Protest against the G8 Summit in Heiligendamm
From June 6th to 8th the representatives of eight of the most powerful States from the global north are planning to meet in Heiligendamm near Rostock in Germany. Without any legitimacy to decide about global politics they will coordinate their decisions and therefore stand for the continuation of the state the world which for the majority means hunger, misery, war, and exlusion. International protest is being organized for months and is going to increase in the weeks before the summit. This article is an attempt to give an overview of the preparation process.websites: Dissent!-Network | AGP | all for all | Interventionist Left | antig8.tk | Gipfelsoli | heiligendamm2007.de | Alternative Summit | Camps | Infos in german
Summit "Russia - EU" in Samara
The repressions against "Intergalactic Libertarian Forum" and other opposition actions which took place during the Summit "Russia - the European Union" on 16-18 of May in Samara (Russia).
Malmö, SE: Street party against the G8
Saturday, May 19 three hundred young people took over the centrally located spot Triangeln and placed a great party right in front of shopping avenues and luxurious hotels. Hip hop acts with local bands from Rosengård (a part of the city which has the most poor of which the big share are immigrants) was mixed with mobilising speeches about the G8-meeting. Participants from Mexico, Germany, and the USA, who stopped in Malmö on their way to Rostock, used the microphone to announce why everyone should go to Germany in the beginning of june to block the meeting.
5th Citizen Inspection NATO base Valencia
In the 5th Citizens Inspection, on the 12th May, at 11.30a.m. a team of 7 citizen inspectors entered the main facilities of the NATO Response Force base
despite security vigilance measures, demand its closure and conversion into a
social and ecologically friendly space, as part of a week of actions against
military installations.