It's a bit depressing to compare the German and Brit offerings on A20 protests. Why is this, do you think? Section 60? Nah, the Germans have it just as bad, if not worse...

Perhaps there was a good episode of eastenders or some such crap on at the time?

Or perhaps we really are dead in Blighted already...?

There were many actions in Germany, because there are still quite a lot of germans in Italian prisons. If not, the situation here might have been similar.

The planning for the London protest was a bit rushed, which was one of the main reasons for the numbers. The next global day of action is October 20th, which is the samday as the Anarchist Bookfair. Perhaps if we start thinking about it now we can somehow bring the two events together and get maximum attendance for both... Any ideas?

A movement which does not support its internees is a sham movement.

people shoudn't get downhearted. We gathered to occupy the Italian Consulate ( One tiny room, with one women - right next to the main police-station in Birkenhead)Only 8 of us turned up ( Although the showing of Injustice the previous saturday attrcacted around 300 people). We went to the conculate and it was closed for two weeks for summer break.

We then had a protest in the main street in Liverpool 12 noon until 2.30 - about 15 of us in the end, dished out aver 2000 leaflets about Genoa and the imprisoned, got a great response - spoke to loads of people. Which is important - we didn't see a single leaflet thrown away.

One of our main jobs here I think - is to let people know who the IMF, WTO etc are and what effect they are having on our lives etc - a sort of localise what people only think of globilise.

Anyway keep up the struggle.
Solidarity
Dazza

Dazza sez 'One of our main jobs here I think - is to let people know who the IMF, WTO etc are and what effect they are having on our lives etc - a sort of localise what people only think of globilise. '

Right!

Communicate - above all communicate. Keep finding new ways to jog people's consciences. Appeal to the meek and frightened to help themselves to fair-traded goods and food by giving them lists of who not to buy (like Northern Foods!) from and getting them on to organic box schemes and the like - permaculture... Change over their electricity suppliers to unit[e] -  http://www.unit-e.co.uk/unite.htm and get out from under lunatic corporations - use the phone co-op and save money as well - the unglamorous underside route towards direct democracy - for everyone, not just the brave front line. It all helps towards another possible world for the Global Justice movement.

I still don't think there's any way to 'win' through violence - immense passive pressure and ya basta tactics right in the boardrooms is where we should be going now, IMO. The alternative leads slowly but surely towards a cinder world of slag and radiation - not what we're striving for, surely?