Climate Camp 2008

from the guardian, 11 March 2009: "Police footage obtained by the Guardian has revealed the crude monitoring methods deployed across the country against protesters, thousands of whom have their personal details stored on criminal intelligence systems for up to seven years... Shocking footage shot by police, accompanied by their own critical commentary, shows how their officers monitored campaigners and the media – and demanded personal information – at last August's 2008 climate camp demonstration in Kent..." more

from email, 11 January 2009: "2008 saw the biggest UK Climate Camp to date and the most incredible array of direct action against climate change on record. But what does 2009 hold in store? Regardless of whether you’ve been to a climate camp, all are welcome to come along to this exciting weekend gathering... The gathering will also provide a forum to talk about other important issues concerning the climate camp movement..." more

from the guardian, 18 December 2008: "The attorney general is considering asking the courts to clamp down on high-profile, direct-action protests on issues such as climate change... Six Greenpeace protesters, who were acquitted in September of criminal damage for their demonstration at the Kingsnorth coal-fired power station in Kent, now face having their case referred to the court of appeal in what is believed to be an attempt to increase convictions for direct-action protests..." more

from various sources, 21 August 2008: Dave Douglass, former NUM Yorkshire Area Executive member, writes this report of his visit to the so called Climate Camp +++ In August, me and Arthur Scargill enter another big field to fight the corner for the miners and coal our industry and cause. Last time it was that field at Orgreave, this time it’s the Climate Camp at Kingsnorth Power Station and instead of thousands of cops there’s thousands of eco-warriors who now believe coal is killing the planet and want to stop all new coal stations. more

from email, 14 August 2008: The Autonomous camp (part of the Climate Camps movement) is now taking place in Lévis (Québec), nearby the future site for the methane port. This is a letter sent to the other Climate Camps now in action. This is a letter to all who care. more

from email, updated 19 August 2008: The climate camp will be a place for us to educate ourselves, and to talk about different relationships between society and nature. The point is to develop positions and strategies of and for an emerging climate movement. By organising this camp, we’re beginning to look for ways to resist the CO2-economy and the general climate of social repression – also in our everyday lives – including small and large disobedient actions. Parallel to our camp, but in the same location, there will also be an anti-racist camp, targeting, amongst others, Hamburg’s charter-deportation airport. Both camps’ preparatory processes are being coordinated so as to best bring out their respective and mutual potentials. more

from imc-uk, 09.08.2008: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Saturday 09/08/08: The Climate Camp at Kingsnorth was celebrating today as protesters succeeded in breaching the perimeter fence and inner 10,000 volt electric fence to enter the power station site despite the best efforts of 26 police forces with over 1,500 police.

The day started early with a flotilla of boats – the Blue group - sailing towards Kingsnorth in the sun. Over twenty crafts made their way up the Medway to converge on the coal loading jetty. Three people occupied the ledge above the power station's water inlet tunnel while a banner proclaiming 'CO2AL: Starter Gun for Climate Chaos' was hung from Darnet Fort on an island in the Medway directly opposite the power station. more

from email, 7 August 2008: Social War Not Climate Chaos! Starting Tuesday, daily meetings at the Scottish Barrio from 5-7 PM will explore how the climate crisis, a facet of the more general latest crisis in capitalism itself, can be used to build a new kind of autonomous social movement constituted as a material force...a force capable of confronting and ultimately halting capitalism. These meetings are not on the official climate camp workshop list, of course. more

Directions by foot, train or bike for the 2008 Climate Camp, being held near the Kingsnorth coal power station. more

from email, 11 April 2008: The weekend of the 19th to 20th April will see two national student climate gatherings take place at the London Action Resource Centre. The first for Climate Camp, and the second for the Student Climate Project. Please forward this message far and wide and persuade all to come along. You don't have to be a student, and crash space is available! more

from email, 26 March 2008: The Student Climate Project was launched in August 2007 to inspire the wider student body into taking radical action against climate change. They are currently doing a year long tour across the UK, holding events and doing actions along the way. All are invited to get involved and contribute to building a mass student movement against this most critical of issues. more

from climate camp 2008, updated 26 March 2008: The next Climate Camp gathering is heading north to Scotland on April 5-6. The meeting / sleeping / socialising will all take place at Carnival Arts Centre, 34 Albion Street Glasgow. This is in Merchant City and about a ten minute walk from Buchanan Street bus station/Queen Street train station.  more

from Camp for Climate Action, 3 March 2008: Today it was announced that E.ON's Kingsnorth power station in Kent will be the site of this summer’s Camp for Climate Action, running from 4th to 11th of August 2008. The protest will begin with a one-day event at Heathrow, the site of the previous year's camp, before marching across London to Kingsnorth. This is one of eight climate camps targeting coal across the world this summer. more