We shut shit down!
Sep. 8th, 2019 08:28 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
luzulaYesterday I was part of a civil disobedience climate protest that blocked the entrances to the Gothenburg energy harbor, that is, the place where oil is transferred from ships to trucks, and stored in huge cisterns. The goal was to protest against the building of an import terminal for liquid natural gas (LNG), that is, fossil gas, which you get by fracking.
It went really well! We were about 400 people who blocked four entrances for twelve hours, and then marched back to the camp. I had been prepared to disobey the police and be taken in if necessary, but this did not happen. The police were there but did not intervene, trucks were turned back, but with no real drama. We were so lucky with the weather; it was sunny and a comfortable temperature.
I was deeply impressed with the organization of this event. The camp was very well organized, with large circus-style tents for gathering in, areas for people to put up their own tents in, and well-cleaned portable toilets and places for hand-washing and also hand-disinfectant. There was action training, a media team, a legal team, a first-aid team, and a cooking and a dishwashing team to provide everyone with food. Information was disseminated and decisions were made during the blockade via meetings with delegates from the various affinity groups. While we were holding the blockade, we were periodically supplied with food, water refills, snacks, solidarity greetings from other places, and a legal demonstration that came by to support us.
This was not organized by any large organization, but by anonymous unpaid activists. Many kudos to them. Check out some pictures and stuff here.
It went really well! We were about 400 people who blocked four entrances for twelve hours, and then marched back to the camp. I had been prepared to disobey the police and be taken in if necessary, but this did not happen. The police were there but did not intervene, trucks were turned back, but with no real drama. We were so lucky with the weather; it was sunny and a comfortable temperature.
I was deeply impressed with the organization of this event. The camp was very well organized, with large circus-style tents for gathering in, areas for people to put up their own tents in, and well-cleaned portable toilets and places for hand-washing and also hand-disinfectant. There was action training, a media team, a legal team, a first-aid team, and a cooking and a dishwashing team to provide everyone with food. Information was disseminated and decisions were made during the blockade via meetings with delegates from the various affinity groups. While we were holding the blockade, we were periodically supplied with food, water refills, snacks, solidarity greetings from other places, and a legal demonstration that came by to support us.
This was not organized by any large organization, but by anonymous unpaid activists. Many kudos to them. Check out some pictures and stuff here.
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Date: 2019-09-08 07:40 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2019-09-12 02:38 pm (UTC)I'm not surprised!
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Date: 2019-09-08 01:16 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2019-09-09 12:19 am (UTC)And, YAY! YOU!
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Date: 2019-09-10 07:26 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2019-09-10 09:00 pm (UTC)Also kudos to the police for being chill!
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Date: 2019-09-16 05:51 pm (UTC)