Make Poverty History

Saturday 2nd July

On Saturday 2nd July 2005 over 225,000 people took to the streets of Edinburgh to call on world leaders to act at the G8 summit.

Many of the campaigners were dressed in white to form the world's largest human white band and speakers from around the world addressed the crowd to speak of the difference the G8 could make when they met later in the week at Gleneagles.

Watch some short films of the day.

Images from the day.

Read more about the day in Edinburgh.

RADIO

All through the day the special Make Poverty History radio station was broadcasting live from the Meadows. To hear more click on the links below:

Bianca Jagger: We want to make poverty history and we will not be fooled. Speaking at the Make Poverty History rally in Edinburgh on 2 July 2005.

Make Poverty History Radio jingle: trade (in)justice

Gael Garcia Bernal: I was influenced as a kid by these issues. Interview with the Mexican actor Gael Garcia Bernal at the height of the Make Poverty History rally.

Walden Bello: We are here to manifest our common humanity, we are here to say we are one. Walden Bello of Focus on the Global South speaking at the press conference in the morning of the Make Poverty History rally in Edinburgh.

Barbara Crowther: The Make Poverty History rally is not a one night stand. Barbara Crowther of Fairtade Foundtation interviewed in The Meadows in Edinburgh by a Make Poverty History Radio reporter.

Jonathan Dimbleby: Don't listen to cynics. Addressing the people in The Meadows from one of the stages at the Make Poverty History rally in Edinburgh.

Wole Olaleye: G8 leaders must keep their promises. Wole Olaleye, regional policy co-ordinator, ActionAid Southern Africa programme, speaks to Make Poverty History Radio presenter Chris Kgadima.

Glen Tarman: Campaigning for the rights of people in developing world. Glen Tarman, Trade Justice Movement coordinator, speaks about what campaigners in the world's richest countries need to do to bring about trade justice. Interviewed by Chris Kgadima.

Southern Voices: Eliminate trade barriers. African journalists recorded their messages to the G8 on Make Poverty History Radio.

Make Poverty History Radio reporter, Dougald Hine, phoning in at the beginning of the march when quarter of a million people formed a human white band around central Edinburgh.