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Reclaim the Earth Centre at Doncaster – People needed for planned occupation

The Earth Centre in Doncaster has been left to ruin for 5 years. We intend to take it back. This site now owned by the council was developed to be a sustainable living education centre and community farm. It is currently being used as a firing range by weapon enthusiasts Cerberus Airsoft.

The Earth Centre was developed on derelict land left over from former coal pits, it was intended to be the museum for the millenium. Initial plans were for a gradual development of the site, incorporating community-led projects and with much construction work being undertaken by Mowlem, who used the site to train apprentices. The first stage of that project opened in 1994, including a sustainable aquaculture centre and a community farm.

In 1995 the Millennium Commission made an award to Earth Centre, which became one of its Landmark Millennium projects. The site was completely redesigned and virtually all existing landscaping and projects were destroyed, which lost the goodwill of the local community who felt excluded from the project. From 1996 work progressed on the remediation of the remaining polluted land and the design and construction of the many buildings and exhibitions.

In September 2004 the attraction closed to the public, and only pre-booked school parties were allowed. By the end of October, the Earth Centre, monument to Sustainability, was to the money men un-sustainable and was put in the hands of administrators. It is now in the hands of the Council who surprise surprise have made no effort to return it to its original intent. Instead the council chooses to allow access to Cerberus Airsoft a company specialising in providing war games and shooting outings to a select membership group. General public will be thrown off by the police!!

We think that this is an amazing site and the original concept behind the Earth Centre is a fantastically intelligent way of educating communities about sustainable living. It is now the time to return the Earth Centre to the people.

We need support in many forms to make this happen. To begin with we need people to come and help occupy the site, we will need tools and volunteers. This is a great opportunity for anyone that has been wanting to live in a community, in an eco village setting and a real chance to put South Yorkshire on the map for environmental education and lifestyle.

We’re planning a swoop on the site and then aim to transform it so that everyone can use it and benefit from its resources.

Please help contact – thereismore2lfefolks@yahoo.co.uk

This is a very urgent matter!
The following story was published in local paper ‘Peterborough Today’ 15 February 2007

DONCASTER Council is poised to sell off the ill-fated Earth Centre to developers after admitting running costs mean it would be “extremely unlikely” it could be used by community groups.
The probable fate of the 200 remaining acres of the former £38 million green visitor attraction was revealed in the council’s Corporate Asset Management Plan, presented to councillors last week.
The Earth Centre has been mothballed with 24-hour security patrols since it was wound up in 2004.
The Asset Management Plan presented to a meeting of the Economy and Enterprise Scrutiny Panel describes the Earth Centre as “extremely unlikely to find sustainable use from community or other not for profit groups because of the very high cost of running and maintaining both the buildings and the grounds.” The report goes on to say that a “disposal solution” would be the “only viable option” for the site.
Ripon-based Pearson Developments Limited have submitted a planning application to build 300 houses, flats and offices on 17.5 acres of the 30 acres the company bought from the Millennium Commission. This land includes the former car park area and the lodge facilities.
Doncaster Council owns the remainder of the 200-plus acre site, including greenbelt land and the showpiece conference centre and galleries.
Their report adds: “Adjacent land owned by the Millennium Commission was sold in spring 2006 to a developer and discussions are in hand regarding a possible sale of the council’s landholding potentially to the same developer.”
Former Earth Centre member Bernard Pearson said: “All the money spent there was spent by the Millennium Commission from lottery money – I think the people who have paid into this should be taken into consideration. I don’t think the Council has tried very hard to get rid of it.”
Mr Pearson, who claims the maintenance bill for the site is in the region of £30,000 per month, added of the likely sell-off: “I think it is sad but it was what one would expect after two and a half years. I would look forward to seeing what proposals are put forward for the site. A lot of public money was invested in the site and I would hope the public will get something out of the arrangements.”
Opened in March 1999 as one of the Government’s flagship millennium projects, the Earth Centre was originally billed as an ‘environmental theme park’.
But the projected visitor numbers failed to appear. A relaunch in 2001 saw the centre rebranded to appeal to business and education users, but its fortunes did not revive enough for the attraction to break even. It went into liquidation in 2004 and has been mothballed ever since.
Nobody at Doncaster Council was available for comment this week.

We will not allow this to happen action must be taken!

The Earth Centre is key in educating the world about the effects of climate change and sustainable living solutions

Check out what it’s got to offer!

• 80% of building materials were either reclaimed or recycled
• Europe’s largest flat-foot photovoltaic installation.1,300m2 canopy containing 250 photovoltaic panels – generating 80,000 KW of electricity per year and would run the systems and the galleries.
• Conference centre constructed largely from reclaimed materials including telegraph poles, crushed concrete, glass and radiators.
• A shop and café area
• 6500m2 black box gallery space conditioned through an underground thermal store called the Labyrinth
• “Living Machine” sewage treatment plant. A local water treatment system processing all waste water coming from Earth Centre toilets, basins and kitchens, operating entirely through biological reactions, using both bacteria and nutrient-demanding tropical plants in the warmth of a greenhouse.
• Fully integrated network of water management that incorporates rainwater harvesting and the treatment, storage and recycling of water for use in irrigation and water features and as a wildlife habitat.
• 100,000 new trees including 15 acres of willow as well as some ancient woodlands, two rivers and a variety of ecological grasslands and wetlands
• Demonstrations of organic gardening methods, fruit orchards, willow sculptures, forest and bog gardens, and other flower and sculptural gardens

All this and a pirate ship!

……Attention……
We need support for the takeover of the Earth Centre, we intend to transform it into a camp for sustainable living and community activism contact us now! A swoop date will be announced soon.

Scottish Power, Hatfield Moor Gas Storage Facility, URGENT HELP REQUIRED!!! Protest, Sunday 11th October

HATFIELD MOOR GAS STORAGE FACILITY, LINDHOLME, DONCASTER, SOUTH YORKSHIRE.

Scottish Power, the current owners of the site, have just submitted a planning application to DONCASTER METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL seeking permission to both extend, and reinstate a naturally occurring gas field situated under the area. The site stands adjacent to a small residential estate, a couple of prisons, and a NATURE RESERVE which already is designated as an area of Special Scientific Interest.

During the construction phase of the project, Scottish Power themselves admit that they will be running drilling operations 24 hrs a day, 7 days a week, for at least 10 months.What effect will this have on local residents, wildlife and environment.Also, the original geological survey of the area to which Scottish Power base their planning application is some 30 yrs old now and has been shown to have been riddled with flawed data in any case.
In addition, our local MP, who initially seemed happy to support us, appears to have changed sides, hmm, interesting but not surprising!

We have arranged the first of many peaceful protests, which is to be held on Sunday 11th October, starting at 2pm, meeting up point: Lindholme ‘Green Gym’ Playing Field, Lindholme, Doncaster, South Yorks (adjacent to Lindholme Immigration removal centre. DN7 postcode. Support desperately needed!!!).

As I mentioned earlier, we are a small community, with little chance of successfully holding any real form of protest on our own, so any support would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks

Sheffield Social Centre Injunction Hearing

At around 1pm today notices were served at the Sheffield Social Centre, http://sheffieldsocialcentre.org.uk/ giving notice of an eviction hearing at 3pm today, Tuesday 6th October 2009.

At the 3pm possession case hearing the judge agreed to give until 10am tomorrow to contest the possession case.

At around 1pm today notices were served at the Sheffield Social Centre, http://sheffieldsocialcentre.org.uk/ giving notice of an eviction hearing at 3pm today, Tuesday 6th October 2009.

At the 3pm possession case hearing the judge agreed to give until 10am tomorrow to contest the possession case.

So I guess that means that everybody should get down to the Court on West Bar (the new ugly, neo-classical one) tomorrow morning to protest!

Key Coal Terminal Shut By Climate And Community Campaigners

Update: After a six hour blockade, one man had been arrested at the scene for assault and three women and a man had been arrested for breach of the peace. They’ve been charged with causing about £200,000 ‘damage’ to the coal terminal operation.

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At 6.30 this morning ten campaigners, together with local residents, peacefully blockaded Ravenstruther coal loading terminal in South Lanarkshire. Having stopped its reopening after the weekend, they are currently preventing coal being loaded and transported. [1] Protesters plan to stay in place as long as possible.

Two protesters are locked on top of the coal conveyor belt, holding a large banner with the words “No New Coal” high over the terminal. Others are blockading the front gate with their bodies, arm tubes and bike locks.

The action is aiming to disrupt the operations of Scottish Coal in the region. The protesters are acting to oppose the five open cast coal mines active in the area, and in resistance to the thirteen new open cast coal mines due to open in Scotland. [2] [3]

Bill Reid who is at the site said: “In the face of dangerous runaway climate change, increasing our dependence on coal – the most polluting of the fossil fuels – is simply unacceptable. We urgently need to switch to renewable energy and close existing mines. We shouldn’t even be thinking about new ones.”

The demonstration today is in support of the Lanarkshire communities who are opposing new open cast mines. [4] Anna Mackenzie, a local resident said: “We’re here today to send a clear message that we don’t want parts of Scotland such as South Lanarkshire to become the most heavily mined areas in Europe, as they will be if permission is granted for all the new open cast coal mines currently being proposed. Direct action is not just the only avenue left open, it is also an effective one, as demonstrated by the occupation of Mainshill Wood which has been preventing an open cast mine from starting and furthering highlighting the negative health impact which open casting has been having on the people of Douglas.” [5]

Another protester, Helen Forbes said: “Local authorities, the Scottish government and companies like Scottish Coal and Scottish Power are ignoring the scientific evidence on climate change. We have to take responsibility for our climate and our future, and stop the coal industry and its expansion. Today at Ravenstruther we’re acting responsibly”.

With Scotland’s CO2 emissions increasing significantly, continuing the consumption of coal will make it impossible for Scotland to meet its 80% target reduction in CO2 emissions by 2050. Jo Price said “The Scottish government is paying lip service to the dangers of climate change. As long as they allow companies like Scottish Coal to dig up our countryside and burn the product we won’t meet the targets.” [6]

It is estimated that 6,380 tonnes of coal were stopped from being loaded, equivalent to 11,675,400 kg CO2 released into the atmosphere.

The blockaders apologized to any workers affected by today’s demonstration, but in recognizing the desperate need to stop burning coal sees no other choice but to target the companies responsible for mining it.

ENDS ~ NOTES SEE BELOW
NOTES FOR EDITORS

[1] There is currently a coal freight train sitting in Ravenstruther coal-rail terminal, which this action is preventing from being loaded. Five such trains leave Ravenstruther every day.

[2] 3 open cast coal mines deliver coal to the Ravenstruther coal-rail terminal. The new mines proposed for Lanarkshire are likely to use it too (as is the case with Poniel open cast, which started producing coal in
September).

[3] Ravenstruther coal-rail terminal delivers coal to power stations throughout England including Drax (Drax Group plc.), Rugeley (International Power), and Ironbridge (E.on).

[4] Douglas hosted a Community Health Public Meeting on 23rd September 2009, after a Community Health Study of the heavily-mined Douglasdale area revealed it as a troubling significant hotspot for respiratory illnesses
and cancer.

“Studies performed in the United States indicate higher lung cancer rates, and higher mortality rates for respiratory, heart, and kidney diseases in communities living in proximity to open-cast coal extraction
operations. ” (See Coal Health Study, below)

Douglasdale Health Study 2009:

& (PDF):
<“>http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/opencast-mines-will-lead-to-public-health-disaster-warns-poison-expert-1.922198>

“Health should come before opencast profit in Douglas” (Lanark Gazette,
1/10/09)
<“>http://www.searo.who.int/LinkFiles/World_Health_Day_2008_FactSheet2.pdf>

[6] For more on the case against coal mining in Lanarkshire, see Coal
Action Scotland’s excellent briefing.

Today’s campaigners are NOT from the group Coal Action Scotland.

Citizen weapons inspectors visit Manchester factory

Target Brimar campaign press release
Monday 5th October 08:00
– for immediate release

Citizen Weapons Inspectors visit Manchester Factory

Target Brimar campaign press release
Monday 5th October 08:00
– for immediate release

Citizen Weapons Inspectors visit Manchester Factory

At just before 8 o’clock this morning, several citizen weapons inspectors from the Target Brimar campaign visited the Chadderton premises of military component manufacturer Brimar.[1] They were seeking information on possible connections between Brimar’s products and human rights abuses committed in Gaza and the West Bank, Iraq, and Afghanistan.[2]

Target Brimar campaigners, in a research dossier released today,[3] have raised concerns that the company’s products may have been used in the commission of human rights abuses including attacks on civilians during the ‘Operation Cast Lead’ invasion of Gaza by the Israeli Defence Forces in December 2008/January 2009. Brimar directors admitted in 2006, during the war in Lebanon, that the company supplied components used in Apache attack helicopters sold to the Israeli military.

There is also evidence that products developed during a research collaboration between Brimar and the US Marine Corps were deployed with Marine tank battalions in Iraq in 2004-5, including with forces directly involved in the Second Battle of Fallujah in November 2004. And there is concern that Brimar products may be incorporated into helicopters currently being used to fire thermobaric missiles in Afghanistan.

The Target Brimar campaign is calling on the company, which is owned by private investors and has a significant financial relationship with the Bank of Scotland/Lloyds Banking Group and therefore with the British taxpayer, to return to its historically peaceful manufacture of specialist screens and viewing equipment, and on the British government to reviews its arms export policy and to cease its immoral and economically distorted subsidising of the arms industry.

The Target Brimar campaign is calling for a public demonstration on 17th October 2009 calling on Brimar to rethink its military manufacture operations. Full details are available on http://www.targetbrimar.org.uk

Notes for editors

1. the weapons inspectors are, at the time of writing, still at Brimar. They can be contacted directly for interview on 07866 001207. Video footage and stills images will be made available as soon as possible via press@targetbrimar.org.uk and http://www.targetbrimar.org.uk. General questions regarding the campaign and research should be made to 07506 551323 or to press@targetbrimar.org.uk.

2. the inspectors will be directing questions to Brimar regarding its awareness of documented human rights abuses which are likely to have involved the use of its products, and the comprehensiveness of its knowledge of the final destinations of its products once sold.

3. copies of the dossier can be downloaded at: http://www.targetbrimar.org.uk/downloads/target_brimar_dossier_october_2009-1.pdf

Mainshill Solidarity Camp needs you! Clear-felling and drilling ongoing

Want to support a community in it’s fight against corrupt councils and coal mining companies? Want to protect part of Scotland’s beautiful landscape and endangered wildlife? Want to take land and power away from a wealthy aristocrat and live communally on liberated land? Want to do something about the vast expansion of opencast coal mining and its contribution to climate chaos? Then get yerself down to Mainshill Solidarity Camp!

Over the past couple of weeks work has resumed at Mainshill Wood with large areas of plantation forest being felled and borehole drilling ongoing, in preparation for the opencast mine. Scottish Coal, with the protection of Strathclyde Police, have moved in another team of drillers, J B Site Investigations, and ‘forest managers’ Scottish Woodlands to carry out this work.

Last week drilling work was stopped when a camp resident scaled a drilling rig and held off attempts by police climbers to remove her for 6 hours. Other actions to stop work and prevent felling have been ongoing.

But the Solidarity Camp needs support – stopping this preparatory work and importantly the felling of more plantation forest is essential to winning this campaign. Even if just for a day, come along to the Solidarity Camp and help us put a stop to Scottish Coal and Lord Home’s plans to rip up the Douglas Valley and poison local communities.

Go to http://coalactionscotland.noflag.org.uk/?page_id=415#How%20to%20Get%20There for directions to the camp.

mainshill@riseup.net
http://mainshill.noflag.org.uk/

Great Climate Swoop latest info – updated

Ratcliffe-on-Soar maps

10 days to go…

Ratcliffe-on-Soar maps

10 days to go…

Each bloc has a separate mission, and slightly different plan, to ensure we have the whole power station covered for a successful take over! The first thing you need to do is choose your bloc and sign up for text alerts here: http://climatecamp.org.uk/actions/climate-swoop-2009/text-updates

Below is more info about each blocs plans …

*TAKE BACK THE POWER & FALSE SOLUTIONS BLOCS*
Take Back the Power’s mission: get to the control room and take back the power!
False Solution’s mission: get to the coal pile and expose the false solutions!

1) Get into the zone marked on the map here: LINK for 10am
2) Get to the muster point for 11am. The muster point will be sent out on Saturday morning, before 10am
3) SWOOP on Ratcliffe for 1pm!

If you don’t get any communication about a muster point – just swoop for 1!

The muster point will be a great place to get excited and energise for swooping, get legal info and get the reassurance that you’re not taking over Ratcliffe on Soar alone!

On the other hand, if gathering as a group isn’t your thing, join the decentralised Capitalism is Crisis bloc and make sure you swoop at 1!

And if you haven’t already got a map, it’s really, really important that you print one out when signing up for the text. It can be printed from here shortly:
http://climatecamp.org.uk/actions/climate-swoop-2009/swoop-information – best printed on A3 but any map is better than none!

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THE GREAT CLIMATE SWOOP – 17 DAYS TO GO!

There are less than three weeks to go until our day of action! Just imagine… It’s the morning of Saturday 17th October. You receive a message telling you to move into position at the south side of Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station. The helicopter blades cut through the noise of the cars zipping up and down the M1. Your mission is clear and you’re ready to swoop.

Presented by Climate Camp, Plane Stupid, Rising Tide and Climate Rush, the swoop will see thousands of concerned individuals converging and taking over E.ON’s biggest coal fired power station.

Read the information below carefully, as it contains important planning details that aim to make the swoop the huge success it needs to be. People are being urged to arrive the night before (Friday 16th) if at all possible, where there will be an info stall at Nottingham station (6pm-9pm) directing people to a pre-action meet up point, followed by places to crash.

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BLOCS & HOW IT’S GOING TO WORK

We can now announce the four blocs! Whether you want to highlight a solution or expose a problem, sign up to receive text alerts and details of your mission on the day.

STEP 1: CHOOSE YOUR SWOOP GROUP

*TAKE BACK THE POWER*

Mission: Get to the control room and take back the power!

While the workers receive pitiful pay rises, the bosses of plants like Ratcliffe are raking in record profits. It’s time to kick start a just transition to a clean energy world by building the real solutions to climate change. Let’s demonstrate that we can’t rely on governments or corporations or anyone else to sort out the mess we’re in; it’s up to us to be the change we need. Join the TAKE BACK THE POWER bloc and aim for the control room to hit that big red ‘off’ switch

*FOOTSTEPS TO THE FUTURE*

Mission: Get to the main gate and create your vision of a better future!

A bloc for the young, old and all in between to create a vision for a future beyond fossil fuels. Efficient and renewable, this bloc will be a space to show the solutions. From bike powered sound systems to solar showers, come, conceive and create.

This Bloc will be meeting at 10am on Saturday 17th at Nottingham train station to travel en masse to the power station. (However, fear not, if you are up for one of the other Blocs there will be just as clear ways to get involved on the day distributed via the text messaging system)

*FALSE SOLUTIONS*

Mission: Get to the coal pile and expose the false solutions!

Coal is not the answer! The only real solution to climate change is to stop burning the fossil fuels that are causing it! Let’s expose the greenwash and technofixes. Come armed with green paint! Or how about a net to capture and store some coal?! Whatever your tools and methods, decommission that coal!

*CAPITALISM IS CRISIS*

Mission: Get anywhere in or around the power station and choose your own
adventure! This is the decentralised option.

Through the fences; up the chimney; in the water. You’ve got your own ideas about making this a spectacular action. Do what YOU can and how YOU want. The economic and climate crises are linked. Capitalism is a root cause of climate change and cannot be the solution!

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STEP 2: DECIDE HOW TO GET THERE

You have two options for how to begin your mission:

OPTION 1:

Looking for people to swoop with? Coming from further a field?

Make your way to Nottingham station between 6 and 11pm on Friday 16th October. There’ll be someone there to meet you, introduce you to fellow swoopers and direct you to accommodation if you need it. But please email info@thegreatclimateswoop.org if you will need a place to sleep. Make sure you’re ready to go at 10am on Saturday.

OPTION 2:

In an affinity group already?

That’s great! Make sure you’re in the Nottingham area at 10am on Saturday 17th October. If you need or want to get there the night before let us know if you’ll need a place to stay, but the more you can sort out for yourself the better!

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HOW’S THIS GOING TO WORK?

Whether you’ve arrived the night before or on in the morning, you’ll receive a text message with details of the next part of your mission. Then be prepared to swoop on the power station at 1pm!

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Info about regional transport, regional pre-Swooop events, what to (not) bring and signing up to the Swoop SMS service all at http://www.thegreatclimateswoop.org

Fences video for the Great Climate Swoop –
http://www.vimeo.com/6865520

Also, check out this invaluable resource, with photos & maps of the power station –
www.brightonclimatechange.org/southcoastblog/?p=76

Details of previous action at Ratcliffe 1 | 2 | 3 | 4

Stop Vedanta mining in India : meeting on how you can help

Saturday 17th Oct 2-4pm London School of Economics

Saturday 17th Oct 2-4pm London School of Economics
Corporate murder, environmental crimes:
Vedanta plc, DfID and the Indian State
PUBLIC MEETING AND FILM SCREENING

Samarendra Das activist, film-maker and researcher will discuss these and related issues at a screening of extracts from his remarkable film Wira Pdika (Earthworm and Company Man) in which people from the Adivasi Dongria Kondh and Majhi Kondh communities, activists, singers and dancers, forest dwellers and fisher people speak about their lives and their struggles against Vedanta. If Vedanta are not stopped, the mine will destroy the Niyamgiri hills – known as the most beautiful mountains in India – wiping out the ancient civilization of the Dongria Kondh adivasi community who regard the Niyam Dongar mountain and forests of the area as their Gods. It will also lead to unprecedented environmental disasters, water pollution and mass unemployment.

sasg@southasiasolidarity.org
07846873341

The meeting will be in Rm 302 Clement House, London School of Economics, The Aldwych, London WC2
(Map of LSE at http://www2.lse.ac.uk/mapsAndDirections/findingYourWayAroundLSE.aspx)

http://www.southasiasolidarity.org

For more info on what’s at stake check out
www.actionaid.org.uk/index.asp?page_id=101732

For latest news check out
http://londonminingnetwork.org

Sheffield Social Centre Opens

The location of the Social Centre can now be announced:

Pisgah House Road in Broomhill, S10 5BJ

You can take a number 52 bus from the centre of town to just past Broomhill at Hoole Road and it’s a two minute walk from there.

The location of the Social Centre can now be announced:

Pisgah House Road in Broomhill, S10 5BJ

You can take a number 52 bus from the centre of town to just past Broomhill at Hoole Road and it’s a two minute walk from there.

The social centre is a non-hierarchical, anti-capitalist space based on a number of core principles which reflect the world its organisers want to see: co-operation and mutual aid, openness and inclusion, voluntary participation and shared responsibility.

It is a place where discrimination of any kind is challenged in order to create as inclusive a place as possible. One way of achieving this will be through open meetings using consensus decision-making, which happen every other day at 10am to decide how the centre operates, with the first one of these happening on Thursday October the 1st.

A programme of workshops, discussions, and other events is planned for the first fortnight. The full timetable can be found on the Events page and anyone is welcome to propose things they’d like to organise in the social centre by emailing info@sheffieldsocialcentre.org.uk, calling 07729575582, or by visiting the centre.

“We’ve established this space for people to openly discuss and learn from each other about issues of social and environmental justice, because there’s a chronic lack of public space in which people can come together and freely and genuinely talk about the things they are concerned about, and take action together to change them. The only real way of addressing the problems of our society is for us all to realise the power we possess when we act co-operatively, and helping people to make that realisation is one of our main goals in setting up this social centre”.

The building being occupied, Pisgah House, is on the same site as the Tapton Experimental Gardens, both of which are owned by the University of Sheffield. In 2007 local residents defeated a planning application by property developers Miller Homes to demolish all of the buildings on the site.

The last decent social centre we had was Matilda, but that was evicted in summer 2006 by the ironically named ‘Yorkshire Forward.’

Building photos

For events for the first 2 weeks and a map, look at http://sheffieldsocialcentre.org.uk/

Banamex bank branch bombed and two HSBC ATMs burned

Subversive Alliance For The Liberation Of The Earth, Animal and Humans bombs Banamex bank branch in Mexico City

Communique:

“BOMB IN BANAMEX BANK BRANCH. Mexico

Once again we have shown who our enemies are; it was in the early morning around 2:00am today that our cell decided to join the battle for the dissolution of civilization. An explosive device was placed in a Banamex branch, located in the southwest of Mexico City, in the Milpa Alta borough. As everyone knows, Banamex is a company that promotes torture, destruction and slavery; the purpose of the attack was to stop these bastards who need to know that we are not playing, that we are not merely vandals. Our enemies know perfectly well why we did it, and their media allies have to cover the truth; well we also have something prepared for them. Stop the construction of the prison in Tláhuac. Fire to the prisons! Prisoners to the streets! Stop the destruction of the nature reserves for line 12 of the metro. Stop the expansion of progress. We have endless reasons why your filthy techno-industrial system provokes our rage and hatred and we say to you now that we will not stop until we see your ashes.

The bank was fucked up, the windows, signs and ATMs were left unusable, the damage exceeded 500,000 Pesos. This town was astonished to see the damages, the police never expected this and even less that we would do it right in front of their faces since a patrol car was only one block from the bank and never suspected the person who passed right in front of them; after a few seconds we fled escaping a second patrol car.

Alianza Subversiva Por La Liberación De La Tierra, Animal Y Humana [Subversive Alliance For The Liberation Of The Earth, Animal and Humans]

Greetings to the ELF, ALF and eco-arsonists for the liberation of the earth.”

Eco-anarchists burn two HSBC bank ATM machines in Mexico

Communique:

Eco-anarchists went out to fight against evil capitalism during the early morning hours of September 17, with rage and conviction. We turned to one of the many banks that are destroying the planet and causing famine in the poorest countries; shaking their damn egos, we decided to sabotage two ATMs and set them on fire, leaving a clear message ‘Murdering Capitalism.’ We are very pleased to be a stone in the shoes of these damned murderers!

Once again we demonstrated that there are those who will speak for the fallen, for people who are not guilty of all this capitalist and consumerist crap!

Total liberation!
Health and anarchy!
Rage and action!
The flame will burn!
A greeting to all those who fight!”