Are you sick of being exploited? Or, if you are capitalist, are you sick of exploiting others? Are you sick of war? If so, then join the lunaticleft bloggers in protesting against the G8 summit this summer, June 6-8th. It takes place in Heiligendamm in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern on Germany’s Baltic Sea. For ideas of how to get involved, check out dissent - a network of resistance.

My understanding of this protest is that its importance lies not so much in the demonstration of resistance against the capitalist pig-dogs (I mean it’s not like they’re going to say, oh shit, we didn’t know people thought we were such assholes), but rather in the constructive effects of the protest, both in planning it and carrying it out: the deepening and widening of feelings of solidarity and networks of communication amongst the different social movements (environmentalists, anti-capitalist globalization, feminists, socialists, anti-war activists, etc.) from all over the world. Through their coming together to work on this common project of stopping the G8 summit, they will set the groundwork for initiating further projects on which they can coordinate their efforts to best meet their common yet singular goals (my view here draws on Hardt and Negri’s Multitude). Come join the protest at Heiligendamm and participate in radical democracy!