Those present at this week's Green Monday (5 March)
enjoyed a visit by Alasdair Roxburgh, FoE's Director of
Communities and Networks. Also present - again! - was FoE's inspirational
speaker, Jamie Peters (do we think he's determined to be present at PNR when Cuadrilla
eventually pack up & leave?!):
Alasdair Roxburgh, speaking outside Cuadrilla's PNR fracking site, Monday 5
March.
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Forthcoming Green Mondays/White Wednesdays/ United Resistance events at PNR:
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ONE DEFINITELY NOT TO MISS:
1. On Monday 12 March, Jonathan
Bartley, Co-Leader of the Green
Party, will be the main speaker - once again - for this Green Monday.
However,
as mentioned last week, there are now some 'extras':
(a) Andrew Cooper (Green Party Spokesperson
on Energy, and a Green Party Councillor for Kirklees), along with several
other KM8 Protectors from Yorkshire,
will be
coming over to commemorate last year's 120-mile 'No Fracking Way' walk from KM8 to
PNR. A plaque commemorating this walk will then be unveiled, & placed
next to the oak tree that was planted last year - along with some Yorkshire
soil.
The
plaque will read (something!) like this:
"Here
Anti-Fracking Campaigners, walking 120 miles from Yorkshire, planted an oak
tree with soil from Kirby Misperton in North Yorkshire.
They
did so in solidarity with Lancashire campaigners at Preston New Road.
We
came in peace for people and our planet.
8-12
March 2017"
(b) Dale Vince (founder/owner of
Ecotricity) will also be there that day, and will be gathering information to
form the basis of a report.
So… make sure you're at the gates from about 12.00 - 1.00pm!
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2. On Friday 16 March, Jig at the
Rig!
As a
'taster' & 'warm up' for the imminent 3 months of United Resistance,
this will be a
Great Day of Fun!
which
will coincide with Reclaim The Power's weekend
Conference in Blackpool.
It will
include:
* a
massive dance-off at the gates of the Preston New Road fracking site
* a
live Ceilidh of Resistance in
the tracks of Lancashire’s drilling trucks
* the
'legendary' tunes of Pete the
Temp
* local
poetry
* a pub
quiz
* hot
food from the community kitchen.
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3. On Wednesday 21 March, Emma and
Sophie Thompson will be attending
this week's White Wednesday's Women's Walk. Gather at the Maple Farm Community Hub
from 9.30am., to march down to the gates at 10.00am.
Do try
to attend this one - a REALLY BIG attendance should get some
useful media coverage.
PLEASE wear
white: to show Unity, Peace & Solidarity.
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4. On Monday 26 March, Amelia
Womack, Deputy Leader of the
Green Party, will - once again - be the main speaker for this Green Monday.
Again,
she is expected to deliver her speech around lunchtime.
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5. On Monday 2 April - the first day of United Resistance - One Hundred Women are planning to travel by coach from Dorking to PNR, returning
at some point the following day. This will be an excellent way to kick-off
the start of the week which has been 'adopted' by the 'Women of
Nanashire'.
In part, this trip by the One
Hundred Women is to commemorate the centenary of (some)
women getting the vote in the UK - but it is also to show solidarity with
Lancashire's anti-fracking protesters and the campaign against Cuadrilla's
climate crime at PNR.
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6. On Monday 9 April, Magid Magid, Green Party Deputy Mayor of Sheffield - & a former competitor in
C4's 'Hunted' programme! - will be the main speaker for
this Green Monday.
Perhaps he'll be able to pass on to us any tips he picked up on how to
evade the police during our attempts to organise effective nvda during United Resistance!
REMEMBER: You
can keep up-to-date with United Resistance events via these links:
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