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Dissent a network of resistance - Against the G8 / G8 Update from the Dissent Network
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The following sections are included:
(1) General, (2) Transport to the Summit (3) Arrival in Edinburgh (4) Accommodation in Edinburgh (5) Arrival in Glasgow (6) Accommodation in Glasgow (7) Rural Convergence Space (8) Timetable of actions.
Protests and Resistance to the 2005 G8 Summit looks likely to be enormous. Many people are arriving now, and asking about accommodation and getting further involved. Others are asking about convergence spaces and accommodation for the days leading up to and during the Summit. The good news, is that we have plenty of camping spaces, and even some urban warehouses. This article should give the basic information you require, or point to sources of more information.
Finally, we need more people to get involved now, resources and money. Help out with all of the below, donate things we need (http://www.dissent.org.uk/content/view/195/125/), or donation against the G8! (http://www.dissent.org.uk/donate.html)
1. GENERAL
If you coming to protest and resist the G8 be as self sufficient as possible. Bring a tent, sleeping bag, waterproofs, warm clothes, strong footware, plate, cup and cutlery and animagination! In general head for convergence spaces' - places where people can find information, meet, socialise, organise actions and get cheap food. Some convergence spaces offer accommodation.
Enquiries can be sent to dissent-enquiries
riseup.net or telephone 07913 263 515. But always check the website and websearch (google') your enquiry first. You can also call the following numbers Edinburgh numbers: 0131 477 2954 (London Road Anti-G8 office), and 0131 561 1356 (Leith Walk InfoPoint).
There will be a free newspaper for the protests, with all the practical information you need. Look out for this.
2. TRANSPORT TO THE SUMMIT PROTESTS.
Anti-G8 Transport Hubs, offering lifts, and explanations of how to get to Scotland, from the rest of the UK and from Europe as cheap as possible are here: [http://www.cambridgeaction.net/taxonomy/page/or/2934]. You can add your transport offers here too.
Special trains from London to Edinburgh can be booked now at [www.resistg8.org.uk]. Book now to guarantee a place.
Transport is also being organised by other mobilisations. See:
[http://www.resist.org.uk/reports/archive/g82005/g82005-05.php] or
[http://www.makepovertyhistory.org/mph/transport/view.do?code=G8]
3. ARRIVAL IN EDINBURGH
Go to Edinburgh Dissent! InfoPoint now open, 24 hours per day at:
10 Albert Place, Leith Walk, Edinburgh. EH7 5HN.
Forest Café, 3 Bristo Place, is a volunteer-run caf and arts space, and is also a useful point of information. It has a big Anti-G8 noticeboard with info about meetings. The street entrance next to Forest Caf will go to the Indymedia space above, setup from 25th June.
University Convergence Space. Part of Edinburgh student union is booked for Dissent! to hold convergence meetings, and workshops etc., from 29th July to 7th July. The address is Teviot buildings, Edinburgh Students Union Building, Bristo Square, Edinburgh. Other parts of the university are being used by other groups.
4. ACCOMMODATION IN EDINBURGH.
Before the Summit: Goto the Dissent! infoshop, 10 Albert Place, Leith Walk, see above section, and we will find you somewhere from there. Exact accommodation will depend on numbers, and specific needs. Prepare to be flexible! It may be necessary to send people to Glasgow for accommodation before the 1st of July. We are still actively looking for large warehouse space, and all other avenues. However, options in Edinburgh are almost exhausted.
During the Summit:
Our ideal scenario is to have a legal self-managed space for the week. However, the attitude of the local council, the volume of people expected and the focus on the rural convergence site (see below) mean this is not yet finalised, and may not be.
The following options exist. The council is providing camping space on the outskirts of Edinburgh, near Craigmillar, a bus ride from town.
Hunters Hall Park, The Jack KaneHunters Hall Park, The Jack Kane Sports Centre (10), Niddrie. 208 Niddrie Mains Road, EH16 4NE
The cost is likely to be 10 for the week. The council may put in place some restrictions but people involved in Dissent! are in dialogue with the council about this. The space is for 15,000 people, but the council also have a long list of back-up accommodation sites.
The local media have repeatedly run stories that people will camp in the parks of Edinburgh such as Holyrood, and action will not be taken by the police to stop or evict city-centre camping over the week of the main protests.
5. ARRIVAL IN GLASGOW.
Goto the Dissent! InfoPoint, open 24 hours a day:
G42 Collective, Suite 3, 674 Pollockshaws Road, Glasgow, G41. This is on South Glasgow, get either the 44, 22, 23, 57 in Central Glasgow and ask for Eglington Toll. It is approx 30 mins walk from the city centre. If you have problems call 07981 954 132.
AS FAR AS WE KNOW THE 674 POLLACKSHAWS ROAD INFO POINT IS NOT BEING PERSONNED 24HOURS AND YOU SHOULD NOT GO THERE IF ARRIVING IN GLASGOW. GO STRAIGHT TO DORA STREET WAREHOUSE WHERE THERE IS INFO-FOOD-ACCOMODATION YOU CAN BUY A BEER IF YOU WANT OR HAVE A CUP OF TEA. IF YOU GO TO THE OTHER PLACE IT IS THEN MORE DIFFICULT TO GET TO WAREHOUSE. SORRY FOR ANY CONFUSION
Glasgow Convergence Space is now open, for those who want to come and help set up. At this moment (Tuesday 21st June) Glasgow is the only place where we can arrange people to sleep.
The building needs a lot of work and is not yet safe for children and so far has no dissabled access. Please keep checking the dissent.org.uk website because the space will soon be accessable to all.
The Address is
30 Dora St, Dalmarnock, Glasgow, Scotland
Phone no 0141 551 0401
6. ACCOMMODATION IN GLASGOW.
Warehouse space is available now:
30 Dora Street, Dalmarnock, Glasgow, Scotland.
Phone no 0141 551 0401. For directions to the Glasgow space, please visit
http://www.dissent.org.uk/content/view/244/104/
7. RURAL CONVEGENCE SPACE.
The rural convergence space is open now for those willing to help set up. It will be a large self-managed outdoor space near Gleneagles: a space for all who aspire to radical decentralized alternatives to capital, power and ecological collapse.
It is large enough for thousands to sleep, eat, plan and act from. Families and those with other legal concerns will be prioritised space to stay on the legal sites. Other people may want to form autonomous camping sites in the beautiful Scottish countryside around Gleneagles.
The rural convergence space will operate around a "neighborhood" system, similar to the "barrio" system used at some previous resistance camps.
Neighborhoods will host camping, eating and meeting together and will be the focal point of decision making on the site. The neighborhoods will be information and discussion areas to aid communication across the site and beyond. Inter-neighborhood meetings will manage the whole site. Many groups are already hosting neighbourhoods but more are needed. You don't need to be a huge group or have loads of equipment to host a neighbourhood. The neighborhoods should be self running, once people start arriving. The aim is for each neighborhood to be as autonomous as possible, with its own kitchen or food serving facilities, alternative-technology power sources and meeting space. A neighborhood could also include anything else you would like to bring, like a library, cinema, crche or spaceship.
A site plan has been created by the 40+ participants at the recent Earth Activist training course'. People are needed to be on site setting up the space on the 25th June until the site opens.
Lots of stuff is needed for the site, see http://www.dissent.org.uk/content/view/195/125/ for the full list. Please provide what you can. Transport is available to get larger objects to the site, although if you can find a way of getting it here yourself, then all the better.
The site will be open to all from the 1st June. Bring a tent and your dreams of another world!
The site is near Stirling, and more details can be found at http://www.g8convergence2005.org
8. PUBLIC ACTIONS, DEMOSTRATIONS AND PROTESTS.
Friday 17 June
Anti-G8 Bike Ride, leaves Brighton for Scotland.
www.g8bikeride.org.uk
Sunday 29 June
Cre8 Summat. Community festival, Glasgow, until 3 July.
Saturday 2 July
Make Poverty History demonstration, Edinburgh
Sunday 3 July
Make Borders History. Tour in Glasgow
www.makebordershistory.org
Monday 4 July
Day of Action against the armed wing of global capitalism. Blockade of Faslane nuclear submarine base. www.faslaneg8.com
Carnival for Full Enjoyment, No wage slavery, No Benefits Slavery, No Debt Slavery, No Army Slavery. Raucous party visiting the institutions responsible for the increasingly insecure way we experience our lives.
Meet 12.00 @ West End of Princes St, Edinburgh. www.nodeal.org.uk
Tuesday 5 July
Open Borders, Close Dungavel Asylum Seeker Detention Centre! "Close Dungavel, No-one is Illegal!" mass protest near Glasgow. Glasgow Campaign to Welcome Refugees. glascamrefhotmail.com
Beacons of Dissent! Lighting beacons on the hills to south of the G8 Summit.
Wednesday 6 July
Mass blockades of the G8 Summit. A diversity of tactics will be used to blockade the various routes to Gleneagles. Come along to the Convergence Spaces, meet with others and start organising how to disrupt the Superpower Summit! www.g8blockades.org.uk
Global Day of Action. An anti-capitalist day of action against the G8 in cities, towns and villages worldwide.Peoples' Global Action (PGA):
www.agp.org
Hill-walking actions in the Ochil Hills, southeast of Gleneagles. Continuing throughout the Summit.
Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army's Operation H.A.H.A.A.' (House Arresting Half-witted Authoritarian Androids) begins. www.clownarmy.org
Thursday 7 July
Peoples' Golfing Association (PGA) Golf Tournament at Gleneagles! Dress for golf, rain or shine. www.dissent.org.uk/pga.html
Friday 8 July
International day of action against the root causes of climate change. Stop climate chaos - flood the G8!
www.dissent.org.uk/g8climateaction
Other actions are also being prepared by G8 Feminist Action (g8feministaction.frockon.org), a queer anti-G8 group (www.queeruption.org.uk/queerg8), an autonomous kids group and many, many others.