Anti Repression Meeting

• There is anti repression network in Europe.
• The legal group is trying to organize legal observers.
• Help is needed with translations.
• There should be an international call of local solidarity actions during the G8- on Saturday 9th of July.
• Every group who will be involved and fundraises should try to give 10% towards anti repression funds.

There will be two minibuses dedicated to picking people up who have been arrested. There should also be very good communication between legal team and arrestees.

Border Actions

Two border camps are planned - one in France and one in Ireland. This will be co-ordinated through a mailing list. On the 3rd of July there will be an action co-ordinated by the no Border network. It will be a day called make borders history and there is a planned action at a nearby detention centre. The French people will try to co-ordinate with people in Calais to organise a demo and solidarity for people who cannot pass the border.

A call to action is being made

Mainstream Media

A press statement was produced to be sent out immediately after the meeting. There is a mainstream media group which aims to co-ordinate both national and international media.

There is an email list is media_strategy_against_g8lists.riseup.net

Medics

Medics will be available for three weeks starting on the 24th of June. At the meeting there were medics from France, Britain, Germany, Switzerland. There will be a medical point at the convergence centres, streets medics and a safe clinic for longer-term care. Everyone is encouraged everyone have a first aider in his or her affinity group and learn a bit about how to prevent trauma.

There are leaflets available and information on the website for people that want to be involved.

Indymedia Centre

Indymedia will be covering Dissent! Actions, Faslane blockades and Make Poverty History demonstrations.

As well as covering the actions Indymedia wants to cover the issues behind the protests and also the groups coming to the protests. There will be several different media places in Scotland. There are two websites- Scotland Indymedia and UK indymedia. There is an email list for planning indymedia work around the G8 Scotland.

Indymedia will be in contact with the legal and medical teams. As many people as possible are encouraged to participate.

Trauma

• This workshop looked at ways to provide mental support to people who are stressed out by police attacks or different situations.
• There is a trauma website under construction.
• There is an email list for people who want to take part in the trauma support. There will be workshops at the festival of dissent and other locations to train people.
• There will be space at the convergence centre for people to go where there can be counseling.
• The Trauma group is looking for ways to link up different countries and to find sympathetic therapists and counselors also during the G8 summit.

TRAPESE

An e-mail list has been set up to support groups doing info-tours, skill share and exchange information. www.trapese.org will be used to put downloadable materials on.

There will an info tour in Ireland, Austria, Germany, and Switzerland in April and May.

The email list for co-ordination and information dissemination is Educatetheg8lists.riseup.net

Blockades

The final decisions on actual actions and routes will probably be fairly last minute. However there is agreement that there will be different styles of action that reflect the diversity of tactics.

• An info pack will be produced with maps etc.
• There will be a spokescouncil meeting
• There will a spokescouncils at the convergence centre the nearest to Gleneagles to discuss the different blockades. The final meeting to co-ordinate the blockades will be on Monday 3rd of July
• The communication will be done by text messaging systems and radios.

Translating

A new translation list has been set up for translators and texts to be co-ordinated. It is translate2005-subscribelists.riseup.net

Future Meetings

It was agreed that a future meeting was needed. Proposals are for Southern Europe, Italy or Greece. Glasgow has agreed to host the meeting should another venue not be found.

People were asked to subscribe to the International Email List: international-g82005-subscribelists.riseup.net

tübingen minutes – news – resist g8 2005 – www.agp.org