Public Forum: Showdown in Germany: Resistance to the G8 Continues
Thursday, April 19

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

This year, during the first week of June, the G8 leaders will meet for a nice cup of tea 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 the 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.

What can North American activists learn from the European experience?

Join an Amsterdam-based organizer with the Netherlands component of the "Dissent! Network of Resistance" as he provides:

- An overview of the anti-G8 mobilization

- An analysis of the issues confronting activists, and

- A summary of the lessons that North American organizers
can learn from the European situation.

Thursday, April 19 | 7:00 pm | 519 Community Centre (Church + Wellesley)

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