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SchNews | É um outro verão mediocre e nós estamos para trás no acampamento para a ação do clima. Primeiramente havia Drax, então Heathrow e agora o sequel… O acampamento III do clima foi ajustado na costa do leste de Kent três milhas ou assim de Kingsnorth - já para casa a uma estação de poder que bombeasse para fora tanto dióxido de carbono como os 30 países menos-polluting no mundo combinaram - e do local proposto da primeira estação de poder coal-fired BRITÂNICA nova por 30 anos.
Assim os repórteres de SchNEWS juntaram o throng unwashed grande em torno de mil e uma metade outra, composto do yer usual rabble-rousing regulars - including, de acordo com bobinas, 150 extremists (somente 150? Vindo no bloc preto vamos aving o yer!), mais acima-para-ele estudantes, hippies de envelhecimento e liberais Guardian-carregando (o papel fêz sua própria guia das joias ao acampamento - começar o dia do erro maciço da ação. Oops).
Fazendo exame do local - uma milha fora de St Weburgh de Hoo em quarta-feira última semana (julho 30), inicialmente não havia bastante povos para defendê-lo e as polícias do motim realizaram um número de invasões heavy-handed, batendo acima dos militantes e entalhando a engrenagem importante do infrastructure como o encanamento etc. Whilst alguma desta impounded ainda, os campistas sempre-resourceful encontraram maneiras redondas ele e a organização real é uma vez outra vez clockwork. Se duro-mordido, over-60 foi ouvido para comentar: “Como vindos lhe são sempre os anarquistas que fornecem organizado melhor, a maioria de cozinhas eficientes”. Não poderia concordar mais mate - o SchNEWS chef de resistência deu ao alimento vegan uma avaliação de 8/10 deste ano!
As táticas das polícias foram o ponto falando principal no acampamento assim distante. As 1.400 bobinas inteiro-proporcionais espalhadas boatos são involvidas em um custo de £5m, com forças do Wales, Kent próprio e o em trusty do `do carregador do `paga primeiramente a compensação mais tarde' met. Ao contrário dos hotéis que foram colocados sobre para bobinas o ano passado, olha como slumming o no seu possuem muito a barraca super (um tipo da estrutura branca da abóbada do encontro próximo) acima no monte para trás para baixo após Hoo. Claramente infeliz assim completamente em para fora-ser manobrado uma vez outra vez por organisers do acampamento - se ajustando - acima do acampamento sob seus narizes - estão exalando suas frustrações em um número de maneiras.
For starters everyone on the main route into the camp (on Dux Court Rd) gets searched, coming in as well as out (one to bear in mind for Saturday’s mass action when green/orange/blue/silver blocks will aim to shut Kingsnorth down for the day). Things which have been so far been confiscated include, er, some glue and a bar of soap. As well as wheeling out a War on Terror board game for Murdoch journo types to slaver over, police claim they found a stash of weapons in the woods nearby including a ‘replica’ ninja throwing star (a plastic toy maybe?) and an assortment of knives including a three bladed affair which could allegedley be used against a police horse (lots of vegan horse killers at the camp this year then?)
Other bullshit to come protesters way include the constant buzzing of police helicopters during the day and night – including low flying for the purposes of thermal imaging or intimidation presumably. It looks like top brass are looking to cause as much discomfort to campers as possible, despite paying lip-service with the softly softly police liaison teams. These have tried to get a police caravan on site - which was turned down - and last year’s arrangements of an escorted police beat every couple of hours is not happening. With the stand-off hardening, each night the camp has been awoken two or three times to deal with the threat of a raid with increased numbers pigging out the front and rear access points.
Vehicles have been impounded – included the camp shuttle bus running from Strood to site on one occasion – and most of the supplies have as a result had to be carried in on bikes/wheelbarrows and Shanks pony.
Still, not to be put off, the camp is proving popular with locals around the Medway area, despite the welcoming local paper A-boards (‘Medway invaded by eco-warriors’ and the like). More families, pensioners, and terrible teens have been turning up than did last year at Heathrow.
With Saturday’s shenanighans to come it’s looking like Kingsnorth could be a timely reminder to Brown and co. that we won’t be taking their greenwash lying down. For more info on the mass action and the reasons behind the No New Coal message go to www.climatecamp.org.uk
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