The dodgy connections between state policy and maintaining control over access to natural and energy resources are clear, throughout history and in their plans for our future. We have a unique opportunity and a global responsibility to act. Not only for our own sakes but for the millions of repressed people, ecosystems and future generations around the planet who can not. We believe that anti-capitalist/state activists, environmentalists, anti war groups and all those committed to a sustainable, socially just world, can work together over the linked issues of oil, war, climate change and use the moment of the G8 summit in the UK to expose the hypocrisy of the government's green rhetoric. We can demand a stop to their plans for new roads, wars over oil, airport expansions and support of the oil, gas and nuclear industries with loans and grants that perpetuate north -south north -east exploitation and neo colonialism.

We are building a network of groups and individuals around the country and hopefully worldwide who can share their inspiration and ideas for concrete plans for action around energy, climate change and oil. Existing ideas for action include a critical mass to Scotland, a mass "call in sick" day for those working in the oil industry and calling for synchronised mass and decentralised actions on energy profiteers in Scotland and around the globe. We see the G8 2005 mobilisation as an opportunity to move beyond symbolic protests against a symbolic summit. We want to take action in the only way that really makes politicians and corporations listen -economically. And we need to take action on this issue before it is too late.