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Alcoa Giant finally got it too

eugenia | 04.08.2005 20:30 | Ecology | Free Spaces | Globalisation | World

A group of activist climed three cranes on the alcoa aluminium smelter construction site in iceland.

Video shor video of the action - video/quicktime 16M

high up in the air
high up in the air

police and security gard watching
police and security gard watching

one climer
one climer


original press releas:
Today a group of activists invaded the Alcoa construction site at Reydarfjördur
and climbed cranes on the site. The aim of this action was to stop the work on
the site. Alcoa have been targeted because of their involvement in the
Kárahnjúkar dam project and the other proposed dam projects and aluminium
smelters in the Icelandic highlands as well as environmental destruction
worldwide. The Icelandic high court has judged that the building of the Alcoa
factory in Reydarfjördur is illegal; we demand that the construction of this
factory is immediately halted in observance of this court ruling.

This action was only one of many that shall be taken against Alcoa and their
like in Iceland and across the world. The last clean wilderness in Western
Europe, heavy industry must not be allowed to despoil Icelandic nature. This is
a call out to the people of Iceland and all in peoples of the earth to stand up
and fight against the destruction of our environment and culture.

as you wil see in the video at the end. some strong Alcoa supporters were trying to bust one of the protest supporters car and got arrested for it (dum fuck)

eugenia
- e-mail: savingiceland@riseup.net
- Homepage: http://www.savingiceland.org

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Wow...

05.08.2005 01:28

thanx for the footage

keep it up
love youse

renegado


Fantastic stuff

05.08.2005 13:46

Really inspiring stuff. I feel terrible about not being up there to help you guys cos you look a bit thin on the ground. Unfortunately I'm trapped with a job, mortgage etc. Do please keep it up against those bastards. Anyone else reading this with time available, do please consider going there before summer is out as Iceland looks far too beautiful to be trashed in that way. Travel instructions on savingiceland website.

x climber


UK company involved!

06.08.2005 23:46


The crane shown in the picture is from a company called Weldex, based in Inverness, Scotland:

Tel: 01463 220333
Fax: 01463 241616
E-mail:  info@weldex.co.uk
Web:  http://www.weldex.co.uk/

How about calling and e-mailing them and demanding that they remove their equipment from the site?!





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