Reminder: Mainshill — weekend of action and workshops!

Week­end of Action and work­shops
at MAINSHILL SOLIDARITY CAMP

Sat 28th Nov — Tues 1st Dec

With signs that the evic­tion may hap­pen any minute the Main­shill sol­i­dar­i­ty camp need all the sup­port they can get (see http://coalactionscotland.noflag.org.uk/ for more details on the cur­rent sit­u­a­tion).

Since June, the Main­shill camp has been occu­py­ing the site of a new open cast coal mine in Lanark­shire with lots of local sup­port and seri­ous­ly delay­ing work with dig­ger div­ing, drill rig occu­pa­tions and sab­o­tage actions.

If you can, go now! Oth­er­wise, join us for our open week­end Sat 28 Oct — Tues 1st Dec. There’ll be direct action work­shops, legal brief­in­gs, a guid­ed tour of the site and a small pos­si­bil­i­ty of a ceilidh with local peo­ple on Sat­ur­day night, plus what­ev­er actions peo­ple are up for.

There’s lots and lots to do — not only are con­trac­tors busy felling trees on site, there are also four open­cast coal mines with­in spit­ting dis­tance of Main­shill, as well as the Raven­struther coal rail depot.

From jump­ing on machin­ery and build­ing momen­tum and sup­port in the com­mu­ni­ty, to chop­ping wood and clean­ing out the com­post loos — there’s some­thing for every­one!

A brochure of coal tar­gets in Scot­land plus Dig­ger Div­ing for Begin­ners can be found at http://coalactionscotland.noflag.org.uk/?page_id=10

WHAT TO BRING:
*warm clothes, boots and water­proofs, a tent, sleep­ing bag and mat
*tools for build­ing work and action mate­ri­als if you can
*Most impor­tant­ly bring your­self and friends.

FOOD:
There’ll be com­mu­nal veg­an food for a dona­tion, so come pre­pared to help with chop­ping veg.

GETTING THERE:
The camp is right next to junc­tion 12 of the M74, which runs from Carlisle to Glas­gow. The near­est train sta­tions are Lanark and Hamil­ton and there are fre­quent direct busses to the site.
Email us if you need a lift from the train sta­tion.

Detailed trav­el direc­tions:
http://coalactionscotland.noflag.org.uk/?page_id=415

MORE INFO AND CONTACT:
info@leaveitintheground.org.uk
http://coalactionscotland.noflag.org.uk/?page_id=827

Please note: Peo­ple arrest­ed at Main­shill are held overnight, then tak­en to the Sher­if­f’s Court in Lanark­shire on the next work­ing day before being released, (i.e. if you’re arrest­ed on Mon­day you’ll be let out on Tues­day, but if you’re arrest­ed on Fri­day or Sat­ur­day you’ll have to wait til
Mon­day!) If you are plan­ning to take action, make sure you’ve got the next work day off too.