During the protests, demonstrations and blockades around Heiligendamm and Rostock the video website G8-TV provided up-to-date reporting to a wide counter publicity. All over the world people watched the live-broadcast and theindividual videoclips. The videoclips are now available on a double DVD.

In advance of the protests against the G8 summit the set-up of a video platform was a temporary focus of the German ‘Netzwerk Videoaktivismus’, a network of individuals and video collectives. In succession the website G8-TV (http://g8-tv.org/) was set up and was used by video activists from all over the world which were at the Baltic sea to report about the protests. G8-TV was a platform for themes and ideologies which are normally not covered by the mass media. During the protests from June 2nd. – 8th. 2007 G8-TV had about 40.000 visitors each day. Next to video direct view and a daily life broadcast the clips and broadcasts were offered as download as well. The double-DVD which is released now consists a selection of these clips in DVD quality and a data DVD containing the complete clip collection of G8-TV in a slightly lower quality. The videos are subtitled in up to 7 languages (English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Russian, Dutch).

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Worldwide people continually are trying to put military institutions and war equipment out of use, in Germany as well.

Sabotaged:

• In February 2002 a bus of the Bundeswehr was put on fire in Glinde near Hamburg
• In February 2003 some Jeeps of the Bundeswehr burned in Petershagen near Berlin after being set on fire by the “militant group”
• In March 2004 the building of the Hako Company, involved in producing the Bundeswehr transport vehicle “Mungo” in Bad Oldesloe is set on fire by the “Working Group Origami – fold up armament projects”. At the same time other vehicles of the Bundeswehr parked in a Berlin subsidiary of the company were burned
• In January 2006 a soldiers memorial in Munich is targeted in a colour attack by an “Autonomous Group”
• In January 2007 the cars of two CEOs of the armaments company Thyssen-Krupp Marine Systems in Hamburg burn, as “Revolutionary anti-militaristic activists” laid fire to them
• In February 2007 the windows of the catholic military bishop were smashed, the home of a longstanding consultant of the Ministry of Defense is covered with colour by the “Autonomous Antimilitarists”
• Almost sabotaged: In July 2007 the burning of three Bundeswehr-trucks on the areal of the armaments company MAN in Brandenburg failed. Since then three antimilitarists are in jail under section 129a. They have to be free.

[http://dissentnetzwerk.org/node/3821]

Source: dissentnetzwerk.org

This report of our experiences as an international press group during the 2007 G8 protests is intended to inspire more people to do press work in the future, to try to counter the spin of the press industry of corporate capitalism to utilise the press. Just like summits, streets, neighbourhoods and workplaces, the press is a site of struggle. When blockading, our aim is to disrupt the summit, in the same way, we can understand press work as disrupting the story-telling of the powerful about how the world functions. Those with power constantly construct discourses to legitimise their power and their actions. One way they do this is to use the press. One way (of many others) we can challenge this is by doing so too. But of course the press is not a neutral arbiter in this struggle over meaning. Our intention was to embrace this discursive struggle to battle out the story through the press, rather than let it simply report the story of the battle on its own terms. Of course ‘the’ press is not a homogeneous entity and represents differentiated interests despite perhaps some common tendencies, at least within the corporate realm. This is why Indymedia and other activist press projects remain a core element of our movements. Our starting point was a recognition that we had to understand the interests press outlets have and how they function. These we aimed to challenge. Not simply to ‘bring the press on our side’ and influence them to report more ‘favourably’ about us, but to engage with, and enable others to engage with the challenge of productively using the press for our political aims. In this spirit we offer the below as a contribution to the ongoing debates about mediation, representation and press work that take place within our movements.

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tuesday 12.6.

helsinki: 10 comrades block the entrance of the german embassy for about an hour

sunday 10.6.

halberstadt: soli banner at a street + berlin: demo against repression and a mercedes on fire

saturday 9.6.

stuttgart: some dozens of activists form a short but intense demo to support prisoners and resistance against the g8 + leipzig: stones and barricades on a spontaneous demo against police repression + leon/spain: solidarity action in the city + kühlungsborn: final bathing action of the wichmannsdorf camp. efforts of the police failed to keep them away from a ndr live tv talkshow, “we are all 129a” slogans are shouted, and a fashist gets a bit in trouble + bochum: 150 demonstrate their solidarity. the summit might be over, but resistance continues

friday 8.6.

climate action day so far: a jet petrol station blockade in norwich, u.k., a super-glue action at cheap flight specialists lastminute.com’s hq in london, a 70-strong shell petrol station blockade in evershagen [risingtide.org.uk] + rostock: 500 carry their protest against repression to the cages of the gesa + greece: at one o´clock at night in athens three bombs explode at branches of mercedes and opel and in a bus of a greek-german school. the same time in thessaloniki five bombs cause damage to a lidl market, a miele shop, three cars in two mercedes branches and a toyota dealer + san francisco: environmental and global justice activists cycle throuth town to demand an end to the g8´s ravaging of the planet + lübeck: nightly soli jail demo of 35 comrades + kiev/ucraine: solidarity march to say “gute nacht g8” to the german embassy. on banners and leaflets people speak out against authority claimed by the g8, privatization and borders + berlin: reclaim the streets with some 600 anti-g8 activists + milwaukee: the uncontrollables drop banners with the messages “solidarity with anti g8 prisoners” and “can´t stop kaos – fuck the g8” + moscow: anarchists block the german embassy for an hour with lock-ons + heiligendamm: 20 take a bath in the forbidden zone telling the g8 to piss off now + waldkraiburg/bavaria: anti g8 banners carry the protest to the inner city and call for social revolution + hannover: some banners as well + berlin: 12 cars destroyed or on fire, burning tyres on a street, 13 windows of a bank and some more windows of a jobcenter smashed + sydney/australia: soli action at the german consulate + mannheim: soli demo of 40 + venezuela: the social movements send a note of solidarity

thursday 7.6.

more blockades around heiligendamm + frankfurt: “we are the chaots” 40 activists block a central street for about an hour, bypassers sponteinously join + leipzig: 100 engage in making capitalism history with a demo + detmold: roadblock and demo against g8 + oldenburg: 150 on the streets against g8 as a whole + braunschweig: 150 sponaneously walk through the city. to them compared to the victims capitalism produces each day cobble stones are peanuts + neuruppin: dezentral street blockade of the g8 + westerwald: 20 anti-g8-antifas proof with a mini demo that there will be no quiet hinterland + offenburg: demo in solidarity with all forms of action + wien: soli demo brings 150 people on the streets + plauen: a dozen opponents of the g8 block the city train tram + san josé/costa rica: the collectivo autogestion libertario (CAL) protest in front of the german embassy in explicit solidarity with all forms of protest. a road is blocked before a little demo enters the city, accompanied by spray paint slogans + chemnitz: 4 members of the black block stroll through the city telling “we are your paranoia” + demmin: activists put lots of info stickers on products in the villages supermarket to inform about realities of globalization + wiesbaden: 150 protesters march and block some crossroads in solidarity with the people in heiligendamm + amsterdam: 11 cash mashines are put out of order. stickers read “the g8 is redistributing the wealth of the world. maybe you don´t get any this time” + car of russian delegates gets deflated, their belongings are taken off the boot. after driving into the crowd, people smash the rear window + sao paulo/brasil: 200 march against g8, clowns break the windows of mcdonalds and some banks, and dance between tear gas and ruber bullets + reutlingen: 30 activists block some streets and demonstrate in solidarity + santiago/chile: 40 social fighters attack the police with rocks and molotovs, built barricades and spray graffities against the g8 + hinter bollhagen: after the blockades some people close a police all around with gaffa tape and deflate the tyres, another cop car arriving looses sirens, plates and megaphones when people started to dance on it. some trees on the street continue the action + wellington/newzealand: the “tour of eeeevil” on their way to the u.s. embassy focusses on climate change, while later on in front of the british embassy they tried to tighten capitalism on the tracks of history + quito/equador: 100 activists block the entrance of the german and british embassies for about two hours in solidarity with the comrades blocking the g8 in germany, and in general for the peoples fighting for liberation and against capitalism + thessaloniki: soli info action at the goethe institute + berlin: one mercedes and a jaguar on fire; 17 cars of the telekom smashed in their own yard + barcelona: 200 anticapitalistas march through the city and block some roads

wednesday 6.6.

rostock: molotov attack against caterpillar. on the wall it reads “organize social war – increase direct action – anarchy” + blockades encircle heiligendamm + seoul/korea: a roaming anti g8 bike tour cruises through the city, waving anti g8 flags + schinkelkade: the nightly brickbrigade attacks the international organization for migration IOM with paint and stones. the locks are glued, slogans in solidarity with refugees are left behind + federal street near hannover: soli banner “no g8” + blankenhof: 2.5 ha of genetically manipulated corn destroyed + bremen: 400 try their best to dance away g8 + darmstadt: 200 protest against g8, police violence and permanent social cuts + berlin: mercedes in flames + copenhagen: 500 march on the embassies of the g8 states in solidarity with the blockades and the köpi

tuesday 5.6.

rostock: demo to caterpillar, eads and other profiteers of global war + salzburg: a banner drop follows an info event three days ago + dresden: several banners contribute to the actionday against war, militarization and torture + wildberg: around 5000 squaremeters of monsanto gm corn now inhabit the field horizontally + berlin: daimlerchryslercar burns + laage airport: after the arrival of george bush some delegates are blocked

monday 4.6.

dresden: paints bombs on foreigners office + bern: soli demo to the german embassy – free the g8 prisoners + rostock: the migrationdemo moves on despite massive police repression + german border: after being stopped polish comrades occupie a train + rostock: 12 japanese activists enter the hotel of the japanese delegation to protest against precarity and the strategy of global war of the japanese empire + zürich: arson attack on a new mercedes in front of daimlerchrysler for exploitation and dismissal of workers. freedom for the g8 prisoners is demanded + berlin: chrysler voyager on fire

sunday 3.6.

amsterdam: banner drop from the big crane right across the central station “stop the g8” + rostock: manifestation against industrial agriculture + hansfelde: activists trample down 1000 squaremeters of monsanto gm corn + rostock: clown army global food war blockade of mcdonalds + 3.6. groß gerau: make capitalism history soli demo

saturday 2.6.

rostock demo + hamburg: soli ralley of 80 + munich: 400 on street party against g8 + groß gerau: soli banner on the highway + marburg: flash mobs protest against g8 and remind of the murder of benno ohnesorg 40 years ago + porto/portugal: anti g8 info and protest action with big pictures on main street [sardera.blogspot.com]

friday 1.6.

robin wood activists block two main roads to heiligendamm with air-walks for 3 hours + wendisch priborn: liberate! paint action against an animal farm to scandalize industrial soya-pig-production [pig8soy.org] + berliner: burn land rover burn + kyritz-ruppiner heide: settling of the bombodrom and pinkening of a former command tower with heavy clown army support + kaiserslautern: banner from the old city hall “no nato! no g8! together against torture, war and exploitation”

Hello,

Jasper Gerard’s supine admission that ‘protest is dead, but it’s somehow still so nice to see those superannuated anarchists blockading the G8’ (my summary of his piece, Observer 10.6.07) was extremely helpful. I only buy the Observer once in a foolish blue moon, and this time it was his piece that reminded me where the paper sits when it comes to actively standing up against injustice, social and climatic…unless of course it can be eased painlessly into one’s daily routine as part of a suddenly achingly hip, ‘ethical’ (but still ferociously commodifiable) lifestyle choice.

Thanks,

Mark Brown, London

Ah, look at those sweet German protesters

Germany doesn’t do retro-cool, for everything there remains vaguely in fashion long after other countries have consigned it to the back of the wardrobe. Witness its continued penchant for handlebar moustaches, the back catalogue of Sarah Brightman and international law. Or take all its anti-globalisation protesters at the G8. In Britain, anti-globalisers were big in the Nineties, but post 9/11 became last season. In a world of globalised terrorists, it seemed quaint to rail against globalised cafe lattes. It was not that anti-globalisers were proved entirely wrong, but rightly or wrongly, the debate galloped on. As Leonard Cohen sang: ‘Everybody knows the good guys lost.’

So national governments got on with squeezing what they could from multinationals, without scaring them offshore: unheroic, but the best that politics can do. Meanwhile, developing countries ‘exploited’ by globalisation boomed. Just as there was no alternative to the dark satanic mills, so to Starbucks: tax it and regulate it, then spend the dosh on something more worthwhile. Still, a warm wave of nostalgia washed over me as I realised there were still anti-globalising rioters out there, gobbing and clobbering most merrily, dressed as clowns – as period in their way as parasol-twirling maidens in a BBC costume drama.

[http://observer.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2101053,00.html]

...exists since the G8 summit in Genoa in 2001. After hundreds of protesters were arrested and mistreated, some having to endure weeks in prison, a support group formed in Berlin. When the support group ceased to exist, the Gipfelsoli Infogroup took on the administration of the email lists which disseminated relevant information for the evaluation of the Italian G8 and for continued solidarity work.

A second anchor of our work was Gothenburg: After confrontations during the EU summit a few weeks before the summit in Genoa, the police used fire arms against protesters. Courts imposed on average 2 year prison sentences. Exemplary was the conviction of members of a group that had used SMS to draw attention to police measures: they were sentenced to up to 4 years imprisonment. In Germany a few months later there were house searches and even charges in German courts relating to the events in Sweden.

The Infogroup published and distributed a regular newsletter with information about the court cases and the associated political conflicts. Together with others the Gipfelsoli Infogroup organised international legal support gatherings for people affected to help.

Gipfelsoli is a non-profit project.

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As opposed to various reports the financial result of the Anti G8 kitchens that they have broken even.

Due to a great willingness to donate money by people in the Anti G8 camps and on the blockades, there are even surpluses that can be donated to legal and prisoner support around the mobilisation.

According to a report in the tageszeitung (taz) on the 12th June 2007, the particpating kitchens are said to have suffered a loss of 15,000 euros. These numbers, however, are based on the temporary estimates of some kitchens at the last day of the camps, that can now, after many calculations, be definitely proven not to be the case from the kitchen finance co-ordinating group.

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In the weekend of June 30 and July 1st there will be an extensive evaluation of the actions against the G8-summit in Heiligendamm. This will be in de broeinest. There will also be debates about the effects of the actions and perspective for the future.

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A report from someone that was in the first big demonstration in Rostock, that ended up in a violent confrontation with the police. A report about police repression, about protesters power and union, about the lies of the mainstream media and about the common will of thousands of people of closing G8.

What was supposed to be only a peaceful march (the first one) of all the people present, at the moment, in and around Rostock, quickly became a field battle.

The meeting point was the Rostock central train station. We already knew how difficult a protest could be because of the lack of places to do it. The ones that exist are not big enough for the thousands of people who want to protest against the aberrant G8 (witty police... or, at least, who organized the defence in this G8...), the camps are limited to a ridiculous number of people (knowing how much more are on their way), and the spaces that can hold demonstrations, protests and alike, are private property.

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