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星期一， 2008年7月7日
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由Danielle ・ Demetriou | flailing在風的Dreadlocks，人在每隻手散發了劇烈啼聲，當他跑了在安靜的國家車道下往我，揮舞一根竹棍子。

通常，我會轉動并且出逃。 但我們是在訓練的兩個演奏的角色為示威者為星期一的G8山頂做準備在北海道在北日本，并且我自己的面孔由一條邪惡的革命圍巾蓋。

數以萬計抗議者通過街道在遙遠的湖Toya前進了，跳舞并且打鼓了他們的方式在一家高度被鞏固的旅館附近，領導將見面。

為許多人，焦點從Gordon Brown的姿態和Carla Bruni的衣櫥內容在氣候變化已經轉移了對學生、農夫、工會會員和無政府主義者設法打亂行動。

日本，在，在哪裡之前這樣抗議訓練營從未被設定，非常認真採取威脅： 它在安全全國各地部署了40,000武裝的警察并且是消費£142百萬。

警察在一個流動抗議浮游物之後拘捕了三個示威者，在惱怒的扭打，包括圓盤騎師。

抗議者在一個農村陣營仔細地計劃他們的反應在附近的Tobetsu。

節目包括直系活動車間，抗議戰術討論，法律情況通知的訓練，木偶做，橄欖球比賽和打鼓會議。

裝扮西部抗議者，通信機滲入了陣營，遵守一項嚴密的「沒有媒介」政策。

它是20分鐘通過薄霧被覆蓋的山和下毛毛雨的天空支持的綠色領域走。 但是，當五顏六色的帳篷串開始了看見，汽車在距離可能也被看見，供以人員由密切注視注意行動的簡單的衣裳警察。

陣營在一所前學校的地面被設置了，繁榮昌盛的anti-G8橫幅在微風振翼，并且一個大標誌讀了： 「供選擇的村莊」。

在招待會帳篷裡面，二名日本活動家懶散了在沙發，被實施規則名單和禮貌地請求每日Y1,500 (£7)捐贈幫助跑陣營。

抗議者的大約四分之三從各種各樣的背景，包括工會會員，農夫、活動家和日本共產黨是日語。

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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