Guy locked himself on to a tanker at Balcombe! BRILLIANT!
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On 2nd September Rob an
Anti fracking activist climbs a loaded lorry exiting the Balcombe Cuadrilla site and d-locks himself to the vehicle
blockading the road.
One Man Stop from You and I Films on Vimeo.
Email arrived today:
On[…]
By September 3, 2013 Category: An Occupier's Perspective, Blog, Energy, Equity & Environment, News, Working Groups No Comments 
19/08/2013 Police tactic of “not my responsibility”.
DTG19082013 0620 hours. Protectors camping in the woods encounter police. They were woken up in the early hours by police searching for weapons and materials that can supposedly be used against razor wire (illegal to use, but Cuadrilla can just pay the fine).
The police were more inclined[…]
By August 20, 2013 Category: Energy, Equity & Environment, News, Working Groups No Comments
Interview with Dan.
Police tactic of “not my responsibility”.
0620 hours. Protectors camping in the woods encounter police. They were woken up in the early hours by police searching for weapons and materials that can supposedly be used against razor wire (illegal to use, but Cuadrilla can just pay the fine).
The police were more[…]
By August 20, 2013 Category: An Occupier's Perspective, Blog, Energy, Equity & Environment, Legal, Working Groups No Comments
Reclaim the Power decided to engage in direct action outside the Cuadrilla Fracking site by having a street party.
Unfortunately, the police were most put out by the peaceful civil disobedience. They may have expected people to break onto the site, but the community protection camp preferred to have a party.
Due to the[…]
By August 20, 2013 Category: Energy, Equity & Environment, News, Working Groups No Comments
The third weekend of the Balcombe Community Protection Camp and the site now has over 100 tents. They are then joined by a few hundred people everyday, but more are needed.
The camp is getting more donations of tents and sleepingbags. The Kitchen is lacto-ovo vegetarian. This is important for health and safety reasons,[…]
By August 12, 2013 Category: Energy, Equity & Environment, News, Working Groups No Comments
Update at 0700hours Sunday Morning.
West Kent Green Party showing solidarity.
Various interviews throughout the day.[…]
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By August 5, 2013 Category: An Occupier's Perspective, Blog, Energy, Equity & Environment, Working Groups No Comments
“It is true, we have the only banks in the western world that are not looking at bailouts or anything like that.” Stephen Harper, Canadian Prime Minister, 23rd February 2009.1
Mark Carney’s appointment as the new Governor of the Bank of England (BOE) was, we have been told, based mainly on how successful he[…]
By July 29, 2013 Category: Economics, Working Groups No Comments
The Anti-Frack Camp is about 10 minutes walk from Balcombe Train Station. From Blackfriars, Victoria, East Croydon or Brighton.
At the exit, just turn to your right and walk down the road and you will hit the camp.
For the last 4 days the community in Balcombe, supported by people from across Sussex and[…]
By July 28, 2013 Category: An Occupier's Perspective, Blog, Energy, Equity & Environment, Working Groups No Comments
Big thanks to all who attended for an extremely exciting meeting and big commiseration’s to all who could not attend.
Agenda points with summary:
Occupy The Arms Fair
A mass action being organized by Occupiers and a coalition called Stop the Arms Fair and Turkish and brazilian groups was discussed. A member of stop[…]
By July 18, 2013 Category: Internal Communication, Working Groups No Comments
