Dale Farm in Essex, UK., is a community established by travellers some years ago, on land which they legally own. Basildon Council has served eviction notices to 90 families living on the farm w.e.f 31st August. As a response, supporters of the travellers have established what they call Camp Constant, with the aim of preventing the evictions from being carried out. Basildon Council's actions are inhumane and pointless. Like all other evicted travellers, they have nowhere else to go, and they will be forcibly ejected from the site while council bulldozers smash up all that they have worked so hard for for so long. You can read more here and there is also a brief BBC News report .
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