Category: South West England

South West Eng­land

ID-DAY — National Day of Action against ID CARDS 26/3/07

DEFY ID CARDS & THE DATABASE STATE

TAKE BIG BROTHER DOWN

ID-DAY

Is a nation­al day of autonomous action against ID cards and the Data­base state.
Across the coun­try peo­ple will be protest­ing against the open­ing of the new ID ‘enrol­ment’ cen­tres.

DEFY ID CARDS & THE DATABASE STATE

TAKE BIG BROTHER DOWN

ID-DAY

Is a nation­al day of autonomous action against ID cards and the Data­base state.
Across the coun­try peo­ple will be protest­ing against the open­ing of the new ID ‘enrol­ment’ cen­tres.

Call for workshops at the Earth First! Summer Gathering 2007

This year’s gath­er­ing is from 18 — 22 July in Nor­folk, near a main­line rail­way sta­tion.

The focus is on prac­ti­cal skills, but there will also be many of the reg­u­lar diverse and inter­est­ing work­shops.

EF! summer gathering 2007 logoThis year’s gath­er­ing is from 18 — 22 July in Nor­folk, near a main­line rail­way sta­tion.

The focus is on prac­ti­cal skills, but there will also be many of the reg­u­lar diverse and inter­est­ing work­shops.

The idea is to have mul­ti­ple work­shop ses­sions, e.g. four two-hour slots spread over four days build­ing up skills in a par­tic­u­lar area, so peo­ple can learn the basic skills to actu­al­ly do the job at oth­er mobil­i­sa­tions, events like the cli­mate camp — or wher­ev­er. For exam­ple plumb­ing, elec­tri­cal skills, medics…and what­ev­er else peo­ple want to do… It’s not just about the prac­ti­cal skills but also about get­ting to know each oth­er and start­ing to work togeth­er.

If you would like to offer a work­shop please write to:
martinshaw64@riseup.net

Thanks — the EF! sum­mer gath­er­ing col­lect­ing
Gen­er­al con­tact details etc at http://www.earthfirstgathering.org.uk/

please for­ward to peo­ple you think would be inter­est­ed.

first Bath Climate Camp meeting — 8th March

between thurs­day 19th and sun­day 22nd of April there will be a Cli­mate Camp in Bath.

The camp will be a self man­aged space with work­shops, actions, par­ty and protest. Most of the action/protest will be focused around the head offices of Land and Marine who are build­ing a con­traverisial gas pipeline through wales. The pipeline has been the scene of numer­ous demos and actions, delay­ing progress on almost a dai­ly basis. Its time to take the bat­tle to Land and Marines doorstep!

between thurs­day 19th and sun­day 22nd of April there will be a Cli­mate Camp in Bath.

The camp will be a self man­aged space with work­shops, actions, par­ty and protest. Most of the action/protest will be focused around the head offices of Land and Marine who are build­ing a con­traverisial gas pipeline through wales. The pipeline has been the scene of numer­ous demos and actions, delay­ing progress on almost a dai­ly basis. Its time to take the bat­tle to Land and Marines doorstep!

Our first plan­ning meet­ing will be this thurs­day 8th March at 7.30 down­stairs in the hob­gob­lin, city cen­tre, Bath. We need plen­ty of ideas, ener­gy and enthu­si­asm to make the camp a suc­sess, so feel free to come along.
Also, if you are inter­est­ed in host­ing a work­shop on any eco sub­ject, please get in con­tact.

e‑mail bathclimatecamp@yahoo.co.uk for more info.

cheers

announcement of Bath Climate Camp

4.03.2007

Bath Activist Net­work has begun organ­is­ing a cli­mate camp to be held between thurs­day the 19th and sun­day the 22nd of April

The focus of the camp will be the head­quaters of Land and marine, the com­pa­ny build­ing a 150 mile long, envi­ron­men­tal­ly destruc­tive pipeline through Wales.

4.03.2007

Bath Activist Net­work has begun organ­is­ing a cli­mate camp to be held between thurs­day the 19th and sun­day the 22nd of April

The focus of the camp will be the head­quaters of Land and marine, the com­pa­ny build­ing a 150 mile long, envi­ron­men­tal­ly destruc­tive pipeline through Wales.
We hope to shut land and Marine down with Blockades/protests on the fri­day and sat­ur­day.
this is a chance to show sol­i­dar­i­ty with those in Wales who have been sucess­ful­ly dis­rupt­ing the pipeline for so long, and a chance to bring the bat­tle to the doorstep of the com­pa­ny respon­si­ble.

The camp will be a self man­aged space which will include work­shops, music/soundsystem a veg­an kitchen and more and is inspired by the Camp for Cli­mate Action held last sum­mer.

We will have a web­site, posters, book­lets etc pro­duced soon

feel free to e‑mail us if you want any info, or to help us pub­li­cise the camp.

bathclimatecamp@yahoo.co.uk

documentary: Reclaim Power — voices from the camp for climate action 2006

In the sum­mer of 2006, 600 peo­ple con­vinced that there is no time to waste set up a Camp for Cli­mate Action in the shad­ow of one of the biggest C02 emit­ters in Europe: Drax coal-fired pow­er sta­tion in York­shire / UK. Cine Rebelde pro­duced a doc­u­men­tary film about the camp.

Cli­mate change is now a real­i­ty. Lead­ing sci­en­tists across the world agree that in a ’busi­ness as usu­al sce­nario’ we have no longer than 10 years to pre­vent 2–3 degrees of addi­tion­al glob­al arm­ing that will lead to irre­versible cli­mat­ic changes with dra­mat­ic con­se­quences for our plan­et.

Climate camp view from gateIn the sum­mer of 2006, 600 peo­ple con­vinced that there is no time to waste set up a Camp for Cli­mate Action in the shad­ow of one of the biggest C02 emit­ters in Europe: Drax coal-fired pow­er sta­tion in York­shire / UK. Cine Rebelde pro­duced a doc­u­men­tary film about the camp.

Cli­mate change is now a real­i­ty. Lead­ing sci­en­tists across the world agree that in a ’busi­ness as usu­al sce­nario’ we have no longer than 10 years to pre­vent 2–3 degrees of addi­tion­al glob­al arm­ing that will lead to irre­versible cli­mat­ic changes with dra­mat­ic con­se­quences for our plan­et.

How­ev­er, in a world dri­ven by prof­it and com­mit­ted to unlim­it­ed eco­nom­ic growth, human­i­ty seems very unwill­ing to change the course of the fos­sil fuel econ­o­my.

In the sum­mer of 2006, the 5th hottest year ever record­ed in recent his­to­ry, 600 peo­ple con­vinced that there is no time to waste set up a Camp for Cli­mate Action in the shad­ow of one of the biggest C02 emit­ters in Europe: Drax coal-fired pow­er sta­tion in York­shire / UK.

With over one hun­dred work­shops on a wide range of top­ics, the 10 day camp was a space of col­lec­tive learn­ing, sus­tain­able liv­ing and tak­ing direct action on the root caus­es of cli­mate change. The gath­er­ing that showed prac­ti­cal low ener­gy solu­tions in action, cul­mi­nat­ed in a day of protest and mass direct action in an attempt to shut down Drax.

DVD 62min + extras
Eng­lish with sub­ti­tles in Eng­lish, French, Ger­man and Span­ish
reports on indy­media UK: http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/actions/2006/climatecamp/

Trail­er down­load: 2:58 min
http://www.cinerebelde.org/site.php3?id_article=356〈=en

a cine rebelde pro­duc­tion in coop­er­a­tion with http://risingtide.org.uk and http://climatecamp.org.uk

indy­media reports of the Camp 2006:
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/actions/2006/climatecamp/

Pic­tures, infor­ma­tion and film orders:
orders@cinerebelde.org
http://www.cinerebelde.org

DVDs will also soon be avail­able from ris­ing tide, cli­mate camp groups and at the meet­ing in Bris­tol.

* * * * * *
Prepa­ra­tions for the Camp for Cli­mate Action 2007 are in full swing. The upcom­ing meet­ing will be in Bris­tol on March 17th /18th.

Ris­ing Tide North Amer­i­ca is cur­rent­ly doing a Road Show. Check out:
http://risingtidenorthamerica.org

The Campaign Against Prison Slavery

The Cam­paign Against Prison Slav­ery is a group set up to try to expose the real­i­ty of prison labour, how lit­tle of it teach­es skills that can be used after release and which could help reduce the chances of re-offend­ing.

The Cam­paign Against Prison Slav­ery is a group set up to try to expose the real­i­ty of prison labour, how lit­tle of it teach­es skills that can be used after release and which could help reduce the chances of re-offend­ing.

We also seek to expose the pri­vate com­pa­nies that have con­tracts with pris­ons that are mak­ing huge prof­its using pris­on­er labour while the pris­on­ers are paid pen­nies an hour, any los­es incurred by the prison indus­tries con­tracts are cov­ered by the tax pay­er.

CAPS now has a new web­site www.againstprisonslavery.org and the con­tact details are:

Cam­paign Against Prison Slav­ery
P.O. Box 74
Brighton
BN1 4ZQ
E‑mail: againstprisonslavery@riseup.net

new squatcafe/social centre coming soon in Somerset

13th Feb

Hi,
the cider squir­rel syn­di­cate, occu­pants of the stu­dio­Qau­ton­a­mous vil­lage are embark­ing on a new project for which we are call­ing for sup­port. the inten­tion is to occu­py a space in cen­tral Bridg­wa­ter to use as a veg­an cafe cum social cen­tre. We Want to include a library, computer/publishing work­shops, jug­gling club, radikal cin­e­ma and a space for art and fundrais­ers and par­ties. We are call­ing out for any help indy­medi­ans can offer-from dona­tions of food, equip­ment, lit­er­a­ture, movies, labour, paint, elec­tri­cal equip­ment, plates cups teabags, allot­ment space, smiles, advice, tim­ber ANYTHING. We project is to be self sus­tain­ing through dona­tions, fundrais­ers and sheer barefaced deter­mi­na­tion. At present we have 0 pounds for the project so any­thing you can help pro­vide will enable us to cre­ate the space our dying town is cry­ing out for. Any­one who can help or would like more info get in touch on mookdetat@hotmail.com

13th Feb

Hi,
the cider squir­rel syn­di­cate, occu­pants of the stu­dio­Qau­ton­a­mous vil­lage are embark­ing on a new project for which we are call­ing for sup­port. the inten­tion is to occu­py a space in cen­tral Bridg­wa­ter to use as a veg­an cafe cum social cen­tre. We Want to include a library, computer/publishing work­shops, jug­gling club, radikal cin­e­ma and a space for art and fundrais­ers and par­ties. We are call­ing out for any help indy­medi­ans can offer-from dona­tions of food, equip­ment, lit­er­a­ture, movies, labour, paint, elec­tri­cal equip­ment, plates cups teabags, allot­ment space, smiles, advice, tim­ber ANYTHING. We project is to be self sus­tain­ing through dona­tions, fundrais­ers and sheer barefaced deter­mi­na­tion. At present we have 0 pounds for the project so any­thing you can help pro­vide will enable us to cre­ate the space our dying town is cry­ing out for. Any­one who can help or would like more info get in touch on mookdetat@hotmail.com

Thanks all

hap­py resist­ing x

Pipeline company targetted by direct action

15.02.2007
The offices of Land and Marine in Bath were tar­get­ted last night with spray­paint­ed mes­sages and super glued locks as part of ongo­ing resis­tance to their South Wales gas pipeline scheme.

15.02.2007
The offices of Land and Marine in Bath were tar­get­ted last night with spray­paint­ed mes­sages and super glued locks as part of ongo­ing resis­tance to their South Wales gas pipeline scheme.

“Dis­as­ter in the pipeline”, “LNG pipeline — eco time bomb” and “Cli­mate Chaos Crim­i­nals” were a few of the words of warn­ing left on the walls.
The com­pa­ny is respon­si­ble for build­ing the mas­sive­ly destruc­tive and dan­ger­ous 150 mile long LNG pipeline which is set to trash land and com­mu­ni­ties across South Wales as well as pos­ing a huge threat to the safe­ty of local peo­ple. By pro­vid­ing the infra­struc­ture for con­tin­ued fos­sil fuel depen­dence, Land and Marine are part of an indus­tri­al sys­tem based on prof­it at any cost. And the by prod­ucts? Cli­mate chaos, eco­log­i­cal dis­as­ters and attacks on all our health and safe­ty. Con­front the cor­po­ra­tions which are killing the plan­et and steal­ing our lives, land and future.

Think Glob­al, Trash Local

Next national climate camp organsing gathering Feb 17/18 in Leeds

The next nation­al organs­ing gath­er­ing will be in Leeds on Sat and Sun Feb 17th/18th. It will be at The Com­mon Place in Leeds city cen­tre and veg­an food, accom­mo­da­tio­nand creche will be pro­vid­ed (please con­tact us with accom­mo­da­tion, creche or any oth­er needs though so we can plan ahead).

Climate camp logo 2 The next nation­al organs­ing gath­er­ing will be in Leeds on Sat and Sun Feb 17th/18th. It will be at The Com­mon Place in Leeds city cen­tre and veg­an food, accom­mo­da­tio­nand creche will be pro­vid­ed (please con­tact us with accom­mo­da­tion, creche or any oth­er needs though so we can plan ahead).

Cli­mate campers are at it again! More than sev­en­ty peo­ple from around the UK met in Leeds in Jan­u­ary and decid­ed to organ­ise anoth­er Camp for Cli­mate Action this sum­mer from 14th to 21st August. As many of you know, for ten days last August hun­dreds of peo­ple gath­ered in the shad­ow of Drax coal-fired pow­er sta­tion in York­shire to share knowl­edge and inspi­ra­tion to tack­le the great­est threat to life on Earth, live an exam­ple of more just and sus­tain­able alter­na­tives, and con­front one of the UK’s biggest pol­luters in a day of mass direct action.

Fol­low­ing on from this suc­cess, Camp for Cli­mate Action 2007 will take place near to a tar­get relat­ing to avi­a­tion or the coal or oil indus­tries. The loca­tion will be cho­sen over the com­ing months. Organ­is­ing out­reach,
fundrais­ing, site prac­ti­cal­i­ties and work­shops is under­way. Self man­aged camp­ing, eat­ing and liv­ing neigh­bour­hoods around themes and geo­graph­i­cal areas are also being planned, con­tact details are on the web­site.

There is loads to do, and every­one is invit­ed to get involved — no expe­ri­ence nec­es­sary! The next nation­al plan­ning meet­ings will be held in Leeds at the Com­mon Place, on the 17th and 18th Feb­ru­ary, and then in
Bris­tol on the 17th and 18th March.

See www.climatecamp.org.uk for more info. There are lots of ways to get involved with­out com­ing to nation­al gath­er­ings, but com­ing to them is a great way of real­ly feel­ing part of the whole process, we work with con­sen­sus deci­sion mak­ing and col­lec­tive respon­si­bil­i­ty, every­one gets their say in how the whole thing goes.

For a 20min film of last years camp get
V For Video Activist — SchMOVIES DVD Col­lec­tion 2006 OUT Jan­u­ary 2007
— £6 (includ­ing P&P). Con­tact the SchNEWS Office 01273 685913 or  schnews@brighton.co.uk

leeds@climatecamp.org.uk
http://www.climatecamp.org.uk