G8 2007 - Germany

from email: 28 June 2007 (by Tadzio Mueller & Kriss Sol) - "It is nice to have our victories once in a while. Sitting at the campfire in Reddelich with thousands of people after a week of protest we were not quite sure whether the collective euphoria permeating the camps was simply the result of one too many sleepless night (and day), or whether it was true that we had won once again: won as we had in Seattle, won as we had in Prague, even in Genoa..." more

from email: "Considering the fact that Germany is at war and that the society is getting militarized step by step, that exploitation was intensified and that neoliberal policies pushed forward material, mental and social empoverishment of the population, that torture and secret prisons are well known to exist, considering this it is more surprising that there are so few stones thrown..." more

from email: "Red Help Rostock demands to immidiatelly release the last two remaining summit-prisoners, who are still held in custody in Waldeck jail. They were arrested on the big international demonstration at the 2nd of June during the brutal attacks of the police, in which countless [protesters] were hurt, some severly injured..." more

from gipfelsoli, 25 June 2007: Early this morning homes [25 June 2007?] of left wing activists were raided once again in accordance with the German 'terror' section 129a.

Several apartments were attacked early this morning by a Berlin police squadron and masked SWAT officers. The officers acted quite violently told eyewitnesses.... more

Barricading the G8 in Germany - A WSM members reports from the front line and the cells
Date Tue, 19 Jun 2007 15:59:23 +0300

A member of the [Irish anarchist] WSM travelled to last week's protests against the G8 in Heilegendamm, Germany. He reports on the actions that were taken and then on his arrest and mistreatment.  more

reposted from email: 23 June 2007: "With proper wars it is a well-known occurrence for one side's propaganda department to try and spread the most horrific stories about the other party. The opposition are depicted as brutal barbarians who ravage children and should be opposed at all cost. In military jargon this is known as 'psyops'. During the protests against the G8 in Heiligendamm there were clear indications of a similar strategy. In this case the infamous "black block" played the part of the barbarians. This is a biased summary of the misinformation and its effect..." more

from g8-int email: Here comes the translation of an evaluation paper from berlin. if you have read others in your cities and regions, please lat us know, send them to us, help translating. we are very eager to hear your opinion, stay in touch, continue discussion. german translation from english can be done by us, we collect it all on dissentnetwork...

"a text written in the hope of an empowering self-critical debate in autonomous and anarchist circles about what happened and what didn´t happen during the protests against the g8..." more

from email: 25 June 2007, More G8 evaluations: Canada... "It was the linking of the arms, over 200 hundred rows made up of 8 to 12 people each and a sister from Berlin who whispered ‘because of the snatch squads’ that reawakened my dormant thoughts on ‘the black bloc’...." more

We (part of the German Dissent! anti-G8 Network Infotour Group) are travelling through the UK for the next two weeks to show pictures and videos of the protests, and to talk about our experiences of organising and network building. more

Sunday 24th June 2007: discussion and social night with repression update, and films and footage. Discussion begins at 4pm @ Rampart Social Centre more

Update: June 15th 2007: This an approach of an incomplete reconstruction. Please help to verify the events due to place and time. We are happy for any feedback, comments or corrections! So, we cannot give any guarantee for the correctness of the mentioned facts. Sources: Camp AG, Streetmedics, Infopoints, Indymedia Ticker, lawyers, police, eye-witnesses, press, pressgroups, Linkspartei Bad Doberan, Committee for Basic Rights and Democracy, own reports etc. Translation: Media G8way International Pressgroup more

State of Emergency (with help from Reel News) will be holding a screening of Heiligendamm/Rostock G8 video footage followed by discussion this Tuesday at LARC in Whitechapel, featuring films by Oscar Beard, G8-TV and others. more

In the days after the G8 protests more and more details of police assaults on demonstrators are being made public. As victims describe their experiences on internet portals, it is becoming apparent that police massively assaulted, insulted, beat and abused people.

Lawyers confirm that many times arrests were brutally carried out. Police refused to tend to injured demonstrators. Instead many of them were brought directly to mass detention centres. more

Yesterday there was a G8 mobilisation debrief meeting in London. Here are some of the things that were said. We also decided to have a broader 'What next' type discussion at 4pm, Sunday 24th June – Ramparts main hall. This can turn into a bit of a social in the evening to relax and socialise.  more

from email: Come to debrief about the G8 protests with others who were involved, either in the UK or Germany.

THURSDAY 14th JUNE from 7pm @ RAMPARTS SOCIAL CENTRE - EAST LONDON 15 Rampart Street, E1 2LA

At previous G8 mobilisation planning meetings we decided to organise a post-G8 meeting to reflect on our experiences. more