Update from Coal Action Scotland & THWAC

30th Octo­ber 2011
Hel­lo all,

Here’s a brief update of what’s been going on with Coal Action Scot­land and what’s com­ing up. There’s a week to go before the Autumn Gath­er­ing and lots has been hap­pen­ing!

1. New THWAC! short film
2. THWAC Gath­er­ing 6th-10th Novem­ber
3. Coal Action Scot­land Octo­ber Newslet­ter
4. Action Roundup
5. Recent News

*1. New THWAC! short film*

30th Octo­ber 2011
Hel­lo all,

Here’s a brief update of what’s been going on with Coal Action Scot­land and what’s com­ing up. There’s a week to go before the Autumn Gath­er­ing and lots has been hap­pen­ing!

1. New THWAC! short film
2. THWAC Gath­er­ing 6th-10th Novem­ber
3. Coal Action Scot­land Octo­ber Newslet­ter
4. Action Roundup
5. Recent News

*1. New THWAC! short film*

A short film about the Hap­pen­don Wood Action Camp and fight­ing Scot­tish Coal in the Dou­glas Val­ley, and pub­li­cis­ing the gath­er­ing next week can be watched here: http://politube.org/show/3075 and http://coalactionscotland.org.uk/?p=2206

*2. THWAC Gath­er­ing 6th-10th Novem­ber*

The Hap­pen­don Wood Action Camp (THWAC) was occu­pied on 12th Sep­tem­ber 2010 to resist the destruc­tion of the Dou­glas Val­ley by Scot­tish Coal and SRG Estates.

Join us for our five day autumn gath­er­ing in the woods!

As part of what they’re call­ing their “for­ward strat­e­gy”, Scot­tish Coal have begun the process of clos­ing the cir­cle of open cast mines around the com­mu­ni­ties of the Dou­glas Val­ley by announc­ing three new open cast appli­ca­tions.

For too long now Scot­tish Coal, (with the help of rich landown­ers and cor­rupt coun­cil­lors) have been shit­ting all over the Dou­glas Val­ley, caus­ing ill health to the local com­mu­ni­ties in the area and con­tribut­ing to cli­mate change. This has got to stop.

The evic­tion at Main­shill was not an end but just a begin­ning. We’re back to fin­ish what we start­ed. If Scot­tish Coal want to oblit­er­ate what’s left of the Scot­tish coun­try­side, we will oblit­er­ate them.

We’re call­ing for affin­i­ty groups to come to the site with ener­gy and ideas for action to destroy Scot­tish Coal’s plans.

There will also be the usu­al skill­shar­ing, includ­ing action work­shops, infor­ma­tion-shar­ing and oppor­tu­ni­ties to get involved in the cam­paign and day-to-day life on camp.

**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 near junc­tion 12 of the M74, which runs from Carlisle to Glas­gow. The near­est train sta­tions are Lanark and Hamil­ton and there are fre­quent direct bus­es to near the site. Email us or call the sit phone if you need a lift from the train sta­tion.

MORE INFO AND CONTACT:
Email: con­tact [at] coalactionscotland.org.uk
Site phone: 07806926040
Post: Hap­pen­don Wood Action Camp
Wolfcrooks Road
South Lanark­shire
ML11 9PA

Check out the brochure of coal tar­gets in Scot­land plus Dig­ger Div­ing for Begin­ners here http://coalactionscotland.org.uk/?page_id=10>.

If you would like to do an info night in your area to pub­li­cise the camp and the gath­er­ing, get in touch and we’ll
send you our new film and action resources.

*3. Octo­ber Newslet­ter*

Down­load and dis­trib­ute the Coal Action Scot­land Octo­ber Newslet­ter!
Find it here:

front three pages:
http://coalaction.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Oct-10-first-three-pages.pdf

back page:
http://coalaction.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Oct-10-back-page.pdf

*4. Action Round-up*

Bore­hole Drilling Machine sab­o­taged in sol­i­dar­i­ty with The Hap­pen­don Wood Action Camp http://coalactionscotland.org.uk/?p=2202>

Action against RPS group Glas­gow in Sol­i­dar­i­ty with com­mu­ni­ties in Co. Mayo and South Lanark­shire http://coalactionscotland.org.uk/?p=2185>

“Nae Coal at Hunter­ston”: Action against Ayr­shire Pow­er and Peel
Hold­ings http://coalactionscotland.org.uk/?p=2177>

CON­sul­ta­tions by Scot­tish Coal marked by actions against the mines in Dou­glas Val­ley http://coalactionscotland.org.uk/?p=2166>

Begin­nings of a new wave of direct action in the Dou­glas Val­ley against Scot­tish Coal http://coalactionscotland.org.uk/?p=2160>

*5. Recent News*

Dead­ly Coal Tour Vis­its THWAC http://coalactionscotland.org.uk/?p=2197>

Scot­tish Coal giv­en a slap on the wrist for envi­ron­men­tal dam­age in Ayr­shire http://coalactionscotland.org.uk/?p=2189>

Vic­to­ry against Scot­tish Coal in Mid­loth­i­an!