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Look who's coming to the G8... anarchists start school for havoc
A TRAINING camp for anarchists will be set up in Scotland within months to maximise damage and disruption during next summer's G8 summit of world leaders at Gleneagles. Scotland on Sunday can reveal that the first anti-capitalist training session will be held at a secret location in Glasgow in February to create an elite corps of "experienced activists" with the skills to pass on to other demonstrators. Activists will be taught "skills" including how to form blockades, carry out occupations, destroy CCTV surveillance systems, breach security fences, disable machinery and work as a team to cause maximum disruption. They will also receive a crash course in "legal skills" and how to act when arrested.
| They always seemed to have that part down pat. |
The camps are being organised by the Dissent Network, a loose group of activists which has organised mass protests at previous summits in Europe. The group's website makes clear that the July summit, to be attended by US President George Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair, will not be the only target. It is also calling for "decentralised actions" on oil company installations and political buildings where the security curtain will not be as tight. Security experts said the military-style courses revealed a greater degree of organisation than had previously been recognised, and fuelled fears that violent anti-capitalist protests would erupt, as they did at previous meetings of world leaders in Genoa and Seattle.
| I'm thinking it's time we release the Chicago cops on these guys -- you know, the ones with the baby blue helmets. |
Direct action training camps are being organised by Dissent and a second group, the Blatant Incitement Project, in Sheffield next month and London in March, as well as in Glasgow. The Dissent Group's website says that the summit should be a "focus for protest for wankers like us people opposing liberty, freedom, adequate food, democracy war, the destruction of our environment, the abuse of human rights and capitalism". It adds: "Preparation is key to effective action against the G8. One of the things that made people work together so well at Seattle was the fact that a lot of them had taken part in direct action training months in advance."
| Yep, it sure did seem like a conspiracy at the time. |
Posted by: tipper 2004-12-13 |
