Sunday, April 13, 2008

The G8 protests have become a game of cat-and-mouse

"I didn't come all this way to Germany to have a cat-and-mouse game with police - there are bigger enemies," says Julie, a socialist student from Glasgow. But when the police prevent protesters from getting within shouting distance of the politicians, a tactical game where protesters try to outwit police is, inevitably, what the demonstrations outside G8 become.

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