The 22nd is also the US National Young Women's Day of Action . Their last ministerial was the comming out party for the anti-globalization movement. This time they are holding their meeting in Qatar, a tiny, remote Arabian state ruled by a repressive absolute monarchy. There will be a global day of action against the WTO, corporate globalization and neoliberalism and for humanity. Graduates of the SOA are responsible for some of the worst human rights abuses in Latin America.
Every year there is massive civil disobecence at the base calling for it to be shut down.
As the EU expands corporate rights and into eastern europe with neo-colonies it has been met with major protests in Nice and Gothenburg . This fall there will be protests and counter conferences in Leige Sept 22, Gent Oct 19, and a large protest in Brussles Dec 14 . Yet the G8 hasn't disolved or enacted any substantive change in it's policies. For their next meeting in June 2002 the G8 is retreating to a remote rocky mountain hide a way of Kananaskis, Alberta. It seems the G8 has forgot about how the ewoks can outsmart the imperial riot cops on our home turf.