Hinkley Point blockade

Some of us from Edinburgh Greenpeace are planning to head down to support the Hinkley Point blockade in March 2012. If you'd like to join us, please get in touch as soon as possible.

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Mobilise for Surround Hinkley and Blockade Hinkley in March 2012
Let's ‘Surround Hinkley’ on 10 March 2012 to demand to have a voice in decisions about our energy future. Help to make this a festival of creative resistance with music, art, theatre, banners, and whatever takes your fancy! To mark the end of the ‘Surround’, there will be a gathering at the main gate of Hinkley for a rally and music. The preliminary timeline of events is:
Saturday, 10 March 2012

• 12pm: assemble in front of Hinkley Point
• 1pm-3/3.30pm: surround Hinkley Point.
• 3.30pm-6pm: rally and music in front of the main gate of Hinkley Point
• 6pm: End of the "surround Hinkley" action. Spokescouncil to begin the blockade of Hinkley Point.
• Blockade continues until about 2pm on Sunday, 11 March 2012.

Please help to spread the message by either downloading the flier, or ask us to send you a pack. We welcome some donation to cover postage, but even if you can't - we need to get the message out!
Please pledge to take part in the action(s) at
http://stopnewnuclear.org.uk/pledges, and encourage friends, colleagues, family, etc to also take the pledge. We need to send a strong message that we will not accept new nuclear, and that we will resist. Get in touch with us if you want to organise a minibus or put on a coach.

Training
In order to stop new nuclear power in the UK we need to work together efficiently and look after each other. With this aim Stop New Nuclear are organising training for those planning to take part in the mass action at Hinkley Point The free training will prepare people with techniques and strategies for civil disobedience and non-violent direct action, and provide reassurance and information for those new to this type of activity. It will also provide people with the tools needed for effective consensus decision making. These sessions will be invaluable in the formation of affinity groups (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affinity_group), and local networking. If you feel you could help organise a training session in your area please get in touch. We will provide information and support to make it happen. There will also be training in February for those interested in providing legal support during and after the action.
Email training [at] stopnewnuclear.org.uk
Phone 0845-2872381
Updates on trainings will be posted on our website at
http://stopnewnuclear.org.uk/training.

Donate
The new action to surround Hinkley, and the 24 hour blockade, will need a lot of money to make them happen. We expect that we will need about £11,000 to organise the action, print fliers and posters, etc. We need your help to make it happen. You can help us by organising a fundraiser, asking your local Quaker meeting to make a collection for Stop New Nuclear, or simply by donating and asking friends to donate. Please give generously. You can donate online at http://stopnewnuclear.org.uk/donate, or you can send a cheque made payable to Stop New Nuclear to: Stop New Nuclear
c/o 5 Caledonian Road
London N1 9DX
Thank you!
Stop New Nuclear