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Action at Mainshill: Tree felling stopped again in solidarity with communities

Mainshill Solidarity Camp | 10.11.2009 12:00 | Climate Chaos | Ecology | Free Spaces

At 10:30 this morning activists from the Mainshill Solidarity Camp stopped a massive harvesting machine from working at the site, and one person locked-on to it by the neck – work is still being stopped. More information and photos to follow.

This action is one of many that has taken place at Mainshill Wood, in a relentless and determined campaign of direct action to stop Scottish Coal and Lord Home opencasting the site.

This action is in solidarity with communities who have their health destroyed, their environment polluted and countryside trashed, all for the quick profits of opencast coal mining. It is also in solidarity with other communities around the world fighting similar battles – communities such as in Rossport, Co. Mayo in Ireland fighting Shell's raw gas pipeline, and indigenous communities in the Niger Delta also fighting Shell and their paramilitary forces and environmental destruction.

Solidarity is a weapon in the global struggle against big corporations and climate chaos, and linking our movements makes us stronger.

No new coal!

Mainshill Solidarity Camp
- e-mail: mainshill@riseup.net
- Homepage: http://mainshill.noflag.org.uk/

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10.11.2009 18:33

Lots of solidarity going on here! How do these 'communities' show their solidarity with your actions? How many of them turn out to show solidarity with you?

Ae you sure the 'communities' want your solidarity, or are they going to get it whether they want it or not?

Pete