JUNE 18th 1999 - LONDON
Carnival of Resistance
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JUNE 18:
MASS CARNIVAL WILL BRING CITY TO A STANDSTILL
Chaos is expected to grip the City of London on June 18 as thousands of people descend on Europe's most powerful financial centre to hold a mass protestand carnival.
Timed to coincide with the start of the G8 Summit in Cologne, the hugegathering is part of an international movement intending to spotlight the links between economic globalisation, poverty, and the destruction of the Earth's environment.
Expected to attend are activists from the notorious 'Biotic Baking Brigade'- made famous for throwing cream pies in the faces of powerful men. Offices of major corporations and banks are also likely to be occupied by revellers, whileReclaim the Streets is holding a 'Carnival against Capital' which is almost certain tobring the City to a standstill.
No single organisation or leader is steering the June 18 movement, which is an international network of autonomous groups from 43 countries.Demonstrations and other events will be taking place over a 24-hour period in 70 cities acrossthe globe.
In Sydney 'Critical Mass' bike rides will hold up cars on major freeways; inLagos, Nigeria, the oil giants who have wreaked havoc in the Niger Delta regionwill find themselves targeted; and in Bangladesh garment workers will be holding a mass protest. In Edinburgh counterfeit 'Bank of Bigotry' ten pound notes willflood across the city.
The day is being held "in recognition that the global capitalist systembased on the exploitation of people and the planet for the profit of a few is at the veryroot of our social and ecological troubles", according to June 18 participant Mark Sully.
Just like the banks and stock exchanges, the activists are electronicallynetworked. June 18 reports will sweep round the world via TV and radio, all live on theInternet. For international details and contacts; previous press coverage; J18 background and continuously updated news, with video and live interviews on the day, visit:www.j18.org, or contact Reclaim the Streets on 0171 281 4621 / 0836 536 537.
In the event of main j18 site shutdown on the day see:
http://learn.at/first_hand
http://i.am/transnational
http://messages.to/the_people
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LONDON EVENTS
Lunchtime hours and throughout day. Music, theatre, free food. Also secretactions in various locations. See j18 web site.
7.30 am Critical Mass. Cycle action to reclaim the City streets. Meet WestSmithfield, EC1 near City Thameslink and Farringdon rail stations.
10.00 Picket of Reed Employment Agency, 87 Moorgate, EC1. Over 'New Deal' harassment of claimants. Haringay Solidarity Group. 0181 374 5027.
10.30 "Animal abuse is as transnational as capital". Meet Farringdon tube.London Animal Action. 0171 278 3068.
11.00 Global Chain Reaction. Human chain around Treasury, bring whistles and banners. Meet 11 am Parliament Square. People and Planet. 01865 245 678.
11.00 Picket of McDonald's. Meet Liverpool Street Station branch. LondonGreenpeace. 0171 713 1269.
12.00 Carnival Against Capital. Bring food to share, things to make musicand noise with, radios. Meet Liverpool Street Station. Reclaim the Streets. 0171 2814621 - 0836 536 537.
13.30 Protest against the Militarisation of Space. Meet Green Park tube.Association of Autonomous Astronauts. 0793 0834904.
16.00 Picket of Aroma Cafe (bought by McDonald's). Meet Bishopsgate entrance of Liverpool Street BR station. London Greenpeace. 0171 713 1269.
18:00 Party in protest against UCI Cinemas outside Empire Cinema in LeicesterSquareü WC2. Against the proposed UCI multiplex development at CrystalPalace Park.
19.00 (sharp) Eurobunk. Meet at Waterloo Station for mass free ride onEurostar train to Brussels. Change trains for Cologne and anti-G8 demo on Saturday 19 June. Bring sleeping bag or tent. Contact: eurobunk01@hotmail.com
All day, Actions against GAP. Meet GAP/GAP Kids at 315 Oxford St, W1.Disruption of their sales in response to the exploitation of manufacturing workers.International Solidarity with Workers of Russia. ISWoR, Box R, 46 Denmark Hill, London SE58RZ, Email: antek5@aol.com
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