Homeless People Shut Out of Sapporo Bus Terminal in Run-up to G8 Summit Article found at Mainichi Daily News: http://mdn.mainichi.jp/national/news/20080613p2a00m0na008000c.html

Against Social Exclusion and Neoliberalism at Japanese G8 Summit ACTION AGAINST SOCIAL EXCLUSION AND CALL FOR FAIR LABOR JOIN US IN THE MOVEMENT AGAINST G8 The G8 Summit will be held at Toyako in Hokkaido from July 7-9. We believe that this is an arbitrary meeting of the governments which lead neoliberalism. The world's eight most powerful economies have imposed neoliberalism onto other nations, while dominating the global financial market with the World Trade Organization and the Free Trade Agreement. The developing nations are forced to accept the free trade in exchange of ODA. Privatizations, labor market flexibility, and deregulations are introduced not only in the developing nations but also in the industrialized counterparts. Inequality and poverty are accelerating. Social welfare is reduced. Socially disadvantaged people are excluded and their fundamental rights are violated. Also in Japan, working poor are also victims of neoliberalism since the early 2000s under the Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's government.

Japanese Police Raid Anti-G8 Kyoto Union Office http://www.gipfelsoli.org/Home/Hokkaido_2008/5181.html 10th of June before 9 in the morning, 19 police men from Kyoto Prefecture Police Security 3rd department (so called public safety dep.) raided and searched the union office which is used by Rakunan Union, Rakunan Workers Network, Asia Joint Action (Asia Kyodokodo) , (and ) also an house of ‘A’ who is a member of Rakunan Union for the suspect of “fraud related incident” (with an arrest warrant), which is an apparent excuse to crush the movement against the summit.

[ JUST RELEASED >>> INTERVENTIONS Number One ]]] http://uppingtheanti.org/node/3070 ROUNDTABLE ON G8 RESISTANCE Perspectives for the Next Phase of Global Anti-Capitalist Uprisings Moderated by Kriss Sol (Amsterdam); with Hanne Jobst (Germany), Sabu & Go (Japan), Miranda (Italy), and Jaggi Singh (Montreal) The G8 is more than a place where neoliberal trade agreements are authored. It is also a space where the legitimacy of global governance is reproduced. In 2005, 300,000 people took to the streets in Edinburgh to ask the G8 for a solution to poverty. By 2007, antagonism and dissent prevailed once again. We are entering a period that could mark the resurgence of positive dynamics from the earlier phase of global uprisings. But have we learned from the past? Can we build our interventions on new and more stable ground?

Forensic Evaluation Completed of Mexican Investigation of Brad Will Case PHR Recommends a Thorough Investigation into US Journalist Brad Will's Case and a Larger Inquiry into Pattern of Violence in Oaxaca Media Contacts: Nathaniel Raymond nraymond@phrusa.org Tel: (617) 301-4232 Cell: (617) 413-6407 The International Forensic Program (IFP) of Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) recommends a thorough and wider inquiry following its comprehensive forensic review of the ongoing investigation by Mexico's Attorney General (Procuraduria General de la Republica-PGR) into the October, 2006 death of 36-year-old American Brad Will. Will, a video-journalist for Indymedia.org, died of gunshot wounds while covering violent protests in the state of Oaxaca. At issue in this case is whether Will was killed by bullets fired at close range from within the crowd of protestors, or from a greater distance by paramilitary forces. At least 17 other reported deaths related to protests in Oaxaca since 1996 remain unresolved.

Will you join us in the middle of a whirlwind? In the Middle of a Whirlwind: 2008 Convention Protests, Movement and Movements A one-off online journal of theory, art, activism and organizing out now! Coordinated by: Team Colors Collective Published by: The Journal of Aesthetics & Protest Press In the Middle of a Whirlwind (Whirlwinds) inquires into current organizing efforts in the United States, and through that process, assembles a strategic analysis of current political composition as a tool for building political power. Whirlwinds’ strategic context is this summer’s RNC and DNC protests; through these documents and the discussions that erupt from them we hope to directly impact the anti-Convention organizing. In a larger sense, and in the long-term, Whirlwinds is intended to provide a set of useful documents for contemporary radical organizing. Each essay and interview addresses the issues of movement, working class power and composition, and/or gives strategic insight into organizing, and the strengths and weaknesses of current movement/s in the U.S.

Fight against the Terror in Nandigram, Build your Own Independent and United Struggle A fugitive criminal is ruling roost in Nandigram, directing a huge armed force of party cadres. A police officer waves and gives a beaming smile to the criminal while passing by in his jeep — a picture familiar in today’s ‘peaceful’ Nandigram. A group of socially established intellectuals were prohibited from proceeding towards Nandigram on the basis of Government’s directive a day before the Panchayat polls.

Legal Team Founded for Japanese Anti-G8 Actions Hello, the legal team WATCH which aims to support civil movements around the G8 summit is now officially founded. Please visit the English blog under: http://watch08summit.blogspot.com/ The blog has started just today. In the coming weeks, the legal team will publish news and information about immigration and other subjects which might be interesting for the international activists. Kind regards, Ko

Call to Support for Our Action Against the G8 Development Ministerial Meeting in Tokyo: Stop G8! Solidarity March in the South and the North The Japanese government will host some Ministerial meetings before the G8summit in Toyako in July. As a part of the meetings, the G8 DevelopmentMinisterial Meeting is planned in Tokyo on 5-6 April. Those kinds ofMeetings had been held around the same time as the IMF and the WorldBank's annual meetings before 2002. This shows that the Meeting has beenstrongly influenced by major powers and big businesses. G8 countries and transnational companies promoted 'development' in poorcountries, but it causes various problems everywhere such as abuse ofhuman rights, illegitimate debts, and global warming. Nonetheless, theJapanese government the host country does not think seriously about thepast failures.

Ruckus Society Stages Golden Gate Bridge "Free Tibet" Demonstration Hello Ruckus Family, I write right now with the utmost pride. Right now three activists, including one of our beloved Ruckutistas, are climbing up the suspension cables of the Golden Gate Bridge in an action to support Tibetan independence. San Francisco is the only city hosting the torch in the United States, and Students for a Free Tibet are responding. The message is clear and visionary: FREE TIBET!!!