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Segunda-feira, julho 7o, 2008
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Por Danielle Demetriou | Dreadlocks que flailing no vento, o homem emitiu-se um grito feroz enquanto funcionou abaixo a pista quieta do país para mim, brandishing uma vara de bambu em cada mão.

Normalmente, eu giraria e fujiria. Mas nós éramos ambos os papéis jogando em um exercício do treinamento para os demonstradores que preparam-se para o summit de G8 de segunda-feira no Hokkaido em Japão do norte, e minha própria cara foi coberta por um scarf revolucionário ameaçando.

Os milhares dos protesters marcharam, dançaram e rufaram sua maneira através das ruas perto de um hotel altamente fixado no lago remoto Toya onde os líderes se encontrassem com.

Para muitos povos, o foco tem deslocado já do stance de Gordon Brown na mudança do clima e dos índices do wardrobe de Carla Bruni aos estudantes, aos fazendeiros, aos unionists de comércio e aos anarquistas tentando disrupt continuações.

Japão, de onde tais acampamentos de treinamento do protesto não foram ajustados nunca acima antes, está fazendo exame da ameaça muito seriamente: desdobrou 40.000 polícias armadas através do país e é a despesa £142 milhão na segurança.

As polícias prenderam três demonstradores após scuffles irritados, including o disco-jockey em um flutuador móvel do protesto.

Os protesters têm planeado com cuidado sua resposta em um acampamento rural em Tobetsu próximo.

As tampas do programa dirigem oficinas da ação, discussões da tática do protesto, treinamento consultivo legal, fazer do fantoche, tournaments do football e rufar sessões.

No guise de um protester ocidental, o telégrafo infiltrated o acampamento, que adere de “a uma política estrita nenhuns meios”.

Era uma caminhada de 20 minutos através dos campos verdes suportados por montanhas névoa-encobertas e por céus drizzly. Mas enquanto a corda de barracas coloridas veio na vista, um carro poderia também ser visto na distância, equipada pelas polícias lisas da roupa que mantêm um olho watchful em continuações.

O acampamento foi ajustado nas terras de uma escola anterior, onde as bandeiras anti-G8 flourescent vibrassem na brisa e em um sinal grande lidos: “Vila alternativa.”

Dentro de uma barraca da recepção, duas activistas japonesas slouched em um sofa, entregue para fora uma lista das réguas e pedido polidamente para que (£7) um donation Y1,500 diário ajude funcionar o acampamento.

Aproximadamente três quartos dos protesters são japoneses de uma variedade dos fundos, including os unionists de comércio, dos fazendeiros, das activistas, e do partido comunista japonês.

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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