Summer Gathering 2019
Action highlights!
40 Earth First! Protestors have shut down Hargreaves opencast coal mine in County Durham! No climate killing coal will be dug today! Security violently restrained some protestors and attacked a journalist. Also, people identifying as FLINT (Female, lesbian, intersex, non-binary or trans) locked on in front of the gates at Shotton mine on the other side of New Castle for over 15 hours, shutting the mine for the day!
What a week! Fascinating workshops, intriguing discussions, fantastic actions, delicious food, exciting plotting & now exhaustion. It was amazing to see people connect & care for each other.
Now help Earth First! Gathering financially and physically support the 14 people now facing charges and trials for defending the Earth and life on it, please contribute if you can. Travel to court and fines become very expensive; we can’t afford to let the legal system bankrupt resistance into submission.
14-20 August, North East England
6 days of skill-sharing for grassroots ecological direct action and animal rights – make links, share ideas, and get involved in the struggles against fracking, coal, nuclear, new roads and more. This year’s gathering will take place in solidarity with anti-coal resistance in the north-east – with some fun stuff happening after the weekend!
Tell your comrades, bring your friends!
Earth First! is based on principles of non-hierarchical organisation and direct action to stop the destruction of the Earth and its inhabitants
The summer gathering is a chance for people and groups from across the country to network, share practical skills, ideas and inspirations – it’s friendly and inclusive so no worries if you don’t know anyone; you will soon meet people in workshops and at meal times which are made vegan and collectively.
The gathering includes a programme of workshops that will be uploaded closer to the date, with over 60 workshops in total – some more ‘hands-on’, some more theoretical (and everything in-between). We’ll also have a kids workshop schedule, kids kitchen and more!
To contact us:
The ‘site phone’ is the number to call if you get lost or have any burning questions. Someone will always have this on them but they will also be busy with lots of other things so it may take a few attempts but do keep trying: 07437877538