31 May: A spring carnival of resistance to airport expansion at Heathrow

We can stop the runway! We will stop the runway!

Stop the third runway at Heathrow! Stop Heathrow expansion! Stop the runaway growth in aviation! Tell the government to get real on climate change and prevent a climate catastrophe!

Start time 12.00 noon. Assembly point Hatton Cross (Picadilly Line tube station). There will be a a carnival-style march to a festival-style event at Sipson (the village which will be destroyed if the 3rd runway goes ahead). This will include the creation the world's biggest "NO" - spelt out in human bodies.

On Monday 25th February there was an indoor Rally against Heathrow expansion in the Central Hall, Westminster, with around 3,000 attending and overflowing into a second Hall ( see here ). This was after many local meetings around West London up to a thousand strong. The movement against the Third Runway at Heathrow is gathering pace - and snowballing exponentially!

This is not just about Heathrow, this is about drawing a line in the sand against big investment decisions that are locking us into a headlong plummet into climate catastrophe. The huge expansion in aviation, of which the Heathow expansion is the flagship component, is totally incompatible with winning the battle against climate catastrophe, totally incompatible in fact, with the Government's own Climate Bill.

This is a battle we need to win - and a battle we can win! We want to see people coming from all over the country to join the tens of thousands who will be protesting in West London. We want a massive show of force to make sure we win our first big victory in the war to redirect Britain towards a low carbon future. Come and be part of it - join a Spring Carnival of Resistance to the Third Runway, Airport Expansion and the insanity of government decisions that would lock us into climate catastrophe.

See Make a Noise and the Campaign Against Climate Change website for more information.