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The Dale Farm Eviction and the Whiff of Fascism

Infantile Disorder | 19.10.2011 13:35 | Analysis | Repression

Despite courageous resistance by families and a group of activists, Basildon Council are continuing their eviction of Dale Farm residents, backed up by the iron fisted brutality of Essex riot cops. Harrowing and devastating though the episode is for the people being oppressed, it also has dark implications for society as a whole, in the UK and globally.

Cops smash their way onto the property at 7 am
Cops smash their way onto the property at 7 am

A woman raises her crucifix above the ruins of what was her home
A woman raises her crucifix above the ruins of what was her home


While the corporate media routinely spreads the deception that Dale Farm is an "illegal site", it is in fact legally owned by the travellers themselves. In one part, residents constructed buildings having won planning permission to do so. In the other - where eighty families had been camped before today- no such permission has been won. However, the lack of legal rights for travellers is part of a broader issue, and cannot justifiably be used to excuse one of the largest mass evictions in the country's recent past. It should be noted that 90% of planning permission applications by travellers are rejected.

The land currently called Dale Farm has been disputed for decades. Though it is often referred to as "green belt", it was used as a scrapyard by the council as early as the 1960s. English travellers first lived there in the 1970s, but they mostly left around ten years ago, when Irish travellers moved in.

Legal battles have been raging between Basildon Council and the travellers for years, and the latter have exhausted every possible avenue in defending their homes. But when the High Court verdict was handed down last week, it became clear that the council's eviction would be going ahead.

Cops and bailiffs began their invasion at seven this morning, as police in riot gear illegally broke down a rear fence, while an appartently planned distraction took place at the front. Electricity was cut off, affecting essential medical equipment used by one resident. Police used Tasers - again potentially illegal in this situation - and one batoned woman was hospitalised with back pain, unable to move her legs. Cops were met with bricks and other missiles, but their superior force is telling.

Local Conservative MP John Baron was quick to applaud the state aggression, stating that: "The police have been restrained but at the end of the day, the police have got to defend themselves to ensure there is no violence". [emphasis added]

Clearly for Baron, police violence is not violence, and in fact serves to prevent violence. The incongruity of violently defending yourself from violence before violence takes place does not seem to have occurred to him. In plain English, this gang of armed thugs smashed their way into someone's property and got their retaliation in first, in much the same way as the US and UK rained "shock and awe" on Iraq eight years ago, before condemning the indigenous resistance.

The financial costs of all this - estimated at nearly £20 million at a time of public sector austerity - show that this is not just some council's response to a planning issue. Rather it is a political attack on a marginalised layer of society, aimed at: 1) reclaiming a piece of land for potentially more profitable use, 2) diverting attention from ruling class crimes which are impoverishing broad masses of the population, and 3) spearheading the government's Localism Bill - which will decrease the already insufficient number of sites available to travellers.

In respect to number 2, the right wing gutter press has been leading this charge for months, combining crude ethnic stereotyping of the travellers with outright lies about the activists who have dedicated so much time to this struggle. In a time of sky-high economic tensions, the ruling class are desperate to find scapegoats and alternative hate figures, in order to protect themselves from the seething class anger now endemic in society.

In this respect, the British ruling class is no different to the French, the Italian, Hungarian and Czech governments, which have all dramatically increased their persecution of Roma in recent times. This - alongside the anti-Muslim bigotry promoted by rulers throughout the western world - is an expression of the sort of ruling class decay that was last seen during the last Great Depression, and ultimately led to fascism in Europe.

The events at Dale Farm must serve as a warning to all working class people: Today they came for the travellers; tomorrow they are likely to come for you.

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Dale Farm, the reality of Industrial Basildon.

19.10.2011 23:37

Dale Farm, the reality of Industrial Basildon.
Dale Farm, the reality of Industrial Basildon.

BBC version.
BBC version.

Dale Farm, Basildon District Council version.
Dale Farm, Basildon District Council version.

OK, I've posted this image taken in 2003 or thereabouts which was taken from a chartered small prop.

This image shows at the bottom the traveller Dale Farm site which has not been extended beyond the perimeter that you see here. The site is pretty much the same now as it was back then, although recent images do appear to show some depopulation. You can also see at the top, large-scale development including a retail park, sports playing field's, and in the top right hand corner, a large industrial park containing factories, businesses and some large international corporations. The rent paid by these businesses and corporations is way and above enough to help find the travellers a place to go. The dividing line between these developments is the A127, a very busy arterial road that runs from London right through to Southend on Sea. It is one of the busiest arterial roads in England.

The land at the top of the image beyond and including the developemts is excusively under private ownership so there are no public spaces or right of way there at all.

This image is one you are unlikely to see printed in the MSM because it shows clearly that the general area is already in a state of advanced development. The images you will see printed and online in the MSM, will only show the traveller site looking in the opposite direction. This is because the traveller site can then be placed with a green countryside background emphasising the 'green belt' angle which the MSM wish to show. This is probably because the MSM doesn't particularly want to burn its bridges with the government, which clearly is fully backing the violent and shocking behaviour we have seen today.

The second image is from the BBC, that bastion of competency and fair mindedness. This image shows a directly overhead view that clearly isn't of any real value. Although it does helpfully allow you to make a judgement about what bit of the site is good, and therefore, what bit is bad.

The third image is taken from Basildon Council's own website and is clearly a litle more helpful, although is still taken from an angle looking away from the bulk of industrial development in the town.

TB

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19.10.2011 13:38

"in fact legally owned by the travellers themselves"

But not with the legal right to build on it as it's green belt land.

Next.............

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Fail 2

19.10.2011 13:46

" all dramatically increased their persecution of Roma"

These people are not Roma, do you have even a basic understanding of who is at Dale Farm ? Do you know what a Roma person is ? Do you understand why a Roma person would be offended to be associated with those at Dale Farm ? Do you know anything ?

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Next indeed

19.10.2011 13:51

Well, "next" - its an interesting concept - legality. Its also illegal for cops to carry out the eviction; not to wear numbers; and probably illegal to use tasers in public order situations given the ACPO guidelines. These illegal acts would also make the police tresspass on the legally permitted part of the site an act of criminal trespass - rather than a civil matter. You cannot cloak oppressive acts with a cloak of legality if engaging in illegal acts. Just give it the label it deserves - police state.

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And another one come along

19.10.2011 13:55

Just give it the label it deserves - police state.


Or... the state. The UK is no more a police state than it is a Socialist State. Having been born and raised in a Police State I can say you have no idea what a police state truly is.

Next.......

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Fail (your)

19.10.2011 14:05

If you look back carefully you will note that I didn't say the Dale Farm travellers were Roma. But they are travellers, as Roma often are. So there. Now please, if you want to debate, let's talk about the substantive issues.

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Fail by you my friend

19.10.2011 14:15

You wrote, and I quote directly,

"In this respect, the British ruling class is no different to the French, the Italian, Hungarian and Czech governments, which have all dramatically increased their persecution of Roma in recent times"

Thus you suggested that the residents of Dale Farm are also Roma by linking the persecution of the Roma people in the countries above with the eviction of the residents of Dale Farm. Lazy, ill informed, unreliable writing throwing around words like 'Roma' without even an understanding of who the Roma are and why we dislike and distance ourselves from the Irish Traveller community. If this is the level of writing on your blog I would suggest you spend more time on research before writing again.

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please explain

19.10.2011 14:21

hi, would you please mind to explain why roma population does distance themselves from irish traveler community or other communities?sincerely itnerested what do you mean, as in i`d like to understand more/better (not being sarcastic)
or please reccommend some reading
thank you

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Once again...

19.10.2011 14:21

That inference is yours, and it seems you have a chip on your shoulder about the Irish travellers, hence your not wanting to express solidarity with them. I find this very sad, as it harms all travellers. For your information, I have been researching this article for many weeks, and I have indeed read much about Roma and other travellers in the past. Why not come out and state your position vis a vis the Irish travellers, rather than sniping from the sidelines?

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Follow up to your fail

19.10.2011 14:30

The Roma community have always been at odds with the Irish Traveller community because of how difficult they have made our lives since their numbers massively increased in the 1980's. Before that time the Roma community lived in harmony with the settled world, we traveled throughout the country, had regular seasonal work, were trusted and had plots that we rented on an 'as used' basis from land owners. The Irish Travellers put an end to all that with their thieving, fighting, damage to land, illegal squating on farm land and their habit of leaving rubbish behind (something a Roma would never do). Traveller is now just a word used by anybody who lives on the road, has no respect for the land and wants to avoid being part of society, they are not an ethnic group and never have been.


The idea that you have done even basic research before writing this article is laughable

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Do you know what a Roma is ?

19.10.2011 14:35

I can't believe you wrote,


"hence your not wanting to express solidarity with them"

Why the fuck would real Roma want to express solidarity with Travellers ? Travellers have ruined the Roma way off life not just in Britian and Ireland but all across Europe. There have been mass fights and disputes between real Roma and Travellers going back years, do you understand this issue in the slightest ? I suggest you go and do some reading before pontificating on a subject you clearly know nothing about.

Someone with Roma relatives

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My apologies

19.10.2011 14:50

It seems I need to research this subject better, I will return to it when I have read some more in the meantime I apologise if I have offended the Roma community



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I will not apologise for not being racist!

19.10.2011 15:03

Please note, that 'apology' was not from me. I stand by what I have said in this article. Perhaps the upset Roma will find their opinion better reflected in the Daily Mail. Oh actually maybe not! And this is exactly the point. Unity and solidarity are needed against a common enemy, or that enemy will always win.

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Apology accepted

19.10.2011 15:03

May I suggest

'We are the Romani People' by Ian Hancock and 'The Roma People' by Matt Lutton, an activist I worked with some years ago. To document the 'wars' between the Roma and the Traveller people try, 'Roma, the lost life' by Sarah Munroe

Roma

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Trolls are awake

19.10.2011 15:06

Sorry we seem to have a troll here trying to say I did not apologise. I of course did and thank you for the list of suggested reading I will look these up straight away.

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No apology

19.10.2011 15:09

The apology is not from me, I do not apologise. If the Roma will not stand in solidarity with the Travellers then I have no time for them. Perhaps I now have a better understanding of why the Roma are so hated in Europe, perhaps they deserve to be.

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"perhaps they deserve to be"

19.10.2011 15:12

I don't think we need that sort of view here. I suggest you calm down and post again when you have got a grip.

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Admins!

19.10.2011 15:12

The admins will have the relevant IP addresses, I hope they will hide those comments falsely purporting to be from me.

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For 'Roma"

19.10.2011 15:18

Just so we are clear because there is a troll here trying to cause some sort of trouble

I did apologise and I will do so again now. This was an issue I clearly had not fully researched and I will investigate the book suggestions you have made and use what I learn to write a follow up article in the future. Do please look at my blog in the next few weeks.

 http://infantile-disorder.blogspot.com

I welcome you comments there once you have read it.

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@ Infantile Disorder

19.10.2011 15:29

Infantile Disorder, I think you have lost the plot here, I suggest a break from the keyboard and a long walk in the fresh air.

Supporter of Dale Farm

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Thank you

19.10.2011 15:48

Don't worry I had not thought the Troll was you. :-)

You may also wish to take a look at this website  http://www.isfit.org/news/articles/128 it has a really good article. I look forward to reading your revised piece once it is finished.

Roma

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Mods

19.10.2011 17:02

Er.. none of these comments are news or additions but petty tit for tat jibes.

anon

to the real issue

19.10.2011 18:16

The real issue here is mostly avoided in the comments I have read.

If any organised society represses sections within or outside of it for long enough, such action will result in those repressed distancing from a perceived enemy.

The eventual outcome of such is obvious throughout the world - the Palestinians, the Iraq and Afghan people, the people of Vietnam, the people of Bosnia/Serbia.

It is plain and clear that such repression will eventually lead to violence.

At Dale Farm, the whole situation has been Orwellianised. Authority used violence at the onset.

Guess it was AOK for Basildon Council to use green belt land as a scrap yard because, at the end of the day, do bureaucrats give a damn about what anybody opposed to their rigidity thinks, be they right or wrong?

This eviction is a sad and dark day in UK history and will be looked at as such by any caring and thoughtful individual.

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Your all very brave

19.10.2011 21:08

watching news report on BBC and i would like to praise all those fighting in dale farm, to use ure fists and rocks ageinst police is very brave and although most of this crap society will ridicul you i think your all amazing and are true warriors!
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Use of TASER

20.10.2011 14:22

Both TASERS have been fired - the zig-zag wires are clearly visible if you click to enlarge the image. They are one-shot devices, although a previously-hit target may be zapped repeatedly.
Strangely, the TASER on the right seems to have been previously fired either at a target outside the barrier, or attempted to fire through the wire mesh and bounced back. The latter ought to be against police use guidelines - could either electrify the whole fence (untargeted action!) or accidentally hit police colleagues !
Given that the now-useless weapons are still aimed with a threatening stance, it seems the aim is purely to intimidate.
With the police safely behind a barrier, TASER use is clearly offensive - a strange tactic !

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Only me?

20.10.2011 14:54


I can't just decide where I am going to live so why should the dale farm lot?

The same dale farm lot will be laughing up their sleaves at the outsiders who came to help.

Peter Perfect

TASER

21.10.2011 08:11

What must not go unmeasured and must be marked in History is this is the first use of attempted lethal force by police op protesters.
Tasers are lethal force, many have died as a result of been shot with tasers.
Please dont let this very historic day go unmeasured as you troll the web.
A very historic day indeed.

Mark

Vivid imagination

21.10.2011 08:57

Tasers are not "lethal force", they are non lethal weapons which in one or two isolated cases have caused deaths where the individuals have had heart problems. Having lived in Nigeria where the police routinely broke up demos by firing live rounds at us I'll face a Taser as a preference any day.

Taser Tim

Troll.

21.10.2011 16:59

"Tasers are not "lethal force", they are non lethal weapons which in one or two isolated cases have caused deaths where the individuals have had heart problems. Having lived in Nigeria where the police routinely broke up demos by firing live rounds at us I'll face a Taser as a preference any day."

Troll.

Anti-troll pest control.

Always amused of the cries of 'troll'

23.10.2011 09:58

Ah yes the quick and easy response from some in the Indy community when their facts are challenged, when their views are disputed, when their arguments are shown to be wrong.

TROLL !!!

For me it's always satisfying as I recognise my arguments have been supreme and my opponent has lacked the intellectualism to provide a response.


You wouldn't know a troll if one fell on you

Tasers are dangerous.

25.10.2011 22:37

"For me it's always satisfying as I recognise my arguments have been supreme and my opponent has lacked the intellectualism to provide a response."

Its always the same from trolls.

Take something tangible, pick its most chronic form, compare the two on weighted scales, then claim that one is less serious than the other so can't be that bad in reality.

I'll give you an example.

Somebody is beaten terribly in the street by a gang of drunken coppers. It is filmed and released into the public domain. Public outrage follows.

Within hours comments from trolls flood in.

The violence isn't that bad because he COULD have been shot. He COULD have been taken to a police station and tortured. He COULD have been living in Zimbabwe, Minsk, Burma, US or any one of a whole host of other nations where violence is normalised.

So because none of those far more terrible things HAVE happened, this beating by police officers ISN'T anything to worry about.

Its idiot logic. And idiots are trolls.

You say tasers aren't that dangerous but if I fired one at you and it stuck in your forehead, you'd probably change your mind.

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