You Are G8, We Are 6 Billion: The Truth Behind the Genoa Protests

The G8 meeting in Genoa in July 2001 resulted in one of the biggest anti-globalization demonstrations so far, and the murder of an activist. More than 300,000 were present, including tens of thousands of Americans. "You Are G8, We Are 6 Billion "is the riveting truth about the protests, written by New Yorker Jonathan Neale, one of the protest organizers and public spokesperson. A devastating critique of global corporations, it explains exactly why protesters traveled from around the world to make their point to the most powerful nations--Third World debt, climate change, nuclear weapons, privatization of utilities, and drug company profiteering. Jonathan Neale was on the streets of Genoa every day. His passionate account is full of the feel and smell of the protests.