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
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
Dale Farm activists take ‘Fight for Sites’ to Pickles’ doorstep
Traveller rights activists targeted Eric Pickles’ Department of Communities and Local Government in a protest today to mark the one year anniversary of the eviction of Dale Farm. 250 activists, many of whom resisted the eviction at Dale Farm last October, and former Dale Farm residents descended on the government building in an attempt to … Read more
A community in resistance
(French translation below) Nearly a year has passed since the day of the Dale Farm eviction, and for a lot of the people who spent time at Dale Farm as part of the resistance, the anniversary carries a huge amount of emotional and political significance. Many of us had spent nearly two months living at … Read more
People Get Ready: Dale Farm Eviction II + Fight For Sites Mass Action & Public Meeting
Hi all, a busy autumn ahead! For up to date details check the website travellersolidarity.org or contact travellersolidarity@riseup.net. In this issue: 1) FIGHT FOR SITES: a) Thursday 20th September – FFS Public Meeting, London b) Friday 19th October Dale Farm Anniversary Mass Action – Evict DCLG! c) Action Pack now available online 2) DALE FARM … Read more
Dale Farm contamination fresh headache for Basildon Council
The intricate legal struggles over pollution at Dale Farm are part of a ‘larger war prosecuted against Roma, Gypsies and Travellers across Europe’ writes Grattan Puxon An attempt to reduce residence rights on Dale Farm in order to avoid the huge cost of removing contaminated waste appears to have been thwarted at a planning inquiry yesterday (11 … Read more
Blog: Outreach in Basildon
After a slow and grumpy Monday morning start, with one man berating us even before the stall was up and running, the sun came out and we swung into action. Three security people contracted by Basildon Council hung around for a while but happily went on their way after we explained what we were doing … Read more
Environment Agency called in to Dale Farm as campaigners blame Basildon Council for ‘massive pollution’
The Environment Agency is expected shortly to take soil samples at Dale Farm, where last October 80 families were evicted under planning regulations by hundreds of police and bailiffs. If, as residents and campaigners expect, hydrocarbon and asbestos contamination is found, the £8 million already spent on the eviction is likely to rise [1]. The … Read more
VIDEO: Blog on Dale Farm Today
Many people have no idea what Dale Farm looks like now. Where all the families have gone, what the council have done with the land. This is unsurprising given the world’s Media, who descended on Crays Hill in Autumn last year, have largely vanished from the community. The fact is, as was said all along, … Read more
Support the NUJ: journalists are not police informers!
On the 25th April, the High Court in London will decide whether Essex Police have the right to seize hours of footage from journalists working at Dale Farm during the eviction last October. The case focuses on a ‘production order’ granted by an Essex court last December to allow footage taken at Dale Farm to … Read more
