[Dale Farm] Massive Call Out for Action: 28 Day Eviction Notices Served
Resist! | 04.07.2011 14:59 | Anti-racism | Repression | Social Struggles
Basildon Council have sent out eviction notices, giving Dale Farm residents 28 days to leave the site, before the start of a brutal program of forced evictions.
These eviction notices have been issued despite the fact that Dale Farm residents have offered to leave their land willingly and peaceably given viable alternative plots, which would enable them to rebuild their homes while maintaining their community, their children’s schooling and their health care.
No alternative viable housing has been offered to the families of Dale Farm. This means that in the event of an eviction up to 100 families will be made summarily homeless, including many elderly, sick, and very young residents.
The council has not adequately considered the individual health and social needs of the Dale Farm residents whom they plan to evict. This leaves the Council and Home Office liable not just to a £20 million eviction bill, but also to the legal and compensation costs resulting from the inhumane treatment of many vulnerable Dale Farm residents.
Instead of spending money on local community services, on local housing, on community education facilities, or on community race relations, the council is spending half its income pursuing a racist campaign to remove Gypsies and Travellers from Basildon.
THIS IS A MASSIVE CALL OUT FOR ACTION – JOIN CAMP CONSTANT NOW!
* There will be RESISTANCE ACTIVITY weekends at Dale Farm from this weekend: Saturday, 9th July (see below for more information)
* There will be a mass gathering of national and international supporters at Dale Farm from: Friday July 29th
* Join Camp Constant NOW by attending activity weekend events, and by committing to spend time at Camp Constant to support residents resisting eviction when the 28 day eviction notice ends and family’ homes become vulnerable to forced eviction and bull dozing.
* For more ways to get involved:
http://dalefarm.wordpress.com/get-involved/
* Email: savedalefarm@gmail for more information.
* See this link also for more information which you can use to help communicate what is happening at Dale Farm: http://dalefarm.wordpress.com/get-involved/infoforletters/
JOIN US NOW at Dale Farm this SATURDAY, 9th July, 2011, from midday.
For directions from London Liverpool Street station see: http://dalefarm.wordpress.com/contact/
There will be: planning meetings/discussions with Dale Farm residents/legal observer training/resistance activity workshops
PLEASE GET ORGANISING AND GET DOWN TO DALE FARM & PLEASE PASS THIS ON…
*For press information, see: http://dalefarm.wordpress.com/press/
No alternative viable housing has been offered to the families of Dale Farm. This means that in the event of an eviction up to 100 families will be made summarily homeless, including many elderly, sick, and very young residents.
The council has not adequately considered the individual health and social needs of the Dale Farm residents whom they plan to evict. This leaves the Council and Home Office liable not just to a £20 million eviction bill, but also to the legal and compensation costs resulting from the inhumane treatment of many vulnerable Dale Farm residents.
Instead of spending money on local community services, on local housing, on community education facilities, or on community race relations, the council is spending half its income pursuing a racist campaign to remove Gypsies and Travellers from Basildon.
THIS IS A MASSIVE CALL OUT FOR ACTION – JOIN CAMP CONSTANT NOW!
* There will be RESISTANCE ACTIVITY weekends at Dale Farm from this weekend: Saturday, 9th July (see below for more information)
* There will be a mass gathering of national and international supporters at Dale Farm from: Friday July 29th
* Join Camp Constant NOW by attending activity weekend events, and by committing to spend time at Camp Constant to support residents resisting eviction when the 28 day eviction notice ends and family’ homes become vulnerable to forced eviction and bull dozing.
* For more ways to get involved:
http://dalefarm.wordpress.com/get-involved/ * Email: savedalefarm@gmail for more information.
* See this link also for more information which you can use to help communicate what is happening at Dale Farm:
http://dalefarm.wordpress.com/get-involved/infoforletters/ JOIN US NOW at Dale Farm this SATURDAY, 9th July, 2011, from midday.
For directions from London Liverpool Street station see:
http://dalefarm.wordpress.com/contact/ There will be: planning meetings/discussions with Dale Farm residents/legal observer training/resistance activity workshops
PLEASE GET ORGANISING AND GET DOWN TO DALE FARM & PLEASE PASS THIS ON…
*For press information, see:
http://dalefarm.wordpress.com/press/
Resist!
Additions
This is a wrong post -- correct info at http://dalefarm.wordpress.com
04.07.2011 16:37
Dale Farm eviction notice served -- Camp Constant to be set up from Saturday August 27th
Activity Days at Dale Farm, starting on Saturday July 9th, at 1 pm
Today, some 90 families at Dale Farm, the UK's largest Traveller community, were hand-delivered a final notice of eviction giving families until midnight on August 31 to abandon their homes, or face their entire community being bulldozed. The central government and Basildon Council have set aside over £18m for the eviction battle that could last three weeks. It will be the biggest clearance of its kind involving the ploughing up of 54 separate plots created on a former scrap-yard purchased by the Travellers ten years ago.
Dale Farm is only a 30 minute train ride from London, and hundreds of people have pledged to join residents in nonviolent resistance to the destruction of Dale Farm. The residents of Dale Farm have encouraged their supporters to establish a base at Dale Farm, Camp Constant, to resist this eviction and house human rights monitors.
Join us on Saturday August 27th and beyond, starting with a weekend of Traveller history & celebration together with practical eviction resistance training. There will also be training for legal observers and human rights monitors, and a bit of a party on Saturday night. Sleeping space is available in caravans or you can bring a tent. The eviction could go ahead right after midnight on August 31st, so we will be staying at Dale Farm before then in preparation. Please check http://dalefarm.wordpress.com for further updates.
Dale Farm is within easy reach from London Liverpool St. Station. See http://dalefarm.wordpress.com/contact/ for directions.
You can sign up to our email bulletins here: http://lists.ucrony.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dalefarm-solidarity
Stay overnight at Dale Farm and Alerts - Urgent call for Support
After the August 31st, an eviction could happen at any time, and we might not know when. We'll need people to be on standbye to come up to Dale Farm in the event of an eviction. See http://dalefarm.wordpress.com/hrm/ for details. We also need people to spend the night at Dale Farm to provide around the clock support to the community and resistance to the eviction. We are looking for groups and individuals to pledge to stay overnight.
If you can be on eviction alert, or spend a night at Dale Farm, please sign up here:
https://smsalerts.tachanka.org/dalefarm
Also, please ask your friends to ask their friends to pledge to stay a
night: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=170414852985935
Weekend Activity Days
On July 9th and beyon, we will be building defences to resist the eviction, as well as supporting the community and setting up Camp Constant. We will also hold a meeting there, every Saturday at 1 pm. For more information, and to check the dates of activity days see http://dalefarm.wordpress.com/activity
http://dalefarm.wordpress.com
https://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_124229427082
Activity Days at Dale Farm, starting on Saturday July 9th, at 1 pm
Today, some 90 families at Dale Farm, the UK's largest Traveller community, were hand-delivered a final notice of eviction giving families until midnight on August 31 to abandon their homes, or face their entire community being bulldozed. The central government and Basildon Council have set aside over £18m for the eviction battle that could last three weeks. It will be the biggest clearance of its kind involving the ploughing up of 54 separate plots created on a former scrap-yard purchased by the Travellers ten years ago.
Dale Farm is only a 30 minute train ride from London, and hundreds of people have pledged to join residents in nonviolent resistance to the destruction of Dale Farm. The residents of Dale Farm have encouraged their supporters to establish a base at Dale Farm, Camp Constant, to resist this eviction and house human rights monitors.
Join us on Saturday August 27th and beyond, starting with a weekend of Traveller history & celebration together with practical eviction resistance training. There will also be training for legal observers and human rights monitors, and a bit of a party on Saturday night. Sleeping space is available in caravans or you can bring a tent. The eviction could go ahead right after midnight on August 31st, so we will be staying at Dale Farm before then in preparation. Please check
http://dalefarm.wordpress.com for further updates. Dale Farm is within easy reach from London Liverpool St. Station. See
http://dalefarm.wordpress.com/contact/ for directions. You can sign up to our email bulletins here:
http://lists.ucrony.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dalefarm-solidarity Stay overnight at Dale Farm and Alerts - Urgent call for Support
After the August 31st, an eviction could happen at any time, and we might not know when. We'll need people to be on standbye to come up to Dale Farm in the event of an eviction. See
http://dalefarm.wordpress.com/hrm/ for details. We also need people to spend the night at Dale Farm to provide around the clock support to the community and resistance to the eviction. We are looking for groups and individuals to pledge to stay overnight. If you can be on eviction alert, or spend a night at Dale Farm, please sign up here:
https://smsalerts.tachanka.org/dalefarm Also, please ask your friends to ask their friends to pledge to stay a
night:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=170414852985935 Weekend Activity Days
On July 9th and beyon, we will be building defences to resist the eviction, as well as supporting the community and setting up Camp Constant. We will also hold a meeting there, every Saturday at 1 pm. For more information, and to check the dates of activity days see
http://dalefarm.wordpress.com/activity http://dalefarm.wordpress.com https://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_124229427082
Dale Farm Solidarity
e-mail:
savedalefarm@gmail.com
Homepage:
http:/dalefarm.wordpress.com
Right/Wrong
04.07.2011 17:08
Article was copy/pasted from the campaign website earlier today .. I see it's been updated now. It was right at the time.
Resist!