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Adbusters: Surprise G8 Backdown – Occupy Claims Victory as Obama Relocates G8 Summit

Adbusters ..

The Showdown in Chicago has turned into a G8 Backdown. In a stunning about-face, the Obama administration has moved the Chicago G8 summit to Camp David, an ultra-secure military base in rural Maryland. Despite the tough talk of anti-Occupy technology, ordinances and paramilitary preparations, this is perhaps the first time that a major world summit has been relocated due to anticipated protests. And with only two months left before the summit was to begin, the change of venues is clearly a humiliating decision and a surprising victory of the Occupy movement. The specter of 50,000 nonviolent occupiers flooding the windy city with a list of demands for the world’s political elites was apparently too powerful.

and OWS.com sez “Those responsible for the economic crisis, widespread inequality, and manufactured austerity – the G8, NATO, EU, IMF – will be held accountable, wherever they choose to meet. From Chicago to Camp David to Frankfurt, the #GlobalSpring is upon us” .. read more

 

 

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2 Responses to “Adbusters: Surprise G8 Backdown – Occupy Claims Victory as Obama Relocates G8 Summit”

  1. Ian Alterman said:

    This is something of a pyrrhic victory, don’t you think? After all, the Obama admin claims that “The prospect of the antiglobalization protests common to such gatherings was not a factor in the decision to change locations.”

    And while that is almost certainly a lie, the Occupy movement can’t “prove” that it was responsible for the change in venue. Whereas, getting 50,000 (or more) people on the streets of Chicago would have been a visible, unarguable victory.

    Posted on 09-Mar-12 at 11:48 am | Permalink
  2. Mike Blaxill said:

    its pretty obvious that’s why they moved it

    Posted on 09-Mar-12 at 11:51 am | Permalink

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