Jeg er nå kommet tilbake fra Gøteborg, og skal skrive mer om hva som
skjedde der når jeg får meg litt søvn. Disinformasjonen fra massemedia har
vært enorm, og i Sverige har de største tabloidavisene drevet en nærmest
fascistoid løgn-, hat- og fortielseskampanje. Kritikk av oss i Gøteborg på
basis av "informasjon" fra massemedia fra folk som har sittet i fred og ro
her i Norge, har jeg ikke noe særlig sans for. - Per
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Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2001 03:30:06 +0200
Subject: [massaction-gbg2001] From the White Overalls, J16
To Civil Society
To Media
THE WHITE OVERALLS ARE NOT GIVING UP.
We, the white overalls, are going to participate the GBG 2001 demonstration on
saturday 16th June.
We came to Gothenburg to discuss borders, that are built up against immigrants,
the poor, minorities and all other suppressed groups. We came to make those
borders visible and to defy them. We wanted to open up the EU Summit for all
those groups of people, who now don't have a say to decisions made about their
lives.
We were going to do active civil disobedience in a non-violent confrontative
action. Our aim was to open the police lines using only our protected bodies
and shields - we didn't have any weapons. Our plans were openly announced.
On Thursday 14th of June the police sieged and intruded our temporary home
(Hvitfeldtska school) at the moment Bush arrived to Gothenburg. They didn't
give any explanation and refused to negotiate. The police came with full riot
gear, dogs, horses, helicopters and huge containers. Later we, together with
other sieged groups, tried to leave the area. After 8 attempts to break
through, the police attacked us in a openly brutal way with horses in the
front. Even the spontaneous support demonstration was attacked in a similar
way. More than 200 people were arrested. There was no violence toward police
and no provocations before the police attacked. During the attack we were
forced to stop our action, while other groups had no alternative but to defend
themselves by throwing stones.
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