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Balls to fracking: 9am, Wed 11 Sep, Cuadrilla gates
An all-day game of football at the gate of the Cuadrilla drilling site in Balcombe Where: Balcombe Cuadrilla drilling site* When: Kick-Off 9am , Wednesday September 11th Who: YOU and your hot-footed friends What: The beautiful game - bring balls of any size and your...
Reclaim the Power – a view from the camp
Below is an account from a pensioner and grand mother who attended Reclaim the Power and felt compelled to share her experiences. We hope you find it as heartening and inspiring as we did. "The camp was such a treat! I went full of qualms about terrifying activists,...
28 Days Later: Please spread far and wide
A Rolling Blockade of the Balcombe fracking site, 1st September – 28th September Fracking company Cuadrilla's governmental licence to drill in Balcombe ends on September 28th. The government may be allowing them to drill but they have no social licence from the people...
Reclaim the Power HQ – a story
The sun was setting over the Reclaim the Power camp in Balcombe when my friend Matt* rung to say he'd be visiting. Matt is a union officer in the biggest trade union in the UK and had been present with his banners at both the giant family march on Sunday and at...
What REALLY happened in Balcombe last week
So you’ve probably seen the Reclaim the Power camp and day of action in the mainstream (corporate) media. We got a lot of coverage, from the Daily Mail shrieking about “mob rule” to the BBC calmly showing footage of police violence with little comment from the...