Month: August 2019

Langouet in Brittany is just a small town of 600 people but its Major is in trouble for defying the central authorities. He’s banned pesticides and he and his fellow citizens are taking other unilateral steps to protect their environment. He’s in court

As France gears up for the G7 in Biarritz in a few days time there is a demonstration tomorrow in Nantes over the arrest of an Italian (Vicenzo Vecchi) who took part in G8 demos almost two decades ago. The Breton news site

Whilst anger in communities around the North Irish Sea about pollution of nuclear waste from Sellafield is muted these days in France the parallel problem of the (smaller) reprocessing facility at Cap de la Hague in Normandy is still a focus of protest.

The G7 takes place in Biarritz, in the Northern part of the Basque country administered by France, later this month. There have already been protests by anti capitalist groups targeting multi nationals such as McDonald’s, Zara Kids, Decathlon, Stradivarius, Bershka, Nespresso, and Orange

As the Celtic League AGM discusses concerns about the Celtic languages especially Breton under the French Education system (and the failure to implement an Irish Language Act in the six counties of North Ireland) activists were on the march yesterday in Brittany. Protesters

There has been a mass turn out for a pro independence march in Aberdeen Scottish media report. The march is one of a series organised by the AUOB movement: https://www.heraldscotland.com/…/17843989.least-12-000-joi…/ Bernard Moffatt Celtic League  Assistant General Secretary  

‘The IPCC approved and accepted Climate Change and Land: an IPCC special report on climate change, desertification, land degradation, sustainable land management, food security, and greenhouse gas fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems at its 50th Session held on 2 – 7 August 2019’ Report

I thought a post on the RAF Valley Facebook pages at the end of last month was interesting. The base is concerned about possible safety breaches caused by the flying of drones in restricted areas near the base. Obviously the use of recreational

News from Mannin Branch Celtic League: I don’t often do foreign news unless it has a Manx link but of course the situation in Yemen does because despite what common sense and common decency should dictate the Manx government still allows the RAF