G8 summit worldwide general strike
Links
- www.g8alternatives.org.uk – for details of events throughout the week of the G8 summit, particularly the G8 Alternatives Summit in Edinburgh on Sunday the 3rd of July and the Another World is Possible demonstration in Gleneagles on Wednesday the 6th of July
- www.stopwar.org.uk – Stop the War Coalition, for further details of events including those against the continued occupation of Iraq
- www.makepovertyhistory.org – a coalition of charities, trade unions, campaigning groups, faith communities and high profile
individuals organising the Make Poverty History demonstration in Edinburgh on Saturday the 2nd of July
- www.faslaneg8.org – for details of a protest at Dungavel Immigration Removal Centre on Tuesday the 5th of July, plus a magical mystery tour of immigration controls and the “chain of deportation” on Sunday the 3rd of July in Glasgow
- www.makebordershistory.org – calling for open borders, particularly a protest against Dungavel Immigration Removal Centre on Tuesday the 5th of July, plus a magical mystery tour of immigration controls and the “chain of deportation” on Sunday the 3rd of July in Glasgow
- www.dissent.org.uk – A network of activists in the UK concentrating on radical action (specialising in direct action) against the G8
- summat.sakeos.net – Summat for the Summit, organising in Manchester against the G8 (details of transport from the North West of England is on this website)
- www.wdm.org.uk – World Development Movement, for information about poverty, etc.
- www.scottishsocialistparty.org – The Scottish Socialist Party, uniting virtually all organised socialists (apart from those who call themselves “anarchists”) in Scotland, with its youth wing Scottish Socialist Youth (which has a forum for discussion)
- www.resist.org.uk – Globalise Resistance, an anti-capitalist organisation that has organised transport to overseas summits and is organising transport to this one; they have another useful page of links (about background to the protests, policing and media coverage) on their website