‘The Big Green Gathering was cancelled when the organisers voluntarily surrendered their license to hold a festival, granted by Mendip council on 30 June, after taking legal advice which told them they were powerless to stop a court injunction which would ruin the festival as a whole and several people in particular; namely the organiser Brig Oubridge and the farmer who had offered his fields.’
‘Some 20,000 people were due to meet: a convergence of emerging tribes to show that ecological concern is both local and global. Friendships would have been made, families would have reconnected, people would have shared time and laughter.
This is what authority fears, because for all the fences, group festivity is beyond their control. The Big Green Gathering has been stopped, but those who are committed to what it represents will keep on. If we don’t want to live in a police state, it is up to us to sort it out. For me, not to be permitted to gather with other people is the most unhealthy and unsafe terror around.’
Where is this all going to end? It’s now time for major protest. Imagine if it were possible to get 1 million people onto the streets of London, each and every one peacefully denouncing the government. How would the police handle that? There aren’t enough cells to hold the numbers involved. Oh how I wish I could see that. I might even fly back to the YUK just to take part.
