33rd G8 summit
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The 33rd G8 summit was held at Kempinski Grand Hotel, 6–8 June 2007. The summit took place in Heiligendamm, Bad Doberan, in the Northern German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern on the Baltic Coast. The
Group photo of the leaders of the G8 and outreach countries
G8 leaders sitting in a Strandkorb at Grand Hotel Heiligendamm
The Heiligendamm security fence was designed not to fail.
Campaign stunt before the summit by Oxfam International
Anti-globalization movement
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The anti-globalization movement, or counter-globalization movement, is a social movement critical of economic globalization. The movement is also commonly referred to as the global justice movement, a
33rd G8 summit
…communique. The G8 financial ministers began pre-summit meetings on 30 May 2007. As with all recent G8 summits, the event drew large protests, part of the anti-globalization movement. The main demonstration took place 2 June 2007 in the nearby city of Rostock and was the starting event for a week of protests and blockades. Organizers…
Thousands of people gathered for a demonstration in Warsaw, Poland, as the country prepared to enter the European Union in 2004.
Protest against the G8 meeting in Heiligendamm, 2007
World Bank/IMF protesters smashed the windows of this PNC Bank branch located in the Logan Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C.
Arundhati Roy