Carnival against Vivisection on 6th September

south west | protests | feature Thursday August 28, 2008 11:26 by imcvol

People prepare to protest against vivisection in Ledbury...

AnimalAutonomon recently issued a call-out for people to Unite and fight for the animals - 6th Sept - Sequani Labs - Ledbury, Herefordshire UK. In a time when activists are being locked up for organising legal protests conventional activism needs to adapt to continue the fight against animal abusers. Autonomous action will and must be taken to bring the fight to industry exploiting this planet and its inhabitants - enough is enough... (Read more)

And NETCU Watch offered a personal perspective on the upcoming carnival: I have been protesting against Sequani labs for about 10 years now. Often it was a quick demo en route somewhere else or just a couple of us deciding to go there one afternoon. Until 2006 before Staffordshire police (bored after the closure of Darley Oaks farm)advised West Mercia police to eradicate ALL protest there was a fairly innocuous policing presence in Ledbury . In January 2006 Ledbury became a no go zone for ANY protest and in May 2006 operation Tornado was launched scooping up nearly everyone who had been outside the gates of either Sequani or a company associated with them... (Read more)

Lots more information on the history of the protests at Sequani labs can be found in the recent IndyMedia UK feature on the issue, or by visiting the Smash Sequani website.

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