800 people for supper on Saturday night and a Sunday of marching and direct action planning are all part of the workings at the growing ‘climate camp’ near the town of Balcombe in West Sussex, England.
Determined to halt fracking operations by gas drilling company Caudrilla, the protest movement against the controversial operations in this otherwise quiet village has taken on international implications and drawn the attention of a global audience.
“We are facing a climate crisis, economic crisis and social crisis,” says the climate activist group No Dash for Gas, which has brought its spirit and resources to Balcombe in recent days to buttress the work done by local activists who in a series of protest action in recent weeks fought back against plans to drill test wells in the area.
Their Twitter feed and the hashtag #reclaimthepower were trending on Sunday during and after a march through the town:
Tweets about “#reclaimthepower OR from:nodashforgas”
“We want a clean and fair future where people come before profit,” said the group in its open invitation for others to join their week of action, which began on Friday and runs through this week. “Come to share your ideas. Create, imagine, resist. Join us in Balcombe, West Sussex to Reclaim the Power!”
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And The Guardian reports:
Interviewed by the UK Independent, activist Graham Thompson said, “We’re here to support the people of Balcombe who have been protesting against this for three weeks now – which is tough, camping by a roadside. They are the real heroes of this story; they’ve come here as a community and that’s fantastic.”
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The Guardian adds:
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