As most of you probably saw, last night Basildon Council voted to spend £8 million (+ potentially £10 in policing costs). They have not served the 28 days notice of eviction, but they can now do so at any time. Originally they had threatened to serve notice right away, but it now seems that it will be at least several weeks before this happens to allow time for further negotiations.Please continue to invite your friends and promote and post the facebook pledge to spend a night at Dale Farm:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=170414852985935 On April 9th, there will be an event at Dale Farm to mark the 40th anniversary of the 1st World Romani Congress, which took place in London in l971. It is also International Zero Eviction Tolerance Day. More information to come soon.Dale Farm Solidarity will be meeting every Sunday at 2pm at Freedom Bookshop, Angel Alley, 84b Whitechapel High Street, London E1 7QX (next to the KFC near Aldgate East tube station). Please come along if you would like to get involved!The Travellers Times has a story on the council meeting
http://www.travellerstimes.org.uk/list.aspx?c=00619ef1-21e2-40aa-8d5e-f7c38586d32f&n=40c230da-f344-45f7-bb24-e42863695bad
and of course there is plenty of mainstream coverage of varying degrees of inaccuracy...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-12746590
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1366277/Europes-largest-gypsy-city-Essex-wont-fight.html
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3469192/Gypsy-threat-Well-bomb-bailiffs.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/8382218/Council-could-spend-18m-evicting-travellers.html
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2011/03/15/travellers-vow-to-stay-at-tv-camp-despite-eviction-vote-115875-22990476/
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3467962/Our-big-fat-gypsy-eviction.html
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/gypsies-braced-for-war-as-bulldozers-move-in-2240974.html
