-Caveat Lector- POLICE VIOLENCE BEING PLANNED http://indymedia.org:8081/front.php3?article_id=187499&group=webcast
Violence and police state tactics are being planned against anti-capitalist and anti-global protesters by authorities in at least three nations this summer. In preparation for G8 meetings in Kananaskis, Canada next week, Canadians are witnessing unprecedented security measures. Starting Sunday, June 23, downtown Calgary will be locked up tight, during the day as well as after dark. Calgary police will patrol the streets, while the military patrol Kananaskis. RCMP will escort Internationally Protected Persons (mainly heads of state) wherever they go, including to a $300,000 Gala reception and dinner downtown, next Tuesday. "There�?Ts a clear agenda to portray activists as dangerous, disorganized, violent, irrational people and it�?Ts created this frenzy that is not based on reality," said activist Sarah Kerr. "The police have been traveling around the city providing �?Tinformation�?T telling people what to be afraid of." The campaign launched by the government and security forces includes unsigned warnings such as this one which appeared in the June issue of the Hillhurst-Sunnyside community newsletter (probably a police press release) which reads like something out of Reefer Madness: "Young people and their parents should know that what may seem like a harmless invitation to express freedom of speech in a spirit of cooperation and solidarity with like-minded individuals has the potential to escalate into violence, creating a situation in which the vast majority of participants had no intention of becoming involved." "It�?Ts an incredible campaign of fearmongering," said Kerr, "and it�?Ts designed to scare people out of listening to what it is we have to say." Norway will deploy up to 1,000 extra police to impose draconian security in Oslo next week during a World Bank anti-poverty conference. Protesters insist they will be peaceful but police have trained to face rioters throwing petrol bombs. Demonstrators accuse police of trying to demonize them, saying the Oslo 2002 umbrella group of 56 organizations opposed to World Bank policies and globalisation is planning peaceful marches. "We almost get the impression that the police are preparing for a war," Oslo 2002 said in a statement. The meeting is an Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics (ABCDE) for Europe entitled "Towards pro-Poor Policies" at which speakers will include World Bank chief James Wolfensohn and Norwegian Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik. The last ABCDE meeting a year ago was held over the Internet for fear of protests in Barcelona, the planned host. In South Africa police vow to "get tough" with protesters planning to target the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg in August. The meeting is a follow-up to the 1992 Rio Earth Summit. Sean Tshabalala, director of VIP protection for the South African police said "Spontaneous activities are just not acceptable. A group of people gathering spontaneously will be picked up and locked up." Tshabalala said, "We are prepared for everything" He mentioned airborne, sniper or mortar attacks, kidnappings, lunatic attacks or biological attacks like with anthrax as the "everything" for which the police were prepared. Of course, nothing like these things have ever happened at any of the protests at anti-capitalist globalization meetings around the world. He said "thousands" of security agents would be deployed in Johannesburg for the event, but did not give an exact number. Sources: Reuters, Rabble, Planet Ark The Oread Daily provides daily (Monday-Friday) progressive, left, anti-racist, anarchist, commie, activist, environmental, Marxist, revolutionary, etc. news and information from around the US and around the world. The Oread Daily was a mimeographed sheet that came out first in the summer of 1970 in Lawrence, Kansas. It was irreverent, radical, spicy, revolutionary et. al. 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