Posted on 12/18/2017 11:34:05 AM PST by Enlightened1
Early in the morning of April 20th we poured concrete on the train tracks that lead out of the Port of Olympia to block any trains from using the tracks. We took precautions to notify BNSF (the train company) – we called them and we used wires to send a signal that the tracks were blocked. We did this not to avoid damaging a train, nothing would bring bigger grins to our faces, but to avoid the risk of injuring railway workers.
This action was done to disrupt the movement of trains carrying proppants used in natural gas fracturing. These train tracks are part of a system of pipelines, fracking wells, mines, clearcuts, control centers, fiberoptics, dams, highways and factories that cover the planet and are physical manifestations of a process that is destroying the ecosystems, cultures, and inhabitants everywhere. Behind this network of infrastructure there are politicians, CEOs and bureaucrats who have private security, cops, prison guards, non-profit directors, PR consultants and the legacy of 500 years of colonization to back them up. We oppose all of these manifestations, infrastructural, personal and ideological. We blocked the train tracks because we want to blockade the entire web of domination that is slowly killing us.
We were inspired to take this action by acts of resistance taking place across turtle island and the world, particularly the fierce indigenous resistance of water protectors against the Dakota Access Pipe Line, the encampment blocking a train full of fracking material on these same tracks in Olympia this past November, and the clandestine attacks against pipelines in Florida, South Dakota and Iowa.
We also were emboldened by the spirit of all those who have risen against the white supremacist police in Furguson, Baltimore, Oakland and elsewhere, as well as by the
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A bit slow, but I got the page OK (apparently):
Friday, April 21st, 2017
Olympia, WA: Train Tracks Sabotaged To Stop Fracking Equipment
from Puget Sound Anarchists
Early in the morning of April 20th we poured concrete on the train tracks that lead out of the Port of Olympia to block any trains from using the tracks. We took precautions to notify BNSF (the train company) – we called them and we used wires to send a signal that the tracks were blocked. We did this not to avoid damaging a train, nothing would bring bigger grins to our faces, but to avoid the risk of injuring railway workers.
This action was done to disrupt the movement of trains carrying proppants used in natural gas fracturing. These train tracks are part of a system of pipelines, fracking wells, mines, clearcuts, control centers, fiberoptics, dams, highways and factories that cover the planet and are physical manifestations of a process that is destroying the ecosystems, cultures, and inhabitants everywhere. Behind this network of infrastructure there are politicians, CEOs and bureaucrats who have private security, cops, prison guards, non-profit directors, PR consultants and the legacy of 500 years of colonization to back them up. We oppose all of these manifestations, infrastructural, personal and ideological. We blocked the train tracks because we want to blockade the entire web of domination that is slowly killing us.
We were inspired to take this action by acts of resistance taking place across turtle island and the world, particularly the fierce indigenous resistance of water protectors against the Dakota Access Pipe Line, the encampment blocking a train full of fracking material on these same tracks in Olympia this past November, and the clandestine attacks against pipelines in Florida, South Dakota and Iowa.
We also were emboldened by the spirit of all those who have risen against the white supremacist police in Furguson, Baltimore, Oakland and elsewhere, as well as by the riotous opposition that has characterized the first few months of Donald Trump’s reign.
Resistance to this many-tendriled death machine has and must take many forms. Some have set their goals narrow and try just to stop the port from shipping proppants. We are aiming beyond, for a liberation that destroys all vestiges of oppression and colonization leaving us free to experiment with ways of living in cooperation on our own terms. We want to unlearn the legacies of domination that we have inherited. We need a diverse and vibrant resistance composed of more forms of destruction, mutual aid and solidarity than we can yet imagine.
This action and actions like it are quite easy to do yourself. This only took a few hours and a little bit of planning. The hardest part was calming our nerves. Particularly easy was placing wire on the tracks to send a signal to the train company that the tracks were blocked. This action can and has been easily repeated wherever train tracks are. For more info on how to do this check out this explanatory video.
Concrete on the tracks is just a start
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-some anarchists
Any indictation that todays disaster was left wing nut case terrorism?
Note the article is from APRIL.
Antifa is an existential threat. Kill On Sight, as far as I’m concerned.
Leftist terrorism.
Striking while the iron is hot!
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Excellent work!
IT IS FROM APRIL
Wouldn’t right click>save web page as accomplish the same thong?
It’s still there.
Concrete Compressive Strength vs Time
They probably poured 3,000 to 5,000 psi concrete
1 Day - 16% 480 to 800 psi
3 Days - 40% 1,200 to 2,000 psi
7 Days - 65% 2,000 to 3,250
14 Days - 90% 2,700 to 4,500
28 Days - 99% 2,970 to 4,950
A large locomotive has a axle load of up to 70,000 lbs.
The contact patch between the wheel & rail is about the size of a dime. “Eric Magel, Joe Kalousek, Mike Roney, “Stress reduction, railroad style: the contact area where wheel meets rail is about the size of a dime. Making it as stress-free as possible can save big dollars”. Railway Age, July, 2002.”
Unless they wait two weeks to do anything about this sabotage, I’d guess you could just slowly drive a locomotive over the spot and break up the poured concrete.
Any railroad engineers out there to confirm or refute this?
A wall and seven men with rifles is my suggestion for them.
Why did you leave the “Date Published” field blank?
I click on the link posted by the original poster at th etop of the page and I see the page...as described by the original poster...
"This is the article from George Soros funded ANTIFA bragging about pouring concrete on the train tracks from last April."
I click on the link posted by the original poster at th etop of the page and I see the page...as described by the original poster...
"This is the article from George Soros funded ANTIFA bragging about pouring concrete on the train tracks from last April."
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