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Week of Iceland Actions in the Low Countries

Alain Belda | 16.03.2007 22:47 | Climate Chaos | Ecology | Globalisation

This week has seen a number of actions in solidarity with the Icelandic movement in Belgium and the Netherlands.

Icelandic Embassy in Belgium
Icelandic Embassy in Belgium


This morning, Saving Iceland and the Dutch/Belgian environmentalist network GroenFront! built a dam blockading the entrance of the Icelandic Embassy in Brussels (photo-report). Earlier this week, a picketline was held at the Icelandic Consulate in Rotterdam and the folk singer Armand, the "Dutch Bob Dylan", performed songs of praise to Icelandic nature. Last night, EarthFirst! closed down both ALCOA's Dutch head office in Drunen and an ALCOA factory in Kerkrade, the Netherlands in opposition to heavy industry. The actions this week express growing international concern on the plans for expansion of the aluminium industry and megahydro in Iceland and other countries such as Trinidad and Brazil.

 http://www.savingiceland.org/node/694

Alain Belda
- Homepage: http://www.savingiceland.org