[Cc-webedit] [Fwd: [climatecamp] Your starting positions for the Swoop]

[Jonathan Leighton]

Can someone put this up please?

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> From: process at climatecamp.org.uk
> To: climatecamp at lists.riseup.net
> Subject: [climatecamp] Your starting positions for the Swoop
> Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:51:51 +0100 (IST)
> 
> SUMMER SWOOP – STARTING POSITIONS ANNOUNCED
> 
> 1) SWOOP STARTING POSITIONS
> 2) ***VENUE CHANGE FOR THE NIGHT BEFORE THE SWOOP***
> 3) MEDICS CALLOUT
> 4) ENTERTAINMENT ON THE SWOOP
> 5) FITWATCH CALLOUT
> 6) SMS SIGN-UP CLOSES TUESDAY MIDNIGHT!
> 7) THAT WHAT TO BRING LIST ONE FINAL TIME
> 
> ---
> 
> 1) SWOOP STARTING POSITIONS
> 
> **NOTE: YOU NEED TO BE AT YOUR STARTING POINT AT 12 NOON. PLEASE BE
> PREPARED TO SWOOP AND STAY**
> 
> Here are the starting points for the Summer Swoop on Wednesday 26 August.
> We have merged some groups for practical reasons:
> 
> WHITE AND BROWN (BIKE GROUPS NORTH AND SOUTH)
> Meet under Waterloo Bridge, on the South Bank, by the National Film
> Theatre (where the London critical mass starts).
> This meet-up point is next to Shell building in Waterloo. Shell has a long
> history of human rights abuses connected to its extraction of oil and gas,
> from Nigeria to Rossport, Ireland.
> 
> PURPLE AND RED (WEST 1 & 2)
> Meet outside BP head office, St James' Square, SW1Y 4PD. Nearest tube:
> Piccadilly Circus
> BP is the world's third-largest oil company and trailblazer for greenwash.
> It is heavily involved in the rush for tar-sand exploitation in Canada.
> 
> YELLOW (EAST 1)
> Meet outside the Bank of England, Threadneedle Street, London EC2R 8AH.
> Nearest tube: Bank
> The Bank of England in the symbolic heart of our failed economic system,
> and was the scene of police kettling and violence at April’s G20 protests,
> which resulted in the death of Ian Tomlinson.
> 
> SILVER AND GREEN (EAST 2 AND ACCESSIBLE)
> Meet outside Stratford station. Nearest tube: Stratford
> Stratford station is directly adjacent to the site of the London 2012
> Olympics. We will show our solidarity with communities in East London
> displaced by the Olympics and fighting for a positive legacy for East
> London.
> 
> PINK (NORTH)
> Meet outside Rio Tinto, Aldermanbury Square, EC2V 7HR. Nearest tube: Moorgate
> Rio Tinto is one of the world's biggest mining and exploration companies,
> and a nexus of the global coal industry.
> 
> BLUE (SOUTH)
> Meet outside Stockwell tube station. Nearest tube: Stockwell
> Stockwell tube station is where Jean Charles de Menezes was shot by police
> gunmen in July 2005. We will show our solidarity with all those who have
> experienced police violence.
> 
> ORANGE/INVISIBLE (DECENTRALISED)
> Choose your own adventure!
> 
> Please don’t change your swoop group if you’ve already signed up – this
> arrangement of colours will boost swooping effectiveness :-)
> 
> 2) VENUE CHANGE FOR THE NIGHT BEFORE THE SWOOP
> 
> The venue for tomorrow night’s Night Before the Swoop meeting has had to
> change. It is now no longer at Lincoln’s Inn Fields, but up the road in
> Russell Square Gardens, Russell Square, London WC1. The nearest tube is
> Russell Square. We’re very sorry for the change – but you’ll thank us now
> that you won’t get locked in... The meeting will be a chance to come talk
> through some scenarios for the Swoop, receive a legal briefing and Q&A,
> and get to know others who will be in your group on the day.
> 
> Tuesday night crash space reminder: this will be at LARC, 62 Fieldgate St,
> E1 9XX. To book a spot email london at climatecamp.org.uk.
> 
> 3) MEDICS CALLOUT
> 
> If there are any additional volunteers to be Medics on the Swoop, please
> contact bryony.tayler at some.ox.ac.uk. We’ve got a fair few, but could do
> with a couple more.
> 
> 4) ENTERTAINMENT ON THE SWOOP
> 
> Once we get to the Swoop starting points, it could be minutes until the
> location of the Camp is announced, or it could be hours. There will
> speeches at each starting point, and some folks have already got their
> thinking hats on about entertainment, and will be kick-starting the games
> and outreach. But if you have your own ideas for things to do along the
> way (and can manage any props as well as all your kit for the Camp), then
> please bring them along!
> 
> 5) FITWATCH CALLOUT
> This is a call out for all climate campers to do a bit of FITwatching
> during and after the Swoop, and as people arrive for the climate camp.
> Despite assurances of ‘community style policing’ police have said that
> Forward Intelligence Teams (FIT) WILL be in operation at the camp. They
> will be aiming to capture potential ‘domestic extremists’ on camera – and
> ridiculously, that appears to cover all climate campers. They will monitor
> the arrival of known campaigners, and get nice pictures of all the new
> faces. There is no reason why we should tolerate FIT policing. But there
> are many ways to FITwatch – for ideas on how to FITwatch on the Swoop, see
> http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/08/436684.html
> 
> 6) SIGN UP FOR SMS UPDATE BY TUESDAY MIDNIGHT
> 
> It’s not too late to sign up to a Swoop group! You can sign up on the
> website until midnight on Tuesday:
> http://www.climatecamp.org.uk/actions/london-2009/swoop
> 
> 7) THAT WHAT TO BRING LIST ONE FINAL TIME
> 
> - A one-day Zone 1-6 Travel Card (you may be required to travel on all
> forms of public transport)
> - Water
> - Snacks/food
> - Sleeping stuff
> - Your tent
> - All weather clothing
> - A luggage label in case you get separated from your stuff
> - London A to Z (available from all newsagents)
> - Anything else you want to bring to Camp
> 
> See you in your starting positions at 12 noon on Wednesday!
> 
> Swoop Group
> 
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