I was in tokyo at the time of the G8 summit. The english speaking press there ran the headline "G8 meeting: leaders agree to disagree"; and then went on to list climate change, AIDS, economics and a range of other things that were discussed during the meeting. It said something along the lines of "Violent protests will not be tolerated and were prepared for". I was only there for a short time but that's all I saw during my two days of reading the paper.

The reporting of violence at all of these summits has been the focus of most of the media. But I was quite warmed when my uncle, a proud capitalist said "I agree with what you're protesting against, just not the way you do it". The buzz came from the first part of his sentence (obviously) and that's why the anti-capitalist movement has spread so widely.

People do agree that Extreme Capitalism and corporate rule has become dangerously expansive. even ordinary capitalists are concerned about the future, the environment and the range of issues that extreme capitalism disregards.

As for the media only reporting on the violence... well, the
average TV viewer still wants to know why there are protestors on the street...

I think it's good outreach to explain to your capitalist matesand family the difference between their wanting to
make a profit from their labours; and the evils that are
carried out under the name of Neo-Liberal Trade: Extreme
Capitalism.

When you say "Capitalism Kills! Kill Capitalism!" i feel you're distancing people, but when you point out some of the problems caused by Extreme Capitalism, I think you've got a better outreach tool.

cheers,

sean