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>From: "lunasol at igc.org" <lunasol at igc.org>
>To: "antifadc at yahoogroups.com" <antifadc at yahoogroups.com>
>Date: 6/19/02 2:50:27 PM
>
>
>Just a heads-up......something else to look out for at the upcoming
G8
>protests. This exact same tactic was used in Genoa when 600
neo-nazis
>collaborated with police to justify a brutal crackdown on left-wing
>political dissent.
>
>From: Activist Network <activist at activist.ca>
>
>This is a heads-up that a neo-nazi group, called the National
Alliance,
>operating throughout North America including Alberta has sent
out a press
>release and posted a website under the name of "Anti-Globalism
Action
>Network (AGAN)" in advance of the upcoming G8 Summit. The idea
that these
>boneheads are in some way part of a "broad coalition of often
contradictory
>interests" as indicated in their release is as insulting as
it is ludicrous.
>
>Since the intent of their actions is obviously to attract attention,
and to
>distract and discredit the efforts of progressive activists,
I have not
>included their website url and encourage people to give them
the attention
>they deserve, which is nothing. Please be aware of this group
in
>preparations for activities in Calgary and/or Kananaskis and
the potential
>for infiltration and provocation.
>
>For informational purposes, I'm including the text of their
"press release"
>which, I must clearly state, does not reflect the views of the
actual
>activists working on issues around the G8. Feel free to not
read it.
>
>Press Release:
>
>CYCLE OF VIOLENCE WILL CONTINUE AT G8 SUMMIT
>
>The Anti-Globalism Action Network (AGAN), an ad hoc collection
of
>anti-globalism activists, predicts that the violence surrounding
past G8
>meetings will erupt once again in Kananaskis. The failure of
Canada, and
>other Western countries, to address the root causes of the protests,
>rather than just their symptoms, ensures that the cycle of violent
protest
>and repressive counter-measure will continue.
>
>Western governments, whose true loyalties lie with the financial
elite
>and special-interest groups, give lip service to democracy;
yet respond with
>tear-gas and rubber bullets when the citizenry attempts to participate
in
>the political process. The Canadian people would be much better
served by a
>government that invests in environmental protection, national
sovereignty,
>and measures to curb the growing power of both multi-national
corporations
>and media oligarchies, than in a government which serves those
whose
>ultimate aim is our subjugation on a global plantation.
>
>Responsibility for the cycle of violence does not lie exclusively
with
>Western governments; the media shares part of the blame. The
lust by the
>media for sensational sound bytes from tear-gased teenagers
is nothing less
>than fetishistic. The power of the media lies in part in its
ability to
>masquerade as neutral and independent observers, when in fact
the growing
>concentration of media control has resulted in the media becoming
a vested
>member of the establishment.
>
>The movement against globalization has assembled a broad coalition
of
>often contradictory interests. The lack of hierarchical leadership
with a
>clear political program has created a void that is being filled
by more
>hierarchical elements.
>
>"You'd be surprised at the diversity found within the Anti-globalism
>movement," says Anthony Phillips of AGAN. "The active participation
of
>one organization in particular should send shock-waves throughout
the
>establishment, as they break all the stereotypes of the anti-globalism
>movement being strictly a preserve of the traditional radical-left."
>
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