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Now three days after the end of the G8 "summit" it's time to have a (provisional) summary..

First of all: everyone is claiming now "victory" for him self. The state "leaders" of (the) seven industry countries (plus Russia), the protest movement (but not all!!) and the German police.

In many occasions CNN (int'l TV), for example, called the G8 "summit" just a "get-together". And that's reflecting just the reality. The G8 "summit" has definetely NO ASSIGNMENT, not at all!
So it also can't be successfull (except in spending a lot of public money and - simply said - annoying their opponents).

It's complete ridicolous when the opponents of the G8 are demanding any "positive" decision.. "You can't say on one side that the G8 isn't legitimized to make any decision but than to say that they have to make decisions..", so D. Cohn-Bendit (Der Tagesspiegel, 6.10). But despite this fact now the "left", especially in Germany is discussing about the possible results of the G8 "summit"..

But for a majority of the protestors - or better just their representatives - the entire week in Rostock/Heiligendamm was a absolute success. In complete self-delusion the "Interventional Left" - one of the main organisers of the protests - is declaring: "The G8 is on its end!" And summarizing: "The protest was a party/celebration of the globalization-critically movement"..

Until now actually there are no public discussions in the "left" about the results for the movement, only internally there are some "battles".. But for many on the more radical side (of the left) the reformist side (attac, Interventional Left, Block G8, Dissent!network..) - for now - could fortify its position. At least in the sight of the bourgeois media. They lost no opportunity to "tell the world" about their "peacefull struggle against the G8.." and delineate themself from the "radicals".. Harrharr on the other side for the preparing of the protests they published - for example - following stuff: