This July, the G8 — the heads of state of the world’s most powerful countries — will be meeting in Gleneagles, Scotland. Whilst Blair’s government talks of tackling climate change, it’s imposing a huge new road-building programme, and massive airport expansions. While G8 leaders talk of relieving poverty in the global south, they uphold a financial system that creates global famine, military repression and social and environmental breakdown.
Here in Leeds many of us have joined dozens of other grassroots autonomous groups to create the Dissent! anti-capitalist network. One of the projects of this network has been The Common Place social centre, another is on Saturday 14 May when we’re holding an open day to galvanise radical resistance to the G8 Summit here in Leeds. It’s a chance to meet people, learn skills, share information, plan,
party, and get inspired about protests around the Summit.
Click on "read more" to view the full events timetable & to download the flier.
Here in Leeds many of us have joined dozens of other grassroots autonomous groups to create the Dissent! anti-capitalist network. One of the projects of this network has been The Common Place social centre, another is on Saturday 14 May when we’re holding an open day to galvanise radical resistance to the G8 Summit here in Leeds. It’s a chance to meet people, learn skills, share information, plan,
party, and get inspired about protests around the Summit.
Click on "read more" to view the full events timetable & to download the flier.
leeds day of dissent
TIMETABLE
FRIDAY 13 MAY
8–12pm Benefit for Dissent! Bands including Leeds’
10,000 Things...
SATURDAY 14 MAY
10.30am Welcome Housekeeping and coffee.
11.00am What is the G8? Why resist the G8? Background
to politics in Scotland
11.30am What is planned for July? Introduction to action
plans and the ‘convergence spaces’
12.00pm What are people from Leeds doing/planning?
eg talk of moving The Common Place to the convergence zone,
blockades, working together beyond the G8
1.00pm Lunch
2.00pm Parallel workshops
— Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army
(CIRCA) boot-camp
— direct action training,including role plays
— find out more about climate change and trade/ debt from T.R.A.P.E.S.E.
3.30pm Coffee/tea
4.00pm Making it happen: action groups Time to get it
together on things like, transport to Scotland, food, publicity and pre-G8 actions
5.00pm Make sure everyone knows what’s planned, how to be
involved, who’s doing what
6.00pm Dissent! banquet
7.30pm Schnews show The weekly direct action news-sheet
tour comes to Leeds.
9.00pm Benefit for Dissent! Bands, DJs & chaos until late
FRIDAY 13 MAY
8–12pm Benefit for Dissent! Bands including Leeds’
10,000 Things...
SATURDAY 14 MAY
10.30am Welcome Housekeeping and coffee.
11.00am What is the G8? Why resist the G8? Background
to politics in Scotland
11.30am What is planned for July? Introduction to action
plans and the ‘convergence spaces’
12.00pm What are people from Leeds doing/planning?
eg talk of moving The Common Place to the convergence zone,
blockades, working together beyond the G8
1.00pm Lunch
2.00pm Parallel workshops
— Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army
(CIRCA) boot-camp
— direct action training,including role plays
— find out more about climate change and trade/ debt from T.R.A.P.E.S.E.
3.30pm Coffee/tea
4.00pm Making it happen: action groups Time to get it
together on things like, transport to Scotland, food, publicity and pre-G8 actions
5.00pm Make sure everyone knows what’s planned, how to be
involved, who’s doing what
6.00pm Dissent! banquet
7.30pm Schnews show The weekly direct action news-sheet
tour comes to Leeds.
9.00pm Benefit for Dissent! Bands, DJs & chaos until late
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