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Dale Farm Residents return as Inquiry opens

Undeterred by last month’s brutal clearance, many families are returning to Dale Farm for Christmas.

Interview with Anarchists at Dale Farm

A self written, consensus piece by anarchists at Dale farm, attempting to correct the lies propagated by elements of bourgeoisie media and in response to the state repression being faced.

Dale Farm eviction: more pictures

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More images from Dale Farm eviction

Dale Farm locks on against eviction

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Update Fri Sept 23rd: Dale Farm clearance delayed again, high court cannot conclude today so the injunction remains in place until at least monday. More legal challenges are racking up including requests for judicial review.

Mon Sept 19th: Hundreds of people are gathered to resist the eviction of part of the Dale Farm traveller site which is due to begin today.

Defences that have been built ov…

Dale Farm: Calling out to all activists

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Dale Farm and supporters are preparing for the eviction this Monday (19th Sept) morning, which is expected to start at 8am. Despite the overwhelming support by poeple from all around the world, Basildon Council plans to evict the Irish Travellers at Dale Farm, Basildon, who have been living on their own land for more then 10 years.

Recent Artciles: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5  Videos: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5  |…

Bailiff’s dirty tricks at Dale Farm

Last night (11/12th Sept) a man who claimed to be working for Altek Security with bailiffs Constant & Co on the operation to clear the site at Dale Farm, contacted Richard Sheridan President of the Gypsy Council, ostensibly to leak information about the eviction. He claimed the eviction would proceed at 8am on Monday morning and that Basildon Council had lied about the date the eviction would…

dale farm solidarity march - report and pics

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on saturday 10th sept people arrived from all round the country to support locals and travellers in a solidarity march from wickford station to a rally at dale farm in crays hill, essex.

read report and see pics | videos 1 | 2 | 3

Dale Farm eviction date leaked!

The date for the £ 18 million pound eviction of Dale Farm, a former

scrapyard which is now home to 90 families, has been revealed to be Monday

19th September. The date was leaked to the local newspaper by a council

source.

Dale Farm Bulletin: "Join us at Dale Farm"

Dale Farm Bulletin: JOIN US AT DALE FARM!



Look around Dale Farm today you will find a community of increasingly stressed and sleepless but undefeated residents: grandparents, parents, children, and babies living close together, supporting each other, and welcoming into their midst supporters of all ages and backgrounds:

Dale Farm in Court to stop Eviction

Dale Farm residents are going to attend a high court hearing  on Wednesday (31 August) in a final bid to stop the bulldozing of their homes.  

Dale Farm under Siege

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Notices have gone up along Oak Road, adjacent to Dale Farm, saying that the road will be closed to all but residents from Friday, Sept. 2nd. Both ends of Oak Road will be blocked (blocking access via both Hardings Elm Road and Gardiners Lane North). Additionally, the lay by on the southern end of Oak Lane (leading on to the A127; by the white ‘Basildon onion’ water tower) will be blocked.

The Age of Evictions ... and Resistance!

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Two different communities. One living in Clifton Mansions, an inner city block of long term squatted flats in Brixton, south London. The other made of 90 families part of the UK's largest Traveller community in Dale Farm, a former scrap-yard purchased by the Travellers ten years ago near Basildon, Essex.

They both now face one common problem: the threat of eviction. Dale Farm's long battle has no…

Dale Farm: Council hit by Legality Challenge

A day after the debacle of false reports announcing his resignation, Cllr Tony Ball is facing a challenge to the legality of a committee meeting due next week to fix plans for the now hugely contraversial Dale Farm eviction operation.

Visteon workers fight on

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Workers at the car part manufacturers who won a momentous battle for redundancy payment from Ford motor giants last year are still locked in a bitter dispute with their ex-employers over money owed through the pension fund after the collapse of Visteon UK.