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.
Ecological Direct Action without Compromise!
www.earthfirst.org.uk.
5 days of workshops, skill sharing and planning action, plus low-impact living without leaders. Meet people, learn skills, take action.
Want to do something to stop our planet from getting trashed?
EF! is about direct action to halt the destruction of the Earth. It's about doing it yourself rather than relying on leaders, governments or industry. Direct action is at the heart of it, whether you're standing in front of a bulldozer, shutting down an open-cast mine or ripping up a field of GM crops.
See you on May 15th!
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
18 People from Bristol and Bath, have been charged under the Malicious Damages Act of 1861 after they blockaded the railtrack which carries coal between the controversial Open cast Mine at Fros y Fran, near Merthyr Tydfil and Aberthaw Power Station on Monday, 26th April.
The 18, who are part of the Rising Tide (UK) Network, were held for over 24 hours, and were only allowed a phone call after 11.00 am yesterday (Tuesday). The house of one of those involved was raided by 8 police officers who spent 3 hours searching their home.
See previous story here.
Today, people involved in the Rising Tide Network have literally puts their necks on the line by chaining themselves to the rails in order to block the rail link to the Ffoss y Fran Open Cast Coal mine near Merthyr Tydfil. They are currently blocking the movement of coal trains from the mine to Aberthaw Power Station.
UPDATE - as 6 people are arrested, a second team lock on under the noses of police.
Guardian article about the action - click here.
PRESS RELEASE
(Action report and photos to follow ASAP)
Bristol and Bath Rising Tide Stop Coal Train – Happening Now !
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.
Date: Sunday 26th February
Time: From 1pm to 4pm, with a short break for refreshments.
Place: Central venue in Plymouth - to be confirmed
Details: It's free, open to anyone over 18.
Please contact us to confirm your assistance.
We are having meetings to plan this year's actions & steps. You're welcome to join us!
5 Rising Tide activists (from 3 continents) are currently in Cochabamba, Bolivia, at the 'World Conference on Climate Change and Mother Earth Rights' (19-22 April 2010).
Lots of comments have been made online regarding transport to the conference ... those from RT Ecuador took a 52hour bus journey and the rising tider from the UK travelled to South America by sail boat.
**NEW BLOG**
A new blog, set up by visitors from rising tide, cja and no borders is also now up and running. You can visit the blog by clicking here Cochabamba Blog
BP Shareholders Annual General Meeting, ExCel Conference Centre, London, Thu 15 Apr 10 – At the apex of the 'BP Fortnight of Shame', at the entrance to the BP AGM, climate chaos and human rights activists persuaded BP shareholders to vote for the FairPensions anti-Tar-Sands motion. Mobilised by the UK Tar Sands Network, Rising Tide and Climate Camp, we let BP shareholders know, in no uncertain terms, that BP + TAR SANDS = CLIMATE CRIME.
To see some more photos from the day and read more, visit indymedia
We said we would stop them and we did.
150 people met in Oxford Circus, navigated their way to Shepherd's Bush and one of BP's busiest petrol stations was closed for over 3 hours.
Check out the amazing video and click on the 'read more' to read an action report and see some photos.
Our message to BP was clear: “you’re not going into the tar sands without a fight!”
