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# poDcast 22: G8, are you listening?
- URL: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/podcast-22/
- Published: 2007-06-08T17:06:54.000Z
- Updated: 2019-02-14T22:56:24.000Z
- Author: Open democracy
- Tags: #en, #Migrated, #Import 2026-04-09 19:37

Welcome to the **openDemocracy**'s poDcast.

This week we discuss the different ways world citizens have been engaging with the [G8 Summit](http://www.g-8.de/Webs/G8/EN/Homepage/home.html?ref=opendemocracy.net) in Heiligendamm, Germany. [Climate change](http://www.avaaz.org/en/climate%5Fg8/?ref=opendemocracy.net) and [poverty in Africa](http://opendemocracy.net/democracy%5Fpower/africa/g8%5Fsummit.jsp?ref=opendemocracy.net) are high on the agenda for the leaders from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States. But will they really respond to demands from global social justice activists? There's only one way to find out.

Solana Larsen talks to Ricken Patel from [Avaaz.org](http://www.avaaz.org/?ref=opendemocracy.net) in New York, German journalist Jan Hendrik Becker and **openDemocracy** columnist Patricia Daniels who has been reporting on the [Alternative G8-Summit](http://www.g8-alternative-summit.org/en/?ref=opendemocracy.net) in Rostock and much more on our [openSummit](http://opensummit.opendemocracy.net/?ref=opendemocracy.net) blog.

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21.41 mins

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The music you can hear in this poDcast is "Modern Jazz Samba" by Kevin Macleod ([incompetech.com](http://incompetech.com/?ref=opendemocracy.net)). Sound effects are from the [Freesound Project](http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/?ref=opendemocracy.net).