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Get ready to support anti-G8 prisoners in Scotland

ABC Brighton | 22.06.2005 11:21 | G8 2005 | Globalisation | Repression | Social Struggles

Get ready to support anti-G8 prisoners in Scotland

The G8 summit will be held in Scotland from the 6th to the 8th July, and, of course, it will be resisted and protested against by a wide range of people, with demonstrations and actions planned from the 2nd to the 8th. That resistance is very likely to involve some people being arrested and imprisoned, and we feel it is important that we prepare for this before it happens, and act against it when it does. For this reason, we are calling for groups, individuals and movements to both prepare solidarity actions and get ready to support prisoners.

Supporting prisoners needs funds- perhaps a fund raising event could be organised? How about information events, letter writing groups?

Solidarity actions or demonstrations may need a little planning, so why not find out where British embassies, consulates, corporations etc. are based near you?

Of course, these are just a few suggestions, and it's up to everyone to imagine for themselves how they want to act in solidarity with any prisoners.But we feel that if our solidarity is to be real, effective, and immediate, then we all need to start making plans, and that sooner is better than later!


(For more information, please mail us- brightonabc[at]yahoo.co.uk
Also, see the site of the G8 legal support group at-  http://www.g8legalsupport.info/)

ABC Brighton, UK

(website: www.brightonabc.org.uk
email: brightonabc[at]yahoo.co.uk)

For a calendar of events see  http://www.resistg8.org.uk/

For more information on mobilisation against the G8 see
www.dissent.org.uk

ABC Brighton
- e-mail: brightonabc[at]yahoo.co.uk
- Homepage: http://www.brightonabc.org.uk

Comments

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Yet another

22.06.2005 12:02

Another call for "funds" !

Capitalist Watcher


Burn the State, Burn the Jails and Judges

22.06.2005 14:07

Don't forget those people locked down for fighting for a better world

anarchist


Yet another clueless fool

22.06.2005 14:19

Capitalist Watcher. For an extensive list of capitalists to watch, check out corporatewatch.org

If you have a problem with anarchists collecting funds for bail/fines for those amongst us unlucky enough to be banged up by The State, then you are a TERMINAL FOOL!

Respect to Brighton ABC for thinking ahead.

Foolwatcher

foolwatcher


trolls are great!

22.06.2005 17:19

this fella don't even seem to know what capitalism is, i.e. employing others for profit. I suppose once you know what capitalism is rather than just having some vague notion of 'freedom/democracy/there is no alternative/revolution = tyranny' bouncing round you head then its pretty hard to justify.

Good call ABC!

rentier-general


response - Why to fuck the G8 fascists

23.06.2005 19:11

What is Capitalist watcher going to be doing in Edinburgh. Will he be on the frontlines or working from within the Gleneagles hotel? Maybe arrest someone?

To be clear, the G8 has nothing to do with alleviating poverty or stopping climate chaos being as it was formed by and is run by people with oil interests. At least 2 of the leaders have and do own oil compaines ( Bush, Martin ) , the rest having invested intersts ( Putin was put up for president by a cabal of corporate men with oil and gas interests) Blair has employed and is friends with loads of BP executives ( Browne, Simon, Butler, Morgan ) and also ex -Shell man and Argetina looting company HSBC man Mark moody Stuart ( in charge of renewebales! ). Several of the leaders should be charged with war crimes ( Bush, Berlusconi, Blair ), several have been on corruption/fraud charges ( Martin, Chirac, Berlusconi ( co-defendent with Tessa Jowell's husband!) appears to be a traditional fascist while the others seem to be part of the New Fascism proscribed by the Project for A New American Century, And as for pollution and exploitation of Africa ( inc Nigeria, Angola, Sudan ) and arms dealing lets look to those same comapnies helped by the World Bank and the so-called Development Banks all run by the memebers-only club known as the G8.

The only resistance is to smash the media hype, the naive reformism, and to shut the whole bloody thing down.

This may mean people with strong ethical beliefs will get arrested by the Gelneagles Gestapo.

ABC do a good job and could hardly be described as capitalists.

So, what are you go to do then?

Are you just going to let them get away with global murder?

Mark rpen


.

23.06.2005 19:14

Oh and long live the spirit of Albert!
:-)

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