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return rom his interview with the press.
During the interview the protestors remainedoutside chanting and then moved towards the car
park to attempt to kettle his car and make theirvoices heard again, however Spencers car wasbrought round the back to the ofce orconvenience and to prevent the situation
getting out o hand. Some people gatheredwith the protestors however did not agreewith the protesting methods and were singingpeace songs to try to put across their views.
Ater Spencer had gone a discussion/ debatebroke out in-between Silver Birch and BlueCedar with a variety o views representedspreading rom complete anger that he had
even been invited to those who elt heshould have denitely been invited.
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I was ushered into the ofcethrough crowds oenthusiastic andpassionate protestors;news pass in hand steeringme through where I metMark Spencer theConservative Mp or Sherwood.Jovial and pompous he shook me warmly hand almost overowing with complimenthe Courier and quick to oer me the com
chair whilst he took a non-comy one (cleatrying to get into this young journalists gbooks).
It all gets a little awkward when we sidown and I ask what he thinks o CoCamrom what he has seen, its a greaopportunity to get together, get to socialisin a sae environment and come and exprviews whatever their views are, so ovepretty positive. Tis vague answer whennext with the I got an idea [o what CoCbut unless you come and see these thihand you never really understand so its education in many respects didnt really me that he knew what he had let himsel i
When asked about how the governmentsare actually going to help the young peophe merely stated the undamental natureconomy and how it is a necessity to hel
n the 6th o August, Conservative Mp MarkSpencer came to the CoCamp open day as
an opportunity to learn more about WoodcratFolk.
When he arrived he was greeted by a group oprotestors with the intention o questioning him
on Conservative policies. Tere were mixed
responses to how successul this was. Spencerwas keen to encourage this type o interactionand attitude towards challenging the
government; but the opposing sideacknowledged the debate as good elt patronisedand belittled.
Next ollowed a tour o CoCamp and Spencer
invited the people congregated rom thediscussion to ollow the tour. Near the late nightprogram area chants o whos kettling who?Were kettling you! arose and a crowd o
protestors with placards appeared andsurrounded Spencer, asking questions andexpressing their views. Ater a while oquestioning the tour had to be moved on and
there was general outcry o not being allowed tosay what they wanted.
Whilst moving up towards Blue Cedar there was apotentially problematic moment when a couple
o members o the protest march were accused o
throwing things at Spencer. Reports say that pinecones were denitely thrown but later in the daythe majority o the protesters agreed that on the
whole the protest was not violent and there was aeeling o the other protestors stopping othersrom arguably taking the protest too
ar. Te rest o the marchconsisted o journeyingollowed by chants such asno is no buts no
education cuts and oryscum. Te tour nished atthe ofce with theprotestors gathering on
the stairs awaitingh i s
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education cuts and oryscum. Te tour nished atthe ofce with theprotestors gathering on
the stairs awaitingh i s
CoCamp took a pause last night or the whole camp to come together and remember the atrocity that occurred in
Hiroshima and Nagisaki in 1945. Te commemoration involved a beautiul procession rom each o the our
CoCamp towns; ollowed by singing, remembering and readings rom elfns.
Te CoCamp boards right to invite a ory to thecamp thus attempting to represent the whole
camps opinion; the board is naive and should be
held to account no not the board theindividuals responsible, they have done so much
or us, this camp wouldnt be here without them.
Te lack o respect rom both Spencer and romWoodcrat members; i hed treated us with
respect, Id have treated him with respect, I
dont believe in his political ideals but I believe innot being rude to people.
Te ory attitude; we understand the ories,
they dont understand us, Woodcrat is all abouteducate or social change...we should learn rom
dierent people to us!
Points of Contention
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Te ory
Mark Spencer MP
youth; its very challenging obviously. disapointing slip into the Neoliberal stawhere the market comes above all moral cand painted the picture or the restinterview.
Inevitably we moved onto the protest whplace and was still taking place outside twhilst we spoke and his cutting respon10% o the camp seemed to imply that ewho didnt protest did not object. He peducation as a key theme o the protest anthat the Pupil Premium has been brospecically to challenge this. I pointed outPupil Premium policy had actually beenLiberal Democrat maniesto not hisstumped him entirely.
Another change o subject and back to theIts oten young people take the opportprotest against the government o today.
that oten young people oten can get too and dont consider the acts; Sometimeprotest] a social day out, youre not suggve year old has a strong opinion ovesector reductionstheyre just with mdad. Although Mr Spencer seemed kpeoples voices not to get dismissed he seethan happy to dismiss younger peoplepurely based on age. And nally he evoting at the age o 18 has worked or maand that there needs to be an inunderstanding o the world beore beingto vote which implies the maturity o 16 yis not good enough or him.
Mark Spencer seems to be a great riendbut as a politician? Well he seemspolitician through and through; questions and not really knowing the anthe context. However I think this opportubeen an incredible challenge and learninor him.
It all gets a little awkward when w
down and I ask what he thinks ofCoCamp
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Ater our narrow escape rom death and/or a permanent
vegetative state had been on the road or three days sinceour last report was sent to the CoCamp Press via carrierFalcon. We were headed to silver birch. Lesley Harrelson
a.k.a. erminator Jones was analysing the surrounding area,was oraging or our next meal. He would never tell anyonehow he got that nickname, just that we had better call him it,the redness o his eyes when I frst met him, made my gut
believe that was probably a good idea. He was the techexpert, the muscle o the operation.Barry Snake was the third member o news team 16, mainlyhe looked ater the carrier alcon and took care o its eggs.
Having been on News team 1
majority o his lie now, evelet the London Street gang Bad Jizzle we thought it wup his responsibility. Tus we
the job o reading the map, acBarry S. we were almost at
Birch, now known in certain cir
den o thieves. Ater attempting to shelter rom
down pour o rain we fnally came to afrst we thought we had arrived. ermina
pointed out that he detected an anomaly surrounding area, when cross reerenced collaborating data he had on fle or Silver Bira wordy sentence but it roused my suspicio
me not knowing what hal the words meant.I noticed a young woodchip, soaked to the skand looking very upset. It was important to l
we were not a threat. I said in my kindest sYou there child, Where the Hell are we? trembled with reassurance. Y-y-yellow Asar-, I turned at Barry and roared Yellow
Aspen?! What the hell Barry, No more Falcoyou, Barry hissed in disgust. But I would cback to his senses later. How the hell did where? Ater urther polite discussion turns
was colour blind, which was a real stroke o unmisortune as upon urther inspection we sawhad no colour at all and all the village na
written on the page.
For absolutely loads o kids,school is boring and pretty
horrible; at least or those o usthat dont have an awesomegroup o riends and probably a
couple o amazing teachers. I
were honest, I think we can allagree that or children, the
reality o secondary school is
that its mostly about making
national version o Secret riend. Tis is a where you are
paired up with another person or group and
they are your best buddy/ies, someone tobe kind to at all times. However, to do
this we needed contact details,thereore we will be making a round
o all the villages looking oranyone who would be interested
in being a connection or us.
More than one rom each villageis fne. I we dont fnd you, eel
ree to come and put yourselorward - but remember to look
out or us anyway!
We are all open and ready or you tomeet us, please come up and have a
chat. We hope to do the best we canduring our time as your representatives.
A couple o days ago you may have noticedan article about the election o theventurer committee. Well good news! Tefteen chosen candidates met on a sunnyFriday morning or our frst ocialmeeting.Te initial phase began with us telling eachother our names, districts and avouritecolours. (I I remember correctly, red was
A card here, a banner there and a ewcool gits thrown into the mix.
Secret riends is a great way to dosomething cool or someone you door didnt know. It puts a smile onpeoples aces, and that is as good a
reward as any. In village 18 there
have been small presents, bigpresents and those in between. Teir
presents range rom small bracelets& biscuits, to a huge banners andsigns. One girl received a present
made in bushcrat! Gits have beenbought, made and in some casesgiven rom peoples own belongings.
none at all! Te elfns seem to be putting
more eort in then some o the older,more experienced woodies. Te peoplewho seem to be shining are those who go
to workshops. Presents are made andgiven rom most and seem to be the mostappreciated. As a non git receiver, I say
get down to some workshops, go to yourlocal library, be active and make yoursecret riend eel your love!
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EveryoneWelcome
For absolutely loadso kids, school isboring and prettyhorrible
wed wake up in the morning
excited about going to school;a place where anything is
possible
one person suggested wetry a national version oSecret riend
Although some arecommitted, others seemto be hesitating
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please be returned as soon as humanly possible
the most common) Contact inormationthen being provided by everybody, we had todecide what to do. Ater a ew minutesdiscussion, one person suggested we try a
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Cut the bottom of C u t a v go in g t o s id e o t op P u sh th e p oi nt c re at ed un d erand through the top Push the wings outwards
Cut out semi-circles next tothe bottom to shape the wings
Cut out tail &eather to taste
Cut in hal rom theback up to writing
Put down your scissors(watch out oryoung children
trying to steal them)
your teachers not punish youand helping the school to
compete in league tables. I onlystudents elt like the point o
school was to make us happy; by
helping us discover what welove, what we care about most,
what were good at, and
ultimately prepare us or the lives thatWE want to lead. Ten wed wake up in
the morning excited about going to
school; a place where anything is
possible, a place where our passionand curiosity leads our curriculumrather than gets us in trouble or
asking questions or distracting us
rom a rigid lesson plan thateveryones ed in the same way.
So, I've come to CoCamp to hold a
Workshop/alk in Bebop on Sunday
(today) at 8:30pm to explore howthings can be diferent and they will
be another one on Monday. I'll talk
about how I ended up in a democraticschool with no headteacher - just a
weekly meeting o all the students tomake all the kinds o decisions a
headteacher would normally take.
Although some are committed,others seem to be hesitating. Somehave rarly made gits, and others
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Project KoodooLaunch
CoCamp is themed around cooperation. About
working together. All together. And yetclimate change is still an issue that we dontever seem to manage to cooperate on. Its stilldisputed, ignored and denied. Te climate will
change. Humans will be afected. End o.
Te term climate change implies the science,
the knowledge o how and why the Earth ischanging. It discusses the cold, hard acts. Itis, in act, pretty incomprehensible. Which is
why we can so easily disconnect ourselves withthe reality o it. But the concept o sustain abledevelopment provides the connection betweenenvironmentalism and our humanity. It
provides an alternative solution to dealingwith climatic change (other than accepting theend o the age o mammals). So lets broadenour ocus when discussing climate change and
give sustainable development a bit more room.
Sustainable development is very much centredaround socialist ideology. It reminds us that i
we do nothing against climate change, we willbe practicing selsh, conservative morals. Wewill in act be letting down those who live in
the greatest poverty. We will consume as muchas we can, as quickly as possible withoutconsiderations o others.
Sustainable development aims to create
solutions to environmental problems byintegrating them with oureconomy and
society. It
e n c o u r a g e sretention obiodiversity via sustainablearming practices and
acknowledgement o thecrucial role that ecosystemservices provide. Sold? I hope
so, because now is the perecttime or us to startco-operating on this issue.One o the most exciting
conerences on sustainabledevelopment is going to
happen next summer in Rio de Janeiromarking 20 years ater the 1992 U
Nations Conerence on EnvironmentDevelopment. Te themes are green econpoverty eradication and addressing
institutional ramework or sustaidevelopment. Its crucial that our gdecision makers take these issues seriou
Lets unite the let. Lets co-operate. work all together against climate chan
No Socialism Without Sustainability
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Yesterday, Woodcrat Folks General
Secretary, Jon Nott, launched anxciting new project to buy a nationalampsite in time to host the nextnternational camp in 2017 Te Courier
was there to catch the key points romhis speech.
Te co-operative community wevereated here is the living embodiment o
our values and principles. And theelationship weve established with the
Scouts is just one antastic example ohow we work in partnership with otherso achieve our vision o a sustainable
world built on childrens and humanights, equality, riendship, peace ando-operation
campre and dreamed our dreams o aWoodcrat Folk campsite large enough tohost our major national and internationalcamps. Dreams o a site entirely powered byrenewables, dreams o a site ed rom its
own permaculture gardens, a site that is parto its local community, a home or AnnualGathering our yearly estival o the Folk, atraining centre, a permanent bushcratcamp. As many dreams as there are memb erso the Woodcrat Folk.
While searching the archives orinormation about international camps othe past, I came across a letter written byone o my predecessors, our NationalOrganiser Henry Fair known by his olkname: Koodoo. In 1943, while we ought torid our world o ascism, Henry Fair was alsolooking to the post-war uture and the needto start preparing the tools to ashion a newworld. A world where our values oco-operation, peace, equality and riendshipwould be practised in every workplace,
Kat BuddClimate Cat
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taught in every school, and lived in everycommunity across the world.
He wrote to every member o the WoodcratFolk, launching the National Campsite Fund,
the oundation stone o rebuilding the Folkater the end o the war. Inspired by thisvision, General Council have decided thatnow is the time to turn our campre dreamsinto reality.
So it is with great pleasure that I announce:In 2017, th e next international camp willbe held on the new Woodcrat Folk NationalCampsite.
o quote Henry Fair, Koodoo himsel, Start discussing your plans or the Fund now put it into action and the site is ours.Speed the Adve nture!
A workshop or all those interesting inshaping and delivering Project Koodoo takesplace this aternoon at 2:30pm in Red Oakown Hall.
All ogether
Against CLimateChangeis an IFM-SEI
project, whichs helps young
people to develop
educational media cam-paigns on climate
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Lockerbrook Outdo Activities Centre,
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Tis idea is no idledream comrades we
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And yet, even with a welcome as warm ashis and the strength o co-operativepirit that we have generated, there isomething missing. Tat eeling you get
when Woodcrat Folk come together onour own sites and centres. Te sense o
ommunity, o common ownership, ohared responsibility or each other, orhe land we live on and or uture
generations.
Manys the time weve sat around the
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Te fact it is working, that we
have really built a living,breathing, debating, disputing,crafting, singing, dancingcommunity here in SherwoodForest
Te protest wasuncoordinated andlacked creativeorigionality
Te idea o protestingagainst the tories is reallyimportant but only i it isefective and I elt that theactions today were not. Teprotest was uncoordinated
and lacked creativeoriginality which eventuallyled to the hatred andscum-bashing that wasthrown at the MP quicklyspiralling into hatred to any
authority gure, includingvolunteers on a woodcratcamp.
dom o expression andthoughtis ao the WoodcratFolk ideology, ande at the coreo our society. As ImactiveWoodcrater wouldbe abletoIdisapproveo whatyou say,butIndto the death your right to say it
Voltairedidntactuallysay,BW). Ideending your right to say things,rotestors, but Im still going toheactthatyouhave.
st attendee o anti-cuts protests, Insidermyselto beat leastsemi-au
Sarah LawsonMest-Up Coordinator
Simon PhillipsOpen Day Co-ordinator
Adam RaActivism MaPeople & Pla
Tisrotest was
bad taste
You cant say were
not passionate
Tis protest was in bad taste
Cadan ad omosDisgruntled Welshmanstrikes again
h the art o protesting. As a Liberalat,I do disagreewith someo the
mentspolicies,and I willshoutandussaboutit when thisis thecase.r, yesterdays protestsaimedat theory MP Mark Spencer werein bad
Here was someone who probablyely disagreed with the Woodcrateology butwas making theefort towithour organisation,whichor aruddy marvellous,and someo ourstreatedthisas an excuseto shouthim.
ssortoimmatureaction that,in mylpsgive theWoodcrat Folk a badmongst a lot o members o theAs a movement o (apparently)d and principled young people,
we notinsteadengagethosethatwee w it h i n d eb at e a nd m at ur eon?
igned the petition to apologise topencer,and wouldencourage youtosame. We may not agree with is
y orhispolicy,butweshouldatleastough sel-respect to show him werench o children throwing atantrum.
this sort of immature
n that, in my view, helps
he Woodcraft Folk a badamongst a lot ofbers of the public.
As we reach the nal ew days o CoCampI am amazed by how our community hasgrown in just one week. Each village has adiferent eeling, each town its ownatmosphere and rhythm o lie, and yetthe elements come together into a whole,co-operating to create or real a vision othe world as we would like it to be.
In villages every single individual is doing
their bit to build this dream, working hardand long hours as well as having un. At atown and a whole camp level others arealso doing their bit running caes andlibraries, stewarding, working in FolkSupply, the ood depot and groceries, atthe ino point, MES UP and the oce.
CoCamp couldnt exist without everysingle person here and that is its greatstrength. Te act it is working, that wehave really built a living, breathing,debating, disputing, crating, singing,dancing community here in SherwoodForest is a testament to what is possibleand a powerul message to everyone whovisited CoCamp or the Open Dayyesterday.
You cant say the Woodcrat Folkarent passionate about what we
stand or - and against.
Weve always beckoned outsiders toOpen Day to show what wereabout, and CoCamp is no exception,
inviting the representatives o thelocal area the Head o Childrens
services, Councillors, MEPs andalso the local MP, Mark Spencer.
Who happens to be a Conservative.But this wasnt discussed because
in a representative democracy thatswhat youve got: the elected
gurehead.
It doesnt mean we agree with them.It doesnt mean we like them, or
would have them round or tea (wewouldnt). It certainly doesnt meanwe support them, or their political
party. Its about us engaging andshowing people what a phenomenal,
vibrant community we create andhopeully bringing them on the
journey and changing them too.
I have never been so proud to be aWoodcrat Folk member than when
weve been out in ull orce at ademo whether at the
million-strong anti war protestsagainst Iraq, or those who led thestudent anti cuts marches across
the country over the past year.
Trough these events, its great tosee how our work empowers young
people o all ages to express theirvoice and campaign or change
making protest accessible and saeor the youngest eln alongside the
Few thing
young peoare the utrue, it mpeople are
part today
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All argeneratiounderstoo
Unless weco-operatlet or usgrab todayempowerremindedthings, or
more understanchallengetogether blook orwyou.
I the title o this article is understood as will its perspective on the events oSaturday. However much the hal baked argument surrounding the idea o o
inviting this M.P to our co-camp is pushed around , it Is clear by the events o todaythat this was an incorrect, undemocratic decision. Te events o today were not asmall violent minority, as termed by an individual present, they were sel organised
by woodcrat members without any pressure rom any individual or group or peoplewithin the camp. Te greatest triumph o this protest aside rom the removal o the
conservative m.p was the political participation o young people within ourorganistation. Young people mobilised themselves, elns and pioneers educated
themselves rom the events o today, an understandable parallel with the creed oeducation or social change.
So comes the act that events o today are ar more in line with woodcrat, maybe not
in the opinion o the u nder-representative leadership o this camp, but in thesense o what we as an organisation stand or. Te unortunate support o thisindividual by the leadership, has made me question my membership o woodcrat as
it has by many others. It is repulsive, that all the work put in by young people,surrounding multiculturalism homophobia, the pride march, sexism workshops and
anti racist workshops, to invite an individual against all o these views, ideologicallyopposed to these ideals to walk round this camp is embarrassing to woodcrat, and
insensitive to those who have ought or all these ideals. Members o woodcratinvolved in the recent student and worker action, who have been physically hurt to
the extent o broken bones in some cases, and are having there utures destroyed bythe conservatives. did this seemingly nave board really believe that these
individuals would stand by and let this atrocity take place. I they did there is aquestion to be raised rstly on the internal democractic nature o co-camp and on
wether that leadership is any longer representing the interests o woodcrat.
Te protest today took on a passion that can only expected by the youth o this
organisation, It is a triumph or common sense and standing up or what we believein, even i it is disagreed by some among camp. Te counter argument was basically
Petition in avour o apologising to the local MPoday the local MP, Mark Spencer, came to the
CoCamp site to get an idea o what Te WoodcratFolk is about, and an opportunity to see our values
and what we believe in rsthand. Instead, whatstarted out as peaceul, civil debate was turned
into a personal attack. Anti ory slogans werechanted, he was sworn at, he had stuf thrown at
him, and he was victimized and chased around the
site.
Adam Fidler and I have organized a petition withsignatures o people who are willing to speak out
against the actions o the people responsible. Wehope to have it included in the apology letter being
sent by the CoCamp committee, explaining thatwe see these actions as being completely
un-Woodcraty, and not being representative owhat we believe Woodcrat to be about.
Anybody who eels misrepresented by thesemethods o protest, and would like to have the
chance to show that the Woodcrat Folk andCoCamp specically is not about shouting people
down, and not giving them a chance to voice theiropinion is welcome to come and sign the petition
in Village 4 beore the letter is sent.
stalwart activist, throughnon-violent peaceul
discussion and protest. And this is where I was letboth overjoyed and saddenedthis week.o see people debating his
invitation on Friday, andvoting that he should not be
uninvited, but instead come tolearn rom us abulous. o
see so many o our youngmembers ercely holding the
line with him in debate atcamp on topics rom cuts to
policing o demos a totallyinspiring experience. And thekettling antastic!Tis was undermined by the
actions o a ew. Trowingmissiles, damaging property,
and verbally abusing staf,stewards and other volunteers
is not OK. Tis is WoodcratFolk, and violence and verbal
abuse does not belong here.Tat weve since received a
200 strong petition in theoce calling or us to
apologise to him about todayonly underlines this.I want to see more dissent,protest, energy and passion in
Woodcrat, and everywhere -but this needs to be within the
guidelines weve all agreed by joining the Folk to march
together as one.
Tere is one thing missing rom thiscommunity, one aspect that I eel shouldbe a cornerstone o all our work and havebeen shocked and appalled by how easily ithas been tossed aside by some. And that isrespect or the work o others. Each o usis working hard on our element o thecamp, and it is all too easy to orget thatthose around you, especially our youngpeople, are also working hard, are alsotired, are also wonderul, passionate,
think, although we are not a bigthe Conservatives/ories thatg and throwing things at peoplet solve any problems. Everyonebe welcome to the Woodcrat
o matter what their culture is orare. I there is an issue with
ng it should be settled over and conversation.
very hard or somebody totand what Woodcrat Folk ispeace and equality) i we our-
are not showing that .People willpport us i we are unorgivingteul to others.
agree with us please show it byind and caring to other people.
milton (12),ande-Guyard(10),k-Foster (11)
a Singh (11)
Zoe Waterman
aceul Protest
Chair o theCoCampCo-operative Ruairi OBoyle
Village 4
Harry Ellis-Grewal
WoodcratWoodcrat Folk Member
caring members o CoCamp, o WoodcratFolk and IFM, and that as well as lookingoutwards we must look in, and supporteach other in what we are doing here,because it is a truly amazing achievementthat no one o us could have made alone.
I look orward to the nal days o campbeing ull o hope and positivity or whatwe can do when we all work together asone, and go singing to the ashioning o anew world.
Petition or an apology Protest must be efective.the same , that we want this m,p to come to our campand see a cute eln doing some crat work and goback to his chums at parliament and spread the
message o woodcrat, there was even the laughableconcept o our camp could change his mind. Tis
individual who clearly ollows a whip system as hestill remains an m.p is not going to be ideologically
changed by this camp, that is entirely realistic anddisappointing, the those at the head o this camp
would believe such things. Te protest today was ledand organised by young people, It was not as
rumours have stated organised by a select ewmilitant activitists, it was genuine woodcrat
grassroots organisation, ar more woodcraty thanthe board. Some protesters were throwing things at
Mark Spencer, this we must disagree with, individualacts o violence can only be seen as detrimental tothe organistation and the cause, but it must be seen
in proportion to what the con-dem coalition aredoing to us. A condom on a shoulder is in an entirely
diferent kettle o sh to obliterating theprospective utures o these young people, cutting
jobs, arresting and committing violent acts againstprotesters and privatising our public services.
Te march and removal o the m,p is just the start,
the issue needs to be widened, the now top-downorganisation o the movement needs to bequestioned, and it will be at the rally tomorrow, 3 o
clock main entrance. I will end this article with aquote rom mojojojo or joseph rom the newham
district, the pioneer group, i we ght the torieseverywhere, why not here
Tis is not cool, i we wantto ght the tories insolidarity we need to getmore sophisticated andintelligent tactics.
However, the wierdest bitor me was ater chattingto the mp about nadinedorris, an mp in the
conservative party thatpromotes abstenenceeducation, he not onlyvehermently disagreedwith her views on thisissue but also went on to
suggest that she did noteven ''practice what shepreached''
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Chickin Likin Go
Plague o chickeswamps Village
Adam Te Fidler FidlerNature CorespondantLydia Harper
Rowan Pearce (8) Sam Moon (10)Village 4 Corespondants
Stuart Walker
Palestine CallingActionsL
Undercover Reporter
Ben Bonneraja
Killer Chicke
Swimming in the Rain
Palestine CallingConspisoryExotic Creatures Analyst
Anna DonneAnimal Welfare Expert
ChickenNewsTe Ghost
Village
News FlashAny car parked in the 2rows o cars to the drive inthe car park urgently needto be moved to allowcoaches to arrive. Pleasecheck with the stewards iin doubt
aking Condoms rom Mest-Up istotally fnebut please put them in a binater using them even i youre just having
a water-baloon fght.
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Its clearsomething orsomeone wants orneeds whoever, orwhatever is orisnt there to dosomething or not.
It was 5am on Friday when we assembspears were ashioned out o attesharpened Vango tent poles and our apainted with UV paint.
Ater a slow start we got the knack o catcbirds by using an Elfn and her impressivimpersonation.
Ater a long night, seven caught chickalmost impaling Ciaran a Pioneers ooand relaxed back at camp to prepare thejerk chicken on Saturday night.
I also managed to get a quote rom Jadult rom Village 4 who marvelledcompletely within the Woodcrat ethoswas no packaging, zero ood miles andCo-operation.
P.S. Watch out or bear traps.
Mystery encapsulates CoCamp as the suggestion oGhosts and a supernatural presence in the campsitepervades conversation. Rumours o a Ghost townnear Silver Birch Library are enhanced by suspiciouscampers who are wary to keep their distance.
Te Ghost own itsel sends an ice cold breezewhistling through the nearby trees flling anypasser-by with a chill o ear and dread. Severalempty shells o old green drill tent stand in a ghostlycircle, Its like the empty unulflled souls o youngScouts are still here, says nearby resident, Will.Sometimes I hear the ethereal sound o a woggle orthe haunting timbre o a bugle!
On approaching the Ghost town itsel there is asense o something or someone or somebody...apower or orce or presence which clearly or unclearlywants or needs, whoever or whatever is there or isnt
there to speak to someone or do something or notor some unknown or known reason spooky!
Te Ghost circle is causing trouble or the nearbyBebop Ca and its team o volunteer workers. JoshDodd speaks about what this proximity is like, Its alot like not living by the ghost town but with moreghosts. More rumours become uncovered in TeBebop. Will Searby has been possessed by thesedemons or weeks comments Josh although Willinsists Its a Faustian pact or more tea. Whateverthis means its a worrying sign o modern timeswhen even tents are not sae rom the billowingoaty apparitions o the undead.
ast night our Palestinian delegationsshared their experiences with over 200comrades rom across the globe. Te
delegations gave a slide show and presentedflms showing their work with young peopleand how they keep going despite constantdisruptions to their daily routines. Tey talkedabout how the Wall and the overall Israelioccupation aects young people. For example,many thousands o Palestinians are held inprison or political reasons or or minor acts odefance against the occupation. Teseprisoners include many young people and theparents o young people. Te youth movementspresent at CoCamp run projects to help theseyoung people. Te delegations engaged in adiscussion with comrades ollowing the flmsand as a result o that discussion our keyactions that local groups and individuals coulddo to help were identifed:
On Tursday we went swimming in the swimming pool near the Robin Hood statue. Itwas ABSOLUELY reezing! But i'm glad to say that when you get in there or a while
it gets warmer.
Personally I fnd that it is better that it was raining because you get a lot more wet.But unortunately we had to leave early because it was too wet. When you jumped inlots o times in a row it elt like minus degrees, but think, would reezing cold waterstop you having un!?
Village 20 has ound itsel a popula
destination, with at least 11 chickens sp
the time o writing. Dylan Furse has bechicken whisperer, retrieving the
and returning to their rightul hom
While most campers are happvisited by our eathered riends
Morgan Jones is less pleased,
really really really hate them
disgusting. Tey make me wannbecause o their gobbly aces a
appy wings.
Te Chickens are everywhere! Whethezipping up in your sleeping bag or the chatting up the girl/guy o your dreamlikely to fnd a chicken in the mix, runimood.
oday in village 21 our council circle wainto chaos as the chickens orced their wbegan running a muck - pecking at theand even preening rom time to time.
In my expert opinion the out o controll population o chickens must be linked sharp decline o people rom village 11Sure, were told they have a tummy bug to hang out only with each other but I sua cover up or them being pecked to dhordes o killer chickens.
Te expressed in this paperare those o the writers anddo not neccesseralyrepresent those oWoodcat Folkor IFM-SEI
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Put pressure on governments
to recognise Palestine as an
independent state.
Organise exchange visits
between Woodcraft groups in
Palestinian youth
organisations.
Boycott goods that come from
Israeli settlements and buy
Palestinian goods.
Visit Palestine