Reoccupy Paris ZAD - Wwolf: Wwoofing with Teeth from Reclaim the Fields

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http://wwolfing.wordpress.com/2012/11/11/reoccupy-the-zad-france/
We are alrady appealing for communal kitchens, marquees, musicians, 
batucudas, hut kits, materials, tools, tractors... looking forward for 
the reoccupation.All enquiries to: reclaimthezad at riseup.netFor info, see zad.nadir.org/spip.php?article175___________________________________________________________________________CALL FOR A REOCCUPATION DEMONSTRATION, 17 November 2012, in the "ZoneNotre Dame des Landes (FR)/ Facing the expulsionsDemonstration of reoccupation !To rebuild - against the airport !Pitchforks, wooden beams, planks, nails and tools in handMeeting Saturday November 17th in the morning To read the call online or dowload posters, flyers...http://zad.nadir.orgThe
 struggle against the airport project of Notre-Dame des Landes kept on 
growing in the last years. Among other initiatives, an occupation 
movement has spread on the houses and farmland threatened. A year ago, 
facing increasing threats on the different houses, huts and gardens, 
inhabitants of the ZAD and solidarity collectives called for a mass 
demonstration of reoccupation in case of evictions. .When Caesar is floundering ...On
 Tuesday, October 16th the dreaded eviction offensive started. 1,200 
policemen invaded the 1,800 hectares of the ZAD. They attacked gradually
 occupied houses and huts, destroying them and washing away every 
garbage pieces out of the area, leaving nothing that could be used to 
rebuild. Occupiers and all those who joined them on the spot resisted, 
barricaded, reoccupied. Together, we have done everything to stop the 
destruction machinery and block police movements ... We’re still here!Our
 determination was strengthened by a great wave of solidarity coming 
from the entire country and beyond: daily demonstrations in Nantes and 
in various cities, supplies and materials, support actions on 
representations of socialist party, Vinci, airport manufacturers and 
other crushers of our lives...While most homes have already been 
evicted as well as some huts, many other occupiers remain in the woods, 
in the fields, in the trees. New constructions are already underway. In 
addition to the occupiers, « legal » inhabitants and local peasants are 
also threatened to have to leave the ZAD in the coming months. This is 
to say that this XXL eviction attempt is going to last. Wise guys from 
the departmental authority officially called their military operation: 
"Caesar." It is up to us show them how the resistance against the 
airport is actually relentless, they will finally be defeated and 
ridiculous.We keep on fighting, we are still here !Beyond
 the call to join the area and continue the solidarity actions in the 
coming weeks, we confirm today that a mass demonstration of reoccupation
 will take place on Saturday, November 17th 2012, starting from one of 
the villages near the ZAD.After this first eviction round, we are
 looking forward to a time of broad, constructive and offensive 
mobilization, shared by the various parts of the struggle: occupiers, 
peasants, inhabitants, local people and from elsewhere, associations and
 solidarity groups... The objective is to reconstruct an open collective
 place on threatened lands, meant for struggle organization. We want to 
make this place a hub for occupiers and people struggling against the 
airport, a starting point for new housing constructions, an antenna to 
organize resistance to future works: those of the airport and its 
highway (which is the first stage of the project, meant to begin in 
January). They well may militarize the area; they will not prevent us 
from resettling here.Ayrault, Vinci and others - the message is clear : Fuck off the land!ADDITIONAL AND PRACTICAL INFOS Occupiers
 from the ZAD and people from the network Reclaim The Fields launched 
this call for reoccupation. They previously had occupied wasteland with 
more than a thousand people in May 2012 in order to settle the vegetable
 farm "Le Sabot". Today we invite all people and groups to spread 
information on this initiative and to join November 17th organization.
  Beyond
 a demonstration, this is above all about a collective action that will 
gain power from a long and active presence of the greatest number of 
persons. Plan to be there for the weekend and more if you can: to begin 
the occupation, to continue constructions, to defend, and to generate 
ideas for the future
  Bring
 diverse and varied tools and materials, overalls, sound, wacky 
creations, portable radios, pies to share and unfailing determination.
  It is possible to arrive the day before. Meeting and camping spots will be announced in the days before the event.
  Given
 the energy required to resist against evictions by then, and the 
consequent exhaustion of occupiers, success of this event depends 
crucially on the involvement of solidary individuals and collectives 
everywhere. We call for public meetings, relaying information and car 
sharing in each village for November 17th.
  Posters and flyers to print and photocopy are available on the website, and on paper in nantes (B17) or in the ZAD (Vache-Rit).Any
 financial support is welcome (check payable to « Vivre sans aéroport » 
La Primaudière - Notre-Dame des Landes 44130 ; bank transfer: 20041 
01011 1162852D32 36) As the situation changes every day, check 
information regularly on: http://zad.nadir.org
 For November 17th, we are looking for wooden beams, construction and 
climbing materials, kitchens, tents, musicians, batukadas, huts kits, 
tools, tractors... For any exchange, help, relays, and proposals: 
reclaimthezad at riseup.netWhy do we struggle? For the resistance to the airport and its worldAt
 Notre-Dame des Landes, policy makers and concreters are working on anew
 airport to fulfil their dreams of voracious metropolis and economic 
expansion. For 40 years they have been wanting to destroy under concrete
 2,000 hectares of agricultural land and habitats situated on the north 
of Nantes. The concerned area is called ZAD, originally named Zone 
d’Aménagement Différé (Deferred Development Zone) by airport 
stakeholders is now Zone A Défendre (Zone To Defend). Since the 
beginnings of this project, resistances are organizing. This struggle is
 at the crossroads of issues on which unite and think of common 
strategies. Through it, we are fighting feeding on a drip, industrial 
society and global warming, territory control and economic development 
policies, cities and ways of life standardization, privatization of the 
commons, myths of growth and the illusion of democratic participation...
 Today as yesterday, the opponents are far from giving up and keep on 
struggling via: demonstrations, legal actions, links with other 
struggles, hunger strikes, circulation of newspapers, free tolls 
operations, oppositions to drillings, sabotages, disturbance of impact 
studies and archaeological excavations, office and building sites 
occupations, etc. To the detriment of the state and Vinci who buy and 
destroy to clear the ZAD, life and activity densified and diversified in
 the zone over more than three years. Many abandoned houses have been 
rehabilitated and occupied, huts were built on the ground and in the 
trees, collectives occupy land to produce vegetables. Meeting spaces, a 
bakery, a library, homes, were open to all. More than a hundred persons 
were constantly living in the ZAD, supported by many other people, local
 and from elsewhere, who met and organised there. This presence on the 
ground has allowed rapid reactions against the works process undertaken 
by Vinci. It is this creative and subversive pack that they seek to 
eradicate today in order to start the building sites. We keep in mind 
the past victories against megalomaniac projects, from the nuclear 
industry to the military. As in the Carnet, in Plogoff or in the Larzac,
 we know that this airport can still be stopped. We look at the other 
side of the Alps where opposition to the construction of the high-speed 
train line Lyon Turin mobilizes the entire Susa valley, where tens of 
thousands of people prevent the works. Here as well, any attempt to 
concrete the land will cost them dearly.