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Overzicht G8 mobilisaties
dissent-nl - 05.01.2007 12:34
From 4th to 7th of June 2007 the G8-Summit in Heiligendamm, in the proximity of
Rostock, in Germany takes place. Also the mobilization of the Leftwing against
the G8-Summit already runs on full speed. Different alliances are
founded,several nationwide meetings did take place, also with international
participation and an approximate plan of action for the protests is already
fixed. Already now there are numerous actions, which mobilize to the events of
protest against the G8-summit. Because of the 100.000 expected demonstrators at
the Main Manifestation in the Rostock City at 2nd of June 2007 the policeforces
are preparing since some time their operation and security plan for the whole
region and for Rostock. Here comes an overview over the conditions of the
mobilization.
:: THE BEGINNING
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In October 2005 the first large meetings were held for the preparation of the
Anti-G8-Proteste, among other meetings, there has been working groups at the
European Social Forum or the first radical left-wing Dissent!-meeting in
Hamburg/North Germany. Afterwards further meetings of the Dissent!-Network has
been held in Berlin and other cities and later the nation-wide meetings of the
so called "Action-Conference" initiated by the Interventionist Left with
participation from ATTAC and some NGO's in Rostock. Apart from these spectra at
the same time the "Anti G8 Alliance for a Revolutionary Perspective" has been
founded, an alliance which participates like other groups in both of the
meetings - the Dissent!-Network meetings and in the Action Conference. Apart
from the nation-wide alliances also local Anti-G8-Groups and local allicances
has been founded in many cities, which are/feel associated in one or other way
with one of the nationwide allicances.
:: ABOUT THE DIFFERENT PROTEST-ALLIANCES
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At the first nation-wide meetings the different nation-wide wide
alliances/currents of the Anti-G8-mobilization solidified:
• ANTI G8 ALLIANCE FOR A REVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE
[  http://www.antig8.tk/home_en.php - nationwide allicance ]
The "Anti G8 Alliance for a Revolutionary Perspective" is a alliance of
different radical left-wing groups, of anarchists, trotzkists, communists and
autonomous groups with internationalist orientation. Also with the slogan "Stop
G8. Imperialism. Capitalism. War." the alliance wants to organize a clear
anti-capitalist and internationalist as well as anti-imperialist mobilization
against the G8 summit in Heiligendamm/Rostock. The alliance campaigns for one
big manifestation of all leftwing people in the city of Rostock as well as for
a leftradical and clearly anticapitalist and internationalist as well as
antiimperialist bloc. The alliance is in coordination with other alliances and
groups, which also wants a radical left-wing, anticapitalist and
internationalist orientation of the protests, like for example with groups from
switzerland [ http://www.aufbau.org/images/stories/flyer/wef-g8-12.01.06.jpg ]
or the Anti G8 Alliance against Imperialism and Fascism [
http://www.g8versenken.de ] or the Antiimperialist Current of the European
Social Forum (turkish groups, basque groups, etc.).
• DISSENT! NETWORK
[ https://dissentnetzwerk.org/node/49 - nationwide network ]
[ https://hamburg.dissentnetzwerk.org/MainEnglish/HomePage - Dissent! Hamburg ]
The "Dissent! Network" had a difficult developing phase in the first meetings,
in which has been discussed, how to decide and which forms one could develop
for an anti-hierachical organization and deciding-form but with a possibility
to organize effectively a mobilization against the G8. In the Dissent! Spectrum
different radical left-wing, anarchist as well as autonomous groups and
different local connections are associated. Among other things the Dissent!
Network organized the first large meetings of the Anti-G8-Preparation and the
first Anti-G8-Camp [ http://camp06.dissentnetwork.org/Main_Page ] in the region
where the G8-Gipfel will take place. The Dissent! Network wants to organize
Convergence Centers and Anti-G8-Camps and calls to decentralized blockade
actions. The framework of the Network is very broad in the meaning of action
forms and the topics of leftradical protest, some topics among others are:
Migration, the protest against the Military Place "Bombodrom" in the region or
e.g. the idea of the Dissent!-Group from Hamburg to organize a radical
left-wing internationalist congress on the day of the large demonstration at
2nd of June and the day after.
• INTERVENTIONIST LEFT
[ http://cms.g8-2007.de/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8&Itemid=21 -
nationwide alliance ]
The Interventionist Left is a nationwide alliance of anti-fascist groups and
internationalists, and they stand for a broad co-operation of a broad left like
with Attac, church-activists and different progressive NGO`s as well as with
Working Groups from the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS). Contentwise this
composition was reflected above all also at the nationwide Action-Conferences [
http://www.heiligendamm2007.de/ ] in Rostock, organized by the Interventionist
Left in co-operation with Attac, NGOs and the Party of Democratic Socialism
(PDS), to which came up 300 or 400 delegated Members of the diverse currents of
the left of germany as well es from different NGO`s. At this conferences and in
the apron of this conferences most of the action plan - the "action
choreographie" how it was called there - for June 2007 is already negotiated.
The Interventionist Left also calls for blockades around the location of the
G8-summit in Heiligendamm.
• LABOUR UNIONS / PARTIES
[ http://www.linkspartei-berlin.de/nc/politik/aktuell/ - Party of Democratic
Socialism (PDS) ]
[ http://www.dgb-jugend.de/UNIQ116754852305525/doc1103679A.html - Youth of the
labour union DGB ]
[ http://www.gruene-jugend.de/suchen/320432.html?searchshow=g8 - Green
Alternative Youth ]
From the labour unions its above all the union youth who wants to take part also
in the Protests of the Anti-G8-activists as well at the Main Manifestation in
Rostock City and at blockades in the region. They will also organize a union
youth camp near Rostock. From the parties like the Green Party or the Party of
Democratic Socialism (PDS) there will be different protest participation, too,
but almost with reformist orientation. Within the Party of Democratic Socialism
there are different groups of interests, which depends from Generation or
orientation toward participation in local governments. The PDS will also call
to all planed protest actions, in some parts it will be the PDS who can
negotiate with the local administration for large meeting areas and it`s this
party who has the possibility to spend more many for the
protest-infrastructure.
• ATTAC / NGO-PLATFORM / CHURCHES
[ http://www.attac.de/heiligendamm07 - globalisation-critical Organisation ]
[ http://www.g8-germany.info/deutsch/index.htm - NGO-Platform ]
[ http://www.deine-stimme-gegen-armut.de/ - "Your Voice against Poverty" ]
The main focus in the mobilization by Attac as well as by the NGO platform is
among other things the planned Counter-Summit/Alternative Summit in Rostock,
the days after the main large demonstration will take place, with different
globalization-critical contents. Topics how Disencumberment, gene patents, etc.
will play a large role. The NGOs stands for a rather reformist orientation, in
their understanding of protests they want to organize "citizen-friendly"
manifestations. Like during the anti-g8-protests in Glenneagles their will be a
Gelldorf-Initiative with a big concert from "Your Voice against Poverty" during
the G8-Summit in the region, with the prominent german rock-folk-singer
"Grönemeyer".
:: DISCUSSION OF THEORIE AND PRAXIS AGAINST G8
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-- > DIFFERENT DISCUSSION PAPERS AND CALLS OF THE DIFFERENT CURRENTS:
- Anti G8 Allicance for a revolutionary Perspektive / Stop G8. Imperialism.
Capitalism. War: http://www.antig8.tk/aufruf_en.php
- 11.November Bewegung / Block Germany! ANSWER to "22nd Ocober collective":
https://dissentnetzwerk.org/node/105
- The 22nd october collective / Towards an inventive strategy for attacking and
blocking summits: https://dissentnetzwerk.org/node/107
- Anti-G8 Action Conference: decicions are made from a small group:
http://www.antig8.tk/home_en.php?subaction=showfull&id=1165425463&archive=&start_from=&ucat=14&
- Anti-G8 Action Conference Invitation:
http://cms.g8-2007.de/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15
- NoG8 Kiel | Dissent! Puff Away the G8-summit!:
https://dissentnetzwerk.org/node/261
-NoLager Bremen and other antirassist groups / Global Freedom of Movement and
Equal Rights for All:
http://cms.g8-2007.de/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17&Itemid=21
- Interventionist Left / News from the Red Planet:
http://cms.g8-2007.de/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8&Itemid=21
- BLOCK THE BOMBODROME AND 2007 G-8!:
http://www.gipfelsoli.org/Inhalt+Theorie/FROM_THE_HEATHLAND_TO_THE_BEACH.html
- Antiracist Perspectives in regard to G-8 Summit 2007 / NoLager:
http://www.gipfelsoli.org/Inhalt+Theorie/Autonomous_rear_Entrances.html
- Action Conference Rostock / Small Overview:
http://www.heiligendamm2007.de/index_en.html
- A global call written at anti-G8 "Camp Inski / Dissent!:
http://www.nadir.org/nadir/initiativ/agp/g82007/
---- LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT WEBSITES FOR MORE ENGLISH NEWS AND INFORMATION
The differentiation into different alliances - from radical left-wing to
reformist - points out the different discussion lines, which has been discussed
in the different nationwide meetings of Dissent!, but which did come more
clearly and more conflictive to surface at the nationwide meetings of the
Action-Conferences in Rostock.
While during the first Dissent! meetings the discussions mostly concerned
matters of the acclamation modus and in some working groups also ended in
constructive disccussions about the orientation of the leftradical mobilization
- for example point of views about a clear stand against capitalism and
imperialism versus focused mobilization for different topics like migration,
the bombodrome in the region and about the term "internationalism" or the
relation towards liberation movements or against war, in the Rostock meetings
fundamental discrepancies in the howto of the practical mobilization showed up.
In the discussions of Dissent!-Network practically came out, that the Network
will be a Mobilization Network of the different radical leftwing or anarchist
currents who will mobilize in the context of Dissent! to different topics -
like Migration, Anti-War, gene patents - in reference to each other. Main
Activities will bei decentralized Blockades, Camps or Manifestations.
The discussions, working groups and plena of the Action Conference in Rostock
did show, that there are many discrepances between the mobilization and
activity concepts from the different currents, discrepances which not all will
be solved until the actiondays in June 2007. Also there will be no possibility
for a collective Slogan of the whole left movement together with the NGOs in
Germany.
The range of the differences reaches from clearly anticapitalist and
internationalst orientation (Anti G8 Alliance for a Revolutionary Perspektive)
to fundamental reformist so-called "globalisation-critical" point of views. In
the discussion about the Slogan " For Global Rights" from antirassist groups
and some autonomous also differences in the general orientation against the
G8-Summit became clear. While parts of the leftradical groups (Anti G8 Alliance
and parts from Dissent!) stand for a clear radical opositional attitude against
the G8-Summit and for the propaganda of the possibility of massive disturbance
of the G8-Summit, parts of the radical left like from Interventionist Left and
some parts of Dissent! want to make many concessions for ATTAC or the NGO's to
force these reformist organisations to participate in the street protests.
Whether this this concept will gain success is really questionably, because the
top management of ATTAC and the majority of the NGO`s already are fixed in their
main orientation for the Alternative Summit or "Counter-Summit" which will be
parallel to all the street-protests, and Attac like the NGO`s are not
favourisating one big common manifestation in the city from Rostock, the want a
march from different start-points outside from Rostock.
In this discussion about the main demonstration what is planned for 2nd of June
2007 in Rostock before the G8-Summit and before the Counter Summit at the
Weekend at Saturday the differences in the practical orientation became clear.
While for example the Anti G8 Alliance for a revolutionary Perspektive argued
for one big manifestation of all protesters in the city of Rostock near the
railway station, the NGOs and other reformists favourised many different start
points and a end-manifastation point outside the city center of Rostock in an
area of instustry and motorway.
A big manifestation where all can march together would be better because all
currents could represent themselves equaly and all the visitors from the
different currents from other countries can participate visible in the major
event in the protest-choreographie.
But parts from the NGO`s and ATTAC are frightened about the possibility at a
central manifestation of all protesters alltogether with the people from other
countries, that the obligations from the police like the famous german police
obligation not to have a side-banner at the demonstration, couln't be handled
or in worther case that there will be disturbance in the city center.
Other discrepances exists in the orientation of the Counter Summit or
Alternative Summit, which until now alsmost only will be prepared by ATTAC and
some NGOs. While at the last Dissent!-Meetings the discussions about the
counter summit ended in clear consens not to organize such events parallel to
the street-protests, action-day and blockades for not to seperate the
protest-movement in June, it became clear that Attac & Co will go on in
organizing it parallel to these protest activities and that the counter summit
shell take place during the week and not at the weekand, parallel to the
official summit, with almost reformist topics.
Because there only is planned a concert in the end of the mass manifestation at
Saturday, the 2nd of June 2007, parts of Dissent! - e.G. the Dissent!-group
from Hamburg are planing a leftradical internationalist Conference at this day
and also at Sunday (see timetable below) to open a space for a fundamental
delegitimation of the G8-summit and to open a space and forum to all our
foreign Guests from the different countries, which not all can stay all the
following days in the region in north-east-germany.
While the timetable of the protests and events is nearly fixed, we can't speak
about a definitly protest-choreographie with a definitly fixed practical and
theoretical orientation.
After the last Action Conference in Rostock it became clear that many decicions
are made from a small group. The group Arbeitermacht, organized in the Anti
G8-Alliance described this in a report about the conference:
http://www.antig8.tk/index.php?subaction=showfull&id=1165132727&archive=&start_from=&ucat=5&
:: MOBILIZATION AND MEDIA REACTIONS IN THE RUN-UP
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The Mobilization in Germany against the G8-Summit starts to speed up, like many
homepages and articles are demonstrating. Also in different other countries the
discussion about G8 in Germany and the mobilization is starting. Nearly at all
demonstrations in Germany the upcoming protest against the G8 is a topic or
there are held speeches of mobilization at this demonstrations. The upcoming
mass manifestations like against the WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM in Davos/Switzerland,
or against the NATO-Security Conference in Munich/South-Germany, or for the
Revolutionary 1st of May Manifestations in Germany will also broach the issue
of the mobilization agsinst the G8. There are many Information-Events and
Info-Tours in Germany about the G8-topic now. [ WEF DAVOS:
http://www.1mai06.ch/?q=node/194 | SIKO Müchen:
http://www1.autistici.org/g8/eng/siko/ ]
In newspapers and television the police and politicians are agitating against
the upcoming protests and the police is prognosing riots because already there
are many attacks against houses or cars of representants of the politicians or
economy like in Hamburg or the Region of Berlin or in other cities nationwide,
not only with declarations against war and colonialism but also with
declarations against G8 and for a strong mobilization to the protests in June.
Or there has been thrown colour-eggs and stones against the Hotel in
Heiligendamm where the G8 will took place. The police declared that threatening
letteres has been written to different Hotels in the region where officials from
the G8 will sleep. [
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,2292773,00.html?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf
| http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20061228-034803-2336r |
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2006/12/28/3040957-ap.html ]
:: REPRESSION
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The security organs already began with their preparations, and due to an alleged
security risk there will be build a 2 meter high fence several kilometers around
the meeting place of the G8. Due to Security Strategies the place of the
G8-meeting is at the Baltic sea and in the south sourrounded by far open
fields. At numerous ways and roads checkpoints are to be established and there
will be a kind of curfew for tourists. Also because of the large security
operations the ammount of the costs of the G8-Summit will be over 100 Million
Euro and there will be taskforces together with international police forces
like Interpol and with civil police groups from the different countries, too.
Pressure is exerted on the local administration, not to allow Camps in the
proximity of the security fence and there will be many obligations for the
large demonstration or the decentralized manifestations and demonstrations.
Because of the estimated repression the leftwing scene and the
antirepression-organizations like "red help" in Germany did join together in
working groups to build up a common antirepression structure. During the
protest-days and at the convergence centeres information will be provided about
german laws and antirepression-tips will be given in different languages. Lawers
and a common "Ermittlungsausschuss" will be established ("Ermittlungsausschuss:
A central point reachable by telefon round the clock where people can call to
report about arrested people, and the "Ermittlungsausschuss" will look for
lawers and coordinate the prison-work).
In the apron of the events there will be information events about repression in
many different cities, the antirepression-information will be published in
different languages in the above Internet-Sites from the different allicances.
:: ACTION TIMETABLE AGAINST G8
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THUESDAY, 1st of MAY:
Revolutionary 1st of May Manifestations in different cities.
from 26th of May: Convergence Center in Hamburg, eventually in Berlin too.
Beginning of June: "Block Germany", Decentralized Blockades all over Germany
FRIDAY, 1st of JUNE:
Opening of the Mediacenter in Rostock
Occupation of the "Bombodrom"
Camp und start of the caravan to Heiligendamm
SATURDAY, 2nd JUNE:
MASS DEMONSTRATION in the city of Rostock, near Central Railway Station
Start of the Camp against G8
Internationalist Conference in Rostock
SUNDAY, 3th of JUNE:
Actionday in Rostock,
Internationalist Conference in Rostock
MONDY, 4th of JUNE:
Actionday against War and Rascism
Camp against G8
THUESDAY, 5th of JUNE:
Actionday agsainst war / eventually blockade of the airport in Rostock-Laage
Start of the Counter-Summit in Rostock
Camp against G8
WEDNESDAY, 6th of JUNE:
1st Day of the G8-Summit, Blockade-Day in different Areas
Counter-Summit in Rostock
Camp against G8
THURSDAY, 7th of JUNE:
G8-Summit, 2nd day in Heiligendamm
Counter-Summit in Rostock
Camp against G8
Blockade-Actions / March from different small local cities to Heiligendamm
End Manifestation
FRIDAY, 8th of JUNE:
G8-Summit, 3rd Day
End of the Camp against G8
:: MAPS:
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Google Maps - Heiligendamm und Rostock
http://local.google.com/local?f=q&hl=en&sll=54.143849,11.842747&sspn=0.008949,0.020127&q=heiligendamm&om=1&ie=UTF8&z=11&ll=54.113358,11.99913&spn=0.23184,0.55481
Local Map Heiligendamm:
http://www.nadir.org/nadir/initiativ/agp/g82007/news/heiligendamm.html
anti g8
[ http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2006/12/359075.html]
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