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Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 21:22:06 +0000
From: Reclaim the Streets
To: roadalert@gn.apc.org
Subject: Gorleben Blockade - URGENT
BLOCKADE * BLOCKADE * BLOCKADE * BLOCKADE * BLOCKADE
THE THIRD NUCLEAR WASTE TRANSPORT OF CASTOR IN GERMANY
In the beginning of March (probably 3/3 to 7/3) six CASTOR nuclear
waste flasks from the French reprocessing plant in La Hague and from some
German nuclear power stations are supposed to arrive at the German nuclear
waste site Gorleben near Hamburg. Another transport of this kind is due to
take place later this year. The waste consists of used nuclear fuel shaped
into rods or of nuclear waste from La Hague.
The nuclear industry has no solution for the nuclear waste disposal and
risks exposing the population to radioactivity and accidents that could
damage the flask. But to stop nuclear energy we have to stop all exits for
nuclear wastes.
Admittedly massive contingents of police and water canons forced through
two CASTOR transports in the last two years against 5000 and 10000 people
blockading it, but the transport of November 1996 had to be cancelled due to
the growing number of anti nuclear protesters. The taxpayer had to .finance
the last transport with 25 million pounds
With an even extended presence of police the German nuclear
state plans to crush the resistance in March in a last effort
to frustrate any opposition. A waste train of six Castor
flasks stretches over half a mile and is difficult to secure.
So deliberately the nuclear state creates a situation out of
control to justify extreme measures and police violence. But
growing resistance also inside the police indicates that the
transport can be prevented this time because the capacity of
the state to safeguard it is reaching its limits. Therefore a
new concept had to be developed to disperse all protesters
along the transport route in resistance camps, because
otherwise there will be too many to gather in one place. This
concept is called X-thousendfold across (X-tausendfach quer)
and works like this:
- many resistance camps will be erected along the possible
transport road route from Dannenberg railway station to
Gorleben nuclear waste site so that everywhere are enough
people available to block the transport
- the transport routes are divided in different parts where
different kinds of resistance can take place, like sit-downs,
road-blocks, chaining up actions, tractor blockades, digging
tunnels under the road etc.
- local people are supporting the camps and providing
information
WHAT YOU CAN DO:
- To be sure that you are there in time give your phone number
to: BI-Buero, Drawehner Strasse 3, D-29439 Luechow, phone
number 0049 5841 4684, Fax 0049 5841 3197. This group is
organising the demonstration and they will call you up one
time when the transport definitely starts and then you have
got two or three days left to reach the site. In the end of
February ask them when or if the transport is likely to take
place and if you have any questions give them a ring. They
also help you to find accommodation.
- Try to be in the city of Dannenberg in the Gorleben-area in
the beginning of March if there is the transport. Near the
city centre there is a camp opposite a petrol station which
provides all the information. If you can't find it, just ask.
There are tents, but if possible take along your own.
HOW TO GET THERE:
- Take a ferry from Harwich to Hamburg, take trains from
Hamburg to Uelzen and from there a bus to Dannenberg. Or,
across the Channel to Ostende, across Belgium, try to reach
Uelzen near Lueneburg and the rest you already know.
- Try to look average. The police may arrest or send back
people entering the Gorleben area who look like protesters.
Don't forget waterproof protective gear against water canons
and an ID in the case of arrest, otherwise you may be kept in
custody until you can prove your identity.
EVENTS
8 FEBRUARY
Nation-wide demonstrations in Berlin 'immediate closure of all
nuclear installations worldwide'.
EVERY SUNDAY MORNING.
Civil disobedience near the Dannenberg east-railway station:
public demolition of the railway track and the gantry crane
which lifts the CASTOR from the train on a truck.
LAST FRIDAY BEFORE THE TRANSPORT
Blockade of Lueneburg at 6:30 pm (nr Hamburg) district government.
LAST SATURDAY BEFORE TRANSPORT
Demonstration at 12:00am in Lueneburg and later bus transport
to Dannenberg.
LAST SUNDAY BEFORE TRANSPORT
Parade from Dannenberg to Gorleben and afterwards dispersing
of all people over the different camps.
3/3/97 to 7/3/97
Possible CASTOR nuclear waste transport to Gorleben and
demonstration and blockade.
CONTACT: BI-Buero, Drawehner Strasse 3, D-29439 Luechow, phone
number O0495841 4684, Fax 0049 5841 3197.
Website:
http://www.oneworldweb.de/castor
Latest news from:
http://www.nadir.org/nadir/initiativ/sz/castor
TRAVEL FROM BRITAIN:
Journey from London to Velzen can be made thus:
TRAIN AND BUS:
Journey can be made in 2 stages by
Stage 1
London - Aachen, go by bus, Eurolines is the cheapest at £53
return. Groups of more than 20 receive a 20% Discount, people
of ages 26 or younger receive 10% off.
Stage 2
Train from Aachen to Velzen, a weekend ticket on this will
cost you £3 either way.
Total: £59
HITCHHIKING:
By far the cheapest alternative, £18 will get you across the
Channel on the ferry.
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