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Look who's coming to the G8... anarchists start school for havoc
2004-12-13
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

#12  I know a good spot for an SAS "night training op"...
Posted by: mojo   2004-12-13 4:53:12 PM  

#11  Note to Left Wing/Collectivist Anarchists from Right Wing/Individualist Anarchist:

You people are, once again, being used by the socialists in your midst. Trust me, when their new order comes you will be the first to go.
Posted by: Secret Master   2004-12-13 2:16:21 PM  

#10  We see the G8 2005 mobilisation as an opportunity to move beyond symbolic protest.

Still hating capitalism, ya freeekin' Bolsheviks? Hope you like that 4 x 8 you'll be occupying, preferably with someone named Bubba.
Posted by: Raj   2004-12-13 12:45:37 PM  

#9  BH..lol!
Posted by: 2b   2004-12-13 12:15:38 PM  

#8  Black Watch Returns to An Uncertain Future, writes the Scotsman.

Well, I have a job for them: go and clean the anarcamp.
Posted by: SwissTex   2004-12-13 10:37:56 AM  

#7  heh. The thought of anarchists organizing anything always makes me smile.
Posted by: BH   2004-12-13 10:05:41 AM  

#6  Student 1: What have you got today?
Student 2: From 9 to 10:30 I've got Stripping with Ms. Scarboob, from noon to 1:30 I've got Bulldozer Blocking with Ms. Corrie(and she's a ghost! Cool!), and from 2:30 to 4 I've got Explosives with Mr. Peacedove.
Student 1: You've got Peacedove too?
Student 2: Yes.
Student 1: I started his class yesterday. Today from 10:30 to 12 I've got Defacing 11-September Memorials with Mr. Forgetitall, and from 1:30 to 3 I've got Libeling Bush and Blair with Ms. Tolerance.
Student 2: Cool! See you around, I've got to get to class.
Posted by: Steve from Relto   2004-12-13 9:47:49 AM  

#5  ...and the media will act shocked when violence erupts, and pin any blame firmly on "a few extremists unrelated to other protestors" or "outsiders taking advantage of the situation". That's what they did in Seattle.
Posted by: gromky   2004-12-13 9:36:45 AM  

#4  It's a shame, but many of the true Scots emigrated years ago. What's left are all too often those on the Left, who look to government subsidies, join CND and advocate violent strikes (or did until Thatcher resisted right back).

So this "training camp" will fit right in with some of the communities there. Pity -- Scotland was once a proud, self-sufficient place.
Posted by: too true   2004-12-13 9:26:52 AM  

#3  A TRAINING camp for anarchists will be set up in Scotland within months to maximise damage and disruption

I don't think it's going too far to call this a terrorist training camp. Raid them, arrest them all, track down their funding sources and arrest them, too.
Posted by: Robert Crawford   2004-12-13 9:18:33 AM  

#2  That would be too low!
How'bout straghtening up some lightbulbs? :-)
Posted by: Sobiesky   2004-12-13 6:58:59 AM  

#1  Rubber bullets at kneecap height?
Posted by: trailing wife   2004-12-13 6:45:46 AM  

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