Joe's Garage

Autonomous call for action Castor 2011

According to the plans of the German government, there will be a further

nuclear waste transport to the German town Gorleben located in the

infamous Wendland region this November. It will be probably the last

transport from the reprocessing plant at La Hague. During the last years,

the transport didn't happen without interference: hook claws (German:

Hakenkrallen) and fire sabotaged the railway service, at many stations

along the route, tens of thousands of people gathered at rallies and

blockades or chained themselves to the tracks. This successful

international resistance was possible even though the Castor train is

regularly accompanied by an armada of armed and armoured police force,

which is equipped with heavy gear.

Starting from the boarder of the Wendland, the cops behave like an army of

occupators. The Wendland is packed every year with cops and their cars,

trucks, water cannons and other uniformed junk. The people living in the

Wendland region are fed up with this situation for years – continuous

inspections, controls - which start often already two months before the

actual transport. No wonder the slogan that adorns a lot of posters for

years: "occupators out". This is exactly what we want to achieve this

year. In 2010, farmers set-up massive road blockades in the countryside

and expanded very successfully the space and sphere of activity concerning

the whole Castor resistance. This autonomous concept was already carried

out in earlier times by protesters. The autonomous tractor groups have in

recent years made it clear again: occupators are vulnerable. They depend

on the fact that they are supplied with food and drinks - because in the

public kitchens of the resistance they get nothing. They are dependent on

Dixie-potties along the way - because who wants to let this occupation

army into the own house to go to the bathroom? And they are dependent on

continuous exchange of staff - after ten or more hour shifts even cops

need a break. In addition they will eventually be tired from hours of

standing around, carrying blockades away or beating - in short, they are

exhausted from carrying out the dirty jobs for the nuclear industry and

its governmental supporters.

Increase the space of resistance

Expanding the areas of resistance means for us to block these supply lines

and sabotage them. It can start ahead of time, because the cops of your

city might go to Wendland as well?! Focussing on this concept locally – of

course embedded in the overall resistance – means being self-organized in

order to act unpredictable. Convoys can be stopped for example through

barricades or sabotaged car tires. Cut the lines of food supply or be

creative in any other way that serves the purpose. The possibilities are

endless, the sphere of resistance is huge. Militancy is not an end in

itself but a form of resistance by many - but one that requires very high

responsibility. The goal is to create a maximum of targeted damage without

endangering uninvolved people. The goal is to create space for many

different forms of resistance and thus jointly make the movement of the

police army as difficult as possible.

Therefore, autonomous groups call out this year to the "Summer holiday in

Wendland". The autonomous campaign "Shut down the nuclear state! Castor

2011 - widely uncontrollable and unruly" advises affinity groups to gain

knowledge and an overview of the surroundings ahead of time before the

resistance days - whether its the first time resisting against the Castor

transport or a  yearly tradition with your affinity group. Importantly, we

want to show ourselves only from our best side: self-organized,

unpredictable and unforgiving. So that we can operate successfully in

small groups, there is a map available (http://www.castor2011.org/karten)

on which the infrastructure of the cops is marked. The supply chains take

which route? How does their food reach the tracks and their area of

operation? Where are their barracks, sleeping-places? Where are their

toilets? Lets make their operation hell!!!

But let's go back to the concept - equipped with the above mentioned map.

The best practice would be to make plans now and spend a weekend in the

Wendland together with the affinity group. The experiences of many

autonomous people and anarchists during the past years have shown that

preparation is needed and useful. Knowledge of the place and area are

important and it is even better if preparations for actions are already

made ahead of time. Otherwise, the general autonomous small groups during

the action days rely on others' ideas, which maybe do not fit their own

action ideas. And if there are no offers, then all are anyway only for

hours hanging around the fire, debating what could be done. So get active!

To act unpredictable and decentralized is a huge advantage towards the

heavy cop army. But it also carries risks. That's why we recommend to all,

look at the routes, tracks, paths', the best possibility to retreat, the

surrounding area in advance. Many actions are possible, getting busted is

annoying. We have confidence that self-organization is actually one of our

strengths. We want to expand the concept of resistance in the Wendland

again with own autonomous actions.

Not all affinity groups will have the opportunity or the time to prepare

ahead of time on the spot, we know that. There are also lots of

possibilities for these people. Material blockages for instance are also

spontaneously set-up – the above mentioned map will help you plan on the

spot as well. To familiarize yourself with the situation and the area and

to warm-up for the action, the “Rally Monte Göhrde” took place during the

last years. A "we explore the forest and roads leading to the rail

transportation route" obstacle course, which usually takes place on Friday

during the action days. Participants must be human, whether with tractor

or car, by motorcycle or bicycle, on horseback or by foot. Here we can

cause already trouble for the cops whilst getting familiar with the

surroundings.

Shut down the nuclear state – the debate beyond the Castor transport

Even though the nuclear lobby seems to retreat after the meltdown of the

nuclear plant in Fukushima,  their current phrases about the "break" and

"reflection" remind us of the promises made 25 years ago. After the

meltdown at the nuclear plant in Chernobyl, these phrases went on until

most people were pacified and kept quiet. Just a few weeks - and still in

the midst of the meltdown in Fukushima - the same old habits of nuclear

companies to discredit the resistance as "emotionally" came up. We already

know that. The four nuclear companies in Germany and the suppliers want to

continue with their money making machinery and they want to have a

monopoly on electricity supply. Everything should go on like this in the

future, as it was negotiated for many years with the respective

governments: a deal in favour of the companies RWE, Vattenfall, EnBW and

Eon - and without any responsibility for environment and people. Company

representatives like Mr. Grossmann and others don't care about the danger

to human life. They want to use the time strategically to secure their

daily profits in other ways. Decentralized energy supply is the real

threat to the power companies, because they lose power and thus profits.

Therefore we aim to get not only the Castor transport into the spotlight,

but also this part of the capitalist commodity flows. We want to sabotage

them as well in order to make our irreconcilability with the capitalist

system significantly clear.

This also applies to the currently debated concept of the energy

transition. The bourgeois-green government will insist that everything

stays as it is - just a bit more ecological. It is necessary to intervene

in this debate and to make clear that the fundamental relationship between

man and nature exploitation justified by steady growth results in the real

problem. This is not an end in itself, is not about prosperity for all,

but about access to and exploitation of resources by a few. Not only in

regard to the power supply, we want to attack this ratio in principle.

Everywhere. And we are not afraid that the light turns off.

After the transports from La Hague, more will follow from Sellafield to

Gorleben. Nuclear waste transports to Ahaus and Lubmin will take place

again and there are several transports throughout the country that happen

unnoticed by the public. The madness in the name of capitalism will go on.

Let's resist and put an end to the nuclear state - in November together

with the people in the Wendland region and along the entire route.

Let's make the coming Castor transport financially and politically as

expensive as possible by operating jointly, self-organized and

internationally. Let's encourage many others through our actions to

participate in active resistance – unpredictable and unforgiving.

Autonomous call for action Castor 2011

According to the plans of the German government, there will be a further

nuclear waste transport to the German town Gorleben located in the

infamous Wendland region this November. It will be probably the last

transport from the reprocessing plant at La Hague. During the last years,

the transport didn't happen without interference: hook claws (German:

Hakenkrallen) and fire sabotaged the railway service, at many stations

along the route, tens of thousands of people gathered at rallies and

blockades or chained themselves to the tracks. This successful

international resistance was possible even though the Castor train is

regularly accompanied by an armada of armed and armoured police force,

which is equipped with heavy gear.

Starting from the boarder of the Wendland, the cops behave like an army of

occupators. The Wendland is packed every year with cops and their cars,

trucks, water cannons and other uniformed junk. The people living in the

Wendland region are fed up with this situation for years – continuous

inspections, controls - which start often already two months before the

actual transport. No wonder the slogan that adorns a lot of posters for

years: "occupators out". This is exactly what we want to achieve this

year. In 2010, farmers set-up massive road blockades in the countryside

and expanded very successfully the space and sphere of activity concerning

the whole Castor resistance. This autonomous concept was already carried

out in earlier times by protesters. The autonomous tractor groups have in

recent years made it clear again: occupators are vulnerable. They depend

on the fact that they are supplied with food and drinks - because in the

public kitchens of the resistance they get nothing. They are dependent on

Dixie-potties along the way - because who wants to let this occupation

army into the own house to go to the bathroom? And they are dependent on

continuous exchange of staff - after ten or more hour shifts even cops

need a break. In addition they will eventually be tired from hours of

standing around, carrying blockades away or beating - in short, they are

exhausted from carrying out the dirty jobs for the nuclear industry and

its governmental supporters.

Increase the space of resistance

Expanding the areas of resistance means for us to block these supply lines

and sabotage them. It can start ahead of time, because the cops of your

city might go to Wendland as well?! Focussing on this concept locally – of

course embedded in the overall resistance – means being self-organized in

order to act unpredictable. Convoys can be stopped for example through

barricades or sabotaged car tires. Cut the lines of food supply or be

creative in any other way that serves the purpose. The possibilities are

endless, the sphere of resistance is huge. Militancy is not an end in

itself but a form of resistance by many - but one that requires very high

responsibility. The goal is to create a maximum of targeted damage without

endangering uninvolved people. The goal is to create space for many

different forms of resistance and thus jointly make the movement of the

police army as difficult as possible.

Therefore, autonomous groups call out this year to the "Summer holiday in

Wendland". The autonomous campaign "Shut down the nuclear state! Castor

2011 - widely uncontrollable and unruly" advises affinity groups to gain

knowledge and an overview of the surroundings ahead of time before the

resistance days - whether its the first time resisting against the Castor

transport or a  yearly tradition with your affinity group. Importantly, we

want to show ourselves only from our best side: self-organized,

unpredictable and unforgiving. So that we can operate successfully in

small groups, there is a map available (http://www.castor2011.org/karten)

on which the infrastructure of the cops is marked. The supply chains take

which route? How does their food reach the tracks and their area of

operation? Where are their barracks, sleeping-places? Where are their

toilets? Lets make their operation hell!!!

But let's go back to the concept - equipped with the above mentioned map.

The best practice would be to make plans now and spend a weekend in the

Wendland together with the affinity group. The experiences of many

autonomous people and anarchists during the past years have shown that

preparation is needed and useful. Knowledge of the place and area are

important and it is even better if preparations for actions are already

made ahead of time. Otherwise, the general autonomous small groups during

the action days rely on others' ideas, which maybe do not fit their own

action ideas. And if there are no offers, then all are anyway only for

hours hanging around the fire, debating what could be done. So get active!

To act unpredictable and decentralized is a huge advantage towards the

heavy cop army. But it also carries risks. That's why we recommend to all,

look at the routes, tracks, paths', the best possibility to retreat, the

surrounding area in advance. Many actions are possible, getting busted is

annoying. We have confidence that self-organization is actually one of our

strengths. We want to expand the concept of resistance in the Wendland

again with own autonomous actions.

Not all affinity groups will have the opportunity or the time to prepare

ahead of time on the spot, we know that. There are also lots of

possibilities for these people. Material blockages for instance are also

spontaneously set-up – the above mentioned map will help you plan on the

spot as well. To familiarize yourself with the situation and the area and

to warm-up for the action, the “Rally Monte Göhrde” took place during the

last years. A "we explore the forest and roads leading to the rail

transportation route" obstacle course, which usually takes place on Friday

during the action days. Participants must be human, whether with tractor

or car, by motorcycle or bicycle, on horseback or by foot. Here we can

cause already trouble for the cops whilst getting familiar with the

surroundings.

Shut down the nuclear state – the debate beyond the Castor transport

Even though the nuclear lobby seems to retreat after the meltdown of the

nuclear plant in Fukushima,  their current phrases about the "break" and

"reflection" remind us of the promises made 25 years ago. After the

meltdown at the nuclear plant in Chernobyl, these phrases went on until

most people were pacified and kept quiet. Just a few weeks - and still in

the midst of the meltdown in Fukushima - the same old habits of nuclear

companies to discredit the resistance as "emotionally" came up. We already

know that. The four nuclear companies in Germany and the suppliers want to

continue with their money making machinery and they want to have a

monopoly on electricity supply. Everything should go on like this in the

future, as it was negotiated for many years with the respective

governments: a deal in favour of the companies RWE, Vattenfall, EnBW and

Eon - and without any responsibility for environment and people. Company

representatives like Mr. Grossmann and others don't care about the danger

to human life. They want to use the time strategically to secure their

daily profits in other ways. Decentralized energy supply is the real

threat to the power companies, because they lose power and thus profits.

Therefore we aim to get not only the Castor transport into the spotlight,

but also this part of the capitalist commodity flows. We want to sabotage

them as well in order to make our irreconcilability with the capitalist

system significantly clear.

This also applies to the currently debated concept of the energy

transition. The bourgeois-green government will insist that everything

stays as it is - just a bit more ecological. It is necessary to intervene

in this debate and to make clear that the fundamental relationship between

man and nature exploitation justified by steady growth results in the real

problem. This is not an end in itself, is not about prosperity for all,

but about access to and exploitation of resources by a few. Not only in

regard to the power supply, we want to attack this ratio in principle.

Everywhere. And we are not afraid that the light turns off.

After the transports from La Hague, more will follow from Sellafield to

Gorleben. Nuclear waste transports to Ahaus and Lubmin will take place

again and there are several transports throughout the country that happen

unnoticed by the public. The madness in the name of capitalism will go on.

Let's resist and put an end to the nuclear state - in November together

with the people in the Wendland region and along the entire route.

Let's make the coming Castor transport financially and politically as

expensive as possible by operating jointly, self-organized and

internationally. Let's encourage many others through our actions to

participate in active resistance – unpredictable and unforgiving.