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Reports from the Caravan to the G8 in Sankt Petersburg
dzien dobry, guten tag, hello, добрый день,
this wiki was set up to inform about the ongoing of the anti-g8-caravan from Berlin to St. Petersburg 2006. The riders can use it as a diary to write about there expiriences while cycling through eastern europe. Those you can not participate in the tour can use this wiki to get current informations about the caravan. It is important to have a look at it and spread informations about the tour because it is not a touristic event but a political action. In case of emergency this wiki can be one important instrument to coordinate solidarity actions. The mostly used language here will be english. but you can contribute in every other language you are used to, of course.
Torún 11/6/2006
dieses wiki informiert über den Verlauf der Anti-G8-Fahrradkarawane von Berlin nach St. Petersburg 2006. Die FahrerInnen können es als eine Art 'Tagebuch' benutzen, um über die Erfahrungen auf ihrer Reise durch Osteuropa zu berichten. Diejenigen, die nicht selbst an der Karawane teilnehmen können, können dieses wiki nutzen, um sich über den Verlauf der Tour zu informieren und diese Informationen weiterzuverbreiten, denn schließlich ist die Karawane kein touristisches Unternehmen, sondern eine politische Aktion. Im Notfall kann dieses wiki ein wichtiges Instrument sein, um Soli-Aktionen zu koordinieren. Die am meisten genutzte Sprache hier wird wohl englisch sein, aber natürlich kannst du auch in jeder anderen Sprache schreiben.
On the road of resistance - Brief informations about dates and stations...
04.06.06 13:00 Frankfurt The bike-caravane just passed the german town of Frankfurt (Oder) on the german-polish border. The group was yesterday warmly welcomed by local activists and stayed overnight. It rains, but all the people are strongly motivated and contitue of course the travel.
06.06.06 22:00 Poznan We stayed for a day at the ROZBRAT COLLECTIVE.
09.06.06 20:00 Torun We are for three days at this nice city.
11.06.06 Torun A critical mass with caravan-people took place... more pictures can be found at polish indymedia [1]
15th to 16th june Olsztyn in Olsztyn, Social and Cultural Center and libertarian Library in ulica grunwaldzka 23, biblioteka.warmia.net meeting with local media and local antifas, anarchists and regionalists...
16th - 18th june Rodowo We stayed for two nights in International Youth Exchange Center Rodowo, that hosted us and supported us a lot... rodowo.pl And has a really beautiful lake... On 17th, we made a street exposition with our bikes and the g8 exposition in the center of Mragowo, near to a rock concert...
Detailed reports
From Berlin to Poznan, 14.6.2006
From Berlin to Torun, 14.6.2006
Photos
The start in Berlin -- Between Frankfurt and Poznan -- The first camp -- Finding the way -- At Rozbrat Squad Poznan -- Repacking -- Logo -- Critical Mass in Torun 1 -- Critical Mass in Torun 2 -- Preparing the exibition -- Talk -- The riders and their hosts -- Bike change -- No shower but better -- Relaxing in Olsztyn 1 -- Relaxing in Olsztyn 2 -- Help on the road -- ... to be continued ...
The Caravan People
The caravane against the G8 consists of an international team.
Greetings to the riders :-)
Even if you can't take part personally, here you can show your solidarity to the riders... greetings
wenn du selbst nicht an der Karawane teilnehmen kannst, kannst du hier Grüße und Solidaritätsbekundungen für die FahrerInnen hinterlassen... greetings
Reflections
Reflections and conclusions on the Anti-g8 bike caravan 2006 - what can we learn out of it?
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A G8 summit has been planned to take place from 15-17 July in St Petersburg, Russia. Several sources have reported that a systematic police crackdown on people participating in alternative meetings (a Libertarian Forum and the Russian Social Forum) and critical of the official meeting has begun almost a week prior to the summit. Estimates range from dozens to one or two hundred arrests and detentions.

For the past several years, especially since the 27th G8 summit in 2001 in Genoa, the G8 summits of the leaders of seven of the world's richest industrialised countries and of Russia have been regularly met by popular protests by critics who assert that members of G8 are responsible for global issues such as global warming due to carbon dioxide emission, poverty in Africa and developing countries due to debt crisis and unfair trade policy, exacerbating the AIDS crisis by medicine patent policy and other problems that are related to globalization. These protests have been met by massive numbers of arrests and police violence, on some occasions.

In contrast to previous G8 meetings, this time arrests have been taking place a week before the official meeting itself has started. At least 23-25 human rights activists and political activists, including two German citizens, have been detained by police in Moscow, St Petersburg and other cities in Russia since 7 July. Many of them have been sentenced to ten days' imprisonment, enough to prevent them from participation in political protests until the end of the official summit.

Some sources claim that the true detention rate may be much higher, such as an unconfirmed report attributed to the Siberian Confederation of Labour (Сибирской Конфедерации Труда) claiming 200 arrests. The activists' legal team claims that more than 100 arrests and detainments have occurred.

Discussions on global energy issues and other themes have started at the Libertarian Forum despite the arrests, and the Russian Social Forum is expected to start on schedule on 13 July, followed by the official G8 meeting on 15-17 July. Permission to carry out a street demonstration by the Russian Social Forum has been refused by the authorities.

Russian authorities say that demonstrations are permitted, but only in the location set aside for them - a sports stadium about 25 km (16 miles) from the Constantine Palace, which will house the summit. The Russian Deputy Interior Minister Alexander Chekalin said that allegations of harassment were "from the realms of supposition". 

"The police's actions are commensurate with the situation at hand. The situation demands particular measures, sometimes intensified. Sometimes it demands that we visit a family in their apartment," He said.