Direct action against the High-Speed Railway in the Basque Country

Itsason­do — FROM MINES AGAINST HIGH-SPEED TRAIN
Today, July 1, we have locked our­selves up inside an under­ground mine with the aim of stop­ping the con­struc­tion of the HST and the destruc­tion this is causing/will/would cause, to denounce the social mod­el it rep­re­sents.

Basque anti-TAV barrel lock-onItsason­do — FROM MINES AGAINST HIGH-SPEED TRAIN
Today, July 1, we have locked our­selves up inside an under­ground mine with the aim of stop­ping the con­struc­tion of the HST and the destruc­tion this is causing/will/would cause, to denounce the social mod­el it rep­re­sents.

Four peo­ple locked them­selves up in under­ground mines Itsason­do, with no way out. But they are not alone, out­side many peo­ple athered to pro­tect them and to show them our sup­port.

Near here, at the Mari­aratz con­struc­tion site, there are dai­ly explo­sions — explo­sions which destroy Earth and every­thing on/in/within it. as a con­se­quence of the tun­nel dig­ging these mines can col­lapse, endan­ger­ing the lives of these four peo­ple. There­fore, we demand the imme­di­ate halt of the works.

We know the risk is high. We’ve got into the depths, to secure this land with our bod­ies. We are locked into the mines to defend our ideas and to denounce the lack of a sense of the pow­er­ful. Our bod­ies are our weapons, direct action our way. Once again we have gath­ered here in Goier­ri (one of the val­leys where the rail­way link­ing Bil­bo with Donos­tia (Saint Sebas­t­ian) would run through), because the sit­u­a­tion in the area is real­ly wor­ry­ing. They are cur­rent­ly work­ing on five points: Mari­aratz, Olaber­ria, San Martín, and Beroste­gi Itsason­do.

In Octo­ber last year we climb the trees to stop the work and warn peo­ple about the sit­u­a­tion and today we had to get under­ground. Trees and land, two key ele­ments and seri­ous­ly affect­ed by the HST works. They know and we know that many peo­ple are against the HST. More than 15,000 peo­ple in the man­i­fes­ta­tion of Hen­daye, clear­est results in pop­u­lar con­sul­ta­tions and oth­er events.

But pow­er is deaf to this mas­sive oppo­si­tion and the sit­u­a­tion is wors­en­ing. Civ­il dis­obe­di­ence and direct action are the only way we can stop this dis­as­ter, and as long as they keep so adamant to build the HST we will con­tin­ue to con­front them. Hor­i­zon­tal orga­ni­za­tion and self-orga­ni­za­tion, that’s the way. To trans­form this social mod­el we need to change the basis of it, pri­or­iz­ing prox­im­i­ty and small things, build­ing local net­works and pro­mot­ing peo­ples’ lifestyle and cul­ture.

There­fore, we invite you come along to Itsason­do, to par­tic­i­pate in the organ­ised activ­i­ties and protests and to spread infor­ma­tion and mobi­lize on behalf of these activists and against the HST in your vil­lages and cities.

- Every­day vig­il at 7 pm in Itsason­do.
— Demon­stra­tions in the towns — Sun­day 4th July, ral­ly at 5 pm from the Plaza de Ordizia

ONGOING INFORMATION POINT at Itsason­doś main square Con­tact: 695 715 510
makinengainetik.animaliak@gmail.com

http://www.avatartherevolution.com/en/1
http://www.sindominio.net/ahtez/?q=es (Span­ish)

(Brief update: the con­struc­tion com­pa­ny, the Basque Rail­way Ser­vice and the police have all refused to stop the explo­sions of the tun­nel exca­va­tions, there­by endan­ger­ing the lives of the four activists who are cur­rent­ly under­ground)