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- Overview about the mobilization against the G8-Summit in Germany 2007
- Police Say G8 Opponents Behind Attack on German Politician
- Protesters Carry Out Series of Attacks Ahead of G8 Summit
- Dissent!-night in BXL / 14th of January / 4 pm
- Soiree-Dissent! à BXL
- Dissent!-soiree in BXL
- G8-Polizei in Containern
- Attac: Anti-G8-Konzert in Rostock ohne große Stars
- G8-Vorsitz - Geldof betet für Merkel

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Smash G8 in Germany 2007
Overview about the mobilization against the G8-Summit in Germany 2007

:: INTRODUCTION
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>From 4th to 7th of June 2007 the G8-Summit in Heiligendamm, in the proximity of
Rostock, in Germany takes place. Also the mobilization of the Leftwing against
the G8-Summit already runs on full speed. Different alliances are
founded,several nationwide meetings did take place, also with international
participation and an approximate plan of action for the protests is already
fixed. Already now there are numerous actions, which mobilize to the events of
protest against the G8-summit. Because of the 100.000 expected demonstrators at
the Main Manifestation in the Rostock City at 2nd of June 2007 the policeforces
are preparing since some time their operation and security plan for the whole
region and for Rostock. Here comes an overview over the conditions of the
mobilization.

:: THE BEGINNING
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In October 2005 the first large meetings were held for the preparation of the
Anti-G8-Proteste, among other meetings, there has been working groups at the
European Social Forum or the first radical left-wing Dissent!-meeting in
Hamburg/North Germany. Afterwards further meetings of the Dissent!-Network has
been held in Berlin and other cities and later the nation-wide meetings of the
so called "Action-Conference" initiated by the Interventionist Left with
participation from ATTAC and some NGO's in Rostock. Apart from these spectra at
the same time the "Anti G8 Alliance for a Revolutionary Perspective" has been
founded, an alliance which participates like other groups in both of the
meetings - the Dissent!-Network meetings and in the Action Conference. Apart
from the nation-wide alliances also local Anti-G8-Groups and local allicances
has been founded in many cities, which are/feel associated in one or other way
with one of the nationwide allicances.

:: ABOUT THE DIFFERENT PROTEST-ALLIANCES
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At the first nation-wide meetings the different nation-wide wide
alliances/currents of the Anti-G8-mobilization solidified:

• ANTI G8 ALLIANCE FOR A REVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE
[ http://www.antig8.tk/home_en.php - nationwide allicance ]

The "Anti G8 Alliance for a Revolutionary Perspective" is a alliance of
different radical left-wing groups, of anarchists, trotzkists, communists and
autonomous groups with internationalist orientation. Also with the slogan "Stop
G8. Imperialism. Capitalism. War." the alliance wants to organize a clear
anti-capitalist and internationalist as well as anti-imperialist mobilization
against the G8 summit in Heiligendamm/Rostock. The alliance campaigns for one
big manifestation of all leftwing people in the city of Rostock as well as for
a leftradical and clearly anticapitalist and internationalist as well as
antiimperialist bloc. The alliance is in coordination with other alliances and
groups, which also wants a radical left-wing, anticapitalist and
internationalist orientation of the protests, like for example with groups from
switzerland [ http://www.aufbau.org/images/stories/flyer/wef-g8-12.01.06.jpg ]
or the Anti G8 Alliance against Imperialism and Fascism [
http://www.g8versenken.de ] or the Antiimperialist Current of the European
Social Forum (turkish groups, basque groups, etc.).

• DISSENT! NETWORK
[ https://dissentnetzwerk.org/node/49 - nationwide network ]
[ https://hamburg.dissentnetzwerk.org/MainEnglish/HomePage - Dissent! Hamburg ]

The "Dissent! Network" had a difficult developing phase in the first meetings,
in which has been discussed, how to decide and which forms one could develop
for an anti-hierachical organization and deciding-form but with a possibility
to organize effectively a mobilization against the G8. In the Dissent! Spectrum
different radical left-wing, anarchist as well as autonomous groups and
different local connections are associated. Among other things the Dissent!
Network organized the first large meetings of the Anti-G8-Preparation and the
first Anti-G8-Camp [ http://camp06.dissentnetwork.org/Main_Page ] in the region
where the G8-Gipfel will take place. The Dissent! Network wants to organize
Convergence Centers and Anti-G8-Camps and calls to decentralized blockade
actions. The framework of the Network is very broad in the meaning of action
forms and the topics of leftradical protest, some topics among others are:
Migration, the protest against the Military Place "Bombodrom" in the region or
e.g. the idea of the Dissent!-Group from Hamburg to organize a radical
left-wing internationalist congress on the day of the large demonstration at
2nd of June and the day after.

• INTERVENTIONIST LEFT
[ http://cms.g8-2007.de/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8&Itemid=21 -
nationwide alliance ]

The Interventionist Left is a nationwide alliance of anti-fascist groups and
internationalists, and they stand for a broad co-operation of a broad left like
with Attac, church-activists and different progressive NGO`s as well as with
Working Groups from the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS). Contentwise this
composition was reflected above all also at the nationwide Action-Conferences [
http://www.heiligendamm2007.de/ ] in Rostock, organized by the Interventionist
Left in co-operation with Attac, NGOs and the Party of Democratic Socialism
(PDS), to which came up 300 or 400 delegated Members of the diverse currents of
the left of germany as well es from different NGO`s. At this conferences and in
the apron of this conferences most of the action plan - the "action
choreographie" how it was called there - for June 2007 is already negotiated.
The Interventionist Left also calls for blockades around the location of the
G8-summit in Heiligendamm.

• LABOUR UNIONS / PARTIES
[ http://www.linkspartei-berlin.de/nc/politik/aktuell/ - Party of Democratic
Socialism (PDS) ]
[ http://www.dgb-jugend.de/UNIQ116754852305525/doc1103679A.html - Youth of the
labour union DGB ]
[ http://www.gruene-jugend.de/suchen/320432.html?searchshow=g8 - Green
Alternative Youth ]

>From the labour unions its above all the union youth who wants to take part also
in the Protests of the Anti-G8-activists as well at the Main Manifestation in
Rostock City and at blockades in the region. They will also organize a union
youth camp near Rostock. From the parties like the Green Party or the Party of
Democratic Socialism (PDS) there will be different protest participation, too,
but almost with reformist orientation. Within the Party of Democratic Socialism
there are different groups of interests, which depends from Generation or
orientation toward participation in local governments. The PDS will also call
to all planed protest actions, in some parts it will be the PDS who can
negotiate with the local administration for large meeting areas and it`s this
party who has the possibility to spend more many for the
protest-infrastructure.

• ATTAC / NGO-PLATFORM / CHURCHES
[ http://www.attac.de/heiligendamm07 - globalisation-critical Organisation ]
[ http://www.g8-germany.info/deutsch/index.htm - NGO-Platform ]
[ http://www.deine-stimme-gegen-armut.de/ - "Your Voice against Poverty" ]

The main focus in the mobilization by Attac as well as by the NGO platform is
among other things the planned Counter-Summit/Alternative Summit in Rostock,
the days after the main large demonstration will take place, with different
globalization-critical contents. Topics how Disencumberment, gene patents, etc.
will play a large role. The NGOs stands for a rather reformist orientation, in
their understanding of protests they want to organize "citizen-friendly"
manifestations. Like during the anti-g8-protests in Glenneagles their will be a
Gelldorf-Initiative with a big concert from "Your Voice against Poverty" during
the G8-Summit in the region, with the prominent german rock-folk-singer
"Grönemeyer".

:: DISCUSSION OF THEORIE AND PRAXIS AGAINST G8
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-- > DIFFERENT DISCUSSION PAPERS AND CALLS OF THE DIFFERENT CURRENTS:
- Anti G8 Allicance for a revolutionary Perspektive / Stop G8. Imperialism.
Capitalism. War: http://www.antig8.tk/aufruf_en.php
- 11.November Bewegung / Block Germany! ANSWER to "22nd Ocober collective":
https://dissentnetzwerk.org/node/105
- The 22nd october collective / Towards an inventive strategy for attacking and
blocking summits: https://dissentnetzwerk.org/node/107
- Anti-G8 Action Conference: decicions are made from a small group:
http://www.antig8.tk/home_en.php?subaction=showfull&id=1165425463&archive=&start_from=&ucat=14&
- Anti-G8 Action Conference Invitation:
http://cms.g8-2007.de/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15
- NoG8 Kiel | Dissent! Puff Away the G8-summit!:
https://dissentnetzwerk.org/node/261
-NoLager Bremen and other antirassist groups / Global Freedom of Movement and
Equal Rights for All:
http://cms.g8-2007.de/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17&Itemid=21
- Interventionist Left / News from the Red Planet:
http://cms.g8-2007.de/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8&Itemid=21
- BLOCK THE BOMBODROME AND 2007 G-8!:
http://www.gipfelsoli.org/Inhalt+Theorie/FROM_THE_HEATHLAND_TO_THE_BEACH.html
- Antiracist Perspectives in regard to G-8 Summit 2007 / NoLager:
http://www.gipfelsoli.org/Inhalt+Theorie/Autonomous_rear_Entrances.html
- Action Conference Rostock / Small Overview:
http://www.heiligendamm2007.de/index_en.html
- A global call written at anti-G8 "Camp Inski / Dissent!:
http://www.nadir.org/nadir/initiativ/agp/g82007/

---- LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT WEBSITES FOR MORE ENGLISH NEWS AND INFORMATION

The differentiation into different alliances - from radical left-wing to
reformist - points out the different discussion lines, which has been discussed
in the different nationwide meetings of Dissent!, but which did come more
clearly and more conflictive to surface at the nationwide meetings of the
Action-Conferences in Rostock.

While during the first Dissent! meetings the discussions mostly concerned
matters of the acclamation modus and in some working groups also ended in
constructive disccussions about the orientation of the leftradical mobilization
- for example point of views about a clear stand against capitalism and
imperialism versus focused mobilization for different topics like migration,
the bombodrome in the region and about the term "internationalism" or the
relation towards liberation movements or against war, in the Rostock meetings
fundamental discrepancies in the howto of the practical mobilization showed up.
In the discussions of Dissent!-Network practically came out, that the Network
will be a Mobilization Network of the different radical leftwing or anarchist
currents who will mobilize in the context of Dissent! to different topics -
like Migration, Anti-War, gene patents - in reference to each other. Main
Activities will bei decentralized Blockades, Camps or Manifestations.

The discussions, working groups and plena of the Action Conference in Rostock
did show, that there are many discrepances between the mobilization and
activity concepts from the different currents, discrepances which not all will
be solved until the actiondays in June 2007. Also there will be no possibility
for a collective Slogan of the whole left movement together with the NGOs in
Germany.

The range of the differences reaches from clearly anticapitalist and
internationalst orientation (Anti G8 Alliance for a Revolutionary Perspektive)
to fundamental reformist so-called "globalisation-critical" point of views. In
the discussion about the Slogan " For Global Rights" from antirassist groups
and some autonomous also differences in the general orientation against the
G8-Summit became clear. While parts of the leftradical groups (Anti G8 Alliance
and parts from Dissent!) stand for a clear radical opositional attitude against
the G8-Summit and for the propaganda of the possibility of massive disturbance
of the G8-Summit, parts of the radical left like from Interventionist Left and
some parts of Dissent! want to make many concessions for ATTAC or the NGO's to
force these reformist organisations to participate in the street protests.
Whether this this concept will gain success is really questionably, because the
top management of ATTAC and the majority of the NGO`s already are fixed in their
main orientation for the Alternative Summit or "Counter-Summit" which will be
parallel to all the street-protests, and Attac like the NGO`s are not
favourisating one big common manifestation in the city from Rostock, the want a
march from different start-points outside from Rostock.

In this discussion about the main demonstration what is planned for 2nd of June
2007 in Rostock before the G8-Summit and before the Counter Summit at the
Weekend at Saturday the differences in the practical orientation became clear.
While for example the Anti G8 Alliance for a revolutionary Perspektive argued
for one big manifestation of all protesters in the city of Rostock near the
railway station, the NGOs and other reformists favourised many different start
points and a end-manifastation point outside the city center of Rostock in an
area of instustry and motorway.
A big manifestation where all can march together would be better because all
currents could represent themselves equaly and all the visitors from the
different currents from other countries can participate visible in the major
event in the protest-choreographie.

But parts from the NGO`s and ATTAC are frightened about the possibility at a
central manifestation of all protesters alltogether with the people from other
countries, that the obligations from the police like the famous german police
obligation not to have a side-banner at the demonstration, couln't be handled
or in worther case that there will be disturbance in the city center.

Other discrepances exists in the orientation of the Counter Summit or
Alternative Summit, which until now alsmost only will be prepared by ATTAC and
some NGOs. While at the last Dissent!-Meetings the discussions about the
counter summit ended in clear consens not to organize such events parallel to
the street-protests, action-day and blockades for not to seperate the
protest-movement in June, it became clear that Attac & Co will go on in
organizing it parallel to these protest activities and that the counter summit
shell take place during the week and not at the weekand, parallel to the
official summit, with almost reformist topics.
Because there only is planned a concert in the end of the mass manifestation at
Saturday, the 2nd of June 2007, parts of Dissent! - e.G. the Dissent!-group
from Hamburg are planing a leftradical internationalist Conference at this day
and also at Sunday (see timetable below) to open a space for a fundamental
delegitimation of the G8-summit and to open a space and forum to all our
foreign Guests from the different countries, which not all can stay all the
following days in the region in north-east-germany.

While the timetable of the protests and events is nearly fixed, we can't speak
about a definitly protest-choreographie with a definitly fixed practical and
theoretical orientation.

After the last Action Conference in Rostock it became clear that many decicions
are made from a small group. The group Arbeitermacht, organized in the Anti
G8-Alliance described this in a report about the conference:
http://www.antig8.tk/index.php?subaction=showfull&id=1165132727&archive=&start_from=&ucat=5&

:: MOBILIZATION AND MEDIA REACTIONS IN THE RUN-UP
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The Mobilization in Germany against the G8-Summit starts to speed up, like many
homepages and articles are demonstrating. Also in different other countries the
discussion about G8 in Germany and the mobilization is starting. Nearly at all
demonstrations in Germany the upcoming protest against the G8 is a topic or
there are held speeches of mobilization at this demonstrations. The upcoming
mass manifestations like against the WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM in Davos/Switzerland,
or against the NATO-Security Conference in Munich/South-Germany, or for the
Revolutionary 1st of May Manifestations in Germany will also broach the issue
of the mobilization agsinst the G8. There are many Information-Events and
Info-Tours in Germany about the G8-topic now. [ WEF DAVOS:
http://www.1mai06.ch/?q=node/194 | SIKO Müchen:
http://www1.autistici.org/g8/eng/siko/ ]

In newspapers and television the police and politicians are agitating against
the upcoming protests and the police is prognosing riots because already there
are many attacks against houses or cars of representants of the politicians or
economy like in Hamburg or the Region of Berlin or in other cities nationwide,
not only with declarations against war and colonialism but also with
declarations against G8 and for a strong mobilization to the protests in June.
Or there has been thrown colour-eggs and stones against the Hotel in
Heiligendamm where the G8 will took place. The police declared that threatening
letteres has been written to different Hotels in the region where officials from
the G8 will sleep. [
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,2292773,00.html?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf
| http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20061228-034803-2336r |
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2006/12/28/3040957-ap.html ]

:: REPRESSION
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The security organs already began with their preparations, and due to an alleged
security risk there will be build a 2 meter high fence several kilometers around
the meeting place of the G8. Due to Security Strategies the place of the
G8-meeting is at the Baltic sea and in the south sourrounded by far open
fields. At numerous ways and roads checkpoints are to be established and there
will be a kind of curfew for tourists. Also because of the large security
operations the ammount of the costs of the G8-Summit will be over 100 Million
Euro and there will be taskforces together with international police forces
like Interpol and with civil police groups from the different countries, too.
Pressure is exerted on the local administration, not to allow Camps in the
proximity of the security fence and there will be many obligations for the
large demonstration or the decentralized manifestations and demonstrations.

Because of the estimated repression the leftwing scene and the
antirepression-organizations like "red help" in Germany did join together in
working groups to build up a common antirepression structure. During the
protest-days and at the convergence centeres information will be provided about
german laws and antirepression-tips will be given in different languages. Lawers
and a common "Ermittlungsausschuss" will be established ("Ermittlungsausschuss:
A central point reachable by telefon round the clock where people can call to
report about arrested people, and the "Ermittlungsausschuss" will look for
lawers and coordinate the prison-work).
In the apron of the events there will be information events about repression in
many different cities, the antirepression-information will be published in
different languages in the above Internet-Sites from the different allicances.

:: ACTION TIMETABLE AGAINST G8
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THUESDAY, 1st of MAY:
Revolutionary 1st of May Manifestations in different cities.

from 26th of May: Convergence Center in Hamburg, eventually in Berlin too.

Beginning of June: "Block Germany", Decentralized Blockades all over Germany

FRIDAY, 1st of JUNE:
Opening of the Mediacenter in Rostock
Occupation of the "Bombodrom"
Camp und start of the caravan to Heiligendamm

SATURDAY, 2nd JUNE:
MASS DEMONSTRATION in the city of Rostock, near Central Railway Station
Start of the Camp against G8
Internationalist Conference in Rostock

SUNDAY, 3th of JUNE:
Actionday in Rostock,
Internationalist Conference in Rostock

MONDY, 4th of JUNE:
Actionday against War and Rascism
Camp against G8

THUESDAY, 5th of JUNE:
Actionday agsainst war / eventually blockade of the airport in Rostock-Laage
Start of the Counter-Summit in Rostock
Camp against G8

WEDNESDAY, 6th of JUNE:
1st Day of the G8-Summit, Blockade-Day in different Areas
Counter-Summit in Rostock
Camp against G8

THURSDAY, 7th of JUNE:
G8-Summit, 2nd day in Heiligendamm
Counter-Summit in Rostock
Camp against G8
Blockade-Actions / March from different small local cities to Heiligendamm
End Manifestation

FRIDAY, 8th of JUNE:
G8-Summit, 3rd Day
End of the Camp against G8

:: MAPS:
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Google Maps - Heiligendamm und Rostock
http://local.google.com/local?f=q&hl=en&sll=54.143849,11.842747&sspn=0.008949,0.020127&q=heiligendamm&om=1&ie=UTF8&z=11&ll=54.113358,11.99913&spn=0.23184,0.55481

Local Map Heiligendamm:
 http://www.nadir.org/nadir/initiativ/agp/g82007/news/heiligendamm.html
anti g8

[http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2006/12/359075.html]


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Police Say G8 Opponents Behind Attack on German Politician

An arson attack on the home of the German deputy finance minister is believed to
be the work of militant protesters opposed to the G8 summit slated to take place
in Germany next year.
Hamburg police say extremist left-wing opponents of a planned G8 summit in June
next year in Germany were behind the arson attack this week on a car belonging
to the wife of Social Democrat Deputy Finance Minister Thomas Mirow.

Mirow, 53, is responsible for policy on Europe, financial markets and currency.
The vandals also threw rocks and paint at his home. Mirow was economy minister
in Hamburg from 1997 to 2001 and has been deputy finance minister since 2005.

On Wednesday, Hamburg state police said a letter claiming responsibility for the
attack led them to believe it was an act of protest against the G8 summit which
is scheduled to take place in the Baltic Sea resort of Heiligendamm in June.

The letter was sent to the Hamburger Morgenpost newspaper. Police said it
claimed Mirow's position as deputy finance minister put him "at the controls of
various strategic levers of power." Authorities did not disclose further
information on the letter-writers, saying they didn't want to give the group
any publicity.

Shadow of Genoa?

The crime appears to be one of a growing number of violent acts attributable to
militant opponents of the Group of Eight wealthiest industrial nations.

The German office for the protection of the constitution warned in early
December of possible attacks from left-wing extremist groups opposed to the
policies of the G8, a grouping of industrialised nations that comprises
Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia and the United States.

The annual G8 summits are often the focus of anti-globalization movement
protests. The most notable of these was at the 27th G8 summit in Genoa, in
2001, which was overshadowed by riots in the city after a crackdown by police
and the death of a 23-year-old protestor.

Growing number of attacks

A spokesperson for the police group responsible for next year's summit security
said this was the 37th attack so far by miltant G8 opponents. Thirteen of the
37 attacks were arson attempts.

Germany's Federal Criminal Police (BKA) has voiced concern over the rise in
left-extremist violence.

"In these arson cases, the perpetrators accept the fact that it could lead to
personal harm," BKA President Jörg Ziercke told the AP news service. "Tht
worries us."

He added that the summit would be one of the biggest security deployments in
German history.

Security plans underway

"The Federal Criminal Police will deploy more than 1000 people, and state and
local police will put well over 10,000 employees on the case," Ziercke told AP.

According to Lorenz Caffier, interior minister of Mecklenburg-Vorpomerania, the
eastern German state hosting the summit, officials will soon begin building a
security fence around the upscale Heiligendamm resort, including cameras and
motion sensors.

Mecklenburg-Vorpomerania Governor Harald Ringstorff said he is also committed to
giving summit opponents a platform for peaceful protest.

"Some of the criticism is absolutely justified," he told German news agency dpa.

Germany will take over the leadership of the G8 in January.

[http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,2292773,00.html]


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Protesters Carry Out Series of Attacks Ahead of G8 Summit
December 29, 2006

Protesters in Germany have attacked a luxury hotel where the next G8 summit will
be held in June. The action comes just days after an arson attack on a
politician's house. Meanwhile politicians bicker over who will pay for the
massive security operation.
Anti-globalization protests have become a routine part of the annual G8 economic
summits, and activism against the meeting in Germany planned for June 2007 has
already started -- with attacks this week on a politician's house and the
luxury hotel that will host world leaders.

The Kempinski Grand Hotel in Heiligendamm on Germany's Baltic coast was attacked
with paint balls in the early hours of Thursday morning. According to the
interior minister of the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, where the
hotel is located, the attack caused damage to a value of €1,900 ($2,500).
Leaders from the G8 member states will meet in the hotel at the summit in June
2007.

An unnamed group sent a letter to the German news agency DPA claiming
responsibility and writing that the attack was a prelude to a series of
protests against the summit. "It doesn't matter how many police are on the
ground," the letter read. "There are more of us and we want to be at the site.
And we will manage to do that."

According to a spokeswoman for the hotel, three or four paint balls were used in
the attack. "The damage was small but ugly," she said. The paint was removed
from the hotel by cleaners, and the hotel has since beefed up security on its
grounds.

It is the second anti-G8 attack in two days. In the early hours of Tuesday
morning there was an arson attack on a house in Hamburg belonging to Thomas
Mirow, a state secretary in the federal Finance Ministry. Mirow's wife's car
was set on fire and paint balls were thrown against the wall of the house.
Mirow described the attack as "an act of banal violence of rare senselessness,"
saying that it was not the way to gain support for a fair world order.

The arson attack was the 37th protest in Germany to date by militant G8
opponents, according to a police spokesperson from the special "Kavala" police
unit which has been created for the G8 summit.

A massive fence around Heiligendamm

The Group of Eight industrial nations, or G8, has for years been the target of
protests from anti-globalization protesters, who call it a club of rich nations
and criticize it for failing to solve global problems like climate change and
abject poverty. Annual G8 summits have been the focus of at times violent
protests, most notably at the 2001 summit in Genoa.

Germany assumes the presidency of the G8 group at the start of 2007, and will
host the summit on June 6-7.

Heinz Fromm, president of Germany's Office for the Protection of the
Constitution -- its domestic intelligence agency -- told German daily Die Welt
on Friday that he expected more protests from globalization opponents ahead of
the Heiligendamm summit. "We have been observing strong efforts towards
mobilization (in the activist scene) for a long time," he said, adding that
militants were planning a campaign of "continuous attacks on institutions and
people who represent the phenomenon of globalization."

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania's state premier Harald Ringstroff told DPA on
Wednesday that opponents of the summit would be given a platform for peaceful
protests. "It's part of our democracy that each individual is allowed to give
his or her opinion -- and there are very good reasons for some criticisms,"
said the politician, who belongs to the left-of-center Social Democratic Party.

Still, a huge security operation is planned to cope with the 100,000 protesters
which police are expecting. As part of security precautions, a massive fence
will be built around the resort town of Heligendamm, with construction work
planned to begin on January 2. The costs for the over 12- kilometer (7.5-mile)
long and 2.5-meter (8.2-feet) high barrier are expected to be over €12.5
million ($16.5 million).

Squabbles over money

Ringstroff is currently embroiled in a debate about who will pay the summit's
bills -- which are meant to be split between the federal government and the
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania state government.

The summit is currently estimated to cost a total of €92 million, over twice an
earlier estimate of €45 million, but still significantly below the €120 million
cost of the 2005 summit in Gleneagles in Scotland. The federal government has
said it will pay around €23 million of those costs -- leaving
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania to come up with the remainder, around €68
million.

However, Ringstroff told DPA that the costs for the state would be significantly
lower than the oft-quoted €68 million figure. He said Mecklenburg-Western
Pomerania would "not bear the main share of the costs."

The main sticking point is who will pay for the use of police from other German
states, which is estimated to cost around €34 million. Currently
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is responsible for these costs. However SPD
politicians from the state have recently called for the federal government to
pay for the extra police, warning that Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania might not
be able to host the summit if the federal government does not provide more
money. The federal government responded by saying that relocating the summit
was not a serious proposition. Ringstroff told DPA that solutions for meeting
the costs of police from other states were "in the offing."

Originally the summit was supposed to cost the state only €10 million. Critics
however claim that Ringstroff knew the real costs of the summit as early as
January 2006 but did not want to make them public ahead of state elections in
September 2006.

[http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,457017,00.html]


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Dissent!-night in BXL / 14th of January / 4 pm

All the artisans of the world, tree climbers, squatters, builders of barricades
and genderfighters. All sambagroovers, boycotters, dreamers, fighters and
peacekeepers.
All of you are welcome in Brussels for a night about globalization, fighting G8
and other actions...

Brussels, the capital of Belgium, the capital of Europe and at the same time in
the middle of two slowly separating language regions. Dissent!, The network of
worldwide resistance against the G8 and other crazy twists of globalizations,
is welcoming you in this city. You will be invited in a youth centre in the
middle of Brussels on the 14 th of January between 4 and 11 pm for an evening
full of meetings, cosiness, food and movies. Dissent! organizes here a
gathering to bring together mobilizations against Heiligendam and other
struggles. Special attention will be given to borders at this meeting. We
invite you to open up these language barriers, frontiers and other narrow
minded struggles together with us!

Program:

- 4pm: meeting - topics Euromayday, G8 Heiligendamm,... all input is welcome
- 6pm: planning Benelux-weekend -> a weekend in the near future for those who
want to sit practically together and talk and work on action techniques and
mobilizations such as the G8
- 6.30pm: FOOD-time!
7-7.30 pm: Films and documentaries

Place to be!

Jeugdhuis (Youth Center) Chicago, Kanaalstraat 47, 1000 Brussels. Closest metro
station is Brouckère, there is a good connection from the railway station
Brussels Central.

Sleeping places can be provided, please contact: stopg8 at gmail.com


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Soiree-Dissent! à BXL

Toutes les bricoleurs du monde, les grimpants des arbres, occupantes des
bâtiments, constructrices des barricades et luttants du genre. Tous les
groovistes du samba, les boycotteuses, insoumis, rêveurs, révolteuses et
flexières. Toutes ont la bienvenu en BXL pour une soirée sur la globalisation
et G8, sur des luttes et des actions.
BXL, la capitale du Belgique et Europe et au même moment la milieu entre deux
régions langues qui s'éloignent l'un de l'autre. Dissent! Le réseau de la
résistance internationale contre le G8 et autres créatures bizarres de la
globalisation vous souhaite une bienvenu dans cette ville. Dimanche 14 janvier
t'es invité entre 16 heure et 23 heure dans une maison de jeunesse pour une
soirée plein de réunions, ambiance, bouffe et cinéma. Dissent! Y organise une
rassemblement autour les mobilisations du G8 - 007 et des autres luttes afin de
lier des luttes pour la peuple de ce monde. Il y a une grande attention pour les
frontières et pour ça t' a la bienvenu de briser les barrières entre les
langues, luttes et pays.

Programma:
* 16 heure: réunion - topics Euromayday, G8 Heiligendam, ... tout ce que tu
t'imagine.
* 18 heure: planning Benelux-weekend - week-end avec toutes qui veulent se
mettre ensemble pour des choses bien concrètes comme la mobilisation autour du
G8.
* 18h30: Bouffe populaire
* 19h où 19h30: Films et documentaires.

Lieu :
" Maison de Jeunesse " Chicago jeugdhuis, 47 Rue du Canal, 1000 Bruxxelles.
Metro proche - Brouckère ; connections rapide avec la Gare Centrale.

Si vous le souhaitez, il y aura des place à dormir. Contact: stopg8 at gmail.com


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Dissent!-soiree in BXL

Alle wereldversleuteraars, boomkruipers, huisbezetsters, barricadenbouwsters en
gendervechters. Alle sambagroovers, boycotters, zwijgers, droomsters,
vechtsters en vredesbewaarders. Allen zijn welkom in Brussel voor een avondje
over globalisering en G8'ten strijden en acties.
BXL, de hoofdstad van België en Europa en tegelijk het midden tussen twee van
elkaar wegdrijvende taalgebieden. Dissent! Het netwerk van wereldwijd verzet
tegen de G8 en andere gekke kronkels van de globalisering heet u welkom in die
stad. In een jeugdhuis in de binnenstad wordt je op 14 januari tussen 16 en 23
uur uitgenodigd op een avondje vol vergadering, gezelligheid, eten en films.
Dissent! Organiseert er een bijeenkomst om de mobilisaties voor Heiligendam en
andere strijden dichter bij elkaar te brengen. Er is speciale aandacht voor
grenzen op deze bijeenkomst en daarom mag je samen met ons taalbarrières,
landsgrenzen en afgelijnde strijden komen openbreken.
Programma:
* 16 uur: vergadering - topics Euromayday, G8 Heiligendam, ... alle inbreng is
welkom.
* 18 uur: planning Benelux-weekend - een weekend in de nabije toekomst voor
iedereen die zeer concreet wil samenzitten rond actietechnieken en mobilisaties
als de G8
* 18u30: Volkskeuken
* 19u à 19u30: Films en documentaires.
Plaats:
Jeugdhuis Chicago, Kanaalstraat 47, 1000 Brussel. Dichtbijzijnde metrohalte
Brouckère; vlotte verbinding op die metrolijn vanuit het treinstation Brussel
Centraal.


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G8-Polizei in Containern
Bis Ende Januar entsteht hinter der Polizieiinspektion ein Containerbau.
Zusätzliche Büros werden auf 300 Quadratmetern für die Zeit des G8-Gipfels
geschaffen. Nach dem Treffen wird alles demontiert.

Bad Doberan Die große Schaufel greift tief ins Erdreich. Kubikmeter um
Kubikmeter Lehm- und Sandgemisch bewegen Mitarbeiter der Peene-Baugesellschaft
aus Demmin auf dem Gelände der Polizeiinspektion Bad Doberan. Sie schaffen
zurzeit den Ablauf für das Regenwasser auf dem Areal. Reges Baugeschehen
herrschte bereits am zweiten Tag des neuen Jahres. Am 15. November begann man
dort, die Vorbereitungen für einen Containerkomplex in Angriff zu nehmen. "Im
Zuge der Vorkehrungen der Polizei auf den G8-Gipfel in Heiligendamm besteht
dringender Bedarf an zusätzlichen Büroräumen", erläuterte Polizeihauptkommissar
Axel Falkenberg gestern auf OZ-Anfrage. Auf der Liegenschaft in Doberan wächst
daher eine Bürolandschaft auf einer Nutzfläche von rund 300 Quadratmetern. Der
Innenausbau gehe planmäßig voran. Bis Ende Januar sollen die Container
bezugsfertig sein. Und was wichtig erscheint: Die gemieteten, hellen Quartiere
stehen nur für ein paar Monate. Nach dem Meeting der Regierungschefs von
Deutschland, Frankreich, Großbritannien, Italien, Japan, Kanada, Russland und
den USA vom 6. bis 8. Juni im traditionsreichen Seebad werden sie wieder
verschwinden, an den Vermieter zurückgegeben, so Falkenberg. Wie viele
Einsatzkräfte in Doberan ein zeitweiliges Obdach finden, wollte der
Polizeiprecher gestern nicht beziffern. Nur so viel: 120 Polizisten bereiten
von Waldeck aus den Schutz zum friedlichen Verlauf des Gipfeltreffens der
mächtigsten Frauen und Männer der Welt vor. "Kavala" lautet der Name der
Einsatzgruppe, die nach einer griechischen Stadt am Meer benannt wurde.
Voraussichtlich 15 000 Beamte werden zum Gipfel präsent sein. Die gegenwärtig
veranschlagten Sicherheitskosten belaufen sich auf rund 92 Millionen Euro.
Darin sind unter anderem Investitionen wie der Ausbau des Objektes in Waldeck
und der Containerbau in Doberan enthalten.
Experten rechnen mit 100 000 Demonstranten, darunter viele Konzertbesucher im
IGA-Park, die rund um den Gipfel Flagge zeigen wollen. Heiligendamm selbst wird
mit einem 2,50 Meter hohen und 13 Kilometer langen Zaun umgeben. Das gigantische
Bauwerk wird nach Angaben von Axel Falkenberg von Januar bis Mai errichtet. Nach
dem Spitzentreffen an der Ostsee soll der Zaun wieder demontiert werden.

[http://www.ostsee-zeitung.de/do/lokales_dob_32353539373134.phtml]


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Attac: Anti-G8-Konzert in Rostock ohne große Stars

Rostock (dpa) Das zeitgleich mit dem G8-Gipfel im Ostseebad Heiligendamm
geplante Konzert in Rostock wird nach Angaben des globalisierungskritischen
Netzwerks Attac voraussichtlich ohne Weltstars über die Bühne gehen. "Es werden
Musiker aus den ärmsten Staaten der Erde wie Sierra Leone oder Burundi
erwartet", sagte Attac-Sprecher Peter Wahl. Dies sei eine Reaktion auf die
Live-8-Konzerte zum G8-Gipfel 2005 im schottischen Gleneagles. Im Anschluss war
u. a. der Musiker Bob Geldof wegen umstrittener Äußerungen zu Gunsten von
US-Präsident George W. Bush heftig kritisiert worden. "Diese Äußerungen waren
politisch nicht haltbar", sagte Wahl. In Heiligendamm treffen sich vom 6. bis
8. Juni die Staats- und Regierungschefs der USA, Japans, Deutschlands, Kanadas,
Großbritanniens, Frankreichs, Italiens und Russlands.
Zum Rostocker Konzert werden mehrere zehntausend Zuschauer erwartet. "Die
Botschaft der Musiker aus den ärmsten Ländern ist authentischer", sagte Wahl.
Das Konzert unter dem Motto "Deine Stimme gegen Armut" ist eine von zahlreichen
Protestaktionen zum G8-Gipfel.

[http://www.ostsee-zeitung.de/archiv.phtml?Param=DB-Artikel&ID=2557584&Stichwort=g8&seite=archiv_anmeldung.phtml]


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G8-Vorsitz - Geldof betet für Merkel

Der irische Musiker Bob Geldof (52) appelliert an den deutschen G8-Vorsitz, mehr
gegen Armut zu übernehmen. Geldof in der Bild : "Lasst uns hoffen und beten,
dass Deutschland und seine Kanzlerin es endlich schaffen, die Politiker zum
Handeln zu bewegen.

[http://www.20-cent.de/aktuell/top-themen/art13067,1202632.html?fCMS=4daf8fc22d68907419de632421eec003]