r u planning any meet ups/actions in the near future?

Totally agree with your analysis of the appalling gentrification of the 'Tyne Gorge' . It's made the glorios riverside one huge boozarama, and the £1/2 million flats are just an insult in an area where a usual living wage is around £10k pa.

Have you got an email list or bulletin board for this stuff? Would very much like to get involved.

G8 in Geordieland ? BRING IT ON!!

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Didnt know there were actually some decent people up here in the north east!
can we get involved? we have just set up our group so only have a few people at the moment. we'd like to get involved with any organising or whatever, so please drop us a line at the email adress.

Any young @ists in the area, please contact us as well!

Peace and Solidarity, North east AYN

To be honest after genoa I doubt they will be having the G8 in any large costal cities with a long militant tradition.

Nice to get feedback so fast!

I want to emphasize that this IS only a rumour, started over a year ago by Tony Flynn, bearded pornstar pin-up of Newcastle council. It was part of a list of things that were going to be hosted in Newcastle-Gateshead, along with European capital of culture. So he's full of shit, but then the rumour was recently repeated in the local press when we learnt that the capital of culture bid failed. It probably originated from the council again. If anyone can put the rumour to rights, please do!

The point is that even in quiet old Newcastle, the idea of the G8 coming to town got loads of people riled up, as the responses to this comment further demonstrate!

Networking in the North East? There's the local newsletter 'Think Globally Act Locally', available for stamps from PO Box 1TA, NE99 1TA. There's the weekly email listing local and national events to get involved with, free from  NorthEastCampaignEvent@yahoogroups.com
That lists the meet-ups of various local groups, including: Tues 23 September
Why Don't You - A new gathering of people who want to take direct action to
stop injustice in creative, fun and effective ways. For more information,
contact  whydontyou@post.com or look at www.sidecinema.com/whydontyou.htm

There's also some people setting up a Newcastle indymedia - anyone know details? The old TAPP webpage at  http://www.sandyford.techie.org.uk/subvert1.htm is very out of date, so we could do with a new one.

Organising against the 2005 G8 is only just beginning, the session at the bookfair is as good a place to go as any. Until the location is leaked, I don't think we can organise much specifically in the North East. But we CAN organise for OTHER THINGS. Capitalism doesn't just come to town for one day. So any ideas? More training like that in the picture? An event to bring groups together?

I know of about twenty individuals from Tyneside going to DSEI tomorrow ( Tuesday 9th - Wednesday 10th Sept ), and that's only the ones I know about! ( contact me fast with your phone details if you want a lift down, and I'll pass them on ). Things are being organised like that - as individuals, not as a group - and I am not claiming to be some kind of 'leader' of newcastle resistance. When direct action works, it works in a decentralised way, and that's how it's going to work to cripple the G8. Whichever part of the UK it goes to.

anyone know how serious this possibility is? if they come i guarantee they'll be met by full on resistance

The G8 session at the bookfair, will be for anyone interested in decentralised organising against the G8 using the PGA hallmarks.

If you wish to help mobolise against the G8 without a centralised orgainising committee, or a centralised plan of action, please come along