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New Airport Runway Spawns Town of Activists

Posted by: Nate Berg

19 January 2009 - 6:00am

Recently approved plans to build a third runway at Heathrow International Airport mean the village of Sipson will be completely paved over. As a result, villagers have become activists, and they discuss their efforts in this video.

"The government's decision to approve a third runway at Heathrow is turning a generation of villagers, many of whom have never held a placard before, towards direct action."

Full Story: Sipson residents get radical
Source: Guardian, January 16, 2009
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