Diggers 350 Celebrations

April 1999 marks 350 years since the diggers rebellion of 1649 and today's land rights movement is making plans to not let it slip by unnoticed. "The Diggers Working Week" is being organised to sort out all the elements for a Summer of successful land actions and activities. Between Saturday 20th - Sunday 28th March a venue near Brighton will be used to assemble a ll the essential components for a large scale land occupation. It is hoped that this week will be the springboard for a summer of land based actions and activities. For a successful week, and consequently a kicking Summer, all hands are needed to help out making, preparing and repairing 96 canvas structures (there is an industrial sewing machine), portable compost toilets, kitchen resources, banners, defences, etc. Whatever your skills are there is something for you to do...

Then, to commemorate the 350th anniversary of the invasion of St. George' s Hill there will be a march from Walton-on-Thames to the hill to lay a memorial stone. Meet at 12.30pm, at The Centre, Hepworth Way. The march will be totally above board but there is additional advice for direct activists: 93If you are coming to the march bring tents and sleeping bags - spades, tools, seeds and things to grow. Make sure there is someone to feed your cat for a few days...94 It's going to be an occupation with a big education content (introduction to permaculture, tree planting and grafting, planning, woodland skills etc.).

Contact 0961 373 385 or The Land is Ours.

Other Diggers 350 activities include an education project 0961 460 002, a theatre project 0171 359 3847 and long term land occupations 0117 955 6769.