{{Issues| {{Notability|date=February 2022}} {{One source|date=June 2024}} }}{{Other uses|Dissent (disambiguation)}}[[File: EdinburghProtests5.jpg|thumb|Anti-globalization protests at the start of the G8 Summit organized by Dissent!]]
'''Dissent!''' was the name adopted by an international network of local groups, which came together to organise opposition to the [[G8]] summit held at [[Gleneagles Hotel]], [[Perthshire]], [[Scotland]], in July 2005. Most groups shared an [[anti-capitalist]] orientation and [[anti-authoritarian]] organizing methods and the network declares itself to be open to anyone prepared to work within the Hallmarks of [[Peoples' Global Action]], an international co-ordination of radical social movements and grassroots campaigns. Dissent acted as a networking tool and created infrastructure which was used by groups with methods of [[protest]] ranging from anti-border city tours and [[street party|street parties]] to road blockades, [[graffiti]] and confrontations with the police.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4654077.stm |title= Eco-village is model for us all | website=BBC NEWS}}</ref>
The network was formed in the autumn of 2003 by a group of people who have previously been involved in radical ecological direct action, Peoples' Global Action, the anti-war movement and the global anti-capitalist movement which has emerged around meetings of those that rule over us.
In the run-up to the summit itself, groups associated with Dissent! organised actions targeting a number of the preparatory meetings which brought together ministers from the G8 countries. Among these were the Environment and Development Ministerial in [[Derbyshire]] (March 17–18) and the Justice and Interior Ministerial in [[Sheffield]] (June 15–18).
The network set-up an "eco-camp" known as HoriZone in the town of [[Stirling]] to host protesters. This was organised along non-hierarchical lines conforming with the principles of [[direct democracy]] and broken down into largely autonomous "barrios". The camp was also run in such a way as to minimise its environmental impact; [[recycling]], conserving water and utilising [[biodiesel]] in its vehicles.
The Dissent! Network in [[Germany]] was one of the networks mobilising against the [[33rd G8 summit]] in [[Heiligendamm]], Germany, since 2005. Since that time other Dissent! Networks were started in [[Sweden]], [[Netherlands]], [[Spain]], [[Belgium]] and [[France]].
== See also == * [[31st G8 summit]] * [[G8 Alternatives]] * [[Make Poverty History]]
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== External links == * [http://www.dissent.org.uk Dissent! Homepage]
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