[Imc-uk-features] Feature proposal: Japanese G8 Info Tour Comes to UK

Sat Feb 16 10:01:14 PST 2008

Hiya

I'm proposing the feature below about the 'Japanese G8 Info Tour' 
arriving in here in less than a week's time, and which stops in 
different cities across the UK. The feature also links to background 
info about the mobilisations preparations, as well as including reports 
related to the G8 2008 in Japan that have been appearing in the wires.

I propose it to go up monday in the UK, World and Globalisation pages.

Cheers
maqui

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Title: Japanese G8 Info Tour Comes to UK
Pic: 
http://bristol.indymedia.org/attachments/feb2008/no_g8_poster_01.jpg

The next G8 2008 summit will take place from the 7th to the 9th of July 
in Hokkaido, <a href="http://japan.indymedia.org/">Japan</a>. The heads 
of the world's more powerful states will gather at Toya Lake in the 
nothern Japanese island, to push further an agenda of world-wide <a 
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoliberalism">neo-liberal</a> 
reforms that result in spreading poverty, violence, hatred, 
segregation, as well as social and environmental destruction across the 
globe.


The Japanese based network of anti-authoritarians and anarchists <a 
href="http://a.sanpal.co.jp/no-g8/">No! G8 Action</a> was formed
in May 2007, right before the <a href="/en/actions/2007/g8/">G8 summit 
2007</a> in northern Germany. Japanese activists got involved in the 
protests with the intention to network with and learn from the 
experiences of the European anti-G8 movement. As a result they began to 
prepare their own projects "hoping to bring Japanese and East Asian 
impetus into the stage of the global anti-capitalist struggle."


Now, the 'No! G8 Action' network, in collaboration with the <a 
href="http://dissentnetzwerk.org/">German
Dissent!</a> info group, and together with groups and activists across 
Europe, have organised an <a 
href="http://www.gipfelsoli.org/Home/Hokkaido_2008/4718.html">european 
wide tour</a> that will stop in over <a 
href="http://www.gipfelsoli.org/Home/Hokkaido_2008/4754.html">30 cities 
in 14 different countries</a>, including the UK. From the 22nd 
to the 28th of February, Japanese activists will visit <a 
href="/en/regions/southcoast/2008/02/391432.html">Brighton</a>, <a 
href="http://bristol.indymedia.org/article/687918">Bristol</a>, 
Edinburgh, Leeds, <a 
href="/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2008/02/391247.html">Nottingham</a> 
and London [See <a href="/en/2008/02/391289.html">tour dates 
and locations</a>]

<p>
<strong>Related links:</strong> <a 
href="http://linux7.sanpal.co.jp/no-g8/?q=node/43">Call for Anti-G8 
Action July 2008</a> | <a 
href="http://linux7.sanpal.co.jp/no-g8/?q=node/42">Statement of the 
Anti-G8 Summit Hokkaido</a> | <a href="/en/2007/12/388320.html">G8 
2008: Latest Info-Tour and Planning Updates</a> | <a 
href="/en/2008/01/388698.html">Japanese Government to Keep 'Hooligans' 
Away from Summit</a> | <a 
href="/en/2007/12/388320.html?c=on#c186604">Anti-repression Protest at 
the Italian Embassy in Tokyo</a> | <a href="/en/2005/06/314377.html">A 
short history of the G8...</a> | <a href="/en/2005/05/311550.html">The 
G8: A Study in Power (or why people should protest)</a>
</p>
<p>
<strong>See also:</strong> <a href="http://a.sanpal.co.jp/no-g8">NO! G8 
Action</a> | <a href="http://g8medianetwork.org/en">Japan G8 Media 
Network</a> |  a href="http://japan.indymedia.org/">IMC-Japan</a> | <a 
href="http://www.jca.apc.org/alt-g8/">G8 Action Network (jp)</a> | <a 
href="http://kitay-hokkaido.net/">Hokkaido G8 Summit Citizen Forum 
(jp)</a> | <a href="http://www.g8ngoforum.org/english/">Japan G8 Summit 
NGO Forum</a>
</p>

CONTENT:

<h3>About the 'No! G8 Action' Presentation:</h3><br>

The info-tour, which has already visited countries in the Asia-Pacific 
region including South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, the Philippines, and 
Australia,
covers the political and social issues currently affecting Japan and 
East Asia, such as militarisation, neoliberal reforms, free trade, <a 
href="/en/regions/leedsbradford/2006/10/352533.html">society of 
control</a>, environment and migration, whilst, at the same time, 
linking to other struggles around world. It lasts for about one hour, 
it includes films and visual presentations, and leaves time at the end 
for questions and answers.
</p>
<p>
The presentation touches the following issues:
<br><br>
- General problems about the G8<br>
- Japan’s relation to the G8<br>
- Introduction to social/political issues in Japan and other Asian 
countries<br>
- Introduction to activism in Japan and other Asian countries<br>
- About the group: No! G8 Action<br>
- About other planned events (symposia, alternative summit, concert 
events,
   etc...)<br>
- Action Plans and tactical possibilities for July 2008<br>
- Facilities for foreign visitors<br>
- Japanese police behaviour and Immigration issues<br>
- Call for action<
</p>

<h3>Summary of the Anti-G8 Japan Action and Logistics for June & July 
2008</h3><br>

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

<strong>Facilities for Foreigners:</strong>
<br><br>
In Tokyo/Osaka/Kyoto - Convergence Centre<br>
In Sapporo - Convergence Centre, Camp, Independent Media Centre<br>
Near Lake Toya - Camp, Independent Media Centre<br>
<br><br>
<strong>Contact:</strong> infotour[at]sanpal.co.jp
</p>

<p>
<strong>Past Anti-G8 mobilisations reports in IMC-UK:</strong>
<br><br>
<a href="/en/actions/2001/genoa/feature/archive.html">Genoa 2001</a> | 
<a href="/en/actions/2003/evian/">Evian 2003</a> | <a 
href="/en/actions/2005/g8/">Gleneagles 2005</a> | <a 
href="/en/actions/2006/g8/">St. Petersburg 2006</a> | <a 
href="/en/actions/2007/g8/">Rostock 2007</a>
</p>