Make the G8 History Blog

Nobel Peace Prize for Sir Bob? Why not

Gabriele Zamparini, The Cat's Dream. Live8 organiser Bob Geldof has been nominated for the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize. Why not? Look at these recent statements in the media:

Sir Bob Geldof has warned an unnamed American musician not to criticise US President George W Bush during the American Live 8 concert next month. (...) The mystery singer, who is anxious not to be named, was told by an angry Geldof, "Please remember, absolutely no ranting and raving about Bush or Blair and the Iraq war."

The Abominable Live 8

Gabriele Zamparini, The Cat's Dream I felt dizzy when I read about Bono and World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz talking about poverty in Africa. But the worst had still to happen. I wanted to laugh – but I couldn’t – when I heard George W. Bush talking about the great generosity of US Government to help the developing countries. But the worst had still to happen. I felt sick when I saw Tony Blair and Sir Bob Geldof flirting and preaching on TV about Make Poverty History. But the worst had still to happen.

Live 'anti-G8' announced

SH. For music lovers who do want to 'mention the war' and believe that politics is about more than kissing Gordon Brown's hairy arse, then there's good news. While Bob, Bono and a load of other musical has-beens rattle out the same old crap on their corporate-sponsored zimmer-frames, real musicians with radical politics will be staging the biggest anti-G8 musical extravaganza Stirling has ever seen in the Live Music Marquee at the Hori-zone eco-village convergence camp near Forth Bank Stadium (just off the A91). Just like Live 8, PEACE NOT G8! is free. Unlike Live 8, O2 won't be making millions of pounds in text messages and all acts are free to slag off George Bush as much as they want. See Indymedia UK for the full details.

Red Pepper and the Sunday Telegraph - an unholy alliance?

Stuart Hodkinson. Here's one for you. Last week, as Red Pepper's heroic volunteer press officer Alex went through the monthly motions of pestering the grandees of Britain's media to read our latest collection of brilliant articles, something rather strange happened: the press started to ring him! And not just any old newspaper hacks, oh no - we were courted and then chased by none other than the scourge of the radical left itself, the Sunday Torygraph.