Resisting the G8 summit 2005: meeting 7.30 pm Thursday 20th January, The Adelphi pub, 1-5 Hunslet rd, Leeds.
Following the well attended meeting on the same topic in November this meeting has been called to continue discussing what people in Leeds can do to oppose the G8 Summit in Scotland this summer.
Following the well attended meeting on the same topic in November this meeting has been called to continue discussing what people in Leeds can do to oppose the G8 Summit in Scotland this summer.
The G8 are the rulers of eight of the worlds most powerful nations. In 1990, the G8 held its meeting in London. It passed by quietly. There
were no protests.
Eight years later, 400 social movements from around the world - under
the banner of Peoples' Global Action (PGA) - coordinated local
resistance to global problems. In the UK 50,000 people came together
to resist the G8 who were meeting in Birmingham.
From there spectacular acts of disobedience and direct action have
taken place around international summits: in Seattle, Prague, Genoa,
Evian, Cancun and elsewhere. These mobilisations have had enormous
repercussions, creating lasting connections and a sense of global
solidarity between previously fragmented local struggles. A global
'movement of movements', which is historically unprecedented in many
respects, has emerged at a phenomenal speed.
In 2005, the G8 returns to the UK.
How can this movement develop, growing in strength, numbers and
potential? How will we 'greet' the G8 when they meet between the 6 and 8th July 2005, in Gleneagles Hotel, Perthshire, Scotland
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