This is a copy of a letter I sent to a dear friend, James Donaldson, in Eastern Washington. It is a response to a comment that he forwarded from someone who had seen the site. It gives some more information on why we came to Germany, our philosophy, and some more of my own thoughts [...]
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More from the Convergence Center
Tuesday, 29 May 2007
Another stormy night. Only the media offices and the Kitchen stay busy. Everything else seems to slow down, people stopping their work to come inside and stand in front of the windows watching the lightning, or gathering around a radio, listening to the news in German about G8 activities.
Most of our time is spent in [...]
From Rostock
Sunday, 27 May 2007
We are at the convergence center in Rostock, surrounded by a scene much like St. Mary’s, but also different. It is late, and finally having a chance to sit down and clear my mind I will write this update as it comes to me — I hope it makes sense.
We arrived at the convergence center [...]
The Squatter’s Movement (part 2)
Sunday, 27 May 2007
…During my ‘02 adventure I attended the first International No Border Camp in Strasburg, France. About 2000 people spent a week camped out in a city park. It was a kind of temporary squat, with a specific political focus on immigration reform, and the camp was run through a process of direct democracy, borrowed in [...]
The Squatter’s Movement (part 1)
Thursday, 24 May 2007
Berlin, so far, has been good to us.
We have managed to connect with a newly formed media collective, and will be helping groups at the convergence center in Rostock and at the camp in Reddilich connect with the international media that will be present. It gives us a chance to plug in with some folks [...]