[Pressrelease] Bicycle caravans to the G8 - summit

[Presswork G8 2007 (english)]

Bicycle caravans to the G8 - summit 

G8-Summit protest will begin with the start of the first bicycle caravan 
from Budapest in 5th of April 

 From 6th to 8th June 2007 the G8 will meet in Heiligendamm near Rostock 
(Germoney). A lot of creative actions have been (and will be) prepared, such 
as bicycle caravans to mobilise protests in the run-up of the meeting. 

So far, 4 routes have evolved from the idea to travel to the G8 by bike from 
all over Europe: 

* The "shake-G8-bikeride" will go from Budapest (5. April) via Györ, 
Bratislava, Brno, Wroclav, Poznan, Schwedt to Wittstock.
* The "Gr8chaoskaravaan" will go from Brugge via Brussels, Utrecht, 
Nijmegen, Münster, Osnabrück, Oldenburg, Hamburg, Gorleben to Wittstock.
The Scandinavian caravan will go from Rovaniemi - Stockholm (23-04) via 
Linköping, Jönköping, Malmö, Copenhagen, Odense, Flensburg, Hamburg to 
Wittstock.
* The bycicle caravan from Berlin, will start at 21.5
* The four caravans will meet on the planned military bombing territory 
"Bombodrom" near Wittstock in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern at the end of May and 
participate in the actions there. Further they`ll join the protests around 
Heiligendamm. 

What the people of caravan want 

On their way they want to spread information about and fight against the 
politics of the G8 and the effects of global capitalism. For that we are 
planning information events and creative direct actions with local groups. 
By doing so they' ll try to link the global politics of the G8 with local 
struggles and build networks. 

The caravan as a space for experiments 

The cyclists don't want to take part in the whole neoliberal circus and the 
division of people for example along racist criterias and economic 
exploitability. They consider the caravan as a place for experiments in 
which they can realize their ideas and ideals (even if only temporarily). 
They want to create a non-hierarchical structure during their ride in which 
we can learn and act in a self-organised manner. They want to make it 
possible for all people to participate regardless of money, bicycle, 
physical condition or papers. They want to use our time together for 
exchange and to build networks with various local groups from different 
backgrounds. 

"Come in multitudes and bring bicycles, let's take ride with many people 
collectively! You should bring along between one day and two months time - 
and an interest in self-organisation and creative actions. join the ride, be 
it from Budapest, Brugge or anywhere else.", says Franz Farin from the 
caravan Info Office in Rostock, Germany 

Don't fight (only) the players - Fight the game !!! 

For more infos visit: http://www.g8-bikerides.net 

Contacts: 

East caravan: fahrradkarawane07 at lists.riseup.net
If you want to get in contact to people of the east-caravan and arrange 
meeting
at their starting point, please contact the phone 0036706356398
West caravan: gr8chaoskaravaan07 at lists.so36.net
Scandinavian caravan: scandinaviacaravang8 at lists.riseup.net
caravaninfo-office: Mr. Franz Farin, available under 0049 - 179-6268785, 
Rassmussenstr. 8, 18106 Rostock, Germany