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Rostock, G8 2007: There is Something Terribly Wrong Here
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Tuesday June 05, 2007 11:34 by media g8way - gipfelsoli & international press group g8 rostock 2007 gipfelsoli at nadir dot org
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Media coverage of street battles distract public attention from the G8's unaccountable policies.
Rostock, G8 2007: There is Something Terribly Wrong Here
Here in Germany, as major protests begin against the G8, the world press
is not looking beyond the story of the battle – a partial story at best
– and asking how or why it is happening
Summit after summit, we have seen the same pattern in the media. The
images of black clad protestors hurling rocks at police, the stories of
senseless hooligans -- those whom the government says should be punished
and locked away.
These stories and images of street fighting do nothing but spread fear,
criminalize protests, divide social movements, and distract the public
from the story of the G8 and their unaccountable polices that are
spreading militarism, poverty, violence, environmental destruction and
climate change.
It is easy to condemn those who throw a rock or burn a car, but most of
what we are seeing in Rostock is police blatantly provoking violence,
using that same violence to justify ever more heavy-handed repression.
Each day we are experiencing constant harassment, searches and
humiliation imposed on us in the streets and on bikes, trains and
borders, with no evidence of crime.
According to an official statement 13,000 police were present in Rostock
on Saturday – all were well-armed and wearing lots of protective gear.
There were small bands of police running into crowds, pushing, shoving
and encircling protestors in a legally permitted rally. We saw
nonviolent protestors who were trying to de-escalate the situation
bludgeoned with batons and pepper sprayed. We saw huge water cannons
infused with toxic chemicals spraying indiscriminately. Why is the press
not reporting these acts of violence by the police? If violence makes
such good headlines, why does the violence of poverty created by G8
policy go un-condemned?
Perhaps we might begin to understand if we look deeper. We may see that
such violent confrontations have become a symptom of social and economic
systems that values property over life, prisons over education, sprawl
over sustainability, borders over migration, war over peace. We might
see that it is in the interest of the police and the G8 to have such
street fights, to justify the 90 million euros spent on security (in
Germany alone). We might understand that repression and the violence of
police is designed to thwart democracy and silence dissent.
But we who oppose the G8 will not be silent and we not be stopped. We
understand that things are terribly wrong and that without such protests
our voices will not be heard at all.
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Jump To Comment: 1 2Further police repression today as the forces of lawlessness and disorder are granted a licence to fire plastic bullets at the protesters.
The numbers at the various demonstrations today were down as people are laying preparations for the commencement of the mass blockades which begin tomorrow-tonight..
Arrests have been numerous throughout the day with many protesters being nicked for HAVING BANDANAS in their bags.No kidding.
Earlier the police refused to let a 1000 strong rally at the HQ of Caterpillar go ahead unless every demonstrator showed their ID to the cops and had their details recorded.
The German private media are stirring up horror headlines like "will they kill us all?" with a picture of a black-blocer defending him-herself from police attack with stones while the public media are a lot more sympathetic,focusing on the immense,and I mean uber-immense repression of the demonstrators every move.
The armed forces have also been called in(special unit nine or something they are called) and they have been flying a fighter jet over the massive Reiddilich camp several times today along with the omnipresent two helicopters that buzz over our heads twenty four hours a day.
Preparations are going well with the decentralsied sttructure taking effect nicely and meetings happening all over the sites.
We will see what tomorrow brings.
Over and out.
Solidarity!
That would probably be GSG 9 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GSG_9 which for constitutional reasons is a part of the police, rather than military, but fufills a SAS style counter terrorist role.