HAMBACH FOREST: LIVING ON THE BARRICADES

Ham­bach For­est Defend­ers are present­ly block­ing RWE’s open cast lig­nite mine

Ham­bach For­est Defend­ers are present­ly block­ing RWE’s open cast lig­nite mine from expand­ing with liv­ing bar­ri­cades and tow­ers which in turn are pro­tect­ing access to the three for­est tree sits with plat­forms, tree­hous­es and inter­conect­ing walk­ways.  
The Ham­bach Mine iron­i­cal­ly named after the for­est it is destroy­ing is Europe‘s largest net CO2 pol­luter and it is record break­ing antro­pogenic cli­mate change, one of the largest plan­e­tary extinc­tions and increas­ing waves of cli­mate refugees that are reminders and ulti­mate glob­al shout-outs that eco-jus­tice is social jus­tice.

After the attack, evic­tion and arrest of 3 activists dur­ing the destruc­tion last week of “Pirate Ship” liv­ing plat­form bar­ri­cade not 3 days have elapsed and we have errect­ed a new tow­er bar­ri­cade.  Almost 3 times high­er than the last one we have named it Remi‘s Tow­er to hon­or Remi Frese, a cli­mate activist who was killed by a police con­cu­sion grenade dur­ing the strugle of Zad de la Teste in South­ern France.  That death is reflec­tive of increas­ing­ly high­er stakes of glob­al eco­log­i­cal strug­gle and at least 2 envi­ro­men­tal activist dying each week.  For these that refuse to be silent and pas­sive in the face of this onslought our hearts and minds are with you.

Ham­bach For­est Defend­ers.

http://earthfirstjournal.org/newswire/2015/06/02/germany-an-update-from-hambach-forest-defenders/

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