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http://tinyurl.com/6mlfw2
G8 Dispatches: Dissent Blooms in Japan Despite Massive Police Represssion
By Marina Sitrin and David Solnit and Asha Colazione and Sarah Lazare,
July 1, 2008

Four simultaneous marches and rallies took place on June 29th in Tokyo
and Sapporo, characterized by vibrant and colorful voices of resistance
and a suffocating police presence. The marches in Tokyo weaved through
the streets, complete with rolling sound systems blasting protest music.
People chanted in various languages, waved flags from around the world,
and joyfully displayed banners and puppets exclaiming what they are
against as well as what they are for.

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http://tinyurl.com/5kg6f4
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]

ANARCHY for Constitutionalists by Anarchists

The Constitutionalists know that something is very wrong with Western
pseudo-democracies.

But they labor under the delusion that it is possible to "go back to
the Constitution" and leave peacefully under those principles while
Capitalism remains in force.

They're good people, honest and decent. But they are deluded.

This is a request to fellow Anarchists to get the word out to
Constitutionalists about Anarchism.

The powers that be are working furiously to silence Anarchists and
depict Anarchist as violence and chaos.

We have to counter those lies with the truth. There are
Constitutionalists who will listen.

Even Ron Paul has spoken positively about Lysander Spooner and
Benjamin Tucker, although as "Anarcho-Capitalists" they do not
recognize that Capitalism breeds a State necessarily in order to
protect their capital.

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RNC Welcoming Committee:
http://www.rncwelcomingcommittee.org/

http://tinyurl.com/5g5wrd
07/03/2008 10:28:20 PM
By: Elena Kibasova, Web Producer
Anarchist group posts private RNC transportation plans on website

Transportation plans for the Republican National Convention are posted
on the website of an anarchist group promising to crash the convention.

The document, which is an early version of the master transportation
plan, was leaked by a website run by a group called the RNC Welcoming
Committee.

The documents outline detailed bus routes and maps that will be used
during the four-day convention. The plan was not meant for the public.

"Does it concern me that information got out that wasn't meant for the
public? Sure it does," said Pete Panos, of the St. Paul Police.

St. Paul Police downplayed the leak, saying the document is already
outdated and is not considered a security breach.