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 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

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