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SchNEWS 683 - Who Are Ya?

02-10-2009 18:11

Who are the far-right English Defence League, and what are their strategies?... plus, Brighton journalists are forced to give police their footage for evidence gathering, Israeli defence minister Ehud Barak makes and appearance at the Labour Party Conference, while lawyers apply for an arrest warrant for him for war crimes in Gaza, protesters and police in Denmark have a dress rehearsal for December's Climate Conference in Copenhagen, and more...

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Vestas Management promote Community Control

02-10-2009 12:14

Leafing through company reports is usually a thankless and dull task. No so with Vestas - all sorts of fascinating opinion. Here's to a community buy out of the St. Corss Business Park, Dodnor Lane, Newport, Isle of Wight factory by ex-workers, locals, Climate Campers, Bicycologists, Climate Rushers, Workers Liberty, SWP & SP, Green Party, with financial support from Ecotricity and others shall we?

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Vestas Workers Solidarity Camp - Photos

02-10-2009 09:17

Since the removal of the 'Marine Gate' 'Blade Blockade', and the Turbine Blades that remained in the Vestas Blades UK factory on St. Cross Business Park, Dodnor Lane, Newport, Isle of Wight, campaigners have been sorting out the original 'Magic Roundabout' Camp, and considering strategy. A Marquee has been erected and a fair amount of furniture skipped / built to make the area comfortable and well-resourced in terms of power (80-odd watts of solar power for phone and laptop charging), a solar shower, and spare tents for visitors.

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Climate Camp, Anarchy & I

30-09-2009 00:26

Some of my personal thoughts on the UK Climate Camp over the last few years.

My ideas will probably not be popular with most people who read Indymedia, though I might be wrong.

I would like peoples response to what I have written. My work originally appears on the website listed and through that I can be contacted. Thanks.

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Breaking news - Sizewell 5 anti-nuclear blockaders found not guilty

29-09-2009 15:28

Two days into their four-day trial, the Sizewell five have been found not guilty of aggravated trespass after a blockade in 2008 of the Sizewell nuclear power station in Suffolk.

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Get down to Vestas - Occupy, Camp, Resist, Cook, Produce!

27-09-2009 20:50

There has been a camp outside the Vestas factory on the St. Cross Business Park, Dodnor Lane, Newport, Isle of Wight, since at least the beginning of the Occupation of the factory on 20th July this year. The camp has a well established kitchen run by volunteers who serve quality vegan evening meals 'Roundabout 8', with lunch and breakfast also provided and sometimes cooked too. Those who occupied the factory are often present, together with climate campers and those from assorted lefty groups and unions. Get down there and join 'em! ...and take some cake with ya!

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Sheffield Climate Camp Meeting

27-09-2009 20:37

Announcement for the Sheffield Intro meeting to Climate Camp

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Has anyone seen this lad before - Vestas Security...

27-09-2009 16:12

The security firm employed by Vestas to 'protect' 'their' factory on the St. Cross Business Park, Dodnor Lane, Newport, Isle of Wight has been kept secret by both companies. It seems to employ a large number of ex-military types, who have apparently done tours in Iraq, Afghanistan and Bosnia. There were a few scots to begin with, now there's a fair few geordies and one Northern Irish , plus miscellaneous others. More pics when we can...

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Notts police in eco protest training with MoD

26-09-2009 08:59

Notts police officers have been training with MoD police

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An agenda for the Copenhagen climate talks

24-09-2009 14:07

We have had enough of hot air, vague promises of action in the distant future, we need concrete proposals, action now.

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How to Get to Vestas - go there now!

22-09-2009 21:21

It's really important that people get down to Vestas ASAP to prevent the last few Wind Turbine Blades remaining in the St Cross Business Park, Newport, IOW factory, and in Southampton Docks, from leaving to America. This is a really good piece of leverage to argue for reinstatement of sacked workers, better redundancy packages, installation of the blades on turbines in the UK, a buyout of the factory and worker control of it, and better Energy and Climate Change policies from govt, businesses, trade unions, individuals etc. Get on it!

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Urgent: Vestas Blade Blockade Needs You

22-09-2009 10:02

Activists outside the Vestas factory on the St Cross Business Park, Dodnor Lane, Newport, Isle of Wight have been tipped off that Tuesday at 12 noon a 'Blade Runner' barge is coming down the river Medina to the Vestas factory from Southampton to pick up some of the remaining blades still inside the factory. Those present expect a big police presence along with big support from other supporters and activists. They claim they are prepared to do anything and everything to stop Vestas from shipping these blades or from getting anything into the factory if that’s their plan.

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Dawn at Vestas Blade Blockade

21-09-2009 10:46

The Blade Blockade at the (once Occupied) Vestas Wind Turbine Blade Factory at the St Cross Business Park, Dodnor Lane, Newport, Isle of Wight was served a letter before claim type notice of eviction from WIGGUN solicitors the other day. We took some nice photos of the dawn the day after to encourage people to visit (on yer way to Calais, natch). Climbers, cooks and nocturnal creatures particularly warmly welcomed. The fires are still burning!

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E-ON's YouTube propaganda

20-09-2009 22:20

Let's ruin E-ON's pathetic online attempt to rescue their ailing brand.

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Ratcliffe on Soar installing new fences

17-09-2009 19:03

Ratcliffe on Soar are currently installing new perimeter fences (12ft chain link).

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SEEDA offices targetted in Vestas solidairy action

17-09-2009 11:11

This morning the Chatham offices of the South East England Development Agency were tragetted by protesters as part of the national days of action for Vestas workers. Banners were dropped from the top floor balcony and a mini windfarm was erected in the lobby. No arrests were made.

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Vestas day of action - today

17-09-2009 07:26

We will be leafletting at Sheffield train station (outside main entrance), from 4:30pm. The Vestas campaign have produced a broadsheet leaflet with details of their campaign, and we will also hold a collection to raise more funds for the campaign to continue.

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Critique of Climate Camp action 17/18 October

16-09-2009 11:09

“It’s time to start imagining a future without coal” says the call-out. Oh no! Not that crap again! If anything was going to put thoughtful people off this action, silly rhetoric like that does the trick. It’s like trying to build opposition to Donald Trump’s plans to turn acres of sand dunes near Aberdeen into a golf course for the rich, or golf courses in general, by urging people to imagine a future without grass.

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Miliband Face to Face with Climate Critics

15-09-2009 10:42

The Climate Chaos Coalition held a protest on Monday 14 Sept outside the DECC in Whitehall to urge Ed Miliband to abandon the use of "climate-wrecking dirty coal power." To their surprise he came out to meet and talk with the demonstrators, trying to answer their criticisms and urging them to keep up their protests. Pictures copyright (C) 2009, Peter Marshall, all rights reserved.

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