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Dan Clore  
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(1 user)  More options Jul 4, 12:24 pm
Newsgroups: talk.politics.libertarian, alt.politics.libertarian, alt.fan.noam-chomsky, alt.anarchism, alt.society.anarchy, alt.fan.noam-chomsky, alt.activism, alt.politics.radical-left, alt.politics.socialism
From: Dan Clore <cl...@columbia-center.org>
Date: Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:24:26 -0700
Local: Fri, Jul 4 2008 12:24 pm
Subject: Controls Increased ahead of G8
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Controls increased ahead of G8

The protests against the 2008 G8 summit have begun. On Thursday a
demonstration took place in Kyoto against the G8 foreign ministers
meeting. There are three protests camps in Sapporo, the nearest town to
Lake Toya, where the G8 summit will take place from July 7-9.
Alternative media centres in Sapporo and Tokyo have been set up and a
network of critical lawyers is ready to support demonstrators. Events,
conferences and demonstrations are scheduled for the coming week. Many
activists from around the world have travelled to Japan, amongst them
anarchist and trade union groups from other Asian countries.
[Anyone know about these anarchist groups from Asian countries?--DC]

A network of NGOs will be lobbying the G8 to alter their political
course. The "G8 Action Network" rejects the G8 as illegitimate and
groups from this network organised an "Anti-G8 Tokyo Sound
Demonstration" on Sunday. The major international anti-capitalist
conference, the "Counter-G8 International Forum" starts this week in
Tokyo and Hokkaido. As has been the case in the past, many of the groups
and organisations are participating in joint mobilisations despite their
different positions.

Meanwhile, the police are attempting to delegitimate and divide the
movement. More than 40 people were arrested two weeks ago, and squats
have been searched. Following a raid on a trade union office in the
working class neighbourhood Kamagasaki in Osaka, confrontations with
police ensued which lasted for a number of days.

Since Tuesday the controls at the Narita International Airport in Tokyo
have been stepped up. Foreigners have been questioned and searched for
up to 12 hours. Some have been asked to provide detailed plans of their
activities for each day of their stay. In spring this year, the Japanese
Government changed the requirements for entry into the country.

Already last August, the German Federal POlice (BKA) provided the
Japanese investigation authorities with information on the networks and
coalitions that participated in the anti-G8 protests in Heiligendamm in
2007. Japanese police travelled to Berlin to learn about measures
against summit protests. The BKA'a president Mr Ziercke promised to
continue to provide "all relevant data".

During the 2007 G8 summit protests the German police compiled an
extensive database with photos and fingerprints, which presumably
includes all 1.800 people who were arrested during the protests.
Although only a very small number of them were actually convicted of
anything this data has not been destroyed. Normally, inclusion in such a
database is sufficient to be denied entry into a country during a summit
meeting.

Trade unionists of the Korean "Confederation of Trade Unions" have been
issued a blanket entry denial. Also the Italian philosopher and activist
Toni Negri has been denied entry. Only yesterday two media activists of
the Hong Kong collective "In-Media" were arrested at the airport.

The police has issued a number of posters 'warning' the Japanese public
about the protests by comparing them to the London 7/7 bombings in 2005.
One of the posters depicts a demolished London bus next to a photo of a
burnt out car in Rostock. The public is being asked to report suspicious
persons directly to the police. Hotels across Japan have been instructed
to send photocopies of all passports of foreign guests to the police.

In the coming week there will be protests against the G8 summit
worldwide, inclding in France,Germany, Belgium, Holland, Spain and the
Basque Country.

--
Dan Clore

My collected fiction: _The Unspeakable and Others_
http://tinyurl.com/2gcoqt
Lord We˙rdgliffe & Necronomicon Page:
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Skipper: Professor, will you tell these people who is
in charge on this island?
Professor: Why, no one.
Skipper: No one?
Thurston Howell III: No one? Good heavens, this is anarchy!
-- _Gilligan's Island_, episode #6, "President Gilligan"


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Stan de SD  
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From: Stan de SD <StanD...@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2008 12:20:38 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Sat, Jul 5 2008 3:20 pm
Subject: Re: Controls Increased ahead of G8
On Jul 4, 9:24 am, Dan Clore <cl...@columbia-center.org> wrote:

> The protests against the 2008 G8 summit have begun. On Thursday a
> demonstration took place in Kyoto against the G8 foreign ministers
> meeting. There are three protests camps in Sapporo, the nearest town to
> Lake Toya, where the G8 summit will take place from July 7-9.
> Alternative media centres in Sapporo and Tokyo have been set up and a
> network of critical lawyers is ready to support demonstrators.

In other words, the usual ambulance-chasing lefties...

> Meanwhile, the police are attempting to delegitimate and divide the
> movement.

The police HARDLY have to try. The professional rent-a-mob that makes
the g8 protest circuit is comprised of the same crowd of hard-core
Stalinists and Marxist, watermelon Greenies, and unwashed thugs
calling for "direct action", i.e. starting riots and breaking shit.

> Since Tuesday the controls at the Narita International Airport in Tokyo
> have been stepped up. Foreigners have been questioned and searched for
> up to 12 hours. Some have been asked to provide detailed plans of their
> activities for each day of their stay. In spring this year, the Japanese
> Government changed the requirements for entry into the country.

Good. Maybe we should start taking lessons from the Japanese and start
inspecting some of the human filth that tries to come in our country
on a regular basis. And no, I'm not referring to illegal alien
Mexicans. While I strongly oppose illegal immigration, the Mexicans,
unlike the protest kooks, are at least willing to work for a living.

> Already last August, the German Federal POlice (BKA) provided the
> Japanese investigation authorities with information on the networks and
> coalitions that participated in the anti-G8 protests in Heiligendamm in
> 2007. Japanese police travelled to Berlin to learn about measures
> against summit protests. The BKA'a president Mr Ziercke promised to
> continue to provide "all relevant data".

Excellent.

> During the 2007 G8 summit protests the German police compiled an
> extensive database with photos and fingerprints, which presumably
> includes all 1.800 people who were arrested during the protests.
> Although only a very small number of them were actually convicted of
> anything this data has not been destroyed. Normally, inclusion in such a
> database is sufficient to be denied entry into a country during a summit
> meeting.

It makes common sense to assume that a person who has a record of
participating in mob violence at these demonstration isn't going to
Japan to visit Buddhist temples and shop on the Ginza. They are merey
on the way to stir up shit. If the Japanese Immigration authorities
are rounding up people at Narita and sending them back to the States,
good for them! As a law-abiding citizen who has traveled to Japan
dozens of times on both military and private business for over 25
years, the LAST thing I want to see is a filthy anarcho-hippie playing
the "Ugly American" and breaking shit. The only thing I hope for is
that they send them back on a United or American flight. As a member
of both Northwests and JAL's frequent flyer programs, I would hate to
have to sit next to one of these losers for 11 hours if I'm
unfortunate enough not to get my business class upgrade.

> Trade unionists of the Korean "Confederation of Trade Unions" have been
> issued a blanket entry denial.

As to be expected, given that they are professional rioters. At least
they bathe more frequently than the usual US-EU anarcho-asshole, I
will say that much.

> The police has issued a number of posters 'warning' the Japanese public
> about the protests by comparing them to the London 7/7 bombings in 2005.

In case you haven't figured out, the Japanese aren't big on political
correctness. If you're there to be violent, they group you with your
own kind.

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