12 vehicles of the fire brigade are moving towards the prefield of the mine. There, on the edge of the clearcut, one activist is occupying a tree to prevent it from the cutting. After calling all nearby fire brigades, no official seems to know anything about the opperation – at least they say so.
In the morning we already got a call, that 8 police cars (one century) are on the highway A4 going from Aachen towards our dirrection.
The tree occupation Neuland has been surrounded with a fence today. It has a distance from 40 to 100 meters from the tree. Durimg the day four generators have been placed around the fence for electricity for light during the night. 6 security guards stand around the fence partly armed with sticks.
They placed a basket with food below the tree, probably to lure people on the tree down.
The used techice is the same for the tree occupation Kelsterbach 2009. The fence has been a good opportunity to talk with the guards and to get to know how bad their contracts and fees are (impressions from the occupation in Kelsterbach). Also for Stuttgart 21 a legendary fence has been used for an art project.
source indymedia: Hambacher Forst: Neue Filme
Blockades, Injuries, Death Threads and Persistency.
The face in and around the Hambach Forest in moving pictures.
This film is a result of a blockade in the prefield of the open cast mine Hambach, on Oct., 01, 2014. It was the begin of the “No tree falls” Campaign which the Occupations in and around the forest initiated. The blocked company – Heinz-Bert-Kaiser, Abbruch und Erdbewegungen aus 52388 Nörvenich – which is in charge of the demolition of the old coal-trainway helps the expansion of the open coal mine in the hands of RWE.
During this blockade activists were injured by workers of the company.
