SWEDISH AIRPORT RUNWAY SEIZED BY CLIMATE ACTIVISTS

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> On 14 April, activists broke into Bromma Airport in Stockholm to
> occupy the runway for half an hour. The scheduled flight to Gothenburg
> – a short distance indeed – was delayed, and some planes had to divert
> their landing. The ten activists, linked by chains and carrying a huge
> banner which read “Stop domestic flights”, managed to enter the
> airport and runway without being detected. After some five minutes,
> police arrived to the scene, but refrained from violent intervention.
> When the blockade had been carried to its planned end, the activists
> were arrested and informed of the formal charge of aggravated
> trespass. The most likely punishment is some heavy fines, but prison
> terms are possible.
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> The action was carried out by Climax, a group in Stockholm formed two
> weeks ago. It is the seed of a direct action-movement against the root
> causes of climate change in a country which has just recently woken up
> to the facts of ongoing global warming. Climax is inspired by Plane
> Stupid and Rising Tide. The action of 14 April, coinciding with the
> enormous National Day of Climate Action in the U.S., was the first of
> its kind to occur in Sweden. More is bound to follow soon. Check for
> updates (and pictures of the recent action) at www.klimatet.org.
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> Global action against global warming!
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> Klimax-Stockholm
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> 2007-04-15