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G8 Japan 2008

Protests against the G8 Summit in Lake Toya, Hokkaido, Japan, July 2008.

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Worldwide Protests Against the G8 Summit 2008

11-07-2008 09:00

No G8 2008

The G8 2008 took place in Hokkaido, Japan, from July 7th to July 9th. As in the past years, people from all over the world protested against this summit and the capitalist system it represents [Pics] both in Japan and in many places around the globe.

On Saturday the 5th of July, the International Day of Action Against the G8, there were protests worldwide against this year's G8 Summit. In Japan, around 5000 people took to the streets in Sapporo despite ongoing police repression [Photos | Videos 1 | 2 | 3 | 4] whilst hundreds of people had previously taken to the streets in Tokyo and Kyoto. International solidarity actions also took place in several cities, including Bilbao, Stuttgart [Video], Dordrecht, Nijmegen, Paris, Singapore, Berlin, Reykjavik and Lisbon.

Closer to home, a picket outside the Japanese embassy in London took place on Friday the 4th, and for Saturday the 5th, and despite previous harassment by the Metropolitan police, a London Fete Against the G8 was called by London No Borders and other groups to demonstrate in solidarity with the protests in Japan, for the Freedom of Movement, and against Fortress Europe. The Day of Action around the UK Borders Agency started with a Critical Mass bike ride from Brixton to Croydon, the nerve centre of the Home Office's UK Border Agency, where several protests unfolded [Report | Photos 1 | 2 | Video]

From Monday 7th to Wednesday 9th, further days of action and blockades continued around the Summit location next to the Lake Toya in Hokkaido [Videos 1 | 2 | 3] A final statement by international activists was issued on Wednesday 9th after hundreds of activists joined a march called by the Hokkaido's Ainu indigenous communities. This was the concluding event of ten days of anti-G8 protests in Japan. The Japanese 'No! G8 Legal Team' issued an international call for further solidarity actions during the week of blockades [Second Call]. In London, a daily NO!G8 cafe was organised at the Bowl Court Social Centre to coincide with the G8 mobilisations, showing daily footage from Japan, screening films, presentations and discussions.

Check the Ticker, the G8MediaNetworkTV and IMC-Japan [Timeline (Eng)] for updates of worldwide actions and protests.

Related Newswire Posts: End G8 Domination! | Challenge to the G8 Governments | G8 summit marked by impotence and division | James Hansen's Appeal to the G8 on Climate Change | No! G8 Japan Info Tour Comes to UK | An update on Japan G8 repression - 40 people arrested! | Repression and Revolt in the run up to G8 Japan | Interview with Japanese anti-G8 activist | Preparation for the Japanese anti-G8 movements in 2008 | Japanese Government to Keep ‘Hooligans’ Away from Summit

Related Sites: No G8! Japan | G8 Action Network | Gipfelsoli.org | Debito.org | WATCH (Watch Human Rights on Summit) |

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London Solidarity Protests Against the G8 Summit 2008

07-07-2008 22:32

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The G8 2008 took place in Hokkaido, Japan, from July 7th to July 9th. As in the past years, people from all over the world protested against this summit and the capitalist system it represents [Pics] both in Japan and in many places around the globe.

On Saturday the 5th of July, the International Day of Action Against the G8,there were protests worldwide against this year's G8 Summit, including London. A picket outside the Japanese embassy took place on Friday the 4th, and for Saturday the 5th, and despite previous harassment by the Metropolitan police, a London Fete Against the G8 was called by London No Borders and other groups to demonstrate in solidarity with the protests in Japan, for the Freedom of Movement, and against Fortress Europe. The Day of Action around the UK Borders Agency started with a Critical Mass bike ride from Brixton to Croydon, the nerve centre of the Home Office's UK Border Agency, where several protests unfolded.
Report | Photos 1 and 2 | Video

From Monday 7th to Wednesday 9th, further days of action and blockades continued around the Summit location next to the Lake Toya in Hokkaido [Videos 1 | 2 | 3 | Timeline (en)] The Japanese 'No! G8 Legal Team' issued an international call for further solidarity actions during the week of Summit blockades [Second Call]. In London, a daily NO!G8 cafe was organised at the Bowl Court Social Centre to coincide with the G8 mobilisations, showing daily footage from Japan, screening films, presentations and discussions.

Check the Ticker, the G8MediaNetworkTV and IMC-Japan [Timeline] for updates of worldwide actions and protests.

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Japanese G8 Info Tour Comes to UK

19-02-2008 18:37

No-G8 2008 Poster

The next G8 2008 summit will take place from the 7th to the 9th of July in Hokkaido, Japan. 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 neo-liberal 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 No! G8 Action was formed in May 2007, right before the G8 summit 2007 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 German Dissent! info group, and together with groups and activists across Europe, have organised an european wide tour that will stop in over 30 cities in 14 different countries, including the UK. From the 22nd to the 28th of February, Japanese activists will visit Brighton, Bristol, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Leeds, Nottingham and London [See tour dates and locations]

Related links: Call for Anti-G8 Action July 2008 | Statement of the Anti-G8 Summit Hokkaido | G8 2008: Latest Info-Tour and Planning Updates | Japanese Government to Keep 'Hooligans' Away from Summit | Anti-repression Protest at the Italian Embassy in Tokyo | A short history of the G8... | The G8: A Study in Power (or why people should protest)

See also: NO! G8 Action | Japan G8 Media Network | IMC-Japan | G8 Action Network (jp) | Hokkaido G8 Summit Citizen Forum (jp) | Japan G8 Summit NGO Forum

XML UK G8 Japan 2008 Feature Archive

Image A BeneFIT for Freedom of Movement and against Repression!
23-09-2008 12:08

Text Swedish police intimidation against ESF delegates from Poland
17-09-2008 08:26

Image Carbon Die Oxide: The Epilogue
31-07-2008 18:30

Text Italian officials convicted over G8 protest
15-07-2008 10:30 | 1 addition

Image End G8 Domination!
12-07-2008 14:31 | 1 comment

Video G8 solidarity action for Food Sovereignty - Portugal
10-07-2008 00:52

Image Eat the G8 in Iceland!
10-07-2008 00:12 | 2 comments

Text Challenge to the G8 Governments
09-07-2008 17:45

Text G8 summit marked by impotence and division
09-07-2008 15:33

Image Photos of "Plan C" demo in Croydon Saturday 5th
07-07-2008 11:07 | 3 comments

Text Call for Solidarity with Counter-G8 Protesters in Japan
07-07-2008 05:58

Text NO!G8 cafe in London
06-07-2008 19:55 | 1 addition

Text G8, NoBorders, demo in Croydon– bike ride included
06-07-2008 19:27 | 4 additions

Text Picket outside the Japanese embassy.
06-07-2008 18:25

Image Dissident Island Tonight - A bit of a G8 special
04-07-2008 17:21

Text Detentions re G8
04-07-2008 11:36

Generic media James Hansen's Appeal to the G8 on Climate Change
04-07-2008 00:08

Text GeishaSamuraiNinja stall&info to support wknd against G8 Japan,saturday2-3pm
03-07-2008 16:33 | 3 comments

Image Fitwatch at G8 Protests
02-07-2008 22:13

Text G8 Filmnight at Bowl Court this Wednesday 8pm
01-07-2008 19:15

Text Indipendent journalist detained on way to g8 protest
01-07-2008 13:37

Image londonfete reveals the "Plan C from Outer Space" (Croydon July 5th)
01-07-2008 11:51 | 2 comments

Text Upcoming Events at Bowl Court Social Centre
01-07-2008 11:37

Text Cycling to the moon: Mass to Croydon July 5th
29-06-2008 19:59 | 7 comments

Image G8 International Day of Action / London Meeting
26-06-2008 22:05

Image Beat the G8 system, Enter Fortress Europe!
19-06-2008 10:34 | 1 comment

Text Repression and Revolt in the run up to G8 Japan
19-06-2008 00:06

Image FIT at londonfete
17-06-2008 11:44 | 1 addition | 10 comments

Image Update on Riots in Osaka, Japan with Photos
15-06-2008 15:26 | 3 comments

Text London migration related events
14-06-2008 02:38

Text An update on Japan G8 repression - 40 people arrested!
13-06-2008 10:26 | 2 additions

Text Anarchist in Kansai area (West Japan) arrested in G8 preparations- Solidarity ne
07-06-2008 20:58 | 3 comments

Image Calling all Activists, Artists and Astronauts for Day of Action against G8
26-05-2008 17:09

Text A first shadow of G8 repression goes through Siberian Russia and Japan
10-03-2008 19:26

Image Collapsing the European security architecture
09-03-2008 20:41

Image No! G8 Japan Info Tour
27-02-2008 21:49

Text Interview with Japanese anti-G8 activist, speaking in Notts tomorrow
26-02-2008 11:30 | 1 comment

Image Japanese G8 Infotour comes to London
21-02-2008 15:06

Text No G8 Japan info-tour in Cardiff: 23rd Feb
20-02-2008 20:15

Text No G8 Japan Info-Tour
15-02-2008 14:04

Text Japanese G8 Info Tour comes to UK
13-02-2008 20:18 | 3 additions

Text Japanese Anti-G8 activist coming to Nottingham
13-02-2008 10:03

Image Sea Shepherd Solidarity Protest at Japanese Embassy, Berlin
16-01-2008 22:06 | 1 comment

Text Japanese Government to Keep ‘Hooligans’ Away from Summit
02-01-2008 08:28

Image G8 2008: Japanese Call Out and latest planning update
21-12-2007 11:32 | 1 addition

Text Preparation for the Japanese anti-G8 movements in 2008
28-07-2007 10:23

Text German G8 Infotour does 1 in 12 Club Tonight
04-07-2007 22:30 | 1 comment

Text Repression in Osaka, Japan, as city bids for G8 2008
03-10-2006 12:03

Text A short history of the G8...
19-06-2005 21:36 | 2 comments

XML UK G8 Japan 2008 Newswire Archive