[Imc-wales] Clowns take over at open-cast mine

[Kelvin Mason]

Dec 6 2007 by Sarah Miloudi, Western Mail 

 

PROTESTERS dressed as clowns and polar bears forced work on a controversial
opencast mine to be abandoned yesterday

 

The group, who included the author and campaigner George Monbiot, chained
themselves to machinery at the Ffos-y-Fran site in Merthyr Tydfil, bringing
work to a halt.

 

He and 30 other protesters entered the site at 9am yesterday morning, and a
group - known as the Aberystwyth Rebel Clown Army - forced diggers to stop
work by dancing around in front and waving feather dusters, in protest at
the site's environmental impact.

 

More at
http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/wales-news/2007/12/06/clowns-take-contro
l-at-opencast-site-91466-20209599/ 

 

Clowns, polar bears and elves (elf & safety) were part of the Rising Tide
Network in Wales.

 

http://risingtide.org.uk/ 

 

 

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