From kriss at sch0ll.de Fri Mar 2 04:05:49 2007 From: kriss at sch0ll.de (Kriss Sol) Date: Fri Mar 2 04:06:23 2007 Subject: [CASA] no CASA but... Message-ID: <24D1CB6D-F26D-48A4-B514-06E0491FF50A@sch0ll.de> ?Global resistance & summit protest: critical retrospections & future visions? (An activist symposium in Amsterdam , organized by Transnational Institute, XminY, and Dissent-NL) Seattle 1999, Washington and Prague 2000, Gothenburg and Genoa 2001, Quito 2002, Thessalonica, Evian and Canc?n 2003, Gleneagles, Mar del Plata and Hong Kong 2005 - these are just some stations of mass protest against global summits throughout the world. The next stop is the G8 summit in Heiligendamm, Germany, in June 2007. Is this irrepressible movement going to 'shut them down'? On Sunday, 18th of March, the Transnational Institute, XminY, and Dissent-NL organize an activist symposium in order to reflect on 10 years of summit protest and evaluate the broader dynamics of global movements that have unfolded beyond these global days of action. What have been the effects of this series of summit protests, both on international institutions and policies, and on the dynamic of global movements? What is the role of global protest events in the North for the daily struggles in the Global South? What are the lessons for the future? And where are possibilities for new types of intervention in global power relations and for new way of practising solidarity? Two interconnected panels with well-known activist researchers will open a space for analysis and reflection of these broader questions. Programme (Sunday, 18th of March) Location: Crea Theater, Turfdraagsterpad 17, Amsterdam 12.00-13.00 Arrival, short movies about previous summit protests, book fair 13.00-14.30 1st Panel: Historical Trajectories of global resistance Speakers: Peter Waterman, specialist on labour movements and social forum process Gemma Gald?n, Transnational Institute, research project "New politics" During this panel we will highlight some important historical developments and trajectories of the resistance against neoliberal globalization during the last 10 years. How has the global South inspired new practices of resistance in Northern countries? What was the meaning of events like Seattle in the context of single-issue campaigns as the dominant strategy during the nineties? Why did summits of international institutions become a focus of protest and resistance? How did the new alliances between various actors, such as NGO's, trade unions, socialist groups and grassroots networks, interact? What are the successes and failures of the 'politics of networking'? 14.30-15.00 Lunch break and short films about upcoming protests against G8 in Germany 15.00-16.30 2nd Panel: Envisioning strategies for global struggles and networking Speakers: Amory Starr, Colorado State University, author of "Global revolt" Ben Trott, editor of ?Shut them down. Gleneagles, the G8 and the movement of movements? The second panel provides a space for thinking about present and future possibilities and directions of global movements. Facing the challenges that have been highlighted in the first panel, we would like to touch upon the following questions: How do we avoid ending up with the old problem of single-issue politics, both ideologically and practically? Which practices and types of intervention could produce concrete results? On which ground should we base the construction of shifting alliances? Do we need an alternative to the practice of networking? And what is the relationship between resisting neoliberal policies and creating alternative worlds? Afterwards Drinks opposite of Crea 19.00 - ... Food kitchen in the Overtoom 301 with Indymedia movie theater ???? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------- For further information and reservation contact: 18maart07@xs4all.nl Or visit one of our websites: www.tni.org www.x-y.org www.dissent.nl From socioisis at yahoo.es Fri Mar 2 04:27:11 2007 From: socioisis at yahoo.es (=?iso-8859-1?q?Isis=20S=E1nchez?=) Date: Fri Mar 2 04:27:27 2007 Subject: [CASA] no CASA but... In-Reply-To: <24D1CB6D-F26D-48A4-B514-06E0491FF50A@sch0ll.de> Message-ID: <20070302112711.33084.qmail@web26709.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> There is no going to be any CASA meeting in Portugal? Best Isis Kriss Sol escribi?: ?Global resistance & summit protest: critical retrospections & future visions? (An activist symposium in Amsterdam , organized by Transnational Institute, XminY, and Dissent-NL) Seattle 1999, Washington and Prague 2000, Gothenburg and Genoa 2001, Quito 2002, Thessalonica, Evian and Canc?n 2003, Gleneagles, Mar del Plata and Hong Kong 2005 - these are just some stations of mass protest against global summits throughout the world. The next stop is the G8 summit in Heiligendamm, Germany, in June 2007. Is this irrepressible movement going to 'shut them down'? On Sunday, 18th of March, the Transnational Institute, XminY, and Dissent-NL organize an activist symposium in order to reflect on 10 years of summit protest and evaluate the broader dynamics of global movements that have unfolded beyond these global days of action. What have been the effects of this series of summit protests, both on international institutions and policies, and on the dynamic of global movements? What is the role of global protest events in the North for the daily struggles in the Global South? What are the lessons for the future? And where are possibilities for new types of intervention in global power relations and for new way of practising solidarity? Two interconnected panels with well-known activist researchers will open a space for analysis and reflection of these broader questions. Programme (Sunday, 18th of March) Location: Crea Theater, Turfdraagsterpad 17, Amsterdam 12.00-13.00 Arrival, short movies about previous summit protests, book fair 13.00-14.30 1st Panel: Historical Trajectories of global resistance Speakers: Peter Waterman, specialist on labour movements and social forum process Gemma Gald?n, Transnational Institute, research project "New politics" During this panel we will highlight some important historical developments and trajectories of the resistance against neoliberal globalization during the last 10 years. How has the global South inspired new practices of resistance in Northern countries? What was the meaning of events like Seattle in the context of single-issue campaigns as the dominant strategy during the nineties? Why did summits of international institutions become a focus of protest and resistance? How did the new alliances between various actors, such as NGO's, trade unions, socialist groups and grassroots networks, interact? What are the successes and failures of the 'politics of networking'? 14.30-15.00 Lunch break and short films about upcoming protests against G8 in Germany 15.00-16.30 2nd Panel: Envisioning strategies for global struggles and networking Speakers: Amory Starr, Colorado State University, author of "Global revolt" Ben Trott, editor of ?Shut them down. Gleneagles, the G8 and the movement of movements? The second panel provides a space for thinking about present and future possibilities and directions of global movements. Facing the challenges that have been highlighted in the first panel, we would like to touch upon the following questions: How do we avoid ending up with the old problem of single-issue politics, both ideologically and practically? Which practices and types of intervention could produce concrete results? On which ground should we base the construction of shifting alliances? Do we need an alternative to the practice of networking? And what is the relationship between resisting neoliberal policies and creating alternative worlds? Afterwards Drinks opposite of Crea 19.00 - ... Food kitchen in the Overtoom 301 with Indymedia movie theater ???? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------- For further information and reservation contact: 18maart07@xs4all.nl Or visit one of our websites: www.tni.org www.x-y.org www.dissent.nl _______________________________________________ CASA mailing list CASA@manifestor.org http://manifestor.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/casa --------------------------------- LLama Gratis a cualquier PC del Mundo. Llamadas a fijos y m?viles desde 1 c?ntimo por minuto. http://es.voice.yahoo.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://manifestor.org/pipermail/casa/attachments/20070302/5d4cf821/attachment.html From Edoist at cs.com Fri Mar 9 03:08:22 2007 From: Edoist at cs.com (Edoist@cs.com) Date: Fri Mar 9 03:08:45 2007 Subject: [CASA] no CASA but... Message-ID: <735ABD1D.0E0DFD43.00048194@cs.com> hai kriss, voor ons geen probleem als: -het niet stoort met onze gewonen programa, dwz andere eters niet worden buitengesloten en evt. geboekte performances/djs voor jullie geen bezwaar zijn -mensen gewoon voor zichzelf reserveren om 16 uur per telefoon 020 4122954 -jij vooraf kunt aangeven hoeveel mensen we ongeveer extra kunnen verwachten groet, suzan Kriss Sol wrote: >?Global resistance & summit protest: critical retrospections & future >visions? >(An activist symposium in Amsterdam , organized by Transnational >Institute, XminY, and Dissent-NL) > > >Seattle 1999, Washington and Prague 2000, Gothenburg and Genoa 2001, >Quito 2002, Thessalonica, Evian and Canc?n 2003, Gleneagles, Mar del >Plata and Hong Kong 2005 - these are just some stations of mass >protest against global summits throughout the world. The next stop is >the G8 summit in Heiligendamm, Germany, in June 2007. Is this >irrepressible movement going to 'shut them down'? > >On Sunday, 18th of March, the Transnational Institute, XminY, and >Dissent-NL organize an activist symposium in order to reflect on 10 >years of summit protest and evaluate the broader dynamics of global >movements that have unfolded beyond these global days of action. >What have been the effects of this series of summit protests, both on >international institutions and policies, and on the dynamic of global >movements? What is the role of global protest events in the North for >the daily struggles in the Global South? What are the lessons for the >future? And where are possibilities for new types of intervention in >global power relations and for new way of practising solidarity? >Two interconnected panels with well-known activist researchers will >open a space for analysis and reflection of these broader questions. > > > >Programme (Sunday, 18th of March) > >Location: Crea Theater, Turfdraagsterpad 17, Amsterdam > > >12.00-13.00 Arrival, short movies about previous summit protests, >book fair > > >13.00-14.30 1st Panel: Historical Trajectories of global resistance > >Speakers: >Peter Waterman, specialist on labour movements and social forum process >Gemma Gald?n, Transnational Institute, research project "New politics" > >During this panel we will highlight some important historical >developments and trajectories of the resistance against neoliberal >globalization during the last 10 years. How has the global South >inspired new practices of resistance in Northern countries? What was >the meaning of events like Seattle in the context of single-issue >campaigns as the dominant strategy during the nineties? Why did >summits of international institutions become a focus of protest and >resistance? How did the new alliances between various actors, such as >NGO's, trade unions, socialist groups and grassroots networks, >interact? What are the successes and failures of the 'politics of >networking'? > > >14.30-15.00 Lunch break and short films about upcoming >protests against G8 in Germany > > > >15.00-16.30 2nd Panel: Envisioning strategies for global struggles >and > > >networking > >Speakers: >Amory Starr, Colorado State University, author of "Global revolt" >Ben Trott, editor of ?Shut them down. Gleneagles, the G8 and the >movement of movements? > > >The second panel provides a space for thinking about present and >future possibilities and directions of global movements. Facing the >challenges that have been highlighted in the first panel, we would >like to touch upon the following questions: How do we avoid ending up >with the old problem of single-issue politics, both ideologically and >practically? Which practices and types of intervention could produce >concrete results? On which ground should we base the construction of >shifting alliances? Do we need an alternative to the practice of >networking? And what is the relationship between resisting neoliberal >policies and creating alternative worlds? > > >Afterwards Drinks opposite of Crea > >19.00 - ... Food kitchen in the Overtoom 301 with Indymedia >movie theater ???? > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >----------------------------------- > >For further information and reservation contact: >18maart07@xs4all.nl > >Or visit one of our websites: >www.tni.org >www.x-y.org >www.dissent.nl > > > > >_______________________________________________ >CASA mailing list >CASA@manifestor.org >http://manifestor.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/casa > From Edoist at cs.com Fri Mar 9 03:09:35 2007 From: Edoist at cs.com (Edoist@cs.com) Date: Fri Mar 9 03:09:55 2007 Subject: [CASA] no CASA but... Message-ID: <3C2197A7.45BF793C.00048194@cs.com> sorry people, this last message was meant for kriss, not everyone on the list. my bad... ciao, suzan >hai kriss, > >voor ons geen probleem als: >-het niet stoort met onze gewonen programa, dwz andere eters niet worden buitengesloten en evt. geboekte performances/djs voor jullie geen bezwaar zijn >-mensen gewoon voor zichzelf reserveren om 16 uur per telefoon 020 4122954 >-jij vooraf kunt aangeven hoeveel mensen we ongeveer extra kunnen verwachten > >groet, >suzan > > >Kriss Sol wrote: > >>?Global resistance & summit protest: critical retrospections & future >>visions? >>(An activist symposium in Amsterdam , organized by Transnational >>Institute, XminY, and Dissent-NL) >> >> >>Seattle 1999, Washington and Prague 2000, Gothenburg and Genoa 2001, >>Quito 2002, Thessalonica, Evian and Canc?n 2003, Gleneagles, Mar del >>Plata and Hong Kong 2005 - these are just some stations of mass >>protest against global summits throughout the world. The next stop is >>the G8 summit in Heiligendamm, Germany, in June 2007. Is this >>irrepressible movement going to 'shut them down'? >> >>On Sunday, 18th of March, the Transnational Institute, XminY, and >>Dissent-NL organize an activist symposium in order to reflect on 10 >>years of summit protest and evaluate the broader dynamics of global >>movements that have unfolded beyond these global days of action. >>What have been the effects of this series of summit protests, both on >>international institutions and policies, and on the dynamic of global >>movements? What is the role of global protest events in the North for >>the daily struggles in the Global South? What are the lessons for the >>future? And where are possibilities for new types of intervention in >>global power relations and for new way of practising solidarity? >>Two interconnected panels with well-known activist researchers will >>open a space for analysis and reflection of these broader questions. >> >> >> >>Programme (Sunday, 18th of March) >> >>Location: Crea Theater, Turfdraagsterpad 17, Amsterdam >> >> >>12.00-13.00 Arrival, short movies about previous summit protests, >>book fair >> >> >>13.00-14.30 1st Panel: Historical Trajectories of global resistance >> >>Speakers: >>Peter Waterman, specialist on labour movements and social forum process >>Gemma Gald?n, Transnational Institute, research project "New politics" >> >>During this panel we will highlight some important historical >>developments and trajectories of the resistance against neoliberal >>globalization during the last 10 years. How has the global South >>inspired new practices of resistance in Northern countries? What was >>the meaning of events like Seattle in the context of single-issue >>campaigns as the dominant strategy during the nineties? Why did >>summits of international institutions become a focus of protest and >>resistance? How did the new alliances between various actors, such as >>NGO's, trade unions, socialist groups and grassroots networks, >>interact? What are the successes and failures of the 'politics of >>networking'? >> >> >>14.30-15.00 Lunch break and short films about upcoming >>protests against G8 in Germany >> >> >> >>15.00-16.30 2nd Panel: Envisioning strategies for global struggles >>and >> >> >>networking >> >>Speakers: >>Amory Starr, Colorado State University, author of "Global revolt" >>Ben Trott, editor of ?Shut them down. Gleneagles, the G8 and the >>movement of movements? >> >> >>The second panel provides a space for thinking about present and >>future possibilities and directions of global movements. Facing the >>challenges that have been highlighted in the first panel, we would >>like to touch upon the following questions: How do we avoid ending up >>with the old problem of single-issue politics, both ideologically and >>practically? Which practices and types of intervention could produce >>concrete results? On which ground should we base the construction of >>shifting alliances? Do we need an alternative to the practice of >>networking? And what is the relationship between resisting neoliberal >>policies and creating alternative worlds? >> >> >>Afterwards Drinks opposite of Crea >> >>19.00 - ... Food kitchen in the Overtoom 301 with Indymedia >>movie theater ???? >> >>------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>----------------------------------- >> >>For further information and reservation contact: >>18maart07@xs4all.nl >> >>Or visit one of our websites: >>www.tni.org >>www.x-y.org >>www.dissent.nl >> >> >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>CASA mailing list >>CASA@manifestor.org >>http://manifestor.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/casa >> > From kriss at sch0ll.de Wed Mar 14 17:16:38 2007 From: kriss at sch0ll.de (Kriss Sol) Date: Wed Mar 14 17:16:03 2007 Subject: [CASA] Fwd: [edu-factory] summit -- non aligned initiatives in education culture References: Message-ID: <63EB1AFE-D66C-4558-8869-B47D62FE237D@sch0ll.de> sounds interesting! > > > Dear nettimers! > > Two weeks before this years G-8 meeting in Heiligendamm near Rostock > various projects, initiatives and protagonists from the fields of art, > culture and political activism are going to gather in Berlin for > SUMMIT -- Non Aligned Initiatives in Education Culture. > > SUMMIT is a proposal to question and to change some of the fundamental > terms of the debate around education, knowledge production and > information society. > > SUMMIT seeks to bring together various approaches from different > genres and calls to come forth and unalign. Unalign from both, the > tendencies of bureaucratization and privatization of knowledge and > education. The four-day event focusses on four thematic tracks: > "Knowledge and Migrancy", "Self-authorization, -organization, > -valorization", "Creative Practices" and "Education unrealized and > ongoing". > > > SUMMIT -- Non Aligned Initiatives in Education Culture > > May 24 to 28, 2007, Berlin (DE) > http://summit.kein.org > > The debates around education are shifting. In Europe, questions of > coordinated systems with comparable outcomes seem to dominate the > concerned discussion around the forthcoming "Bologna" accord. While > much critical opposition focuses on the loss of local traditions and > fears of global homogenization -- both sets of responses serve only to > fetishize knowledge within a commodity economy of education. > > In actuality numerous non-aligned initiatives are converging around > "education", recognizing that it is equally a platform for cultural > actualisation and self organization. Within self organised educational > forums that range from free academies, to exhibitions as educational > modes to ad-hoc initiatives within social, political and economic > organisations, it is becoming clear that beyond knowledge transfer, > education is one of our most important tools for the transformation of > subjects towards a participatory mode. Equally many initiatives to > articulate contemporary subjects and forge new methods, to see > education as itself a creative cultural practice, are taking place > within established and recognised institutions of higher learning. > While these two efforts might be perceived as separate due to their > institutional and structural status, they share a desire to reclaim > education for present needs. > > The crisis in education offers us potential modes of critical > engagement: drawing on activist practices and processes of > participation which circulate in the wider culture, it allows us to > claim the power to shape and define the terms of the debate. It is > clear from the many exhibition, art practice and research projects > which have recently converged on the notion of 'education', that there > is much potential for seeing it as far more than the transmission of > knowledge within dedicated institutions. > > SUMMIT is a proposal to change the terms of the debate away from a > purely bureaucratic engagement with quantitative and administrative > demands and from the ongoing tendency to privatize knowledge as > socalled "intellectual property". Instead of concerns with its purely > organisational dimensions we would hope to steer it towards some of > the important questions faced by our cultures today: > > KNOWLEDGE AND MIGRANCY: > > How does migration affect canonised knowledge? Can we conceive of a > non-linear projection of learning? Whom do notions of fluidity and > precarity serve? How do emergent subjectivities, produced out of > current mobilities, produce newly situate knowledges? > > SELF-ORGANIZATION, -AUTHORIZATION, -VALORIZATION: > > What are the gestures of "un"-organizing education? If to define was > to own, where do we encounter emergent possibilities of mutuality and > collaboration within education? How can we envision new configurations > of multiple ownership of knowledge? Is self-organization a mode of > education beyond the patterns of identification? > > CREATIVE PRACTICES: > > The model of education has become central to a range of creative > artistic practices and to a renewed interest in radical pedagogy. As a > mode of thinking an alternative to the immense dominance of art as > commodity and display as spectacle, education as a creative practice > that involves process, experimentation, fallibility and potentiality > by definition, offers a non-conflictual model for a rethinking of the > cultural field. > > EDUCATION, UNREALIZED AND ONGOING: > > There are principles within learning and teaching that extend far > beyond the years spent within the institutions of education. What > models are emerging for an understanding of both an expanded duration > of education as well as for our need to redefine what needs to be know > within a contemporary civic landscape? > > We call on all those interested and engaged in the debates around > education to come forth and unalign. > > SUMMIT offers the following formats: > > - A public program with "keynote-lectures" by prominent thinkers, > "curated conversations" between actors in the field, and 'history > lessons' which locate previous moments of radical aspirations or > transformations in the field. > > - Working groups, caucuses and concept labs: A series of meetings and > sessions on burning questions of education > > - Open space: Forum for initiating proposals, highlighting practices > and making theory urgent > > - Collaborative drafting of a declaration > > > DATES: > > May 24 to 28, 2007 > > VENUES: > > Hebbel Am Ufer (HAU), Stresemannstr. 29, 10963 Berlin > unitednationsplaza, Platz der Vereinten Nationen 14a, 10249 Berlin > bootlab, Tucholskystrasse 6, 10117 Berlin > > REGISTRATION: > > http://summit.kein.org > info[at]summit.kein.org > > FACILITATING COMITTEE: > > Kodwo Eshun, Susanne Lang, Irit Rogoff, Florian Schneider, Nicolas > Siepen, Nora Sternfeld > > > SUMMMIT is organized by Multitude e.V., in collaboration with > Goldsmiths College, London University and Witte de With, Rotterdam. > SUMMIT is supported by the Federal Culture Foundation, Germany. > > >> > From kriss at sch0ll.de Mon Mar 19 05:40:49 2007 From: kriss at sch0ll.de (Kriss Sol) Date: Mon Mar 19 05:39:58 2007 Subject: [CASA] artists against G8 Message-ID: <6CB6AB60-03E1-4213-8458-AD8879D8E062@sch0ll.de> dear all, see the following link for a nice project of artists against the upcoming G8 summit in Germany: http://www.holy-damn-it.org/ Get involved, Block G8, see you on creative barricades kriss From kriss at sch0ll.de Wed Mar 21 06:42:43 2007 From: kriss at sch0ll.de (Kriss Sol) Date: Wed Mar 21 06:41:53 2007 Subject: [CASA] Sign the Block G8 call References: <460103EF.1060909@riseup.net> Message-ID: <7AF3EBE8-9A3F-44DB-8366-A7E36B1F3516@sch0ll.de> > apols for x-posting > > from germany... > Everyone, > > The following text is the concept for mass blockades of the G8 > Summit in > Heiligendamm, produced by the "Block G8" network (www.block- > g8.org). The > network are looking for international groups, networks and > organisations > willing to sign up to the Block G8 Call for blockades (below). The > list of > groups in Germany and beyond who have already signed this call are > at the end > of this mail. The names of future signatories will be published on > our website > and in future publicity. If you would like your group`s name to be > included on > the English language Block G8 flyer which will be distributed > internationally > via the Rostock III Action Conference in April (see: > www.heiligendamm2007.de), > please let us know by March 31st at the latest. > > To sign up, please email info@block-g8.org > g8.org&thismailbox=INBOX%2Fblock');> > > > See you on the streets around Heiligendamm! > > ********************************************************************** > ********* > > > THE ?BLOCK G8? CAMPAIGN CONCEPT FOR A MASS BLOCKADE OF THE G8 > SUMMIT IN > HEILIGENDAMM > > On June 6 2007, we want to ? and will ? massively and effectively > blockade the > opening of the G8 Summit, the meeting of the heads of government of > the > world?s > 8 most powerful states, in Heiligendamm, near Rostock in Germany. > > With blockades of civil disobedience in which thousands of people from > different > political, social and cultural backgrounds can participate, we will > express a > unmistakable ?NO!? against the G8. A radical ?NO!? which cannot be > ignored. A > public, offensive and practical expression of the lack of > legitimacy of the G8 > and their policies of neoliberal, globalised capitalism; of wars; > of social > and > racist exclusion; and of environmental destruction. We will > actively disrupt > the > G8, occupying and blockading the streets required by the diplomats, > translators > and supply vehicles to reach Heiligendamm. We want to practically and > effectively stop the Summit and cut it off from its infrastructure. > > The central expression of our blockade will be to show that > thousands of > highly > diverse people have decided, together, to personally ? and with > their bodies ? > blockade the Summit. Many will announce their participation in the > blockade > publicly, showing their names and faces. Regardless of how and > where we arrive > at the camps and on the streets around Heiligendamm, we have a > common project: > One mass blockade with diverse cultural articulations. Those not > organised in > groups ? and without blockading experience ? will also be able to > participate > and receive the solidarity of others. There will be no limits to our > creativity. We see the connection between the functionality and > political > articulation of the mass blockade as important. The > ??berfl?ssigen? (i.e. ?The > Superfluous? ? a direct action group who have been visible in many > of the > social protests in Germany over the past few years) with their red > sweatshirts > and white face-masks have already announced their intended > presence, rebel > clowns will also be there, as will samba drummers. Colourful does > not mean > black, but black belongs to colourful. > > We come from the environmental and anti-nuclear movement; the > counter-globalisation networks and the radical left; from non- > violent action > groups and antifascist milieu; from political party and trade union > youth > organisations and church groups. We want to bring our diverse > blockading > experience at anti-nuclear waste (CASTOR) transports, anti-war > actions, nazi > demonstrations and previous summit protests together in > Heiligendamm ? as a > powerful and determined mass action with thousands of people and > the methods > of > civil disobedience. > > Our objective is to blockade. Therefore, we will overcome the police?s > barriers; > pushing them out of the way, going around them, or cannily flowing > through > them. > We will not allow ourselves to be stopped, distracted, or to get > embroiled in > the police?s possible strategy of escalation. Our objective is to > reach our > blockading destinations. Our protection is our concept of > diversity, mass > participation and desired (media and other) publicity. We need > sleeping bags > and everything required for 24 hours on the blockades. There are > lots of > people > who will simply sit down and blockade the street with their bodies. In > addition, > there are people who will remain standing, linking arms in chains > and using > foam > and balloons to protect their bodies. Some will push back against > those > attempting an eviction, to make it more difficult for them. All these > different > blockade forms will show solidarity with each other and will not > endanger one > another. We will remain together and hold our common position. > Through the > means of civil disobedience, we will resist by showing solidarity. > We do not > want to injure anyone. We will effectively and enduringly blockade > the Summit. > > GET INVOLVED WITH ?BLOCK G8? > > Register in your media and/or in a ?Declaration of Intent? that you > support > the > ?Block G8? campaign. Produce publicity for ?Block G8?, organise > events and > collect supporters. > > Build blockade groups locally and prepare for the Summit. Be > creative and > organise action trainings. The better prepared, the more effective the > blockade. > > If you are not sure if you will find the time to take part in the > blockades of > the G8 Summit, declare your solidarity with the actions of the > ?Block G8? > campaign and support us with a donation. > > The ?Block G8? campaign is one of many concepts for blockading the > G8 which we > support in their different action forms in different locations around > Heiligendamm. We will, therefore, share responsibility for co- > ordinating the > overall choreography of blockading activities. > > www.block-g8.org > info@block-g8.org g8.org&thismailbox=INBOX%2Fblock');> > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > THE CALL>>>>>>>>>> > > BLOCK G8 > MOVE. BLOCK. STAY. > At the beginning of June 2007, the heads of state and government of > the eight > largest economic powers will come together for the G8 Summit in > Heiligendamm > near Rostock.As an act of civil disobedience, we will blockade this > Summit. > Our > reason: The politics of the G8 stand for neoliberal, globalised > capitalism, > which dramatically increases the gap between the rich and poor > worldwide. With > the ?"Block G8" campaign, we say ?"No!"? and reject the legitimacy > of the G8! > > Different initiatives and movements are calling for resistance to > the Summit. > People from around the globe will articulate their protest through > a diverse > range of actions. The ?"Block G8" campaign is one part of this. > Take part in > the protest actions and take a stand against the politics of the G8! > > RESISTANCE AGAINST THE G8 ? FOR A GLOBALISATION FROM BELOW > In June 2007, the voice of the powerful will not be the only one to > be heard: > Tens of thousands of people from around the globe will gather to > demonstrate > against the G8 and to take action together. Almost every milieu of the > globalisation-critical movement have been called upon to protest. > The other > world will make its voice loud and clear and stand up for a > globalisation from > below: for equal rights; for political and cultural rights for all > human-beings; for the right to global freedom of movement; for the > responsible > use of natural resources worldwide; for the guaranteeing of public > spaces and > goods; and for global social justice. > > MASS AND LASTING BLOCKADES ? WE?VE COME, AND WE?RE HERE TO STAY! > The ?"Block G8"? campaign are organising blockades as an action of > civil > disobedience in which thousands of people from different political, > social and > cultural backgrounds can take part. Together, through these > actions, we > articulate a clear ?"No!"? towards the G8. In doing so, however, we > will not > only demonstrate; we will actively block the G8 and the access > roads to the > conference centre over which the staff of diplomats, translators > and service > providers need to pass in order to get to Heiligendamm. We will not > leave > these > access roads voluntarily, because our action is not intended to remain > symbolic. > We want to actually and effectively block the G8 Summit and cut it > off from > its > infrastructure: We've come, and we're here to stay! > > During the actions, we want to create a situation which is > transparent for all > the blockaders and in which the participants in the action show > solidarity by > taking care and supporting each other. Everybody needs to take > responsibility > for the success of powerful and decided blockades and mutually > respect the > borders and the protest cultures of all the participants. Potential > police > brutality, for example during the eviction of a blockade, has to be > resisted, > together, by showing solidarity and using the methods of civil > disobedience. > > TOGETHER AGAINST THE G8 SUMMIT > Behind the concept of the mass blockades there are groups, > organisations and > individuals belonging to: the environmental and anti-nuclear > movement; the > globalisation-critical networks and the radical left; from non- > violent action > and autonomous antifascist groups; from the youth-wing of political > parties > and > trade unions, as well as church groups. We bring diverse blockade > experiences > with us: from the anti-nuclear waste (CASTOR) transports in the > Wendland (in > North Germany), from the successful blockades of neo-nazi marches > in Berlin, > Kiel and Leipzig, from the ?"Resist" campaign against the Iraq war, > and from > the protests against previous G8 summits. > > The ?"Block G8" campaign understands itself as a part of a broad > societal > resistance against the G8. The mass blockades, therefore, will fit > in with the > other actions and demonstrations and be agreed upon with other > groups and > initiatives. > Our actions build on the summit protests of previous years. In 1999 > at the > protests against the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in Seattle it was > possible, > for the first time, through mass blockades and other actions, to > delay the > conference's opening ceremony for hours ?- an event which resonated > throughout > the world and marked the arrival of the globalisation-critical > movement. With > the actions in Seattle, the first cracks in the project of neoliberal > globalisation were shown. Let's enlarge these cracks together in > Heiligendamm! > > EVERYONE CAN TAKE PART! THERE ARE DIFFERENT POSSIBILITIES: > Declare your participation in the ?"Block G8" campaign. Already, > ahead of the > Summit, we want to generate pressure against the G8 through > thousands of > declarations of intent. We want thousands of people to declare, as > far as > possible, that they will take part in the blockades in June 2007. > State your solidarity. If you already know that you cannot go to > Heiligendamm, > express your solidarity with the blockaders by signing this > declaration of > solidarity. > Form local groups and prepare, together, for blockades in > Heiligendamm. The > success of the blockades depend, amongst other things, on well- > prepared groups > and individuals. We offer trainings for action groups. Get in touch. > Organise events near you. We will happily come and explain about > the G8, to > report on the idea behind the ?"Block G8" campaign, to give an > impression of > the state of preparations and the possibility for taking part in > actions. > > > MORE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT: WWW.BLOCK-G8.ORG > > > > THE G8 SUMMITS ARE A SYMBOL. They serve those in government as a > demonstration > of their power. Their news reports: There is no alternative to the > new world > order. With our action, we want to clearly reject the apparent lack of > alternatives. > > AT THE G8 SUMMIT, POLITICS ARE CONCRETELY MADE AND COORDINATED; a > politics in > which the interests of big business and financial investors are > central. > Around > the globe, the dramatic division between the rich and the poor is > worsened; > accompanied by the widespread dismantling of social and democratic > rights. > When > the G8 talk about debt relief and aid programmes for the poor, they > remain > silent about the fact that hunger, poverty and indebtedness are the > result of > neoliberal, globalised capitalism. The politics of the G8 lead to > the unabated > destruction of the basic requirements for human life, secures the > access of a > few states to the majority of resources, and is ultimately imposed > through > wars. > > THE G8 IS AN INSTITUTION WITHOUT LEGITIMACY. It is a Club of the > governments > of > only eight states which arrogates to make decisions that affect the > lived > realities of people around the world. It is not about different > policies being > formulated at the G8 summits; far more it is about calling into > question and > rejecting the legitimacy of the G8 and its politics in general. > > > SUPPORT US WITH A DONATION > > Preparing and seeing through blockades costs a lot of money: The > printing of > this flyer and other materials, action trainings, office costs, > infrastructure > during the actions and much more? Whether 5, 10, 25, 50 Euros or > (gladly) more > ? every donation helps us to say, together with you, ?"No!"? to the > G8. > > ACCOUNT FOR DONATIONS > Account Name: Block G8 > Account No.: 400 870 0801 > Sort Code (BLZ): 430 609 67 > Bank Name: GLS Gemeinschaftsbank > > > THE ?BLOCK G8? CAMPAIGN ARE: > X-tausendmal quer [Anti-nuclear civil disobedience network] > IG Metal (Trade Union) Youth Dessau > AVANTI - Project for an undogmatic left > BUKO - Federal Coordination for Internationalism > Antifascist Left Berlin > BASTA! Left Youth L?beck > BUNDjugend [Youth Federation for the Protection of Nature and the > Environment] > AKU Wiesbaden [Environmental Working Group Wiesbaden] > Fant?mas magazine editors > IG Metal (Trade Union) Youth Halle > Antifa-KOK D?sseldorf and Area > M?nster Institute for Theology and Politics > Green Party Youth Federal Steering Committee > Radical Left N?rnberg > Interventionist Left > IG Metal Youth Berlin > ['solid] - the socialist youth > Antifascist Left International G?ttingen > Workshop for Non-violent Action Baden > Activists from attac > Junge Linke.PDS Sachsen [Left Party.PDS (Youth) Sachsen] > Pax Christi - Commission for Global Economy, Ecology and Social > Justice > Kairos Europa > FelS (F?r eine linke Str?mung) Berlin [FelS (For a leftwing > Current) Berlin] > Organisierte Linke Karlsruhe [Organised Left Karlsruhe] > Vereinte Linke Laustiz [United Left Lausitz] > Anti-G8 Plattform M?nchen [Anti-G8 Platform Munich] > AK Interntationalismus M?nchen > Freitagskafe M?nchen > solid.org ? Organisierung linker Basisgruppen [solid.org ? > Organisation of > leftwing grassroots groups] > Gipfelsoli Infogruppe [Summit Solidarity Info Group] > Sozialistische Jugend ? die Falken LV Berlin [Socialist Youth ? the > Falken > Berlin] > IG BAU ? Ortsverband Hamburg-Nord [Industrial Trade Union for > Construction, > Agriculture and Environment ? Hamburg North, Local Union] > Widerstandsgruppe Worms-Wonnengau (WWW) [Resistance Group Worms- > Wonnengau > (WWW)] > [?solid] Nidersachsen > Autonome Jugendantifa N?rnberg (AJA) [Autonomous Youth Antifa > N?rnberg (AJA)] > IG Metall (Trade Union) Youth Erfurt > Antifa-Soest > Social Forum Saar > Pax Christi Trier > Ecumenical Network Rhein-Mosel-Saar > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > CONTACT > Kampagne Block G8 > Nernstweg 32 > 22765 Hamburg > Germany > > info@block-g8.org g8.org&thismailbox=INBOX%2Fblock');> > www.block-g8.org > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > What kind of emailer are you? Find out today - get a free analysis > of your email personality. Take the quiz at the Yahoo! Mail > Championship championships/quiz/*http://uk.rd.yahoo.com/evt=44106/*http:// > mail.yahoo.net/uk/>.