On March the 24th, Easter Monday CND are organising a surround the site event at Aldermaston Atomic Weapons Establishment to celebrate 50 years of Protest and the right to carry on! We are trying to make this event as colourful as possible and would love all the CIRCA blocs to come and join us! We always need help with police liaison!!! Mell Harrison, mellcndeast@cnduk.org, 08453370282
Dec 6 2007 by Sarah Miloudi, Western Mail
Protesters dressed as clowns and polar bears forced work on a controversial opencast mine to be abandoned yesterday. The group, who included the author and campaigner George Monbiot, chained themselves to machinery at the Ffos-y-Fran site in Merthyr Tydfil, bringing work to a halt. He and 30 other protesters entered the site at 9am yesterday morning, and a group – known as the Aberystwyth Rebel Clown Army – forced diggers to stop work by dancing around in front and waving feather dusters, in protest at the site’s environmental impact. The group then climbed onto the industrial vehicles and took over pieces of site machinery. Many of the protesters refused to leave the site despite being warned by police that they could face arrest. Speaking at the site, Mr Monbiot said, “I am here for two reasons. Firstly, the Government is currently negotiating over climate change and this mine contradicts everything it says it is trying to do.“The mine will dig out approximately seven million tonnes of coal, but give 30 million tonnes of carbon dioxide – equivalent to the emissions of 35 million people every year. “Secondly, it is devastating for the quality of life of the locals.”
More at http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/wales-news/2007/12/06/clowns-take-control-at-opencast-site-91466-20209599/
Clowns, polar bears and elves (elf & safety) were part of the Rising Tide Network in Wales http://risingtide.org.uk/