Earth First! Shut Down Aluminum Giant ALCOA in The Netherlands

Last night “Earth First!” closed Alcoa’s head­quar­ters in Drunen, the Nether­lands. Alcoa’s largest dutch fac­to­ry in Kerkrade was also shut. Entrance gates were locked with chains. The gates’locks them­selves were sab­o­taged with a liq­uid.
Alcoa is con­struct­ing new alu­minum smelters in Ice­land. Alcoa also plans to build new smelters in Trinidad and in the Ama­zon. There is fierce local and inter­na­tion­al oppo­si­tion to these plans. Effects on nature and cli­mate are dev­as­tat­ing. Var­i­ous planned smelters would be pow­ered by con­struct­ing new megadams that would flood large areas of unique wilder­ness.

Last night “Earth First!” closed Alcoa’s head­quar­ters in Drunen, the Nether­lands. Alcoa’s largest dutch fac­to­ry in Kerkrade was also shut. Entrance gates were locked with chains. The gates’locks them­selves were sab­o­taged with a liq­uid.
Alcoa is con­struct­ing new alu­minum smelters in Ice­land. Alcoa also plans to build new smelters in Trinidad and in the Ama­zon. There is fierce local and inter­na­tion­al oppo­si­tion to these plans. Effects on nature and cli­mate are dev­as­tat­ing. Var­i­ous planned smelters would be pow­ered by con­struct­ing new megadams that would flood large areas of unique wilder­ness.

With this action, we are declar­ing our sol­i­dar­i­ty with the Sav­ing Ice­land cam­paign. Sav­ing Ice­land has called out for an inter­na­tion­al week of action against heavy indus­try. This action has been done in response to that call.

Earth First! in Bel­gium and the Nether­lands is also called Groen Front!.
Earth First! is not an organ­i­sa­tion but an inter­na­tion­al ban­ner for direct action.

NO COMPROMISE IN DEFENCE OF MOTHER EARTH!

(Source of this report:
https://prod.indymedia.nl/nl/2007/03/43107.shtml)

Also rel­e­vant:
http://www.groenfront.nl
http://www.savingiceland.org