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Born to be Wild!
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And so it begins....
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Wimpey, finally, has started the rape of Pollok Estate in the
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name of "progress" (read profits). But so has
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the resistance!
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As soon as the tree choppers arrived on the 14th of February,
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people went into action. Over 100 people, from all across Glasgow,
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soon faced Wimpey employers across a line of over 100 police. Obviously
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"protecting" a bunch of tree killers against non-violent protesters
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is more important than stopping crime. Abuse was hurled, people
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tried to D-lock themselves to trees, but the thin blue line held firm, making sure
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that profit not people was on the agenda.
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Then, across the road bed, came help. Gathering like a storm, the
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weans of Pollok exploded into the struggle, blowing the cops away and
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the minds of the protesters. Soon the destruction halted as they
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jumped on tree cutting equipment and reminded the workers of the
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human costs of their work.
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"Have you got asthma? I've got asthma!" went the cries. Some of
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the workers realised the results of their action and quit. 26 left
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that day, many joining the protesters. z3 an hour (and that's
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double time!) cannot buy an individual's humanity and feelings, no
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matter how much Wimpey hope. Lets hope the rest of their
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employees realise that "just following orders" impresses no one.
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The next day, Wimpey tried again. After initial success near Hagg's
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Castle, protesters again brought work to a grinding halt. They
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surrounded a landrover and stopped it in its tracks. The action
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allowed protesters to talk with the workers, urging them to think
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beyond money, to act against what they know is wrong,
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destroying the environment and the health of people like
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them. The cutting was stopped and they did not
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reappear.
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Again, victory.....
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It says a lot for the Pollok Free State and Earth First!
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that Wimpey is now running weeks behind schedule. They should
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have started chopping trees at the start of January! They
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finally got the bottle mid
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February.
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And no wonder. You can feel it as soon as you enter the Free
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State. History is being made. The very process of struggle is
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creating a new community, a new vision of what should be
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and what can be. A practical anarchy is being formed within
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the system. A community of resistance, a commonwealth of
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cooperation within humanity and within nature.
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This vision can be felt everywhere, from everyone. It is
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liberating. You feel it, you know it. We can change
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things by ourselves, we can win, we can create a better
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society. We, by our actions, our decisions, our
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feelings, our hopes, make history, create the future.
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Its in our hands, its our lives....
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This is why the Criminal Justice Act exists. It tries
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to ban direct action, limit our freedom to protest and
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party. Why? Partly because direct action is effective.
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But direct action does more than get results. It
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changes people. It produces communities, it creates a
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new way of thinking and looking. What seemed
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"normal" before becomes oppressive and unnecessary
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after.
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The CJA is the latest in a long line of attacks on our
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class. The latest attempt by the state to keep us
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isolated. Isolated people are no threat to power. Isolated
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people cannot challenge their authority or their
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system. Isolated people cannot make history.
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That's what direct action changes. It breaks down
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the barriers. It creates alternatives. That is why power
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hates it.
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Pollok Free State shows what is possible. We need to fight
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the whole culture that has been built up around
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delegating activities and power to others. Anarchism is
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trying to oppose this culture of dependency and
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build a new kind of culture that is based on mutual
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aid, self-activity, self-organisation, self-help and self-
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liberation, as individuals and as a class.
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We must not think that the anti-M77 resistance is just
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about motorways. No, its far more. Its about putting
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life before profits. Its about how we live. Its about
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why we live. We must create more examples of
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practical anarchy, in our communities and workplaces.
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Only by supporting and spreading this struggle can
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we stop the motorway madness. The school revolt is just
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one example. By working together we can enjoy
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the freedom of protest and create a community of hope. By
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resistance we can change the world.
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We have a new world in our hearts, its time we created it!
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