[Hambach Forest] Treehouses being evicted, Trees cut, Today marks day X
Wanneer: 06/09/2018 - 12:47
The polices forces of NRW have currently begun the eviction of treehouses in the Hambach Forest occupation. They will now be violently removing activists and destroying the infrastructure of the occupation, in order to prepare for RWEs continued clearing of the 12.000 year old Hambach Forest.
In this way Herbert Reul (CDU), interior minister of the state of Northrhine-Westphalia, is actively attacking climate justice and democratic civil rights, in support of fossil-fuel giant RWE and the coal-lobby, clearly showing the corruption inherent in the capitalist system.
With the eviction of the first tree houses, the Hambach Forest occupation, alongside several action-alliances (including Ende Gelände, Aktion Unterholz, and Buirer Für Buir) are calling out: Day Xis here, and a new phase of the struggle has begun. In the next days, while RWE employees, with support from the hired soldiers of the German state, attempt to evict the occupation, hundreds of people will join the forest struggle, in order to protect the climate justice protest-camp, and there are many ways to take part. See the text “How do I become active?” for more information.
Leila, an activist from the occupied forest, says: “This is the time for action. RWE wants the protest silenced, the activists imprisoned, the forest cut, and the German state is spending millions of euros in order to support this wish. This capitalist corruption is NOT to be accepted, and we will continue struggling until the last tree is cut, and beyond!”.
https://hambachforest.org/blog/2018/09/06/press-announcement-06-09-18/
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Day X is here! How do I get active?
Edit: Now the police are out of the forest again, it is not yet clear when how much will be cleared and cleared. Nevertheless, the barricades and ground structures are gone and we don't know when the police and RWE will come back to the forest to clear. The clearing work, however, has been postponed to the 14.10.. THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THERE WON'T BE ANY CLEARING ANYWAY! So everybody come and bring building material, a durable evacuation meal and a radical good mood with you.
Day X has come! The ground structures of the forest occupation have already been evicted, the first tree houses are being evicted and the FIRST TREE HAS FALLEN. Eviction always also means clearing, that means, at the latest now we must become active and try to prevent and disturb clearing and clearing on different ways.
Come into the forest, whether alone or with your affinity group, make solidarity actions (climbing actions, painting banners, posters, sabotage, demos, lectures...no matter what, everything works!) and spread the word about the destruction of the Hambach Forest - a 12,000-year-old forest and place of resistance against lignite and the capitalist system, which is a thorn in the mercenary eye of the German constitutional state.
How do I get into the forest?
The large number of police currently on duty does not make it easy for people to get into the forest. However, this is still possible via detours and under the protection of the night.
There is also the actor 'Aktion Unterholz', who plans to go into the forest every day from day X+1 (i.e. the first day after day X was proclaimed) with a large mass of people and try to block the clearing and clearing machines. Here one can take part and also spontaneously still step into the resistance. There will also be other, overarching actions. More information here and under: Aktion Unterholz
Solidarity actions
Write to us if you're planning soli actions, or send us your soli photos so that we can post events and photos on the blog. Also like to use the Hashtags #hambibleibt #hambacherforst if you post photos or tweets on Twitter.
What do I need?
Here is a current packing list:
-Medications you need
-Sleeping bag
-Tent
-Sleeping mat
-Camouflage clothing (trousers, jacket, headgear)
-Solid shoes
-Head lamp or flashlight
-Climbing harness, if you have one, otherwise there are also a few on site
-Lighter
-toothbrush
-Knife working gloves
-If available: Camera to document events such as police violence.
-Water, vegan food (normally also available in the forest, but not always safe given the current situation)
-A beautiful book
-Safe action mobile phone
-Musical instrument, beautiful things that you don't want to miss and have to miss
What is currently happening in the forest cannot be tolerated without resistance. If the occupation is no longer there, then RWE has the gates open to destroy and exterminate this unique forest and the beings living in it in the name of greed for profit, to dig up and sacrifice it to lignite.
This forest has now become the focal point of an entire movement, and the occupation and all the actors* associated with it have triggered a public debate at various political and social levels. Let us fight together, show our indignation, show solidarity, form gangs, and not leave our wild, wooded and wonderful world to the capitalist rulers without a fight!
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