The activists living in the Activt Forsvart Sone in Avgrunnsdalen have invited seksjon for arkeologi i askerhus fylkeskommune (The askerhus municipality archaeology dpt.) to a panel discussion on Tuesday, 27.10, at 17 o’clock at the occupied cabin.
The theme will be “keeping each other safe”. Everyone is invited to listen to and participate in the debate at Rødbyveien 43.
“Anyone is welcome here, except for police of course! Their last visit has been a rather unpleasant experience”, writes the group.
By this they are referring to 4 helicopter deployments from the police in the past week, the latest and biggest one happening on Thursday. According to the police, work cars of askerhus fylkekommune had been damaged.
“What we have stated here and previously is that we consider it legitimate to oppose any company working for Chemring and the government to build the weapons factory. We haven’t slashed any tires, but we do not condemn the ways in which other people choose to express their opposition to the weapons factory. Thousands of people are rightly angry that a British company is going to manufacture military explosives for the U.S. and Israel, destroy Hurummarka, pollute the Oslo Fjord, turn the peninsula into a bombing target—and that all of this is being carried out in a democratic skim process.”
However, knus krigsmaskinen! has blocked the archeologists from continuing their assessment by sitting around their holes. The combination of these different types of action has brought an stop to the explorations for now due to safety concerns.
Knus Krigsmaskinen! considers their invitstion for dialogue part of creating a safe environment. They write: “To ensure a proceeding that is truely safe for everyone; including Oslofjord, workers in the factory, people living nearby, and those Chemring’s bombs will be dropped on; we have invited seksjon for arkeologi for a debate on ‘keeping each other safe’. Until then, we will not tolerate any work connected to the war factory in the forest, as it is not possible to have an open conversation after probes have already been taken.”
Seksjon for arkeologi has not yet responded to the invitation.
The date for the podium has been set with a week to spare to allow locals, supporters and archeologists to develop informed positions. For that knus krigsmaskinen! has prepared an extensive program:
- Wednesday, 21.10., at 8pm: open mic to share thoughts about saftey, Chemring and the world. Poetry, laughter and children are welcome (lillr lørsdag)
- Thursday, 22.10., at 8pm: informative evening about colonialisation of Sapmi
- Saturday, 24.10., at 4pm: gathering to make plans to further defend Hurummarka against Chemring
- Saturday, 24.10., 5pm: concert by Being a Monkey, Urokråke, Valerie, Rio/Ria
