Dale Farm Protestor Awarded Damages For Police Detention
A supporter of families at Dale Farm who was arrested during the forced eviction in 2011 has been awarded damages this week. Lu Smith, one of many arrested during the eviction, has settled her claim for damages against Essex Police. She was arrested at Dale Farm on 19 October 2011 while there as an … Read more
Basildon Council orders Dale Farm families to pay for their own eviction
In October 2011, Basildon Council violently evicted 83 families from land they owned (at Dale Farm) because they did not have planning permission. Now, Basildon Council has told families who have virtually nothing left that they must pay £4.3 million for the cost of the eviction! Many of the families had lived in Basildon for … Read more
ROMA NATION DAY 2013, 7 April, Noon at Kensington Gardens
AMARO BARO DIVES! Londonesko Romano Themutno Dives: Kurko 7 Aprili 12.00 hr at Kensington Gardens, W8 Aven tumen e chavensa! Piknik (habe, pibe) Basalipe, chavarikano kelipe. Protesto: STOP “anti-Roma” rasismo. Lavinia Olmazu ano Durban, South Africa in 2001 bersh ROMA NATION DAY 8 April is being marked this year with “joined-up” action across Europe and … Read more
Time for an apology
George Monbiot’s response to the strong criticisms we leveled against his racist anecdote about Travellers in a boxing day Guardian article fundamentally conflates our charges against the article with a wholesale attack on the author’s identity. This confusion allows Monbiot to defend his article with a defense of himself, and thereby willfully miss the point. … Read more
To George Monbiot and The Guardian…
Racism against Travellers leads to violent attacks, verbal abuse and continued impoverishment. In 2011, hundreds of riot police evicted and destroyed the largest Irish Traveller site in the country, Dale Farm, leaving dozens homeless, including children. Over the past year, Romani people in Hungary, France and Italy have been attacked and killed by right wing … Read more
Protest at the Belgian embassy to end anti-roma apartheid
In defence of UN Human Rights Day, Roma are protesting today (14 Dec) in front of the Belgian Embassy in London against escalating anti-Roma racism in the streets of Europe’s capitol and other towns and cities in Belgium. They are asking Roma, anti-racist and other supporters and activists to join them at 12 noon outside … Read more
Travellers celebrate “step in the right direction” as Basildon Borough Council approve planning application for a 15 pitch Traveller site
Last night Basildon Borough Council’s planning committee has finally passed a planning application for 15 pitches to accommodate some of the most vulnerable homeless Gypsy and Traveller families in Basildon. This is the first site approved by the Council since official planning needs assessments in 2006 stated the need for between 157 and 163 pitches … Read more
ROMA AGAINST RACISM: THE 8 APRIL MOVEMENT
Statement from the April 8 Movement, sent to us by Grattan Puxon, a long standing friend and supporter of families at Dale Farm Across Europe, around the globe, there is unchecked anti-Roma racism and violence, forced deportation and evictions, widespread apartheid in education and denial of both individuals and collective human rights. Statements on Roma … Read more
Letters from Dale Farm families highlights discrimination in the system
In October, Basildon Council’s ‘Traveller Project Team‘ sent letters to the families living on Oak Lane, requesting for a considerable amount of information on their circumstances. No support was offered to provide this by a Traveller Project Team who have never even visited Dale Farm to speak to anyone. This is the families’ response to … Read more
