Tag: SainteSoline
justice declares four “mega-basins” illegal, including that of Sainte-Soline
Stoppage for the “ basin » of Sainte-Soline: the contested irrigation reserve, in the west of France, is one of the four projects declared illegal this Wednesday, December 18 by…
one year after Sainte-Soline, collectives announce “commemorations” and a complaint against Darmanin
A year after the demonstration against mega-basins in Sainte-Soline, in west-central France, opponents of these agricultural water reserves are organizing a weekend of “ commemorate actions » and announce that…
Why does the trial of Sainte-Soline activists threaten the right to demonstrate according to the unions?
The right to demonstrate will be at the heart of the trial of nine activists, including union leaders and environmentalists, which is being held in Niort on September 8. They…
the opponents of the “mega-basins” of Sainte-Soline go by bike to Paris
Five months after the violent clashes in Sainte-Soline (Deux-Sèvres, western France), several hundred basin opponents left on Friday near this controversial agricultural irrigation reserve for a week-long journey by bike…
From Notre-Dame-des-Landes to Sainte-Soline: “Zadism has become a thought of political ecology”
“No more ZAD will settle in our country. Neither in Sainte-Soline nor elsewhere.” In Sunday newspaper, At the beginning of April, Gérald Darmanin announced the creation of an “anti-ZAD cell”…
A69 Castres-Toulouse motorway: the fear of a Sainte-Soline bis
The ballet becomes almost familiar: an environmental struggle polarizes activists at the local level. The local organization was quickly joined by the Uprisings of the Earth (SLT), which communicated and…
From the Arc de Triomphe to Sainte-Soline: the elusive breakthrough of the French ultra-left
A pungent smell spreads through the folklore of the union demonstration. Burnt plastic. A garbage can caught fire on boulevard du Montparnasse, in Paris. A few meters further, the police…
Autonomous action, ZAD, squats and mountains: who is Serge, an activist from Sainte-Soline in a coma?
Dream landscapes, and shorts. In the images published by Serge D.-G. on social networks, these two elements are almost always present. Normal, the 32-year-old activist is a mountain guide, especially…
Sainte-Soline: why does Darmanin want to dissolve the “Earth Uprising” movement?
“Repeated violence, attacks against the police, calls for insurrection… The Uprisings of the Earth have once again shown Sainte-Soline the threat they represent. In responsibility, I am launching the procedure…
Images of the demonstrations in Sainte-Soline
Thousands of demonstrators and law enforcement clashed near the mega basin of Sainte-Soline (Deux-Sèvres), on Saturday March 25. The state-backed agricultural irrigation project is contested by environmental activists. © UGO…