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October 29, 2022 - Thousands of environmental activists clashed with riot police and private security as they charged a site to sabotage an industrial mega-basin that would privatize groundwater in Sainte-Soline, France. [video]/[video]
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Ok guys, things are going BAD AND WORST EVERYDAY
Yesterday, on Saturday 26 of March, 2023, what we can call a civil war happened in Sainte-Soline, Deux-Sèvres, France.
A freaking good exemple of "what is legal is not necessarily legit".
Here, from the French human right ligue :
"We noted several cases of obstruction by the forces of law and order to the intervention of the emergency services, both ambulance and fire brigade."
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Green activist were having a congress about ecology and how to build a virtuous agricultural model that respects people and biodiversity.
The project :
https://bassinesnonmerci.fr/index.php/les-bassines-cest-quoi/
Build 16 mega-basin, the biggest one having a 720 billions litres capacity (720 000 000 l.) on 16 hectares of land, with 8 meters high embankment.
The water to fill those basins will be pomp in groundwaters(into the grounds or rivers),it will NOT be rainwater.
This water will be use to irrigate CORN, which don't naturally grow in this part of the world.
This corn will be grown to be exported, or make biogaz, but not to feed animals and humans.
Only 12 farms will benefit of it.
FRENCH PEOPLE are paying for it : since access to water is ALL PUBLIC SERVICE here, and the state is spending 60 billions euros for that, but is NOT the owner of the farms, the state will NEVER have its money back and the French people will never eat that corn.
ON TOP OF THAT most of the country is facing an historical WINTER DROUGHT.
So green activist, farmers and elected greens gathered on the site to protest, despite the prefecture's ban, because our planet cannot wait any longer and water should be a shared good and not for just some farmers. Anyway, our beloved (no) Minister of Home Affairs have been speaking of "how violent it will be" there, despite the ban, speaking of "1000 violents protestors awaited".
What happened :
The prefecture banned every gathering for the weekend, fearing violence as it happened in Notre-Dame-Des-Landes
People came anyway, because ecology is our best chance to survive, moreover after the last GIEC report
3000 policemen (civil) and gendarmes (military) have been sent to guard the construction site.
As you might have understood, things went bad, like REALLY bad.
4.000 grenades thrown by the state's force
3 gendarmes' véhicules burnt.
200 protestors hurt, 28 gendarmes, 5 persons in a life-threatening condition (2 protestors, 3 gendarmes)
Ambulances kept away from the field from the military, despite the injured people needing immediate medical attention.
👇This thread will show you what happened
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And now what ?
Well, protests happen EVERYDAY in France. Considering that :
how violent this protest have been,
how fast is our beloved (still no) Minister of Home Affairs to blame far-left and black blocks for every violence during protest
How he used tiredness to justify the violence of the police
How he considers undeclared protestation illegal WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY FALSE
Protests will take place all over the French territory next Tuesday
We already know that there wil be MORE policemen and gendarmes around the protests
Please PLEASE, fellow French protestors, TAKE CARE, even more if one of sainte-soline's protestor or gendarme dies by then.
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mirrorontheworld · 11 months
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Grièvement blessée à Sainte-Soline, une jeune femme souffre aujourd’hui d’une paralysie faciale. Le procureur de la République de Rennes a ouvert une enquête pour « violence par personne dépositaire de l’autorité publique ». Elle raconte à Mediapart son calvaire et dit surtout sa colère.
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smartfox · 1 year
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BASSINES NON MERCI
SAINTE-SOLINE
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yesiwillyes · 11 months
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super interesting esp coming from a place of involvement in the defend the atlanta forest movement
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culturefrancaise · 1 year
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Translation of the phone call : 
The lawyer of the League of Human Rights said : 
"You are forbidden from intervening ? Do you confirm you are forbidden from intervening ?" 
 The SAMU (ambulancers) : "We do not have authorisation to send help on site because it is considered dangerous to be on site". 
 "And if you don't go, wouldn't it be considered a failure to assist a person in danger ?" 
"We must keep our rescue quad safe too, unfortunately, we do not have the authorisation to send them in like that". 
And then the doctor asked the SAMU if the military doctors are on site and the SAMU replied : "The military doctors are here for the forces of order. This is their medicine service for the forces of order".
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jhesite · 8 months
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"Soline, we don't have hands to hold anymore", Nantes
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deylord · 1 year
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Halloween en macronie
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On Saturday, March 26, in Sainte-Soline, our comrade S. was hit in the head by an explosive grenade during the demonstration against the basins [a project of large water reservoirs for industrial farm irrigation]. In spite of his critical condition, the prefecture first intentionally prevented emergency services from intervening, then prevented them from transporting him to an appropriate care unit a second time. He is currently in neurosurgical intensive care. At this time, his life hangs by a thread.
The outburst of violence that the demonstrators suffered inflicted hundreds of injuries, including several serious physical injuries, as announced in the various reports available. The 30,000 demonstrators had come with the objective of blocking the construction of the mega-basins of Sainte-Soline, a project of water monopolization carried out by a small number of people for the benefit of a capitalist model that has nothing left to defend but death. The violence of the armed arm of the democratic state is the most striking expression of this.
In response to the window of possibility that the movement against the pension reform has opened, the police are mutilating people and even trying to assassinate people in order to prevent an uprising, to defend the bourgeoisie and its world. Nothing will weaken our determination to put an end to their reign. On Tuesday, March 28 and the following days, let’s strengthen the strikes and blockades, let’s take the streets, for S. and all those from our movements who have been wounded and locked up.
- Communiqué about S., a comrade whose life is at risk following the demonstration in Sainte-Soline
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the-bibrarian · 1 year
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Alright, so who’s writing the Sainte Soline post?
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What did they think would happen sending 3000 paramilitary officers?
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nando161mando · 3 days
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"The Battle of Sainte-Soline -- Last year on March 25, over 30,000 eco-activists and French police ensued in a day-long battle during a protest over water reservoir which left hundreds injured and one protester in a coma for a month."
Video and Report:
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March 25, 2023 - 30.000 water defenders descended on the mega-bassin at Sainte-Soline, France, to stop the privatization of ground- and rainwater for the benefit of corporate agriculture.
In the pitched battle with riot police 200 protesters were injured, 40 of whom seriously, with police shooting tear gas grenades at head height and heavy use of explosive grenades. One protester, Serge, is still in a coma and fighting for his life after a police grenade exploded next to his head. [video]/[video]/[video]
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aspho-dele · 1 year
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ottogatto · 1 year
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Sainte-Soline and the war of info around it is a fucking shitshow.
You just don't know how much.
And to think I still have the flyer to the place that was organized as a military trap organized by the State and the administration against civilians and unions... Even the SAMU (doctors that come in cars) was ordered not to come rescue the wounded demonstrators.
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lejournaldupeintre · 4 months
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Sainte-Soline: the trial of the organizers of the banned demonstrations against the “basins”
Justice is bringing nine anti-basin activists to court in Niort in Deux-Sèvres. Environmental activists are suspected of having organized and participated in an unauthorized demonstration in March in Sainte-Soline. This mobilization gave rise to rare violence, leaving several dozen injured among demonstrators and law enforcement officers. Out of several thousand people present that day (6,000…
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dixvinsblog · 10 months
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Henri Baron - CONFETTI (Sainte-Soline)
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