[CIMC-work] 2004 G8 will not be in Chicago

[Mitchell Szczepanczyk]

Here's a proposed Center-Panel write up to post; I'll steal an image from
Sea Island's website for the graphic:

Chicago Snubbed As 2004 G8 Host; Coastline Georgia Resort Chosen Instead

Chicago-area activists has speculated for months that Chicago would become
the 2004 host of the annual G8 conference of the world's eight major
government powers.
<P>
The G8, instead of customarily announcing the venue at the end of the 2003
G8, delayed its announcement for nearly a month-and-a-half. Now, the G8
has finally announced that <A
HREF="http://www.seaisland.com">Sea Island, Georgia</A>--a seaside resort
on the Georgia coastline--will host the 2004 G8.  
<P>
According to the July 16, 2003 Wall Street Journal: "Georgia said Sea
Island has been chosen to host next year's G-8 summit, in line with
recent venues from which protesters can be kept easily."  <A
HREF="http://chicago.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=28567&group=webcast">Read
more</A>
<P>
<B>Background Links</B>: 
<P>
<LI><A
HREF="http://chicago.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=27753&group=webcast">Will
the G8 be in Chicago?</A>

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_ Z  Mitchell Szczepanczyk
  /  http://home.uchicago.edu/~msszczep http://www.chicagomediaaction.org
     http://www.geocities.com/szczepanczyk http://chicago.indymedia.org

On Wed, 16 Jul 2003, Mitchell Szczepanczyk wrote:

> It'll be at Sea Island, Georgia.  From the newswire:
> 
> http://chicago.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=28567&group=webcast
> 
> This is pretty big news, and I'm thinking (in the face of the schedule 
> I had proposed) of center-panelling the story *today* to let everyone
> know.  What do you think?
> 
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> _ Z  Mitchell Szczepanczyk
>   /  http://home.uchicago.edu/~msszczep http://www.chicagomediaaction.org
>      http://www.geocities.com/szczepanczyk http://chicago.indymedia.org
> 
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