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月曜日、2008年7月7日
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Danielle Demetriou著 | 風でflailing Dreadlocksは人彼が私の方の静かな国の車線の下で走ったと同時に各手のタケ棒を振り回す激しい叫びを出した。

通常、私は回り、逃げる。 しかし私達は北日本の北海道の月曜日のG8の頂上のために準備するデモンストレーターのための訓練演習に於いての両方とも遊ぶ役割であり私の自身の表面は威嚇的な革命的なスカーフによって覆われた。

たくさんの抗議者はリーダーが会う遠隔湖Toyaの非常にしっかり止められていたホテルの近くで通りを通って彼らの方法行進し、踊り、そしてドラムをたたいた。

多くの人々のために、焦点は気候変動のGordon BrownのスタンスそしてCarla Bruniのワードローブの内容から進行を破壊することを試みている学生、農夫、労働組合員およびanarchistsへの既に移ってしまった。

ずっとそのような抗議のトレーニング・キャンプがの前に決してセットアップされていない日本は脅威を非常に真剣に取っている: それは40,000武装させていた警察を全国各地から配置し、保証の出費£142百万である。

警察は3人のデモンストレーターを後移動式抗議の浮遊物のディスクジョッキーを含む怒っている乱闘、阻止した。

抗議者は注意深くずっと近くのTobetsuの田園キャンプの彼らの応答を計画している。

プログラムは直接作用の研修会、抗議の作戦の議論、法的諮問訓練、パペット会議を作成、フットボールのトーナメントおよびドラムをたたくをカバーする。

西部の抗議者を装って、電信は厳密な「媒体」の方針に付着しないキャンプを浸透させた。

それは霧覆われた山およびdrizzly空によって支持された緑分野を通って20分歩くだった。 しかし多彩なテントの一連が目に入ったと同時に、車はまた進行を用心深い監視している明白な衣服の警察が人を配置した間隔で見ることができる。

キャンプは花盛りの反G8旗が読まれた微風および大きい印でなびいた前の学校の地面で置かれた、: 「代わりとなる村」。

受信のテントの中で、2人の日本の行動主義者はソファーで、配られた規則のリストそしてキャンプを動かすのを助けるように丁寧に頼まれた毎日Y1,500 (£7)寄付を傾いた。

抗議者の約4分の3は色々な背景、労働組合員を含んで、農夫、行動主義者および日本の共産党から日本語である。

Many of them are students, but there were plenty of older Japanese citizens as well, including Hiroshi Tsuchira, 71, a retired airport worker.

“Life is difficult for people in Japan and I have never been to march this big before but it is important for people to hear our voice,” he said. “Our future will not be good if it lies in the hands of the G8 leaders.”

Other activists came from San Francisco, London and Nantes.

They included people from charities like Oxfam and more riotous protesters from a French anarcho-syndicalist commune.

“We are protesting against a structure of capitalism that has been created by the G8 summit,” said Nakata-san, a political science student from Tokyo. “We want to create our own ideal system in this campsite community.”

Despite its anarchic credentials, the campsite offers a perfect template of Japan’s renowned organisational skills. Neat piles of placards, T-shirts and recycling bins line the entrance, while leaflets offer advice on protest etiquette.

Japanese bamboo flute music is as prominent as punk rock on the internal sound system, which also broadcasts sudden and surreal messages: “Will volunteers please help peel vegetables for dinner!” or “Rave party in the gym at 5pm!”

The gym is a vast space filled with piles of anti-G8 banners and brightly coloured protest “puppets” – including eight wooden creations on sticks emblazoned with skulls on one side and the faces of G8 leaders on the other.

And there are many meetings. After a long discussion about colour-coded washing-up bowls and whether sheets should be used with futons, the cultural differences suddenly came to light.

“Is there nothing else to talk about?” muttered Sarah, a straight-talking activist who spent two months travelling overland to Japan from London. “I’m stunned.”

Beneath the veneer of domesticity, serious training sessions are under way for the 1,000 protesters at three camps near Lake Toya.

One teaches how to avoid arrest. “It was hands on, direct and practical,” said James, a 19-year-old Cambridge undergraduate. “It’s useful for people who want to go to these protests and make an impact without getting arrested.”

From intricate diagrams of where to stand in a crowd to stunts like dressing up as clowns, the discussions are painstakingly detailed.

For protesters who need to sleep, there are tents or, for an additional fee, three neatly organised rooms, equipped with futons and blankets.

And for those too hungry to continue training on behalf of the world’s poor, there are delicious vegan meals of curry, risotto, seaweed salad and fresh fruit prepared by a “food collective” that also works around the clock to make fresh hemp bread from cannabis seeds.

Late arrivals were disappointed to learn that they had missed the last of the direct action workshops laid on over previous days. They were masterminded by Lisa Fithian, an American activist - and so fearful are the Japanese authorities over the risk of disruption to the summit that she was reportedly only allowed into the country on condition that she left before the summit had even begun.

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