Radical Chadderton

This could be overly radical for some and even illegal just writing it; in-sighting criminal damage? Or some other nonsense. However, in very many circumstances, laws do not have a sound moral footing to their orders. Non-the-less I cannot help myself and I shall proceed to speak my mind. It is of a story. A story that begins with democratic, peaceful and truly sustainable direct action. It is a story of a community, young and old, trudging with fruit trees and spades in hand over the rolley pastures to the land owned by the council (i.e. owned by the people) and proceeding to plant Chadderton's first community orchard. Carefully documented; children wellied up and grins a plenty, sticking in the future fruity abundance of the locality. Re-establishing vital socio-ecological connections through the action of truly sustainable development. However the grievous day would  arrive when a two-stroke wind would waft across the commons and the developer's or the council's chain-saw shaped fist will come down upon their own community, raising the orchard to the ground. Developers from over the hills destroying trees lovingly planted by local children and families who care about their world and their living landscape. I can see the headlines now. Is this North Korea? some will worryingly query. With the bad press the developers showed cracks of alarm. Alarm as I currently feel at their plans.