Ffos-y-Fran Coal Train Blockade - Court Verdict

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/15/2010 - 11:07

on the tracksEighteen people from Bristol and Bath were in court last week (July 8) to answer two charges of obstructing the railway at Ffos-y-Fran open-cast coal mine in Merthyr Tydfil. Seven people who had chained themselves to the track and six who had been acting as support and legal observers all pleaded guilty to Section 36 of the Malicious Damages Act 1861, and not guilty to Section 35 of the same act (the section carrying the infamous life penalty). Five people including a legal obvserer and drivers pleaded not guilty to both charges.

People's Climate Dialogue and Convention - Graphic Art Invitation to Participate in the Itinerant Art Expo for Climate Justice

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 07/12/2010 - 20:30

In the context of the 16th U.N. Conference of the Parties (COP16), Rising Tide Mexico and Art not Oil invite all graphic artists to participate in the Itinerant Art Exhibition for Climate Justice, which will integrate graphic arts collectives, and diverse social organizations and collectives from Mexico, with the goal of educating and inspiring people on topics related to Climate Change and the grassroots struggles which fight the principal causes of global warming and the environmental crisis.

Just Do It Trailer

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/09/2010 - 16:33

a film about some of RT’s friends...

3 Organisations
2 Loose Affiliations
& 1 Domestic Extremist

Doing whatever they can think of to draw attention to the root causes of climate change and fight for climate justice

This film is crowd-funded – please donate!

Greenwash spill at the BP-sponsored National Portrait Gallery

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 06/23/2010 - 20:46

Greenwash Guerillas deal with greenwash spill... by visionontv

Last night at 6.07 PM the London brigade of the Greenwash Guerrillas got a call from a panicked pedestrian outside the National Portrait Gallery. It seemed that the prizegiving ceremony for BP Portrait Award was about to start, and toxic greenwash had begun to gush uncontrollably from the gallery’s front doors.

Party at the Pumps Part 2 - the Video

Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 05/16/2010 - 20:46

Crank up the volume and enjoy...

Why target Shell?

Party at the Pumps Part 2 is taking place just three days before Shell’s AGM, where the company will come under fire from shareholders over its plans in the Canadian tar sands; and a week before the Merthyr to Mayo solidarity bike ride, which will link two communities in Wales and Ireland resisting fossil fuel extraction.

Ffos-y-Fran Coal Train Blockade - Action Report (and 'Pictures')

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 05/04/2010 - 19:09

An aerial view of the mine, the protest groups and the police response.An action report as promised.
All cameras were seized by police - instead sketches have been drawn to document the action.

Click on read more for a detailed action report and 4 full size sketches.

A group of individuals who met through the Rising Tide network and were inspired to take direct action against the route causes of climate change. They maintain an 8-hour blockade of coal trains carrying fuel from Ffos-y-Fran open-cast coal mine to Aberthaw power station.

 

Coal Train Blockade at Ffos y Fran

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 05/04/2010 - 19:09


26 April 2010

Ffos y Fran is one of the largest opencast coal mines in Europe. The local community in Merthyr have led a long-running campaign against it. One day last April we shut down the rail link to nearby Aberthaw power station.

(All cameras were seized by police - instead sketches have been drawn to document the action.)

Party at the Pumps 2

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 05/04/2010 - 18:47

Party at the Pumps 2

MASS ACTION CALL OUT

When: Saturday, 15th May
Meet: 1PM at Oxford Circus
Bring: a zone 1-2 tube pass, noisemakers, your friends & family and your dancing shoes. Oxford Circus meeting point map

Shutting down a petrol station for 5 hours on a sunny Saturday afternoon was so much fun we’re going to do it again. Shell’s Hell – in the tar sands and beyond - is next in the firing line.