Anti G8 activists invite media into camp

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Anti G8 activists today invited the media to visit a massive protest camp that they are building on a disused farm on the outskirts of Stirling. The site, beside the River Forth has room for up to 5000 people and it appears that many hundreds are on their way. <snip>

Eighteen miles from Gleneagles, protesters are constructing an environmentally friendly eco-village - an example they say of how the world should be run. Anna from South Lanarkshire is there with her three month old daughter Roisin. <snip>

Some of the protesters hope to disrupt the summit by blockading roads near Gleneagles. They say violence does not figure in their plans. Gavin Simpson from Stirlingshire is a veteran of past G8 summits. He said: "We can actually close down the G8 peacefully, we don't have to have a riot. I was shot at and tear gassed in Genoa, and I don't want to see that happening in the streets of Edinburgh or Glasgow".

The camp will be run on a consensus basis. Everyone has to help out in the vegan kitchens - today it was the turn of a 16-year-old from Findhorn near Elgin. <snip>

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