June 2 is likely to see the biggest European demonstration for a number of years take place in the German city of Rostock in advance of the G8 summit that will take place down the road at the seaside resort of Heiligendamm.
from across Europe, particularly from Germany and Scandinavia have been preparing these events for over a year now through a series of action conferences, with almost 500 participating in the second in November 2006.
The demonstration itself will be a stage in what the organisers are calling "Choreography of Resistance", many demonstrations, actions, meetings, conferences etc., that all together will form a Week of Action against the G8.
This includes:
Monday June 4, day of action for migration with the slogan "For global freedom of movement! Equal rights for everybody!" including theoretical discussions, direct action, and cultural elements
Tuesday June 5 the airport Rostock-Laage will be blocked and surrounded as part of the day of action against militarism, war, torture and the global state of emergency to greet the arriving heads of the Go states.
A call for support for the international demonstration was launched at the end of February and can be found at: http://www.heiligendamm2007.de/Demo_en This is what it
At the beginning of June 2007, the governments of the seven most important industrialised countries and Russia will meet for the "G8 Summit' at the Baltic seaside resort of Heiligendamm. The 'Group of 8' (G8) is an institution without legitimacy.
Nevertheless, as a selfappointed informal government, they make decisions which affect the whole of humanity. The policies of the G8 stand for a neoliberal globalisation and deregulation, economic policies oriented towards the capital returns of international financial investors and companies.
Every five seconds, a child dies somewhere in the world from hunger. More than 800 million people are chronically malnourished.
Primarily responsible are unjust world trade policies, forwarded by the rich industrialised countries within the G8 and other international institutions.
Despite the whole-hearted promises of the G8 Summit at Gleneagles in 2005, until now only a small proportion of the debt of Southern countries has been cancelled.
Through their promotion of liberalisation and privatisation, the G8 have not only increased poverty in the global South, but also in the industrialised countries.
The worldwide plundering of raw materials and other natural resources is being accelerated.
At the same time as the rich industrialised countries seal themselves off from refugees and migrants, those who nevertheless arrive are illegalised and exploited as cheap labourers without rights.
The G8 states are the biggest destroyers of the climate. They are alone responsible for 43% of worldwide CO2 emissions as well as being in favour of a renaissance of nuclear energy, which we decidedly reject.
The G8 states are responsible for 90% of worldwide weapons exports and a new era of war for raw materials. They are the leaders of a world order based on war,
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Demonstration on 2
June 2007 in Rostock, we will make the size, strength and diversity of our
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protests visible which leads to migration, displacement, new hate and violence in many countries.
The world shaped by the dominance of the G8 is a world of war, hunger, social divisions, environmental destruction and barriers against migrants and refugees. At our mass demonstration on 2 June 2007 in Rostock, we want to protest against this and show the
Together with millions of people around the world we say: Another World Is Possible!
For the immediate cancellation of illegitimate debt and comprehensive debt relief for the countries of the global South!
Against the sale of public goods and services - for equal social rights and standards worldwide!
For a speedy and radical transfer to renewable ener-