Police turn up
Roads blocked
Dawn
sleeping on the job
GM free Dairy
Chaos for some
A new plan was hatched and the only option that we could come up with was to block the approach road that led to Sainsburys. This had draw backs as a few other companies would be effected, we were aware that this would also block BMW, Nestle and a company making bulkheads for Landrovers that were heading to the Indonesian army (shame). However there were a few independent lorry drivers that were also affected and it was this that the activists took into account and decided to call time.
Two tripods were used to block one side of the dual carriageway and a strange multiple lock-on tube blocked the other side of the road; this took up a lot of space and worked well. The tripods and lock-on set went up very quick, so much so that even the police inspector commented at how efficient we all were and within minutes Lorries were backed up on the duel carriageway and down side roads, public cars were allowed to go through later which was negotiated early on with the police.
There were 12 people arrested, all when they either came down from tripods or unlocked themselves, one of which was in a wheel chair, disabled and locked on to the tripod legs!
The police inspector praised the protesters for the speed at which they deployed the tripods and lock-on tubes. He also commented how upset Sainsbury’s was at being blocked in/out and were very unhappy at the situation. This obviously left the inspector in a difficult position as they were there to allow the smooth running of the Lorries.
Until next time
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It's alright for some ... but not others
02.07.2004 23:53
The calves are sent to veal farms where they are shackled inside wooden crates side by side and fattened until they are slaughtered still at a young age for greedy humans to eat. Some of the calves cannot even stand up because they have not been used to walking.
Their mothers are impregnated time and time again and 'milked to death' before they reach slaughter. Some of the cows also cannot even stand up because they have not been used to walking.
So, good on the humans for such all encompassing enviro-action.
Keep that 'safe' milk for your tummies flowing eh? Makes ya sick dunnit?
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Veg^n-Nation
....not the point....
03.07.2004 10:26
veganenvironental/animalrightsactivist
Another vegan on the action
03.07.2004 16:24
I was on this action mainly because one of the major uses of GM crops world wide is for a low-cost high-protein animal feed (so much for GM feeding the world!). Farmers in the UK feed this to their animals because it is cheap and UK supermarkets force them to accept a price for their milk which is below the cost of production. Meanwhile, a diet solely consisting of genetically modified protein is really unhealthy for cattle.
The intensive growing of GM maize and soya for animal feed in both the USA and Argentina has caused massive environmental destruction and led to the dislocation of millions of small farmers in favour of massive chemical intensive monoculture farms. See for example, "Argentina's Bitter Harvest" an article by Sue Branford in the New Scientist (April 2004)
another veganenvironmentalistanimalrightsactivist
Milk is still murder
03.07.2004 17:49
Fuck Sainsburys and Fuck GM. A point was ported across to accompany the report that needed to be lit up.
Veg^n-Nation
they're both bad!
04.07.2004 21:59
lock on!!!!!
me
crap
16.10.2004 21:31
noname