HAPPEN-STANCE

The Happendon Wood protest camp, protecting the Douglas Valley south of Glasgow from open-cast coal mining (see SchNEWS 739), is having a Action Camp this weekend (Oct 1st-4th). The site was squatted on September 12th, just down the road from Mainshill, a seven-month protest camp against Scottish Coal which was evicted in February this year (See SchNEWS 708).

The Action Camp will be about protest camp skill-sharing - direct action, building, cooking etc - and exploring the biodiversity of the area. There will be accommodation space and communal meals for donation - but bring wet-weather gear, stuff to help build defences and action materials.

On Monday (27th), the camp was put on alert after a visit from the National Eviction Team. They had a snoop around, called it a ‘pissy little camp’, then left. No eviction papers have yet to be received but the bailiffs will be aware that it took five days to evict Mainshill, with 45 arrests.

The camp is in the Douglas Valley near M74 junction 12, between Carlisle and Glasgow. Site mob 7806926040 http://happendon.coalactionscotland.org.uk