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Anti-G8 Meeting in Leeds

Anti-G8 | 14.01.2005 19:05 | G8 2005 | Globalisation | Social Struggles

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.


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

Anti-G8

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stuck in hell *ahem* hull

01.02.2005 05:39

anyone know of anything resembling media-activism in hull? i'm studying here for the next 2 1/2 years and it's not exactly the same as living in east london! i dont really fancy having to make leeds/bradford/shefield my local base, as they all involve hefty trainfares and journey times..... i have seen old fly-posters for RTS events, but cant get in touch with the organisers.... any help much appreciated!

please get in touch at  paul_rush_1@hotmail.com

dissident_p
mail e-mail: paul_rush_1@hotmail.com


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