The ZAD airport protest site in France is still being
evicted, a process that started on the 16th October. The zone is
gradually being militarised but there are HUGE numbers of protesters and
seemingly more every day. We're still fighting and it is not over!
The ZAD is an airport protest site in the west of France about
15 miles north of Nantes. The airport project was first proposed over
forty years ago and has faced constant local resistance ever since. The
project is in the hands of the multinational company Vinci, who also
provide us with such « services » as prisons, motorways and nuclear
power stations. It is the particular pet project of Jean Marc Ayrault,
the former mayor of Nantes and current Prime Minister of France. In 2009
the area hosted a climate camp, since when the empty houses, fields and
forests have been gradually filling up with people disgusted enough by
the idea of this project to stay and resist
Evictions and Destruction on the ZAD Airport Protest Site - UK Indymedia
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