Folkeaksjonen mot utbygging av Alta-Kautokeinovassdraget
Folkeaksjonen mot utbygging av Alta-Kautokeinovassdraget was a Norwegian organisation created on July 12, 1978 to work against the building of the Alta power station in the Alta River.[1] The NGO organised the opposistion against the construction in the Alta controversy, and had at the most 20,000 members. Of these 10,000 actively participated in demonstrations, including the Stilla March. The organisation functioned as a cooperation between environmentalists and sami activists, and not only succeeded at putting focus on environmental issues but also on Sami rights.
After their acts of civil disobedience, the four leaders, Alfred Nilsen, Tore Bongo, Svein Suhr and Per Flatberg (information leader), were sentenced for encouraging illegal acts.
Timeline
- Inhabitants of Maze rallied, and formed "Aksjonskomiteen mot neddemming av Masi", August 15, 1970[2]
- A group named "Altautvalget for bevaring av Alta-Kautokeinovassdraget", had been documenting the detrimental effects on salmon and "naturen" of the Alta-canyon, since 1973.[3] (The group has been credited, in large, for influencing "kommunestyret" in Alta's opposition to the construction project.[4])
- "Folkeaksjonen mot utbygging av Alta-Kautokeinovassdraget" was founded at the local highschool(Alta gymnas), by around 80 protesters, on July 12, 1978[5]
- "Folkeaksjonen -" held an election at an "ekstaordinær" annual meeting in Alta on January 24, 1982, which concluded that the organization was to be disassembled.[6] (One of the reasons for disassembling the organization, was to avoid being blamed for sabotage and criminal acts, such as the pyromanic acts that had taken place, in the previous Christmas holidays, against mobile constructions belonging to NVE.[7])
- "Folkeaksjonen -" had its last national conference, in May 1982.[8]
- Proceedings in court(Alta herredsrett) against Nilsen, Bongo, Suhr and Flatberg, commence March 1, 1983. They are later sentenced to fines(10 000 to 20 000 Norwegian kroner) and suspended prison sentences (60–90 days).[9]
Leaders
References
- ^ Alta - Kraftkampen som utfordret statens makt,p.189,ISBN 13 978-82-05-33943-9
- ^ Alta - Kraftkampen som utfordret statens makt,p.17
- ^ Alta - Kraftkampen som urfordret statens makt,p.32
- ^ Alta - kraftkampen som utfordret statens makt,p.33
- ^ Alta - kraftkampen som utfordret statens makt,p.32
- ^ Alta - Kraftkampen som utfordret statens makt,p.152
- ^ Alta - Kraftkampen som utfordret statens makt,p.152
- ^ Alta - Kraftkampen som utfordret statens makt,p.153
- ^ Alta - Kraftkampen som utfordret statens makt,p,200
- ^ Alta - Kraftkampen som utfordret statens maktp.37 and 38
- ^ Alta - Kraftkampen som utfordret statens makt,p.38