[pagan-magik] FESTIVAL OF DISSENT

[Adrian Harris]

Hi all,
looks like a great chance to plan and network. Who's coming?

FESTIVAL OF DISSENT! 6th-10th April 2005, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Date 06 Apr - 10 Apr 2005
Start time 5:06 PM
Organiser Dissent!
Link http://www.dissent.org.uk

    * The Festival of Dissent! 6th-10th April Lanarkshire, Scotland 

...6th-10th April .... A chance to form networks of resistance... A chance
to plot, conspire, and dream about resistance to the G8... To meet people
learn skills, share information, practice direct action, and party together.

The G8 is the annual meeting of the leaders of the worlds most powerful
countries. It is a major symbol of capitalism: a summit where rich
governments plan how to stay rich. Since 1998, these summits have been
resisted wherever they have attempted to meet. Protests have erupted on
every continent, fuelled by the extremes of wealth and poverty, by military
repression, and by environmental breakdown. In July 2005, the G8 comes to
the UK.

Dissent! is a network made up of individuals and groups planning to use
creative direct action and civil disobedience to resist the presence of the
G8 in the UK. It has no leaders, no membership list, and no paid staff.
Ideas for action so far include targeting the oil and war industries, the
practical rejuvenation of neglected communities in Scotland, and disruption
of the summit itself. Dissent! is acting as a focal point for coordination
of resistance to the G8 and for continued radical action against capitalism
into the future. The Festival of Dissent! will be the best chance before
the Summit arrives to get together, learn skills, share info, plan, and get
inspired about protests at the Summit.

    * Workshops 

Planning action at the G8
Direct action training
Background on the G8
Consensus decision making
Blockading
Hill walking and navigation
Corporate involvement in the G8
Scottish law and legal training
Training for trainers
Medical training
and much more.

    * To get in touch email festivalofdissent(at)lists-riseup.net Box 8,
245 Gladstone Street, Forest Fields, Nottingham 

    * The Festival of Dissent! will be held in Lanarkshire, South of Glasgow. 

The exact location of the festival will be revealed the week before the
event. Due to limited space, to find out the location you will need to
register by emailing festivalofdissent at riseup.net or writing to Festival of
Dissent!, Box 8, 245 Gladstone Street, Forest Fields, Nottingham

    * You do not need to tell us names just numbers of people coming. 
Cheers,
Adrian