Hambach Forest is occupied again, but under eviction threat

Since the cli­mat- and reclaim the fields camp in ger­many, the Ham­bach For­est ist occu­pied again, by cli­mat activist. There are activists liv­ing at plat­tform­sin the trees since more than 2 weeks. The Ham­bach For­est is one of the old­est for­est in mid­dle europe, but already more than 4/5 of it is destroyed for open cast min­ing. The open cast min­ing in the Rhein­land (between Colonge and Aachen) is the biggest cli­mat killer in all Europe. The for­est gets destroyed year by year, so that RWE the coal com­pa­ny (wich is the moth­er com­pa­ny of N‑Power) can open cast the land. Also big vil­lages get­ting destroyed for the open cast min­ing. Last year the for­est was occu­pied by cli­mat activist, the wohle spring and sum­mer, and got evict­ed in automne. The evic­tion was the longest evic­tion that hap­pened in ger­many, because of the tun­nel sys­tem (the only god sys­tem is a tun­nel sys­tem!). After the evic­tion activists squat­ted a mead­ow next to the Ham­bach For­est, wich is still occu­pied. In the end of august the cli­mat- and RTF Camp took place close to the Ham­bach For­est. With over 500 Par­tic­i­pants it was the biggest cli­mat camp since 5 years in ger­many. More than 200 peo­ple blocked the Ham­bach coal-rail for half an day. In the end of the cli­mat- andd RTF-Camp activists occu­pied the Ham­bach For­est again. Now it is occu­pied since more than 2 weeks. Police was there on mon­day to inspect the plat­tforms and blockad­ing-tools, and was not realy hap­py. In looks like the evic­tion might come the next days. But maybe they want to wait after the big elec­tions in ger­many this sun­day. So there might still be time to come over! See you in the for­est.

http://hambachforest.blogsport.de/

Here’s a video about the occu­pa­tion:http://vimeo.com/74042113

and about the coal trail block­ade: http://vimeo.com/73938171

and a video about the RTF-action: http://vimeo.com/73514620