<DIV>Hi! Can the following text go up on the Dissent! website somewhere. There should be a longer text wtih info about timetable etc... but I dont know whose got the final version of it. This is the version going around internationally. Thanks. Would be good if it could go up asap, 'cos its next week! Sorry I never got it together to work out how to post stuff.</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 12pt 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>Resist the 2005 G8 Summit – ESF Meetings<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>In 2005 the G8 (a Group of Eight of the worlds largest economies and most powerful nation-states) returns to Europe. As in recent years, resistance is being organised.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>The Dissent! Network was set up in the autumn of 2003 to begin co-ordinating radical resistance to the Summit and to build a lasting anti-capitalist movement in the UK. The Network consists of a number of autonomous local and working groups, all of which work within the hallmarks of Peoples’ Global Action (PGA): </FONT><A href="http://www.nadir.org/nadir/initiativ/agp/free/pga/hallm.htm" target=_blank><FONT color=#003399 size=3>http://www.nadir.org/nadir/initiativ/agp/free/pga/hallm.htm</FONT></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>When the G8 meet at Gleneagles hotel in Perthshire, Scotland (around 60km north of Edinburgh), the Dissent! Network are calling for people to join the convergences in Scotland and to disrupt the Summit. The Peoples’ Global Action European Conference, which took place in Belgrade in July 2004, has supported this call and is also calling for simultaneous actions in villages, towns and cities worldwide on the opening day of the Conference: Wednesday 6<SUP>th</SUP> July 2005. To view the PGA Call, go to: </FONT><A href="http://www.dissent.org.uk/content/view/60/" target=_blank><FONT color=#003399 size=3>http://www.dissent.org.uk/content/view/60/</FONT></A><FONT size=3> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>The mobilisation to Scotland next year, and the Global Day of Action, is beginning to be networked and co-ordinated internationally. During the European Social Forum (ESF), taking place in London from October 13<SUP>th</SUP>-17<SUP>th</SUP> 2004, the Dissent! Network are hosting a ‘Day of Dissent Against the G8’. The event will take place at the Beyond ESF event, autonomous from the ‘official’ Social Forum. The event will take place at Middlesex University, White Hart Lane Campus, London, N17 8HR (opposite White Hart Lane train station) from 11am on Friday 15<SUP>th</SUP> October 2004. The day will include <SPAN style="LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: line">educational workshops, skill sharing, training, discussions, debates, opportunities to become involved with working groups, and time to meet with groups involved in the mobilisation. It will be a chance to discuss and
plan actions, and share and compare our experiences of past mobilisations. The Day of Dissent! will be followed by a benefit party from 9pm.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt"><SPAN style="LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: line; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>For more information about the event, including a full program, check out </FONT><A href="http://www.dissent.org.uk/" target=_blank><FONT color=#003399 size=3>www.dissent.org.uk</FONT></A><FONT size=3> or </FONT><A href="http://www.wombles.org.uk/" target=_blank><FONT color=#003399 size=3>www.wombles.org.uk</FONT></A><FONT size=3> or go to: London Action Resource Centre (Larc) (62 Fieldgate Street, Whitechapel, London, E1 1ES) or the Dissent! stall inside the ‘official’ ESF at Alexandra Palace when you arrive in London.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt"><FONT size=3><SPAN style="LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: line; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">There is also an email list for internationally co-ordinating the mobilisation and the Global Day of Action. To subscribe, email: </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><A href="http://uk.f504.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=international-g82005-subscribe@lists.riseup.net" target=_blank><FONT color=#003399>international-g82005-subscribe@lists.riseup.net</FONT></A> <SPAN style="LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: line"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt"><SPAN style="LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: line; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>For more information about the Dissent! Network email: </FONT><A href="http://uk.f504.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=infog82005@yahoo.com" target=_blank><FONT color=#003399 size=3>infog82005@yahoo.com</FONT></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt"><SPAN style="LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: line; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>Dissent!: </FONT><A href="http://www.dissent.org.uk/" target=_blank><FONT color=#003399 size=3>www.dissent.org.uk</FONT></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt"><SPAN style="LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: line; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>Peoples’ Global Action: </FONT><A href="http://www.agp.org/" target=_blank><FONT color=#003399 size=3>www.agp.org</FONT></A></SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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