“I hope things could be a little better in the world. There’s poverty in Africa, but there’s also poverty in Germany. So many kids aren’t eating. It’s very sad. I think that’s also what the demonstrators have in mind”.

- Wilfried

We met right by the fence’s entrance. Yeah, that fence. I somehow managed to get through the three security checkpoints leading up to the gate and popped in for a chat with Wilfried. He’s one of the 16 000 police officers you might happen to bump into during the G8 summit 

No cops in sight at the Sister Soul Summit Wednesday night in Berlin. But then the venue – the upscale, renovated “culture brewery” in Prenzlauer Berg – is not your typical bastion of dissent; it’s more a place where 25-45 year olds (yes, the very same strangely absent from Wednesday’s Potsdam demo) like to while away weekday evenings, sipping foreign beer under exposed brick walls and vaulted ceilings, or catch an early evening movie, play or touring band. If present at all, any mood of resistance to the G8 meeting was