[g8-sheffield] calling for the G8 to disband: strategy]

[Philippe Deux]

Sorry i keep forwarding other groups messages, but this is original and
significant too.
(Call Out for the G8 TO DISBAND: How? Through Media Work by Local Groups).



A Call out to volunteers anyway has been written (by the legal support
group in London), which could be examined at the next g8-sheffield
meeting, since it contains common (shared) issues. Then we can think
again carefully and consider whether the sheffield group is interested
in a call out to volunteers (to act as drivers and legal observers at
the street actions during the event) or not. Persons may prefer to get
involved on the
media strategy (also creative and more engaging for journalists) than
with solicitors and constables. (!)


... Wish as Chris has said that no one would promise what cannot be
delivered...

Best wishes for weekend,

R&A


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-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [media_strategy_against_g8] calling for the G8 to disband:
strategy
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 14:13:49 +0000 (GMT)
From: hoola hoop <urban_playground2004 at yahoo.co.in>
To: Jason Kirkpatrick <jfkeuro at gmx.net>,
g8resist2005 at lists.kommunikationssystem.de,	G8 Media
<media_strategy_against_g8 at lists.riseup.net>,	Kim bits
<franticfruits at yahoo.com>, Liz Curry <keykiet at yahoo.com>
CC: phill_jones at hotmail.com

Given that the Dissent Web site is not being updated
can someone be incharge of mailing a call out for
media watch participation to all the other Dissent
lists (especially the international one)?
cheers

  --- Jason Kirkpatrick <jfkeuro at gmx.net> wrote:
> Hi from Belfast,
> 
> Ok, I've been having a number of e-mails and phone calls to talk 
> about some strategy for media stuff.
> 
> What do you all think of the idea for calling for the G8 to disband? 
> Does anyone really know their remit anyways? If they want to solve 
> poverty/starvation, then why don't these governments just do it? (We 
> all know that is not what the G8 is about anyways.)
> 
> Strategically, most of the people I have spoken to think that it 
> could work quite well for dissent to somehow call for the total 
> disbandment of the G8. Why should we be on the defensive about the 
> right to protest, they are the ones that should be on the defensive 
> for the right to exist in the 1st place.
> 
> How could this call for disbandment work in a practical sense? Well, 
> since there is no person to speak on behalf of dissent, but local 
> groups have the right to speak on behalf of local groups, we would 
> have to have a decentralised media strategy. After talking with a 
> number of people, including isa in London, here is the best idea we 
> have. Our local groups could do press conferences calling for the G8 
> to disband. Heavy mainstream media centres should be 
> targetted/prioritised, but the more press conferences in the more 
> areas the better.
> 
> For the UK, London, Edinburg, Belfast and Cardiff should all have 
> press conferences. I think Dublin would be great too, they have loads
>  of experience after May Day 2004, and their Dublin dissent group has
>  7 or 8 on their developing media team. There are many other dissent 
> groups abroad, and since the Tuebingen meeting had people from 24 
> nations, we could try to do simultaneous press conferences in as many
>  capitals as possible. Would that be cool or what?
> 
> In order to get a snowball effect, we should try to get as many 
> kindred groups as possible to at least agree that the issues are not 
> about "lobbying the G8", but about discussing it's reason for 
> existence in the first place. We could/should therefore, if we agree,
>  start asking other groups to take this position. Who are the kindred
>  groups? I don't have the best answer, but CND comes to mind for 
> example. Maybe no other groups want to make a huge campaign on this 
> "Disband the G8" issue, but at least if they develop this position 
> into their talking points, it makes all of this worthwhile. We could 
> all get letters to the editor and guest editorials ready on this 
> issue. Maybe we could help organise to get people onto radio & TV 
> debates about it. Of course, IMC could play a major role.
> 
> Timeline? Well, it depends on what you all think about this too. It 
> will take some areas a bit of time to develop a local 
> press/media/strategy group if they don't already have one. Dublin is 
> hosting a big anti-authoritarian meeting on 1-3 April. Liz and I will
>  do a media training there, and TRAPEASE is coming over for it. Then 
> 6-10 April is the Festival of Dissent in Scotland. Liz and Isa and I 
> are doing at least two media trainings there, following up on the 
> energetic media training I did in Glasgow 3 weeks ago.
> 
> I think we will try to focus on practicing a press conference using 
> this topic of disandment specifically. Then we could see how much 
> energy is behind this idea at the Festival. We could take it from 
> there, and maybe within 2-3 weeks we could hope to get a large amount
>  of local groups interested doing majorly attended press conferences
>  calling for the disbandment of the G8. What do you think?
> 
> Other Issues with the media group Isa and I talked about the need to 
> divide responsibility with monitoring mainstream media, for at least 
> the 34 of us on the media e-mail list. Isa will try in the next week 
> to make a list of the top 15-20 print media outlets. We can try to 
> get individuals or local groups to "adopt a paper." This has obvious 
> advantages, I don't need to explain why, right? We were thinking that
>  it might be best to have a web-page with this list of papers and 
> those adopting them. The page could ask for volunteers to adopt 
> papers not yet covered. This would help with recruitment of needed 
> volunteers for media work.
> 
> For some reason, the Dissent web-site is not adequately updating the 
> Media stuff. Does anyone know why? Unless this gets fixed soon, we 
> may need to do our own web-site. Can anyone make up a media site for 
> us and maintain it through July?
> 
> ok, if you want to talk in more detail about this stuff, please feel 
> free to write and I'll give you my number. So far I have only had 
> longer discussions with the active and experienced two in London and
>  Dublin. I'd be happy to talk with anyone else over the phone. I also
>  encourage folks to reply to this/these lists on these topics.
> 
> Best wishes, time for a pint for me!  =>:-) Jason Belfast
> 
> -- Jason
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