Summary of the Anti-G8 Japan action and logistics

from email, 21 February 2008

International preparatory meetings

• March 7, 16:00: Press conference at Parliamentarian building
• March 8-9: International Coordination Meeting & G8 Seminar
• March 9: evening, Move to Hokkaido by plane
• March 10-11: Activities in Hokkaido
• March 15: Meeting G8medianetwork in Sapporo

Action schedule

• 26-27 June (Kyoto) Anti-Foreign Ministers Meetings, Rally and March
• 28-29 June (Tokyo) Anti-G8 Rally and March
• 01-04 July (Sapporo) Themed Actions (Rally and March)
• 05 July (Sapporo) International Action Day
• 07-09 July (Lake Toya) Blocking the G8
• 06-08 July (Sapporo) Alternative Summit

Facilities for Foreigners

• In Tokyo/Osaka/Kyoto – Convergence Centre
• In Sapporo – Convergence Centre, Camp, Independent Media Centre
• Near Lake Toya – Camp, Independent Media Centre

Groups and networks against G8 2008 in Japan

• NO! G8 Action: http://a.sanpal.co.jp/no-g8 (contact for Infotour: no-g8 [at] sanpal.co.jp)
• G8 Action Network japanese only: www.jca.apc.org/alt-g8 (around 40 groups)
• Japan G8 Summit NGO Forum: www.g8ngoforum.org/english (around 225 groups, most of them welcome the G8 but demand fair capitalism)

Hokkaido

• Esperanto League Hokkaido: http://lea-h.sakura.ne.jp
• Hokkaido G8 Summit Citizen Forum japanese only: http://kitay-hokkaido.net

Media

• Japan G8 Media Network: http://g8medianetwork.org/en
• Indymedia Japan: http://japan.indymedia.org
• See G8medianetwork: Meeting in Sapporo on March 15

Mailing Lists

• For signing up to Asian Anarchist Network: https://lists.riseup.net/www/info/a_a_n
• For signing up to anti-G8 International email list: https://lists.riseup.net/www/info/g8-int

Basic info

• Anti-G8 2008 (and others) Action english/ german: www.gipfelsoli.org/Home/Hokkaido_2008
• Newsfeed english/ german: www.gipfelsoli.org/feeds/rss2/164

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