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No G8! Action Infotour in Montreal

No G8! Action is currently mobilizing towards disruption or shut down of the July 2008 G8 summit, which will be held in Hokkaido, Japan.

Presentation and Discussion:
Monday, 12 November, 7pm
1710 Beaudry, locale 2.7 (metro Beaudry)

* translation english-french provided
* childcare: book at 514 222 0205, 48 hours in advance

Two activists involved in No G8! Action will be in Montreal from 9 to 13
November to meet up with other anti-capitalists. (More information below or http://a.sanpal.co.jp/no-g8/)

Go Hirasawa and Sabu Kohso (see biographies below) will give an introduction to the anti-G8 movement in Japan and the specific issues that the 2008 G8 summit is likely to deal with. Go and Sabu have just finished travelling throughout East Asia, with members of the German-based Dissent group, to promote a large coalition in Japan and East Asia against the G8.

Discussing with the activists from No G8! will provide an opportunity to
look towards 2010, which will see a large mobilization in British Columbia
against Olympics on stolen land, as well as the G-8 and SPP summits taking place in Canada.

Go and Sabu will also be participating in the no-border camp at Laval
Detention Centre on 10-11 November.

--> If you would like to book an interview with Go and Sabu for community radio or newspapers, please get in touch: 514 222 0205.

Speakers

Go Hirasawa is a film critic and teaches at Meiji Gakuin University in
Tokyo. He has published a number of books on Japanese cinema and radical politics. He is active in anti-fascist movement in Japan.

Sabu Kohso is a Japanese immigrant living in New York City. He has published two books on radical New York in Japan, and translated works of theorists such as David Graeber and Kojin Karatani. He is a member of IWW New York chapter.

What is No! G8 Action?

The collective aims at disruption/shutdown of the 2008 G8 Summit which will be held in the Lake Toya area, Hokkaido, the northern island of Japan,
during 7-9 July 2008.

It is a part of the network against the 2008 G8 Summit. The network is made up by the following groups: People's Plan Study Group/ATTAC Japan/World Social Forum Solidarity Network in Japan (WSFSNJ)/Consumers Union of Japan (CUJ)/Action Committee against US-Japan Security Pact/'Have-not' Action for International Solidarity(No Vox)/Kamagasaki Patrol(solidarity for day labourers and homeless people in Osaka)/A group of former national railway union members in fighting for unlawful dismissal/DeMusik Inter

No! G8 Action is positioned as the most radical stand within the network;
Close to anarchist and autonomist politics; Strongly resonate with the
anti-globalisation movement; Stick to the principle of anti-authoritarianism
and decentralisation.

Individuals involved in the collective have fought and voiced solidarity for
numerous struggles such as:

§ Anti-militarisation: no US military bases
§ Anti-fascism: abolish Emperor System, Yasukuni War Shrine, national flag and anthem issues
§ Anti-capitalism, class war: mobilising precariat, homeless, migrant
workers, anti-World Bank/IMF
§ Anti-colonialism: Korean minorities war/colonisation responsibility
§ Feminism, anti-sexism, gay and lesbian rights
§ Anti-racism, xenophobia: support for refugees
§ Anti-eugenics: support for disabled people
§ Anti-state violence, anti-police, legal rights
§ International solidarity: South Korea, Palestine, 2007 G8 protests in
Germany

The collective emerged out of two streams; one is the rather traditional
line of political movements as mentioned above, while the other is cultural
movements. Both converge mostly in Tokyo and fewer in other cities. Cultural activism is happening in spirit of DIY, which have reclaimed and created a new form of life and autonomous space as such.

Email no-g8@sanpal.co.jp.
URL: http://a.sanpal.co.jp/irregular/ or http://a.sanpal.co.jp/no-g8/
Email: irregular@sanpal.co.jp
The other contact in Tokyo is the infoshop Irregular Rhythm Asylum located in Shinjiku, Tokyo, where you are free to drop by.

Our collective act of protests can make capitalism history.
Our solidarity is our strength.

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Initiated by Peoples' Global Action - Montreal