Basque Country

By Steve Rushton in Occupy - “This is the first time fracking activists have got together on this scale internationally – it has been incredible to meet people from struggles across the world, activists from Kurdistan to Brazil, from Ukraine to Portugal and Algeria," says Catriona, from Ireland, who attended Frackanpada held earlier this month in the Basque Country of Spain. Communities across both the Irish Republic and Northern Ireland are actively resisting efforts to frack for oil, Catriona said. But what this event showed her is that "it is a truly international [fight], united in our common struggle.” At Frackanpada, the world's first international anti-fracking camp that took place in mid-July, hundreds of activists from across the globe joined skill shares, attended panel discussions and watched documentaries dedicated to strategies and campaigns in resistance to fracking.