, the New York Times ...

Posted by punk    on Monday, July 23, 2001

HOG HOGGIGY HOG - NEW MUISC VIDEO - WE NEED YOU!

Friday, July 20, 2001 - 02:39 AM

We're in the process of doing a music video for John & Philippp's Song, in


one of the scenes, we need a big crowd, so we need as many people as possible


to come help us out and be in the video.

We will be shooting the scene at 13:00 on Saturday afternoon, 4 August 2001


at Studio 47, New Market Street, Cape Town (yes we know it's a rave club, but


apparently it's the best venue for the shot that we need to do). Anyway please


come along and bring as many friends as possible.

Posted by hogcore    on Friday, July 20, 2001

LEEK AND THE BOUNCING UPTONES NEWS LETTER #8

Thursday, July 19, 2001 - 07:40 AM

Greeting Friends

Well, the school holidays are over – We hope you all had a good holiday.


For those of you who slaved at work…well…retirement is just around


the corner.



Anyway, let's get on with the LEEK AND THE BOUNCING UPTONES Newsletter:

THANKS----------------------:



Thanks to everyone of you who came out to the Hog Hoggidy Hog show on Saturday


the 7th of July at The Nile Crocodile. It was a brilliant turnout as always.


I think the Pretoria punk scene is starting to pick up and we like it!

Posted by punk    on Thursday, July 19, 2001

What is wrong with the G8

Thursday, July 19, 2001 - 12:55 AM

A PDF file of this leaflet for you to print out and distribute is available at



http://struggle.ws/wsm/pdf/leaf/genoa.html



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<b>G8 protests in Genoa - the anti-capitalist struggle continues</b>



Over the weekend of July 19/20/21 tends of thousands of people from all over the world will be in Genoa to protest against the G8 meeting there. Genoa will join Seattle, London, Prague and Quebec as the scene of confrontation between the forces of capitalist globalisation (neo liberalism) and those who believe other worlds are possible.
Make no mistake, in Genoa, as elsewhere two incompatible visions of the world will collide. On the one side are the G8, the most powerful governments of the planet. They are Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Great Britain, Italy, Russia and the United States. On the other are tens of thousands of ordinary people, many of them citizens of these countries.

Posted by punk    on Thursday, July 19, 2001

PETA's Web site nominated for award

Wednesday, July 18, 2001 - 08:03 AM

The full story is here:



http://www.pilotonline.com/business/bz0718web.html

"They caught the eye of international Internet judges, who decide tonight


whether People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals return to Norfolk with a


Webby award for the best written and designed activist Web site in the world."



...



"The group invests about $250,000 each year into maintaining and updating


its pages. With 35,000 daily hits and more than 30 site links --



goveg.com, fixcats.com and meatstinks.com among the most popular -- PETA's strategy


is to entice, then educate."

Click here to view the


PETA website--



What's New in Animal Rights?



http://www.waste.org/~oak/

Posted by punk    on Wednesday, July 18, 2001

We Made IT! - Hog Hoggidy Hog

Wednesday, July 18, 2001 - 01:48 AM

Hi guys & girls,

Well we made it back from our nation wide tour safely! We will be doing a report


on everything that happened on the tour in our gig post mortem section on our


website shortly, but in the mean time, it was great and thanks to everyone who


came to support, bought stuff or helped make it possible.

Posted by punk    on Wednesday, July 18, 2001

Mr Smug is the New Amazing Durban Band

Wednesday, July 18, 2001 - 01:47 AM

Being In Durban And going To afew clubs and pubs I found this knew band Based


in Durban Consisting of 4 Guys - Robin on Bass,



Paul on Drums, Earle on Guitar and Marcelle doing the wailing. But these guys


are amazing!! There live performances are good and they play good old nofx style


punk to that of hardcore Afi and Pennywise, these guys have alot of diversity.

Posted by Anonymous    on Wednesday, July 18, 2001

Another attempt for

Tuesday, July 17, 2001 - 12:54 AM

The time has ***** yet again for another destructive and chaotic attempt at playing a show.
Punkers "enema" will be destroying ***** along with 3 other "new" punk(or so they think) bands at PharSide, Westville in Durban. Be there on friday night! That's the 20th of July. Be prepared for "enema" -the worst band ever...try prove us wrong.

Posted by CurvBall    on Tuesday, July 17, 2001

So many foreigners think South Africa is a really big game reserve.

Tuesday, July 17, 2001 - 12:54 AM

Hey everybody

I was just looking at the strung out message board to find out in my dismay


that foreigners think that everybody in south africa lives in a mud hut and


barters with cattle and dont listen to punk.

I did my little bit there by informing them about south africa's scene and


stuff. We should really get more bands to tour overseas... HEY all you rich


punk bands (ok a bit of an oxymoron) go out and show the bastards your stuff.

Posted by Anonymous    on Tuesday, July 17, 2001

Silent Screams Distro Stock

Monday, July 16, 2001 - 08:44 AM

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point of recognition - refresh - R60



dogin bullets - world wide war - R60



dogin bullets - soundtrack to the end of the world - R60



anchor - R60



figure four - no weapon formed against us - R60



torn in two/cast in stone/point of rec split - R60



facedown sampler 2 - R20



point of rec/figure 4 split - R20

Posted by punk    on Monday, July 16, 2001