UK Indymedia - UK Climate Chaos Newswire Archive

Climate Camp G20 Policing - Judicial Review Hearing Granted

25-11-2009 11:26

Climate Camp Protestors win battle for High Court scrutiny of G20 Policing

Protestors who were ‘kettled' and beaten during the Fossil Fool's day protest outside the Climate Exchange on 1st April 2009 have won the first round of a battle to hold the senior Metropolitan Police officers involved accountable. Granting permission for their judicial review to proceed to a full hearing, Administrative Court Lead Judge Sir Andrew Collins commented that the claim concerned, "issues that can properly be regarded as suitable for the Administrative Court", including the decision to deploy force which was made minutes after officers had noted a "party like atmosphere" at the demonstration.

http://www.bindmans.com/index.php?id=662

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HMIC Policing Protest Report Published - Police Tactics Condemned

25-11-2009 11:08

From:

http://london.indymedia.org/articles/3186

The long awaited second report by Denis O'Connor, the chief inspector of constabulary, is critical of many aspects of public order policing which alienate the public and infringe the right to protest.

The report "Adapting to Protest – Nurturing the British Model of Policing" looked at the now infamous policing of the G20 protests in london as well as the Climate Camp protest at Kingsnorth and other mass demonstrations.

See Full Report:

http://inspectorates.homeoffice.gov.uk/hmic/special/adapting-to-protest/

In related news, campaigners from Climate Camp have won their legal battle to secure a full hearing for a Judicial Review around the brutal policing of the G20.

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Danish Police Warn Cop15 Protestors Not To Publish Legal Advice

25-11-2009 09:46

Believe it or not that's the latest message being conveyed by the Danish media this morning.

The Copenhagen Post reports that Mogens Lauridsen, deputy chief superintendent of Copenhagen Police, has made a statement on advice for protestors published on the Internet.

The advice for protestors includes an explanation of laws which the police may use against them as well as their legal rights under Danish law. Such legal guides are often published ahead of protests to inform demonstrators of the risks they may face and advice about how police may act towards them - during protests and if they are arrested. They are of particular relevance where protestors are coming from other countries where laws and police procedures differ.

The Danish police force, like all police forces, does not have an unblemished record when it comes to the treatment of protestors.

Recently a letter signed by members of several British NGOs including Friends of the Earth, Jubilee Debt Campaign and Christian Aid was sent to the Danish embassy (and published in the Guardian) highlighting concerns over the curtailing of legitimate protest around the Copenhagen climate summit after new repressive public order legislation was proposed. The legislation proposed includes an extension of pre-emptive detention from 6hours to 12 hours.

National differences in public order laws also led a mainstream NGO coalition to ask for clarification over whether its members wearing panda costumes would be arrested on the streets of Copenhagen, since in Denmark the wearing of masks (or even the assumed intention to wear a mask) can be an arrestable offence.

The people from around the world planning to protest at the Cop15 climate summit deserve to know how the police may treat them, and no civilised society should object to such information being published.

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Magic Roundabout possession order served - Vestas Solidarity Camp to be evicted

24-11-2009 22:27

So, earlier today a Crown Court Judge in Newport, Isle of Wight granted a possession order in favour of the local landowner, and against the Vestas ex-workers and supporters who have been camping there for 4 months. Despite support from a raft of protest-expert lawyers and the Advisory Service for Squatters, the Judge refused to listen to arguments regarding right to protest, "vexaxious"-ness (I don't even know what that means, apologies).

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More Bailiff activity at Mainshill

24-11-2009 14:53

Two Welsh bailiffs were found walking around the site this morning and followed to one of the bunkers which has been built as a defence.

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Legal Threat to the Vestas Campaign 'Magic Roundabout' Camp:

24-11-2009 11:14

The people remaining on the ‘Magic Roundabout’ protest camp down on the Isle of Wight outside the now closed Vestas factory have been officially handed their eviction order by the land owner (Hanslips?), and the court hearing is today Tuesday 24 November.
If people want to get in touch with the Roundabouters, please email

savevestas@gmail.com and we’ll do our best to get your message to them.

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New Cop15 Book: Carbon Trading: How it Works + Why it Fails (pdf)

24-11-2009 11:04

Download

http://www.dhf.uu.se/pdffiler/cc7/cc7_web.pdf
Carbon Trade Watch, Transnational Institute

http://carbontradewatch.org/

Carbon trading lies at the centre of global climate policy and is projected to become one of the world’s largest commodities markets, yet it has a disastrous track record since its adoption as part of the Kyoto Protocol.

"Carbon Trading: how it works and why it fails" outlines the limitations of an approach to tackling climate change which redefines the problem to fit the assumptions of neoliberal economics. It demonstrates that the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS), the world’s largest carbon market, has consistently failed to ´cap´ emissions, while the UN’s Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) routinely favoursenvironmentally ineffective and socially unjust projects. This isillustrated with case studies of CDM projects in Brazil, Indonesia, India and Thailand.

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Buy-Nothing-Day Lincoln

23-11-2009 22:40

My Dads Strip Club out again on Buy-Nothing-Day-Release, this time three events in three days in the city of Lincoln

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Cop15 Social & Climate Justice Caravan - Reader / Newspaper Published

23-11-2009 20:20

From WTO to Cop15: 60 activists from the global South will travel across Europe through Italy, Switzerland, Germany, France and Denmark. They will draw attention to the consequences neoliberal globalization and climate change have on their lives and show how to fight against them. Together with local activists, they look for alternatives to free trade and the privatisation of resources, and unite the North and South in their fights for another world.

The 23 page caravan reader introduces some of the caravan groups, their struggles and positions on the above issues:

http://www.biopiraterie.de/fileadmin/pdf/Caravan_bulletin_09.pdf

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Vote AGAINST a Dungeness C nuke station

23-11-2009 16:08

After G. Brown said that a Dungeness C station might still be built (after Miliband said they'd dropped it) after the current sites had been assessed
15 week consultation period still includes a Dungeness section though

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RE-OKUPATION OF THE LAPPERSFORT, CALL OUT FOR SUPPORT

23-11-2009 14:56

The Lappersfort forest has been okupied again,
and is now under eviction threat.

Come and stay if you like!
Aktion & Eviktion Practice Weekend 4-6 December

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The 300-350 Show: Civil disobedience for climate justice

23-11-2009 13:00

On 16th December activists will attempt to take over the United Nations climate summit in Copenhagen for a day and set the agenda. We speak to one of organisers of the various mass actions that are planned for the talks.

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Bolivian COP-15 delegate's call for civil society to mobilise to Copenhagen

23-11-2009 01:41

On 13th November Bristol Indymedia and Trapese collective filmed an interview with Crisitian Dominguez on his views of the COP15 summit and what his country Bolivia was hoping to achieve at the conference.
Find out what he and a Bristol activist had to say on the Bliptv Bristol Indymedia channel link below.

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Bristol to London by Quadricycle

22-11-2009 11:22

Prepare the Agitpod

On 1st December PLATFORM's Agitpod mobile cinema will set off on it's return journey from Bristol to London, why not join us?

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The ‘ethical’ Co-Op

22-11-2009 11:15

The Co-Op claims to be 'ethical' do not stand up to closer observation

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Fuelling Conflict: The Tar Sands and the Military Industrial Complex

21-11-2009 12:42

Why the tar sands are important for anti-military campaigning

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SchNEWS Issue 700 - Good Cop Bad Cop

21-11-2009 08:57

Things are hotting up for the COP15 UN Climate Conference in Copenhagen next month... plus, despite being out of the news, the plight of the Tamil people in Sri Lanka continues to be dire, protesters disrupt the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Edinburgh, the state clampdown on animal rights protesters continues as four are raided and arrested, the far-right march in Glasgow – and again are outnumbered, but next month move to Nottingham, and more...

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forest occupation

21-11-2009 07:39

resistion to eviction of forest occupation in belgium

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Veg*n Climate March, Sat 5 Dec `09 in London

21-11-2009 01:07

The livestock industry is responsible for many of the environmental catastrophes facing the planet, including the biggest contributor to climate change! Governments must STOP subsidising this industry which we need to drastically scale down before it`s too late! Those who care about the future of the planet MUST adopt eco-friendly plant based diets & there`s no better time to convince masses of people than at The Wave on Sat 5 Dec `09 in London.

Join the march to help bring about the environmental revolution we so desperately need!

http://www.ecoveggie.org.uk

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