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Dale Farm: Calling out to all activists

anon@indymedia.org (one of noborders) | 17.09.2011 14:17 | London

Dale Farm and supporters are preparing for the eviction this Monday (19th Sept) morning, which is expected to start at 8am. Despite the overwhelming support by poeple from all around the world, Basildon Council plans to evict the Irish Travellers at Dale Farm, Basildon, who have been living on their own land for more then 10 years.

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The call out:

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Calling out to all activists and legal observers – information about the Dale Farm eviction this week – Please forward this around your networks ASAP thanks!

Today, we are witnessing a new civil rights movement for Travellers. What’s happening to us at Dale Farm will never happen again. Monday 19th, they will try to bulldoze Dale Farm and we strongly recommend getting here ahead of the eviction as it is likely to start at 8 am.  We will also need people to come up throughout the week of the eviction.

If you can’t make it you can support in another way, we are in desperate need of funds. Please donate!

Dale farm residents are calling on supporters to come to Dale Farm to help them stop the eviction or act as human rights monitors. 

Activists are supporting the Travellers in defending their homes and community.  There’s many different ways of getting involved – we need medics, legal observers, site defenders, cooks, etc.. More people are needed on all fronts.

Please sign up for txt alerts in case urgent information needs to get relayed or follow us on twitter.  You can send information to the legal hotline 07928669515

Getting to the site

Dale Farm is about 30-40 minutes from London by Train, you can find directions here. From Wickford Station (30 minutes journey from London), it’s a 15 minute cycle/45 minute walk from the station. To arrange a lift call the site phone: 07583621312

Please see map for more info on access to the site.  As of Saturday Sept. 17th, there are no restrictions on entering Dale Farm.

Be Prepared

Things to bring:
-warm clothes
-food
-water bottle
-sleeping bag and roll mat
-notepads, pencils
-torches
-cameras for taking photo evidence
-clean phone

Things not to bring:
-offensive weapons
-Things you would not like the police to take off you

Food

A vegan kitchen is running. We will be asking for donations to cover our costs, but it may be an early target of the Bailiffs, so please bring extra food.

Sleeping arrangements 

Sleeping space is available in caravans and residents’ homes but we encourage you to bring a tent, and you are welcome to sleep over anytime. Please bring a sleeping bag if you can, and a roll mat is highly recommended especially since most of the tent space is on hard ground.

>Legal info
Write on your arm before you get here:
Dale Farm Legal Hotline: 07928 669 515
Birds Solicitors: 07966 234 994
Hodge Jones and Allen Solicitors: 07659 111 192

Other info

Camp Constant site phone: 07583621312

The welcome pack is available here (in three formats, all versions have the same content):Dale Farm Welcome pdf or Dale Farm Welcome odt or Dale Farm Welcome word doc – if you have trouble opening any of these for any reason, please email savedalefarm@gmail.com The welcome packs contain information on Dale Farm and the political context of the current eviction, Camp Constant and what to bring, Traveller history, and legal advice for activists.

http://dalefarm.wordpress.com/activity/

People coming organised as affinity groups are very welcome.

Please promote our facebook event through social networking sites, and see the original callout here

See you here!

Camp Constant

 

 


anon@indymedia.org (one of noborders)
- Original article on IMC London: http://london.indymedia.org/articles/10195