G8 protest video features leaders singing ABBA's 'Money, Money, Money'

[MiaCulpa]

Source: Raw Story

Thousands of farmers and activists from around the world demonstrated Saturday in the northern Japanese city of Sapporo ahead of next week's summit of the Group of Eight rich nations.

Japan mobilised thousands of riot police to prevent any violence on the streets of Sapporo, the closest major city to the lakeside resort of Toyako, where world leaders will meet from Monday.

Dozens of masked protesters marching to rock music were warned by police against entering restricted areas as Japanese organisers of the rally called on the demonstrators to avoid violence and clashes with police.

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The appeal of ABBA kinda baffles me, but a great protest nonetheless. :)

-Diane

[UndertheOcean]

1. ABBA are great !

[rpannier]

2. In the 70's I listened to ABBA

On a different note:

Two of the 8 will be out of office soon: duh-bya and fukuda
Two more are so incredibly unpopular that they may not finish their terms: brown and sarkozy
And 2 hold on by the skin of their teeth: harper and berlusconi (silvio is aided by his corrupt money machine)

[Uncle Joe]

3. Knowing me knowing you aha!

:)

[Frank Cannon]

4. This is obviously a viral marketing campaign...

for the upcoming release of the major motion picture "Mamma Mia!"

And brilliantly conceived.

[onehandle]

6. "Pretty soon I knew the tune and We sat and sang under the moon...

...And the jungle rang in joyful harmony."

Nice pic. I love ELO.

[HomerRamone]

5. I LOVE ABBA n/t