G8 protest camp organisers outline plans

[struggle4progress]

20 June 2005 17:58

The organisers of a massive G8 protest camp near Stirling spoke about their plans for the first time today. As Scotland Today revealed last week, an alliance of groups is trying to set up a site with enough room for 5,000 people, 20 miles away from the summit at Gleaneagles.

The protesters say the camp beside the River Forth will offer a glimpse of a better world - an environmentally friendly eco-village. The site at an old farm could take up to 5,000 people.

Camp organiser Phil Batchelor said: "We consider ourselves to be very responsible organisations, we're trying to build a very peaceful site here to demonstrate positive alternatives to the G8. We really don't expect any trouble or anything that would disrupt the lives of people in Stirling."

The camp will also be a base. On its website, one of the main protest groups says: "Dissent! feels it is possible to gain a major and inspiring victory against global capitalism by directly shutting the G8 down by blockading the roads...while other groups go over the hills to enter Gleneagles." <snip>

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