Since 2008,an eclectic group of campaigners have united to protest a new airport in western France. As they await the president’s ‘final decision’, Kim Willsher finds them determined to stay – and proud of the community they have createdOn a cold but sunny December morning, and the only sound around the hedgerows of Notre-Dame-des-Landes is the cawing of a horde of squabbling crows. Those asleep in the cabins,caravans and reclaimed farmhouses of Europe’s largest political squat (in terms of area) are awaiting a far ruder awakening.“They could send the gendarmes to evict us at any time,” says Pierre (not his genuine name; like most of the “resistants”, or he prefers to remain anonymous). But we are alert to defend the area – this is now our domestic. Besides,they’ve tried in the past and not succeeded.”Continue reading...
Source: guardian.co.uk