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From: "Jaggi Singh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) has recently prepared a
public document entitled "Anti-Globalization: A Spreading Phenomenon".
It's available at:
http://www.csis-scrs.gc.ca/eng/miscdocs/200008e.html
The document is based on "open sources". You can imagine what else is
lurking at CSIS based on confidential and undercover sources.
The CSIS report was cited on the front page of the National Post today
(August 23) as well as in La Presse, the largest French-language daily in
Quebec, based in Montreal. Other corporate papers probably picked it up as
well. In conjunction with the recent Le Soleil front page story last week
which cited a similar RCMP report, the police and government propaganda
offensive against activists, especially anarchists, has begun (a full 8
months before the Summit of the Americas in Quebec City next April). Below
are some excerpts from the CSIS report.
-- Jaggi Singh, Montreal
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<http://www.csis-scrs.gc.ca/eng/miscdocs/200008e.html>
"Neither J18 nor the WTO protest in Seattle, or its counterpart, A16, the
International Monetary Fund/World Bank (IMF/WB) demonstration five months
later in Washington, DC, were unique, one-off events. As exemplified by
further protest activity at the Organization of American States (OAS)
Ministerial Meeting in Windsor, and the World Petroleum Conference (WPC)
in Calgary, similar incidents can be expected to occur in various forms
and with varying degrees of intensity, aiming at the same targetcorporate
powerfor the foreseeable future. Reminiscent of the Vietnam and
anti-nuclear protest era of the 60s and 70s, the activities are global in
scope, international in locale, and have involved sites in Canada on
several occasions."
"Underlying the anti-globalization theme is criticism of the capitalist
philosophy, a stance promoted once again by left-of-centre activists and
militant anarchists."
"Activists, however, are divided in their anti-globalization position. The
larger segment supports restructuring corporations to reflect
accountability and transparency; the smaller segment, while also
supporting these objectives, actively promotes the total demise of global
structures including the WTO. Anarchist activists and some
environmentalists fall in the latter category."
"The philosophy of capitalism also is under attack, facing charges that it
is ignoring the social welfare of individuals, and destroying cultures and
the ecology in the quest for growth and profit."
"One of the more impressive innovations has been the method of organizing,
arranging, and directing the operational and administrative activities
associated with the demonstrationsaccomplished effectively without the
obvious influence of central authority, command, or control. In many ways,
the system is very similar to that advocated by anarchists of the
libertarian socialist philosophy."
"Protesters have learned to employ both kerosene and vinegar-soaked rags
for anti-tear gas and anti-pepper spray purposes, and to use a combination
of chicken wire, PVC pipe, and linked arms to create almost immoveable
street barricades. As well, a technique which harks back at least three
decades to anti-nuclear and Left and Right Wing demonstrations in Great
Britain, the renewed use of ball bearings and marbles against police
horses has been suggested. Among the use of new technologies, Pretty Good
Privacy (PGP) is the preferred means of encrypting communications on the
Internet. As well, the anti-globalists have adopted media-savvy techniques
developed and refined by environmental activists. For example, during the
26-30 March, 2000, BIO 2000 biotechnology conference held in Boston,
protestors against genetically modified food set up the Boston Independent
Media Centre, which posted photos, stories and audio clips on its Web site
throughout the week of protests."
"Distance and remote location remain factors in curtailing the presence of
demonstrators to some degree, but are not sufficient to ensure security or
constrain the influence of pressure groups. For example, early in May, the
annual meeting of the Asian Development Bank at Chiang Mai, Thailand, was
overwhelmed by 4,000 protesters demanding an end to policies they claimed
punished the poor. Inspired by events in Washington and Seattle,
protesters caught police by surprise when they stormed security
barricades.(17) The July G-8 Summit on Okinawa was peaceful, largely
because heavy security precautions combined with high costs for
transportation, accomodation and logistic support to deter the presence of
large numbers of protesters. Nonetheless, a day prior to the conference,
thousands of people staged protests across Japan and students marched in
Tokyo, shouting "Smash the summit"."
"Continued presence and use of large numbers of security forces, fencing,
and similar restrictive measures could dampen the enthusiasm of protesters
and might gradually reduce the size of some gatherings, as could adverse
weather conditions. But, as demonstrated by extremist animal-rights and
environmental activists, security measures could prompt a rise in the
scale of violence from smashing windows to arson attacks, the use of
explosive devices, and even physical threats against individuals,
including posting warning letters purported to contain contaminated razor
blades."
"Nonetheless, it has been established that antiglobalists are organizing
against a number of international meetings in Canada, including the April
2001 Summit of the Americas in Quebec City. Given the virulent
anti-globalization rhetoric directed against the Organization of American
States (OAS), the threat of Summit-associated violence in Quebec City
cannot be ruled out."
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