Sunday 4th feb, 7.30pm, after “Resist!” Sunday dinner:
Letter writing for Hambach prisoners.
THE HAMBACH FOREST IS AN OLD GROWTH FOREST IN GERMANY THAT IS BEING DESTROYED TO MAKE WAY FOR AN EVER-EXPANDING OPEN PIT LIGNITE (BROWNCOAL) MINE. AS THE FOREST IS CLEARED, THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DISPLACED, THEIR VILLAGES RAZED, AND CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS HAVE DEGRADED THE CLIMATE WORLDWIDE. FOR DECADES, PEOPLE HAVE RESISTED THIS PROFIT-DRIVEN DESTRUCTION, AND FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS, THE FOREST HAS BEEN OCCUPIED WITH TREEHOUSES.
SINCE MONDAY 22/01/2018, NINE ACTIVISTS FROM THE HAMBACH FOREST (THEHAMBI 9) HAVE BEEN IN CUSTODY INDEFINITELY. ON THAT DAY THEY OBSTRUCTED THE EVICTION OF BARRICADES IN THE FOREST DURING A LARGE SCALE AND VIOLENT POLICE OPERATION IN THE FOREST. THEY WERE ARRESTED FOR RESISTING
POLICE HAVING PEACEFULLY BUT FIRMLY DEMONSTRATED AGAINST LIGNITE MINING AND FOR A CLIMATE-FRIENDLY WORLD.
THIS IS INDICATIVE OF A NEW LEVEL OF REPRESSION FACED BY THOSE OCCUPYING THE FOREST, AS THE POLICE AND RWE FAIL TO STOP THE RESISTANCE. IT ALSO SHOWS THE RESPONSE OF THE STATE TO THOSE CHAMPIONING ECOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL CAUSES, AND IS A CLEAR ATTEMPT TO INTIMIDATE THE ENTIRE CLIMATE
JUSTICE MOVEMENT.
WRITING LETTERS TO THOSE IN PRISON, WE SHOW OUR SOLIDARITY WITH THE HAMBI 9 AND EXPRESS OUR APPRECIATION AND SUPPORT OF THOSE WHO ARE
COMMITTED TO CLIMATE JUSTICE. WE WILL MAKE IT CLEAR TO REPRESSIVE REGIMES THAT THEY WILL NOT BREAK THE RESISTANCE, THAT SOLIDARITY IS INTERNATIONAL, AND THAT WE WILL REMAIN ACTIVE DESPITE ANY INTIMIDATION ATTEMPTS.
FREE THE HAMBI 9! #FREEHAMBI9 #HAMBIBLEIBT