As part of the Groundswell year of action, Reclaim the Power are running a number of direct action training events across the country. The Coal Action Network are also running a speaker tour in the run up to mass action at Ffos-y-Fran.
For the latest see our Events page here.
EDINBURGH – Direct Action Training
Saturday 9 April 10:30 am – 5:00pm
@ James Clerk Maxwell Building, The Kings Building
Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/
For anyone interested in taking direct action. Join this training day to
learn:
Creative ways to take and hold a space
Your rights when engaging with the police
Ways of de-escalating tensions when standing your ground
Anyone wanting to attend should email Tripod@riseup.net to confirm they
are coming.
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CARDIFF Ditch Coal Roadshow
Saturday 9 April
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
@ Catheys Community Centre,
Event: http://www.facebook.com/events/871646586277431/
Communities in the South Wales Valleys have been fighting against opencast coal mines for decades. Last year Assembly Members voted for a moratorium on opencast mining, but this intention has not become law. Miller Argent’s application to mine 6 million tonnes of coal at Nant Llesg was refused last summer. Miller Argent wont listen to the ‘NO!’ from the community nor council – and have appealed.
Come to this meeting with activists from the Coal Action Network who work with communities across Britain against opencast mining and Reclaim the Power who are organising the camp. Find out more about why we are taking this action, why and how you can join in.
BRISTOL Direct Action Training
Sunday 10 April
10.30am – 5pm
@ Demand Energy Equality Space, The Old Library
For anyone interested in taking direct action. Join this training day to learn:
Creative ways to take and hold a space
Your rights when engaging with the police
Ways of de-escalating tensions when standing your ground
This gentle introduction will help you take action safely and effectively. It’’s particularly good for those wanting to skill up before heading to the action camps against opencast coal in South Wales and Germany this May, as well as anyone interested in using direct action tactics for other social justice campaigns.
The session is free, and being run by trainers from Rising Tide and Green and Black Cross Legal. Please bring your own lunch and a donation towards room hire if you’re able to make one. Everyone is welcome, particularly those who have health concerns or personal responsibilities: we’ll be looking at some of the critical work you can still be involved.
Spaces are limited so please book: http://www.facebook.com/
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BRIGHTON Ditch Coal Tour
Monday 11 April
@ Cowley Club
7pm – 8.30pm
We know burning coal causes climate change, but what do we know of its human and ecological impacts?
The Coal Action Network’s event will explore the answer to this question, explain how Reclaim the Power’s End Coal Now camp fits in with the long term strategy to end coal in the UK and discuss how you can get involved with Reclaim the Power’s End Coal Now. www.coalaction.org.uk/tour
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LONDON – Keep the Coal in the Hole! – Speaker and film night
Tuesday 12 April
7.15pm
@ The Hive, Dalston, London
Event: http://www.facebook.com/
“NO NEW COAL” has been the clarion call of social movements organising for climate justice for the last decade. In the UK, these movements successfully used a diversity of tactics to ensure a new generation of coal-fired power stations were never built – including Kingsnorth power station in Kent. Yet British companies continue to dig up the last remaining coal deposits from huge open cast mines in South Wales and Northumberland – as well importing large quantities from Russia and Colombia.
Find out the human and ecological impacts of the UK’s ongoing addiction to coal and the growing international resistance to its extraction.
We’ll discuss plans for a creative, mass action to shut down Ffos-y-Fran opencast coal mine in Methry Tydfil from 30 April – 4 May as well as the Ende Gelende action in Germany later in the Spring.
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LONDON – Direct Action Training
Sunday 17 April
10am – 6pm
@ The Hive, Kingsland Road, Dalston
Event: http://www.facebook.com/
Join Brick Lane Debates & Reclaim The Power for a day of direct action training that will focus on how to plan, co-ordinate and execute your own direct action. This will be an all-day training that will focus on many different types of direct actions. The event will be participatory and inclusive and a learning experience for everyone, whether you have
experience with direct actions or you are a beginner.
Unfortunately The Hive venue does not have wheelchair access.
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LEEDS – CAN Ditch Coal Tour
Thursday 21 April
5.30pm – 7.30pm
@ Leeds University, Baines Wing Miall LT (2.34)
Details: http://coalaction.org.uk/tour/
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SHEFFIELD Ditch Coal Tour
Saturday 23 April
10am – 6pm
@ Sheffield Anarchist Bookfair, Showroom Workstation
We know burning coal causes climate change, but what do we know of its human and ecological impacts?
The Coal Action Network’s event will explore the answer to this question, explain how Reclaim the Power’s End Coal Now camp fits in with the long term strategy to end coal in the UK and discuss how you can get involved with Reclaim the Power’s End Coal Now.
Coal Action Network will have a stall throughout the day. This session will look at why anarchists have changed from fighting for coal with miners during the miners strike to currently fighting to end the industry.
LEEDS Direct Action Training
Sunday 24 April
11am – 5pm
@ Michael Sadler Building – University of Leeds
For anyone interested in taking direct action. Join this training day to
learn:
Creative ways to take and hold a space
Your rights when engaging with the police
Ways of de-escalating tensions when standing your ground
Event: http://www.facebook.com/events/1721858431365489/