Anti-fascists Prepare to Stop BNP “Festival”
Indymedia UK - 11 Aug 2008
Between 15th and 17th of August, the fascist British National Party (BNP) is holding its annual Red, White and Blue ‘festival’ on a farm in Denby, Derbyshire. In previous years this so-called ‘family festival’ has brought together BNP members and white supremacists from across the world to enjoy Nazi marching songs and drunken glassings. The event has past off largely unremarked upon in previous years, with just a token response from the anti-fascist movement. Last year when the event was held in the same place, there was only one single protester. This time, however, local campaigners involved in Nottinghamshire Stop the BNP have been mobilising since late last year. The call has subsequently been taken up by Antifa England, Lancaster Unity, Hope Not Hate and Unite Against Fascism among others.Details: Leaflet and maps | Antifa Callout | Google map of site | Photos of the area | Coaches: 1 | 2Newswire: Will It Be All White On The Night? | The Alan Warner (BNP) Supporters Club | BNP Begin Arriving for Festival, While Anti-Fascists Leaflet Codnor | RWB toilet supplier targetted | BNP’s Second Licence Application Rejected! | Protest against fascist BNP’s Red, White & Blue | New paint job for the RWB’s fascist farmerPrevious Features: BNP Withdraw Festival Licence Application in the Face of Protests | East Mids Campaigners Up The Anti as BNP Make Electoral Gains | Midlands and Yorkshire organise against the BNPLinks: Stop the BNP’s RWB Festival | Smash The BNP’s Scumfest! | Indymedia UK Stop RWB topic page

Derbyshire Coal Mine Occupation – Eviction Happening Now
Indymedia UK - 11 Aug 2008
It is now confirmed that the police have launched a full eviction attempt at the Bodge House squat in Shipley, Derbyshire. The house is located on the site of a proposed open cast coal mine.Update Sunday 10th August: Eviction is still ongoing at Bodge House, in Derbyshire. This is the 4th day of the operation and 4 people were arrested earlier today. The house is very heavily barricaded and 2-3 people are still reported to be inside. 4 vans of police and bailiffs still in attendence.Update Friday 8th August: (added comment by Jane) – We were there today to give support to those still in the house. We arrived about 11.00am. There were loads of police as would be expected and 3 people were taken out of the house while we were there and taken to Ripley police station. We were not allowed near so could not see who it was. Around 3.00 in the afternoon a chap in a suit and 2 women in inappropriate shoes turned up. We think they were from the bailiff teams. They spoke to the chief inspector in charge and went to the house. All the time the bailiffs on site had been cutting down the trees surrounding the house and trying to get in the front door of the house. They succeeded just before the ‘suits’ arrived. We left around 4pm to run some film to ITN but I heard later that the bailiffs had started up a generator to get air to the people in the tunnel under the house but left the site around 5.30. they are due back tomorrow (Saturday) to get the 2 people in the tunnel out. Anyone who can get there, please get there to give support.Update Thursday 7th August: Around 7.45am about 60 police and 50 bailliffs arrived at the house. Throughout the day the police have been trying to get through the barricades and defences. Local people and media have been at the scene. So far 3 people have been removed from lockons and a cargo net outside the house and have been arrested. 7 people are still inside and are heavily barricaded in, included being hidden in tunnels under the house. The bailiffs have put up security fences and although they have managed to enter part of the building, the eviction attempt has been stopped for today. It is estimated the eviction will take at least another couple of days.Newswire: Short audio – Bodge House eviction | Eviction Of Coal Mine Protest Site (Bodge House) – picturesGo there: Directions to the site (PDF)See feature articles: Derbyshire Opencast Mine Squatters: Eviction Imminent | Coal On Hold – Derbyshire Coal Mine Site Occupied | Campaigners Trespass on Proposed Coal Mine SiteMainstream coverage: Bailiffs ‘just eight feet’ away from underground eco-protesters at Smalley | Arrests at Smalley coal mine protest | Protesters evicted from Smalley site