In March 2009 the Trump Organisation asked Aberdeenshire Council to use Compulsory Purchase Orders to remove local residents from their homes.
Earlier this year, after almost two years of this threat, the Trump Organisation announced that they would no longer seek the use of these powers, while continuing to deny that they had made the original request.
To celebrate the withdrawal of the Compulsory Purchase threat to the homeowners at Menie, Tripping Up Trump have decided to hold a second March of Menie on Sunday the 5th of June 2011.
Similar to the first, very successful, March that took place in October of 2010, it will involve people gathering at the Balmedie Country Park Visitor Centre at 12 noon and walking through the dunes to The Bunker (a site of multiple ownership) where there will be a number of attractions provided for people of all ages.
Information will be available to educate those who are not impressed with the propaganda and misinformation put out by the Trump Organisation.
For those of you unfamiliar with the forthcoming movie You’ve Been Trumped, Here is the trailer once again.
Tripping Up Trump is a campaigning organisation based in the North-East of Scotland, formed to fight the environmental destruction being carried out by the Trump Organisation and support the Menie residents whose homes and land have been threatened with Compulsory Purchase and continue to be intimidated and bullied by the Trump Organisation.
Writer and researcher, Andy Wightman, has recently compiled a report on Trump’s Ego Trip at Menie. Andy will be one of the speakers .
On Saturday 18th September, the Aberdeen branch of Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign (SPSC) are going to walk a 40km route along the Aberdeenshire coast – a distance equivalent to the length of the coastline of the Gaza Strip.
This walk is to draw attention to the fact that 1.5 million Palestinians live in a strip of land so small that it can easily be walked in about 10 hours, that they are virtual prisoners, denied the right to trade by land or sea, to have access to employment or education, or even to receive basic humanitarian aid.
Starting at Portlethen at 7:45am those taking part will follow the Aberdeenshire Coastal Path as far as Newburgh. The route will pass through Cove, round Aberdeen Harbour and through a section of the city centre, up the beach to the Bridge of Don, then onwards to Balmedie, finally arriving at Newburgh – no doubt with a few blisters!
As well as raising awareness of the injustice of Gaza, the SPSC are raising funds through sponsorship for PalestineConnect (www.palestineconnect.org), a small grassroots charity that operates computer-aided learning centres in three of the refugee camps in the Gaza Strip.
Anyone who wishes to join us on the walk is very welcome, as are all donations. And if anyone sees us en route, give us a wave!
For further details contact aberdeen@scottishpsc.org.uk
To make a donation, visit the “Donate” page at http://www.scottishpsc.org.uk/ and select PalestineConnect from the campaign options.
A one day site-specific art event was held on Sunday 4th July, 2010, at Mill of Menie near Balmedie – the home of Michael and Sheila Forbes.
The exhibition took place in the granite steading of the Forbes’s farm, watched over by a magnificent Highland pony stallion and a white goose nested on top of a hay bale. Despite stormy weather and rain before the event, visitor numbers to the exhibition were impressive from noon until sunset.Continue reading »
