Call-Out to Support Finnish Nuclear Blockade, 28/8/10
NN - 15.08.2010 14:37
No more nuclear threat!
Join and /or Support Nuclear Power Plant Blockade in Finland on August 28th!
On the first of July Finnish parliament set a dangerous example to the
world by approving the construction of two more nuclear reactors. Four
reactors now operate in Finland, two of them in Olkiluoto nuclear power
plant (NPP), the fifth reactor (OL3 by Areva-Siemens) is under
construction also in Olkiluoto island on Finland’s west coast.
We reject and resist the decisions to build new nuclear power plants in
Finland!
As a response to these frightening developments the anti-nuclear movement
is blocking the roads to the Olkiluoto NPP and construction site.
On August 28th, 2010 the Olkiluoto Blockade will take place. The action
day was first launched by Nuclear Free Finland, Women for Peace, Action
Group for a Nuclear Free Åland, Friends of the Earth Finland and Women
against Nuclear Power. By now, 24 groups in have endorsed the action and
this number grows daily.
It would be great if your organisation could join the blockade as
supporting organisation. We would of course also be extremely happy if
people from your organisation attend the blockade.
Unfortunately we cannot cover travel costs to Finland, but we can offer
you a free ride on the bus from Helsinki to Olkiluoto and back. Free
accommodation is available in Turku and Rauma, and camping places are
everywhere!
(Some background information below, at olkiluotoblockade.info and
olkiluotoinfo.org)
Demonstrators will converge near the Olkiluoto NPP to oppose:
-the two existing reactors
-the building site of the world's largest prototype EPR-reactor
-the world’s first ‘final waste repository’
-the fourth Olkiluoto reactor, recently approved by the Finnish parliament
-…and nuclear power in general.
We ask all to commit to making this a peaceful event, we do this with
respect for the earth and life, no living creatures are to be hurt!
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How to join the blockade? Practical Information:
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Blockaders are asked to come ‘self-sufficient’ as there is no ’central
command’ coordinating all logistics for the day, so get active!
We have tried to help a bit…
Transportation:
You can travel to the action day by public transport, bike, car,
or you can join one of the group transportations (see How to join? Check:
Join! At  http://olkiluotoblockade.info).
*Helsinki Bus: Departs 17:00 Friday August 27.
Contact: lea.launokari [at] nettilinja.fi
Cost: approx.15-40 euros per person. (let us know if you can’t afford
transport and we can try to help).
If you want to join the bus from Helsinki or/and overnight in the hostel,
pls confirm this at the lastest 20.8. to
Lea Launokari: lea.launokari (at)nettilinja.fi
Mobile: +358 50 552 2330
or
Ulla Klötzer: ullaklotzer(at)yahoo.com
Mobile: +358 50 569 0967
*Tampere Bus:
Contact: mauriblockader [AT] rocketmail.com,
Tel: +358-405330617
Public Transportation can be found at:
Matkahuolto.fi (bus) and vr.fi (train)
Accommodation and Briefings:
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*Blockade briefings on Friday 27.8 at 14:00, 18:00 and 21:00 at Nihattula
school (Oikopolku 25, 26560 Kolla - 8 km from Rauma to Lappi direction).
At 21:00 we will have the main "pre-blockade meeting" together: we will
shortly go through the plan and issues that still need to be considered.
* It's possible to sleep at Nihattula school over the weekend. (or camp
anywhere and everywhere in the forest (legal in Finland!).
* Accommodation in Turku (easy for ferries from Sweden) available on
Estelle Fairtrade Ship,
Contact: Hessu: hessu (at) rbgi.net Tel: +358 407563197
(also confirm that there is enough transportation to bring you to the
blockade! )
MEETING POINT TO GO TO THE BLOCKADE:
* On 28.8. 06:00 EVERYONE should meet at a parking place of ‘Ydinportti’
gas station in the junction of Raumantie and Olkiluodontie, yes, at
6:00am!
From here we will move on together to the demonstration
place.!
* After-briefing and party in the evening of August 28, at Nihattula
school (Oikopolku 25, 26560 Kolla - 8 km from Rauma to Lappi direction).
* On Sunday August 29th, there will be a seminar on nuclear waste at
Nihattula school.
*Nihattula school has been reserved for the weekend for the action
participants. People can sleep in the school for free. Bring your own
sleeping bag and camping mattress.
If you'd prefer to stay in Eurajoki in a hostel-type accommodation for
27e/person/night, contact: lea.launokari (at) nettilinja.fi.
There are also two camping areas in Rauma, and the Finnish law grants
anyone the right to camp freely in the local forests.
If you are arranging transportation, have space in your car, biketrailer,
helicopter, submarine, or boat; please inform us:
Olkiluotoblockade (at) riseup.net
or through: olkiluotoblockade.wordpress.com
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Roles During the Blockade:
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We recommend that all participant groups select a media contact person who
can respond to journalists and take part in press conferences during the
action day.
Volunteers are needed to work as safety persons or stewards during the
action. (It's best if they have passed a course for it, but this is not
necessary.) There is also need for more people who can talk to passers-by
and for people who have first-aid skills. Sign up for these tasks by
emailing: olkiluotoblockade (at) riseup.net.
Information about the common events can be found at
www.olkiluotoblockade.info. We will update the website as soon as new info
is sent to: olkiluotoblockade (at) riseup.net.
We have a legal support team and a jail support team – but especially if
you have a car / drivers license, please contact us if you can help with
this – we may need help picking people up from jail after they are
released.
There are various ways you can participate: you can join the "mass
events", for a picnic on the road, be part of a human chain, lock on,
tripod up, play music, volleyball and football at the same time or create
your own imaginative form of resistance!
You can be a ‘non-arrestable’ and give support to the blockaders with
food, juice, songs and dances, do media work or mediate
with authorities, or you can work out your own ideas for blockading in a
small group by land air or sea. All the participants commit to the
principles of non-violent direct action: no living creatures must be hurt.
We recommend you joining an affinity group, but you can also come alone.
The group doesn't have to be a ‘formal’ but can be formed by friends,
neighbours, colleagues or co-conspirators. The affinity group people
basically look out for each other while also enabling you to make
quick(er) decisions to be effective in achieving your aims for the action.
Remember to take enough water and food and appropriate clothes with you.
In the end of August the weather is usually quite nice in Finland, it can
be sunny and hot, but it can also be rainy and chilly. Also be aware of
any medical conditions of your group members, if you need to bring
medication with you, take the prescription from the doctor too!
Help make the blockade visually impressive, bring anti-nuclear banners and
costumes with you, and if joining the picnic you can bring table clothes,
tables, chairs, games...antinuclear-Volley-ball and bad-men-ton especially
appreciated!
The intention is to occupy the streets to take the
space from the nuclear industry back to the people!
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Groups and organizations:
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If you and/or your group decides to join the Olkiluoto blockade please
inform us at:
olkiluotoblockade [at] riseup.net
Promote the event in your area, plan transportation, fill up every seat,
and bring all your friends and family!
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FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLS CHECK THE HOMEPAGE:
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http://olkiluotoblockade.info/index.php/Join_the_Blockade
www.olkiluotoblockade.info
email: olkiluotoblockade (at) riseup.net
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FINANCIAL SUPPORT:
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If you want to support general anti nuclear activities you can send
financial support to one of our partner groups:
Greenkids e.V.
BIC: GENO DE M 1GLS
IBAN: DE75 4306 0967 1101 7406 00
Bank: GLS Bank
Reason for Transfer: Finland Support
Funds will be used for educational material, flyers, lectures and public
meetings to build resistance to the nuclear industry in Olkiluoto, Finland
generally, and everywhere specifically.
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ORGANISATIONS SUPPORTING THE BLOCKADE:
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Ydinvoimapaa Suomi / Nuclear Free Finland - Finland
Naiset Atomivoimaa Vastaan / Women Against Nuclear Power – Finland
Maan ystävät / Friends of the Earth Finland - Finland
Naiset Rauhan Puolesta / Women for Peace - Finland
Aktionsgruppen för ett atomkraftsfritt Åland / Action Group for a Nuclear
Free Åland
- Finland
Hyökyaalto / Risingtide Finland
Klimax Malmö - Sweden
Baltic Sea Regional Radioactivity Watch - Sweden
ContrAtom - Germany
Ydinvoiman Vastainen Toimintaryhmä - Finland
Laka Foundation Amsterdam - Netherlands
WISE Amsterdam - Netherlands
SOFA (Sofortiger Atomausstieg) Münster - Germany
Aktionsbündnis Münsterland gegen Atomanlagen – Germany
MegA (Menschen gegen Atomanlagen) – Germany
Bürgerinitiative Umweltschutz Lüchow-Dannenberg - Germany
Uusi Tuuli ry – Finland
AG Schacht Konrad – Germany
Edelleen Ei Ydinvoimaa / No More Nuclear Power - Finland
Emmaus Jokioinen ry – Finland
Luonto-Liitto - Finland
Lapsi ja luonto -säätiö (Child and Nature Foundation) – Finland
The Nuclear Resister (USA)
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