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G8 update
kriss - 14.02.2006 10:57
G8 Summit 2007: There is already broad resistance (this text is taken from gipfelsoli.org)
Already now, the mobilisation of the Left in Germany is impressive. Many already
began to prepare and network in 2005.
Heiligendamm has 270 inhabitants, lies on the coast of the Baltic Sea
and is part of the district of the small town of Bad Doberan. The G8
summit will happen in May or June 2007, not in July like other summits,
in order to avoid any revenue loss for the tourism industry in this
region. The event is expected to take place at the Kempinski hotel in
Heiligendamm; this is a luxury hotel which belongs to the Fundus-Group.
Fundus is currently buying up more and more of (and hence privatising)
the land around the hotel, thus becoming the subject of much talk,
because hitherto public thorough-fares are being closed off. The space
requirements of the summit delegations are expected to exceed those
available at the hotel, which means the actual summit itself may be
scheduled for Rostock (20 kilometres away with 200 000 inhabitants)
Already now, the mobilisation on the Left is impressive. Many already
began to prepare and network in 2005.
Anarchists and Left Radicals
The organisation in Germany already began in April 2005 at the
conference of the “Bundeskoordination Internationalismus“ (BUKO – the
federal coordination for internationalism). Since then, there have been
two Germany-wide meetings, each with over 200 participants (and numerous
e-lists). Some activists from Eastern European countries, France,
Switzerland and the UK also attended. The discussions at the meetings
revolved around organisational issues: Should the PGA Hallmarks provide
an organisational basis? How would decisions be made? What kind of
organisation would this be: will this be a network for the particular
elements of the radical left or will it be a platform for everyone? To
date, the radical left groups have worked within a notion of “Dissent!“
The content discussions focussed on terms such as “internationalism“ and
“globalisation“: Does globalistion offer any positive connotations (e.g.
“globalisation from below“), or should there be a continuation of the
term internationalism, including further development of its meaning?
What is the relationship of this mobilisation to liberation movements?
How can contemporary social organisations find a space for themselves
within the moblisation (for example in the area of migration)? Can we
articulate overarching concerns?
In multiple working groups these different points were explored:
political content, Infotour, external and internal communication,
action, strategy, St Petersbrug 2006, praxis, camp 2006, trauma,
anti-repression etc. One decision that was made is that there will be an
international mobilising camp this summer and a number of groups are
working on the idea of making migration the main theme of this gathering.
The next meeting will take place from 31st March to 2nd April 2006.
Contact:  g8-2007@riseup.net; further info:  http://de.dissent.org.uk and
http://wiki.de.dissent.org.uk.
Out of these initiatives the working group Infotour has formed. The
purpose of this group is to organise publicity about the G8, so as to
involve as many groups and individuals as possible in the preparations
for the mobilisation from an early stage already. The Infogroup takes an
approach whereby it is the explicit aim to provide information about all
mobilising activities, particularly also to counteract any possible
splitting of the broader mobilisation. At present, there are around 30
info-events planned in Germany, Poland and Switzerland. Further working
groups include the cycling caravan working group, actions working group
and the working group for an international mobilisation. Infos on
http://wiki.de.dissent.org.uk/index.php/Hauptseite.
Left Coalition
For the past six months, organisations and networks such as the
Interventionist Left, SOLID, ATTAC and others have been trying to create
a broad left coalition. It will be officially launched at the end of
March. Here, an excerpt from the call:
„We are thus calling for the creation of an inclusive and broad
coalition that takes on the organisation and coordination of all
collective tasks which cannot be achieved by one group alone. Here,
initiatives from across the Left spectrum should come together: Local
social forums, unemployed and social initiatives, antifascist groups,
refugee initiatives, autonomous groups and other movement-orientated
groups of the radical left, third world and church organisations, ATTAC
and no-global organisations, traditional communist and trotskist
organisations, trade unions and youth groups, The Linkspartei (Left
party)/PDS etc.
In order for all relevant groups to be able to participate in the
preparations in an equal way, we require a basic consensus that enables
us to work together despite our differences and is not articulated
unnecessarily narrowly.
As common basic principles, we propose:
* The explicit and unequivocal delegitimisation of the G8
* The reciprocal recognition of different forms of protest, action and
resistance
* A mode of collaboration based on solidarity and reliability which
enables binding decisions
* A clear and pro-active rejection of all right wing populist and
right-wing forces“
Contact for this preparatory group: www.g8-2007.de.
Further more...
Since January the NoLager Network (anti-deportation network) is calling
for mobilisations against the G8 2007 (migration will be one of the
cetral themes of the general anti-G8 mobilisation). In this way
refugees will connect their struggles with Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the
federal state where the G8 will be taking place: It is in
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern where the German government began the mass
deportations to Togo. Resistance to this has had initial success and the
deportations have had to be interrupted.
Annually in May, the BUKO conference takes place. This year, there will
be an explicit theme on the G8.
In 2005 there were 2 militant attacks in the context of the G8 2007 in
Heiligendamm. In Hamburg the car of a corporate executive burnt and in
Berlin this happened to a villa belonging to the foreign office.
ATTAC has created a federal working group and publicised the call:
“Global Social Rights“. NGOs are also mobilising. The local section of
the Linkspartei (Left Party) in Rostock where the G8 will predomonantly
take place, rejects the G8.
Many of these groups and organisations will have a presence at the
European Social Forum in Athens because of their ongoing efforts to
organise against the 2007 G8 summit.
Meanwhile in Rostock there are many Left orientated groups preparing for
the summit. There are local networking meetings and public events.
Already anti-G8 groups are calling against the 2006 edition of the
annual May 1st demonstration of the openly fascist NPD (German
nationalist party).
[gipfelsoli.org;
http://gipfelsoli.org/Heiligendamm/2006/zusammenfassung_februar_2006_deutsch.html]
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| Read more about: G8 globalisering | | supplements | | infoavond | broeinest - 14.02.2006 12:52
Er is in Amsterdam al een infoavond gepland over de G8 top bij het duitse Kiel. Mensen uit Duitsland komen vertellen over hun plannen en zullen een toelichting geven op hetgeen Kriss hierboven al heeft gepost. Ook de G8 dit jaat in het Russische Peterburgs komt aan bod.
Datum: maandag 6 maart
Tijd: 20:00
plek: Plantage Doklaan 8-12, Amsterdam
info: www.broeinest.info (meer over de g8 avond komt er binnenkort op)
En als ik het goed heb gaan ze ook langs Nijmegen
 Website: http://www.broeinest.info
| | Bij Rostock, hier meer | dissent-nl - 14.02.2006 16:46
Niet bij Kiel maar bij Rostock, ligt het hotel waar ze bijeen hopen te kopen. Hieronder meer over de twee info-avonden die binnenkort komen:
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G8 tegenhouden
Je kunt er niet vroeg genoeg bij zijn. In de zomer van 2007 strijkt de G8, de regeringen van de 8 machtigste landen op aarde, neer in Noord-Duitsland. Duitse antikapitalistische organisaties zijn al druk in de weer om daar verzet tegen te organiseren. Een spreker komt ook naar Nederland (woensdag 1 maart Klinker Nijmegen, maandag 6 maart Broeinest Amsterdam) om te vertellen over de voorbereidingen.
Er zal ook informatie worden gegeven over de komende G8-top in St Petersburg, Rusland (15-17 juli 2006). Er worden wat spetterende korte films vertoond zoals: G8 can you hear us? - Why close the G8? - Raised voices - En meer....
De bijeenkomst in Amsterdam zal ook benut worden voor een herstart van dissent!-nl om ook vanuit Nederland aan te haken bij de protesten. Dit gebeurde afgelopen zomer ook toen de G8 in Schotland bijeenkwam. (zie: http://dissent.org.uk/)
Zie voor programma Grote Broek, Nijmegen, 1 maart (20.00 uur): http://www.grotebroek.nl/
Maandagavond 6 maart, 20.00 Broeinest, Plantage Doklaan 10-12 Amsterdam, zie http://www.broeinest.info
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Zie voor meer info over de G8-tour: http://gipfelsoli.org/
Over Heiligendamm: http://www.g8-2007.de/
St Petersburg: http://g8-2006.plentyfact.net/index.php/Main_Page
Info in het Nederlands: http://www.globalinfo.nl
Broeinest is een wekelijkse info-avond met bar en muziek in de Plantage Doklaan 10-12 in Amsterdam. Zie voor meer info: http://www.broeinest.info
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