September 2009

	Climate Rush: Celebration of Community Resistance Sipson, London. 5 Sept 2009 Next we heard about the scandal of opencast mining at Ffos-y-Fran, common land at Merthyr Tydfil. I photographed a Campaign Against Climate Change demonstration against this mine at the London offices of Argent Group plc in April 2008: Argent form half of Miller-Argent who run the UK's largest opencast coal mine, Ffos-y-Fran in Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales. Just 36 metres from the nearest houses, extraction will continue for more than 15 years (perhaps as along as 40 years), producing coal that will add at least 30 million tons of CO2 to to our atmosphere. Scottish safety standards demand a minimum gap of 500 metres from housing, but the implementation of a 350 metres limit by the Welsh office has been delayed - allegedly to allow the Merthyr working to go ahead.
	MP John McDonnell and John Steward of HACAN among those listening
	Protesters came from County Mayo for a St Patrick's Day protest at the Shell building against the Corrib Gas Project. The Rossport Solidarity Camp and the Shell to Sea campaign are fighting this against a corrupt government and thugs who protect the oil companies interest by illegal methods.


	Cathy McCormack, a community activist in Glasgow Easterhouse sent a colleague to read her views on poverty and the financial crisis, and in particular the part played by the World Bank and the IMF

			Two former Vestas workers talked about what had happened there, and their decision to fight
	The workers, now members of the RMT, are continuing to fight
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