Kumi Naidoo, head of Civicus, gave a press conference yesterday at the SCVO. He talked about the attacks on civil liberties in Britain and the world, his fight to release the two Ethiopian human rights activists Daniel Bekele and Netsanet Demissie and promoted the 8th World Assembly in Glasgow in June.

Following the March 1st attack by a Colombian military operation that resulted in the death of 20 FARC forces including rebel leader Raul Reyes. Interview with slain FARC leader from July 2007.

An interview with land reform researcher and activist Andy Wightman in which he explains what the Common Good in Scotland is and outlines his ideas for how it could be restored to community control.

Audio interview with two of activists from the Anti-G8 Japanese Infotour about anarchism in Japan and the relation of localised issues to G8 protests.

This is a preliminary interview with the Japanese radicals on the 2008 anti-G8 infotour. It hopes to elucidate why they are coming to Edinburgh and the relationship between the 2005 in Scotland and 2008 G8 protest in Japan.

Info-tour visits Edinburgh 25th Feb

Plane Stupid is a well-known and very successful anti-aviation campaigning organisation which regularly catches headlines, and promotes direct action targeting the fastest growing cause of climate change: aviation. The group came together in 2005, when a group of activists disrupted an international aviation conference using rape alarms attached to helium balloons during the key note speech. A group has formed in Scotland, which in January breached the security of Edinburgh airport and blockaded a private jet company that fuels the conspicuous consumption of the very rich. The following is an interview conducted via email with Robbie Gillett, one of the founding members of Plane Stupid.

REPORTAJE A ROQUE DE PABLO EN PARAGUAY*

Hace algún tiempo, leímos por Internet un reportaje a Roque de Pablo,
posiblemente había sido hecho en Buenos Aires, luego algunos escritos,
opiniones y su paso por Bolivia. Actualmente reside en Paraguay, su país
natal y desde allí, después de mucho tiempo, se decidió a hablar sobre
algunos temas que seguramente desatarán nuevamente la polémica.
Escritor, cantautor, es un personaje muy influyente sobre la opinión de
algunos políticos, intelectuales, y estudiantes de América y Europa.

* As part of the 2.300 delegates in the second Zapatista and indigenous community’s international reunion, which took place last July in Mexico, members of the wayuu community delivered a truly important message: Venezuelan indigenous community’s situation is very different than the declared by the government people in Caracas. El Libertario talked about the experience with Jorge Montiel, member of the Maikiralasa’lii.

* Interview by the Russian newspaper SITUATION from libertarian collective Autonomous Action www.avtonom.org regarding the current political picture in the island. A Spanish translation was published in El Libertario #50, Venezuela, 2007. For more info go to: www.mlc.contrapoder.org.ve -cuban anarchist website- and www.nodo50.org/ellibertario

* Interview with indonesian anarchist journal EMPTY HEAVEN - May 2007 (http://otonomis.org/ <-- EMPTY HEAVEN collective website; http://pustaka.otonomis.org/ <- indonesian anarchist/autonomist archive). More info in english &amp; spanish about El Libertario: www.nodo50.org/ellibertario