It is common knowledge that Dissent and others are attempting to shut down the G8 by direct action. On Wednesday 6th July, they plan to blockade the roads with the aim to stop G8 support staff attending the summit. They figure that if enough support staff are unable to attend then the G8 summit will be forced to shut down.

I have doubts that this type of action will have a major impact and I feel this tactic is wrong.

Lets say prortesters do managed to stop 90% of the support staff, (which would be a remarkable achievement) i still think that the G8 show will still go ahead. and all that effort would be wasted.

I believe we should not go along with this.

So what is the alternative??

The stop the war coalition has called for as many people as possible to challenge the police and get as close to the G8 summit as possible. George Galloway has publicly stated that there will be "blood on the police's batons". i.e. there will be a show down between police and protesters.

I urge people to join this battle. I do not imagine that we will shut down the G8 but i think if there is violence the whole world will be watching, the police can only go so far because there masters are morally wrong about all of the issues particularly the war. All of the trade unions support this demo, church leaders and scottish MSP & MP (some of them will be on the march)

Just a thought.