The outcome of Useless Projects (Struggle Against the Notre Dame des Landes Airport) - Les Alternatifs
The establishment a
new airport at NDDL means the destruction of 2000 ha of agricultural
land and the dismantling of farms and their households. It is a
useless project without economic results which denies democracy.
Against it almost 40 organizations (trade unions, parties,
inhabitants of the area, users' associations.. and the alternatifs)
joined forces in order to provide legal and psychological support.
How do the Alternatifs see their role in this coordination? They have
enlarged the local struggle (music festival, mass pic-nic..) making
it to a national and political concern, so that the usual disparaging
comments “They are only a few inhabitants, a few greens” could be
avoided.
1.The struggle went
through different organizations and fought for unity in a big meeting
at NDDL.
2.The Alternatifs gave
a national and international resonance by inviting famous
personalities.
3.We asked the
coordinate at the presidential elections to commit themselves to an
abolition of this project
4.1000 elected
representatives set up a venture to raise money for a new independent
survey which led to the same results as ours.
5.It took a hunger
strike lasting 28 days involving representations, inhabitants and
peasants to obtain the suspension of land evictions as François
Hollande was made to promise such a step.
6.And now we this
project to other useless projects through a European Forum which is
taking place from the of July at NDDL itself.
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