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Sometimes it's easy to forget that just one year ago 300,000 people took part in the biggest anti-capitalist demonstration Europe had seen. Thousands travelled to Genoa to voice their anger to the heads of the eight most powerful countries in the world.

But demonstrations don't happen spontaneously. Hundreds of activists across Europe were involved in planning transport, organising the marches, discussing slogans and debating tactics. For those of us involved "behind the scenes," to see it all come together was an inspiring event.

Jonathan Neale was a member of the Genoa Social Forum that planned and coordinated those protests. His new book You are G8, We are 6 Billion is a first hand account of the events leading up to that demonstration and the aftermath. Invited onto the GSF, partly as a result of a typically impassioned speech at an organising meeting some months beforehand, Jonathan was involved in many of the most crucial discussions and debates before and after Genoa.

Written in Jonathan's inimitable style, this book gives a wonderful feel for those exciting times. But also this is an attempt to explain the anti-capitalist movement, to look at the issues which brought 300,000 people to the streets of Genoa, and to explain why the events of 11 September and its aftermath have failed to dampen the movement.
Martin Empson

"Hope comes through at every stage and Neale concludes with a vision of a very different sort of world which we could build for ourselves, warning us of the resistance we must expect from the powers that be but confident of the outcome. Everyone who wants to understand this movement, its origins, work and objectives must read this book."
Tony Benn

You are G8, We are 6 Billion is available to order online from Bookmarks.