[risingtide] Climate Action News-Sheet - Crude Awakening special edition

Rising Tide info at risingtide.org.uk
Thu Oct 7 11:42:32 CEST 2010


This is a Climate Action News Sheet special edition to let you know about 
the Crude Awakening - a mass action to switch off oil in London on
Saturday, 16th October.
www.crudeawakening.org.uk
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This one off newsletter includes:

1.	Why Rising Tide got involved in the Crude Awakening
2.	Details of the Body Bloc and how to sign up for text messages on the day
3.	Travel, Accommodation and What to Bring
4.	Climate Justice Action Global Week of Action
5.	Two warm up videos

1.	Why Rising Tide got involved in the Crude Awakening

When we were emailed about supporting The Crude Awakening, it took us very
little time to make the call. Of course - a mass action against the oil
empire in central London! RT has been taking action on oil, particularly
BP and Shell, for ten years, but now is the perfect time for a huge
action; with many climate justice groups working together, all placing the
oil industry directly in their sights. The Gulf of Mexico, tar sands, the
Niger Delta, Rossport, oil exploration in the Artic...the list of disaster
zones goes on and on. The time is now. We’ve also always felt that mass
actions can be hugely inspiring events, extremely effective and are often
a  ‘way in’ for people just getting involved in climate action. Plus a
change in tactics: why tell the police where we're going? Why not keep the
destinations under wraps and stay one step ahead of the Met? All that, and
it's part of the Climate Justice Action global week of action. So we got
involved, we are mobilising and we hope to see you on the streets on the
16th October!

2.	Details of the Body Bloc (one of 3 blocs meeting on the day)

Rising Tide will be on the Body Bloc – meeting at 10am in Victoria Station
– join us!

Details of the Body Bloc:

A carnival of life, death, fun and resistance; turning the world upside
down and making the impossible possible.
This bloc will be home to day of the dead stilt walkers, the Giant Chalk
Army, the Noise Brigade, Rhythms of Resistance and a team of colourful web
weavers.
This bloc welcomes anyone and everyone who has the imagination to envisage
a world beyond oil, everyone who loves carnival and everyone who is
prepared to use their bodies, linked together, to reclaim space.
Bring carnival, circus, creativity, costume and a healthy does of mischief!
All you have to bring is your body - everyone is welcome.

SIGN UP HERE - http://www.crudeawakening.org.uk/node/12

(Entering your email address will make sure you get all the juicy details
running up to the 16th 
 but most important is your mobile number, which
is needed to receive vita communication on the day).

3.	Travel, accommodation and what to bring

If you’re coming from the North, get yourself booked on transport leaving
from Manchester. DEPARTS: Saturday 16th October at 6am. Returns: Saturday
very late evening. To book your ticket email: manchester [@]
climatecamp.org.uk

Plan to stay overnight in London on Saturday night if you can, ideally
with a mate. If you need help finding accommodation, email
london at climatecamp.org.uk

What to bring:
*A pre-bought zone 1-2 travelcard, or an Oyster card (although if you have
a registered card, and if you mind that your journeys are tracked on that
card, you might want to consider getting an unregistered one)
*Check the weather forecast. We’ll be outside at least some of the time so
if you want to stay dry bring waterproofs and warm clothes.
*Central London is a big rip off so think about bringing your own food,
water and a tenner for emergencies.

4.	Climate Justice Action Global Week of Action

Rising Tide UK is supporting this call-out in different ways, on different
issues around the country.

Global Mobilization for Mother Earth- October 12 to 16 2009.

On May 31 the IV Continental Summit of Indigenous Peoples of Abya Yala
(the Americas) called for a Global Mobilization "In defense of Mother
Earth and Her People and against the commercialization of life, pollution
and the criminalization of indigenous and social movements." The starting
day (Oct 12 2010) marks the day Christopher Columbus first set foot on
Abya Yala, 518 years ago.

Some of the actions being organized around the world, will include:
*Demonstrations in cities and urban communities and rural areas of the
world, demanding specific local and national goals, and the common goal of
the global Minga (the Defence of Mother Earth and all forms of life);
*Protests in front of the offices of transnational extractive (oil,
mining, timber, water) agrofuel, and other companies;
*Protests and other (non-violent) actions targeting infrastructure, such
as highways, mines, power plants, pipelines and other industrial
developments; and
*Forums and conferences on cultural and political defense of Mother Earth
and the People Against Commodification of Life, Pollution and
Criminalization.

Read more -
http://intercontinentalcry.org/global-minga-in-defence-of-mother-earth-and-her-peoples/

5.	Two warm up videos

Here are two short videos to get you in the mood for the Crude Awakening

Crude Awakening – Stand Your Ground.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a74ZFKqFvSk&feature=player_embedded

And, courtesy of our friends at the South Coast Climate Camp Idea Lab.
www.blip.tv/file/4158517

We hope this newsletter brings you all the info you need to get involved.
If you need any further info just drop us an email – info at risingtide.org.uk

The Crude Awakening - Expect the unexpected, and be prepared for it: sun,
wind and rain; sitting-in and out-running; occupying and pushing; holding
space and breaking boundaries.

See you there,
Rising Tide

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Rising Tide UK,
c/o 62 Fieldgate Street,
London E1 1ES
www.risingtide.org.uk
www.artnotoil.org.uk
www.fossilfoolsday.org
Tel: 07708 794665

See also the Camp for Climate Action (www.climatecamp.org.uk), Network for
Climate Action (www.networkforclimateaction.org.uk) and Climate Indymedia
(www.climateimc.org)



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