[Bloquez l'empire!] 17 April : Showdown in Germany: Resistance to the G8 Continues

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Showdown in Germany: Resistance to the G8 Continues
Montreal Stop of Canadian Info-Tour

Presentation by
Kriss Sol, Amsterdam-based organizer
with the Netherlands branch of the Dissent! Network of Resistance

Tuesday, 17 April, 7pm
DIRA, 2035 St. Laurent Blvd., 3rd floor (St. Laurent metro)

Presentation in English. Whisper translation to French.

Although the North American "anti-globalization" movement was displaced
by post-September 11 agendas, the movement in Europe
has continued to evolve and gain momentum.

Kriss Sol is an Amsterdam-based organizer with the Netherlands
component of the "Dissent! Network of Resistance". He will be in Montreal as
part of an info-tour
about the G8 summit taking place in Germany this summer. Kriss will provide
an analysis of the issues, give an overview of
the mobilization against the G8 that is taking place across Europe, and lead
a discussion about the importance of the European movement to North American
organizers. Kriss will also show some short films made for this summer's
anti-G8 mobilization.

RESISTANCE TO THIS SUMMER'S G-8 SUMMIT IN GERMANY

This year, during the first week of June, the G8 leaders will meet in the
German resort of Heiligendamm, close to Rostock. To guarantee the security
of their meeting, the superpowers will surround the resort with a 2-meter
tall and 13-kilometer long security fence. The base of
the fence will be sunk 1 meter deep into the ground. In total, they will
invest 12.5 million Euros in barbed wire and cement.

In the face of capitalism's politics of enclosure, European activists
will draw upon all they've learned since Genoa in order to throw a wrench
in the gears. Combining mass anti-summit initiatives with tactical mobility
and decentralization, the planned actions promise to address the
shortcomings of previous anti-summit protests and to raise the bar for
coordinated resistance.

More information about Dissent Network:
http://dissentnetzwerk.org/node/73

More information about the Montreal stop in the info-tour:
mfoster at web.ca, tel. 514 222 0205

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