Saturday, 28 September
ZAD Everywhere - Documentary & Discussion
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Showing of the documentary ¨Nothing Will Stop Us: ZAD Everywhere¨, followed by a discussion with members of L´Amassada and a researcher. The event will also include a raffle! And refreshments will be available.
L’Amassada ZAD Documentary and Discussion: “Nothing Will Stop Us: ZAD Everywhere.”Part of a fundraiser for L’Amassada “Zadists”, subjected to large court fines. This event will present the documentary: Nothing Will Stop Us: ZAD Everywhere (2018). Film in French with English subtitles. This film documents the struggle against a mega-energy transformer in southern France. Revealing important issues related to energy infrastructure and renewable energy development, a discussion will follow chaired by social scientist Alexander Dunlap, who has been conducting research intermittently in the area for under two years.
Come and learn about the struggle against energy infrastructure and support some of the land defenders in this area.
L’Amassada is a ZAD (zone à défendre, or Zone to Defend), located in Southern France, outside Saint Afrique and in the town of Saint-Victor-et-Melvieu. In 2009, the French State began the process of farmland expropriation by bureaucratic means for RTE (Réseau de transport d'électricité)—the infrastructure wing of Electricity of France (EDF)—to build a mega-energy transformer. In 2013, locals reacted by building a protest camp to block the project that officially turned ZAD after the courts ruled in favored RTE in 2017. This struggle has worsened recently, with an order of expulsion handed against the L’Amassada commune in January 2019. This was followed by over 100 police raiding the area in February, which led to the arrest of five people. In July the court fined each of them 650€ each plus judicial administrative fees.
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Category:
- discussion/presentation
- film
Price:
- free