This Friday the 1st of October there's a fundraising party at an undisclosed location for Crude Awakening and the activists on trial accused of organising the noise at Copenhagen. Sign up here to be informed of the location on the night.
And this Wednesday the 29th of September London Action Rising Centre will be the venue for a planning meeting for the Crude Awakening on Saturday the 16th of October. Come to LARC at 62 Fieldgate stree, Whitechapel, E1 1ES at 7:00pm to discuss possible actions for this massive event!
Further info on Crude Awakening that has been spilling out from their press machine follows:
In this newsletter:
1. Meet-up time
2. What to expect on the day
3. Upcoming events
4. Make it happen
5. Website revamp and new video
1. Meet-up time
We’ll be meeting at 10 AM in central London – so book your coach and train
tickets to London now! If you are in the North you can contact
manchester@climatecamp.org.uk if you want a ticket for a space on a coach.
If you need to stay over in London on Friday night, plan to stay with a
friend if you can; if you really can’t, email
crudeawakening2010@gmail.comand we’ll try and help out. This is an
all-day event, so if you’re
travelling from out of town, you should also plan to stay over on Saturday
night.
Blocs and meeting points will be announced in next week’s newsletter, along
with details for how to sign up to the text alert system that will be used
to communicate vital information on the day. So watch this space…
2. What to expect on the day
People will gather at several meeting points in central London. We’ll leave
these initial meeting points immediately, so being on time is important.
Messages will be passed on by text message and from person to person. We’ll
be on the move – indoors and out – throughout the day, and you should be
prepared with warm and waterproof clothes, food and water. You will spend
the day with a thousand others – some your closest friends, many you’ve
never met before – who all believe that oil’s time is up, and it’s our job
to give it the boot.
Although there are ten possible targets, at some point during the day we
will all wind up together in one place to switch off oil. Get ready to
occupy, blockade, build, reclaim…
This is a mass action to disrupt the oil industry. To do that successfully,
we’re trying something new, and keeping the target under wraps – which aims
to allow us to beat the police to our final destination, and create a space
where people can take effective action.
With the mystery target, there are some things that can be made clear in
advance, and others that can’t. We know where we’re meeting, but not where
we’ll end up. We know what we need to bring, but not exactly what it will be
used for. Expect the unexpected, and be prepared for it: sun, wind and rain;
sitting-in and out-running; occupying and pushing; holding space and
breaking boundaries.
3. Upcoming events
Email us your event and we'll include it in next week's newsletter!
LONDON
• 23 September. Climate Action Film Night, London Action Resource Centre,
Whitechapel, 7.30PM. Two short films of recent actions against BP and Shell,
plus Petropolis. Followed by a brainstorming session on taking direct action
against the oil industry in London – including all the latest info on the
Crude Awakening. Details: www.londonrisingtide.org.uk/node/451
• 29 September, 7PM. London planning meeting to coordinate London organising
and outreach. Venue TBC.
• 1 October. Catapult Party. Benefit gig and warm-up for the Crude
Awakening. 9PM till late. Secret party venue, sign-up here to get details by
text nearer the time: http://tiny.cc/thenightbefore. More info:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/event.php?eid=151003711600590&ref=mf
• 2-3 October. London planning extravaganza, open to all. Organised by
London Climate Camp. Two days of workshops, prop-making, affinity group
forming, plotting and planning. More info: London@climatecamp.org.uk. Plus
the London Rabble Rouser – a mass outdoor team game, warming us up for the
big day – time and venue TBC.
• 2-3 October. Stilt making workshop for the stilt block. 10 AM – 6 PM. A
skill share weekend to build stilts and learn how to walk on them. It’s free
and lunch is included. More info and RSVP: stilt.bloc@gmail.com
MANCHESTER
27 September – 4 October. Workshops Week at Manchester Student Union. Direct
action and legal observer training, know your rights, running a campaign
group, dealing with the media and more.
30 September. Cool Runnings. Catch up on what happened at this year’s
awesome Climate Camp before skilling up for action in the run up to The
Crude Awakening. Learn how to run in between, through and round police
lines. And finished off with a top reggaeu night at Manchester Metropolitan
University.
9 October. Public ‘dis’order training. 12 noon - 6PM. Manchester Students
Union. Prepare for the Crude Awakening by doing your own action! Learn why
and how to do mass direct action with workshops and affinity group building.
More info on Manchester events:
http://manchestercampaignscollective.wordpress.com/calender/
4. Make it Happen!
This is a mass action and we need masses of people to make it work. The most
important way to get involved now and help make this action a success is to
spread the word, and get together with others to start planning for the day.
• Tell your mates about the Crude Awakening and book your travel to London
if necessary
• Email the call-out far and wide: crudeawakening.org.uk/node/14
• Join the Facebook page and invite your friends to it: http://bit.ly/c6S0kg
• Follow the Crude Awakening on Twitter: twitter.com/crudeawake
• Come to one of the build-up events. Want to do more? Get in touch with the
organisers and help publicise the event crudeawakening.org.uk/node/5
• Raise and discuss the action at your local group meeting – we can send a
speaker if you like, email a request to crudeawakening2010@gmail.com
• Form an affinity group if you’re not already part of one, or start
plotting with them if you are! Info on affinity groups:
http://www.networkforclimateaction.org.uk/toolkit/group_working/Groups_…
5. Website revamp
Check out our newly designed website, with new info going up every day, and
a fast-growing collection of videos to get you all fired up for the big day.
Sign-up for text and email alerts coming soon.
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