(France) Communique from the ZAD

We live here, we’ll stay here!

After two days of resis­tance and sol­i­dar­i­ty, only sev­en hous­es and one plot were evict­ed at the ZAD, a threat­ened area meant to make place to an air­port in Notre-Dame-des-Lan­des. Every­where police forces met deter­mi­nat­ed oppo­nents, inhab­i­tants refus­ing to leave their hous­es, their roofs. Demon­stra­tions. direct actions took place around sev­er­al loca­tions, roads we bar­ri­cad­ed, activists keep­ing join­ing the ZAD area, etc…

Since hours, oppo­nents are defend­ing sev­er­al plots, the Far West, the Sabot, a cul­tivable land back in use since May 2011. Right now, the Sabot in drowned under a cloud of tear gas, with a drum­ming sam­ba band. Out­side the ZAD, many sol­i­dar­i­ty actions took place, such a demon­stra­tion in front of the main state build­ing in Nantes tonight.

Con­trary to what was announced by the high­est state rep­re­sen­ta­tive of the region tues­day morn­ing, the area is far from being emp­ty. Around 20 hous­es remain occu­pied, this is even not includ­ing house own­ers, renters and farm­ers still liv­ing in the area. The pres­sure and acts from the police, such as the destruc­tion by fire from one wood hut, with­out check­ing if it was still occu­pied, won’t silent dis­sent.

With­out try­ing to com­pete with the mil­i­tary arse­nal deployed by a state to pro­tect its projects of “pub­lic util­i­ty”, acts of resis­tance will go on as long as the project isn’t aban­doned.

Not only here, but from Aten­co to Val de Susa, to Chéfresne, every­where peo­ple are strug­gling. We’ll refuse to con­form to what is forced on us!

Com­ing on the agen­da :

- Sat­ur­day Octo­ber 20th, mid­day, meet­ing point at la Pointe (le Tem­ple de Bre­tagne): gath­er­ing with oppo­nents to the air­port project.

- in the com­ing months, demon­stra­tion to re-occu­py the ZAD, date to be announced on the ZAD web­site.

More Infor­ma­tion: http://zad.nadir.org