Call-Out from Dale Farm: eviction expected 19th Sept

[mark at tlio.org.uk]

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From: 	Dale Farm Solidarity <savedalefarm at gmail.com>
Subject: 	[dalefarm-solidarity] Call out to activists and legal 
observers - Dale farm eviction 19th Sept
Date: 	Wed, 14 Sep 2011 04:30:25 -0700
To: 	dalefarm-solidarity <dalefarm-solidarity at lists.ucrony.net>, 
British_Roma at yahoogroups.com
	
Calling out to all activists and legal observers - Dale Farm eviction 
expected 19th Sept - spread this message through your networks!


***Mustering point - Saturday 17th Sept, London Liverpool Street 
station, meet 11am, for the 11:13 train to Wickford.  We will meet you 
at Wickford station with transport to the site***

If you can't make it you can support in another way, we are in 
desperate need of funds. Please donate!


The background


Dale farm in Essex, a former scrap yard which is now home to 90 
Traveller families, is under threat of imminent eviction. To find out 
more check out the website. The eviction will make 400 people 
homeless, and will devastate the brilliant and close-knit community at 
Dale Farm, breaking up families, pulling children from schools, and 
denying the elderly and sick vital community and health care. Basildon 
Council and the Coalition government have pledged between them to 
spend £18million wrecking the lives of Dale Farm families. Legal 
routes for stopping the eviction are almost exhausted; we need people 
to help stop the eviction now!

The eviction has been set for 19th Sept and could last over a week, 
perhaps weeks. The police can raid the site before this date and the 
more people on site the better protection we can provide and the more 
chance we have of preventing the cruel and brutal planned eviction of 
Dale Farm.

Dale farm residents are calling on supporters to come to Dale Farm as 
far in advance of that date as possible to help them stop the 
eviction. Residents have invited us to set up a base, dubbed ‘Camp 
Constant’.  Launched in August, 2011, it is a mass gathering of 
national and international supporters of the Dale Farm community. 
Activists are supporting the Travellers in defending their homes and 
community.

As the eviction date looms, we are in constant need of more and more 
people. There's many different ways of getting involved – we need 
medics, legal observers, site defenders, cooks, etc.. More people are 
needed on all fronts.

Please sign up for txt alerts, as we can’t trust the council not to 
try an early eviction.

  

Getting to the site

  

Either turn up at the mustering point on Saturday 17th Sept or make 
your way to the site independently. Dale Farm is about 30-40 minutes 
from London by Train, you can find directions here. From Wickford 
Station (30 minutes journey from London), it’s a 15 minute cycle/45 
minute walk from the station. To arrange a lift call the site phone: 
07583621312

  

Please see map for more info on access to the site.

  

Be Prepared

  

Things to bring:

-warm clothes
-snack food

-water bottle
-sleeping bag and roll mat

-notepads, pencils
-torches
-cameras for taking photo evidence

-clean phone

Things not to bring:
-offensive weapons
-Things you would not like the police to take off you


Food

  

A vegan kitchen is running. We will be asking for donations to cover 
our costs.

Sleeping arrangements

  

Sleeping space is available in caravans and residents homes but we 
encourage you to bring a tent, and you are welcome to sleep over 
anytime. Please bring a sleeping bag if you can, and a roll mat is 
highly recommended especially since most of the tent space is on hard 
ground.

  

Legal info

  

Write on your arm before you get here:

Dale Farm Legal Hotline: 07928 669 515
Birds Solicitors: 07966 234 994
Hodge Jones and Allen Solicitors: 07659 111 192

Other info

  

Camp Constant site phone: 07583621312

  

The welcome pack is available here (in three formats, all versions 
have the same content):Dale Farm Welcome pdf or Dale Farm Welcome odt 
or Dale Farm Welcome word doc - if you have trouble opening any of 
these for any reason, please email savedalefarm at gmail.com The welcome 
packs contain information on Dale Farm and the political context of 
the current eviction, Camp Constant and what to bring, Traveller 
history, and legal advice for activists.

  

People coming organised as affinity groups are very welcome.

  

Please promote our facebook event through social networking sites, and 
see the original callout here

Other events
LONDON

Linking riot evictions, criminalisation of squatting and dale farm
Wednesday 14th September at 6pm
University of London Union, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HY


Cardboard City Flash Mob at Dept for Communities & Local Farm
Thursday 15th September at 5pm
Department for communities and local government, Eland House, 
Bressenden Place, London, SW1E 5DU
Facebook link: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=274085442618846
Web Link: http://dclgflashmob.eventbrite.com/

If you can't go to Dale Farm due to work or other commitments then 
please support this solidarity action. Join us by coming along, 
bringing some cardboard, your tent (if you have one), banners, 
sleeping bags, whistles, pots and pans!


MANCHESTER

Dale Farm Info meeting Thursday 15th September at 7pm, 161 Hamilton 
Road, Manchester, M13 0PQ

See you here!

  

Camp Constant

  

http://dalefarm.wordpress.com