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“Girls and boys come out to play, the moon doth shine as
bright as day, bring your suppers and leave your sleep, and The philosophy behind Earth
join your play fellows in the street” Trad. nursery rhyme First! is the use of non-
hierarchical organisation and
Liverpool v Cargill
Cargill is the worlds largest privately although there weren’t a
direct action to confront, stop
and eventually reverse the
forces responsible for the
destruction of the Earth and its
owned company, controlling 25% of the million locals the
inhabitants.
worlds grain harvest, also one of the top ones that were
It is not a cohesive group or
three food and drink corporations it has there made
campaign rather a convenient
concerns in all aspects of food production; themselves plain and thus banner for those interested in
processing, feed and fertilisers, lively dialogues ensued. these ideas.
transportation and commodity trading. Thursday we bombarded
Cargill’s operations include the UK’s only Bootle shoppers with info Ha. Many good slogans were produced
soya crushing plant, located in Liverpool. about Cargill’s. The during the week my personal favourite
The docks and this plant are the main overgrown fish smoking a being ‘Don’t work for Cargill’s it’s SHITE’
entry point for GMO’s into the country. cigarette hung around with many mutant “Work together and be effective or these
“5th-10th March 2001 What a wonderful vegetables that day and they got many companies will keep on having the edge, and
week.......We were few and yet we did much!” strange looks from shoppers and passers- all we will be, is an irritation and fodder for
In six group meetings Liverpool against by! As with the rest of the week the locals the justice system.”
GenetiX was born and the week of actions were mostly really friendly and interested, Liverpool against GenetiX
was organised. Actions spread through the coppers were chilled and many signed c/o 96 Bold Street, Liverpool, L1 4HY
Crosby, Bootle, Seaforth Docks and petitions. 0151-707-1788 or 07890-704-881
Liverpool City centre. The whole week We had police interest all week but on Cargill breifings available from
had flavours of hard work, persuasion, Friday in Seaforth the police got a little Corporate watch (see contacts) or
learning, acceptance and a hint of glory by nervous and the port coppers kept us www.gm-info.org.uk
the end of it. under close observation, while two of our
We woke people up at Crosby on
Tuesday with huge painted foam mutant
lot and one of our camera technicians (!!)
were escorted to meet the PR lady from
Inside...
animals and vegetables outside and inside Cargill’s who was stunned that anyone « May day reports from the
Sainsbury’s. Locals thought they thought they could be seen as bad and UK and beyond
were dreaming when they saw a tried to tell us that they had a good « Special report from the
giant pea-pod full of environmental reputation and PGA conference in Milan
money chasing a small that the locals liked them - we « Climate Chaos
winged banana to make sure she gently told them otherwise. « Stories
didn’t run into the road! Cargill were unable to answer « Prisoners
There were public meetings to their Corporate Crimes and « Resource reviews
« Contacts
in both Bootle and hadn’t heard of Corporate Watch
« Diary Dates
50p where sold
NATIONAL DAY OF
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90% for 90% is a call for a
public transport system run ACTION 16th JULY
in the interests of The next UN climate change
passengers and workers, conference takes place in Bonn,
not profit, and available to Germany, starting on July 16th.
all, regardless of income. Governments from across the
world will again bang their heads
You might refuse to pay more together to work out how to
than 10%. You might show the disguise a fetish for continued
card in support of the call. You economic growth as a concern to
might leaflet other passengers. stop the planet burning up, by
I People have started creating whole new market
carrying the 90% for 90% card on opportunities.
trains around the UK:
Legislators dont lead. Join the
I a great day out in
national day of action on July
Blackpool was had by all, after a
16th, the first day of Bonn, and
group of 90%ers from Manchester
demonstrate that different ways of
carried the card, showed the
living and working come from us
guard, and spent the journey
taking action based in our own
talking about the state of the
lives - that includes finding
railways and leafleting other
accessible and affordable ways of
passengers, receiving a really
moving around.
positive response
I an individual travelled from Join in the national day of
the north to the south west of action by getting together with a
England, negotiating with the group in your area, speaking to
Download this card at www.risingtide.org.uk or send
guard an equivalent ticket for local public transport workers, and
£3.50/100 + top copy (payable rising tide) to 90% for
approximately 10% of the full fare planning a 90% for 90% day trip:
90% c/o Manc EF! (see contacts).
I on a journey to Oxford to the seaside (get there before it
another couple dealt with a very nice but over-officious guard gets to you); to the countryside (if its open); to view your
who gave them penalty fare tickets and refused to talk about nearest oil refinery the possibilities are endless.
anything political Rising Tide Tour May/June 2001
I one 90%er spoke at a local RMT branch meeting, The Rising Tide Tour set off in May, inspiring action
distributed materials and talked about climate change. She
hopes to meet again with public transport workers.
around climate change, seeking solutions based in our
Of course getting on to public transport doesnt mean that
own lives; and building up pressure before the next UN
climate change would immediately stop, but it would be a climate talks this July. It features an evening of informa-
start. Even if just the first step we must find different ways of tion and entertainment around climate change, work-
living and working, ways that end our dependence on fossil shops, theatre and support for direct action. Contact
fuels, and that stop the floodwaters from taking peoples climatechaos@yahoo.com for local details of each stop.
homes, from Yorkshire to Mozambique. Ways that are
relevant to how people live, not just economic growth.
BRIGHTON, 2nd 4th May; FARNBOROUGH, 8th May;
WEST LONDON, 11th May; HACKNEY, 12th May;
International talks on climate change are getting nowhere.
Plans include carbon trading setting up a trading system for EDINBURGH, 14th 16th May; NEWCASTLE, 16th
greenhouse gases but within a framework of big business 18th May LANCASTER, 22nd 24th May ; LIVER-
continuing to make their profits while the poor stay poor (see POOL, 24th 25th May; YORK, 26th 29th May; HULL
http://www.xs4all.nl/~ceo/greenhouse/index.html for more date tbc READING, 7th 8th June; OXFORD, 9th June
info). Depressing though that is, it shows that it is up to us to
define what we want and what we need, to make our lives
better.
www.risingtide.org.uk
Action Groups Solidarity Federation
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are active groups others need
Contacts List April/May 2001 PO Box 29, SW PDO
Manchester M15 5HW
0161 232 7889
more people to get in touch Warwick- the old group’s Counter Information London E1 7QX Stop Huntingdon Animal
Birmingham S26 Collective folded but someone wants to Autonomous Centre E’burgh Cruelty Campaign (SHAC)
ChiapasLink
PO Box 9417 set up a new one! 17 West Montgomery Place PO Box 38, Cheltenham
Box 79, 82 Colston St, Bristol
Birmingham, B13 9WA T.G.Greaves@warwick.ac.uk Edinburgh EW7 5HA Gloucs GL50 1YN
chiapaslink@yahoo.com
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Victory against Tarmac Eclectic City II
Diary Dates...
For 3 years the ‘No Tarmac Quarries At Tyneside Squatters are occupying a
May/June
Bestwood’ campaign has been fighting brilliant social club in Newcastle City
The Rising Tide Tour ‘Climate Chaos
planning permission for 2 sand quarries centre that is due to be turned into a lap- Roadshow’, see feature page 01612 738516
in Nottingham. Tarmac has now given up dancing bar. Women opened up the squat climatechaos@yahoo.com
and agreed to hand over all the land to on the same day as a magistrate’s hearing
June
Bestwood Country Park. This campaign to licence the proposed sexist bar which
2nd Anti ‘Big Brother’ actions in B’ham City
has been organised in the local will inevitably be delayed by the squatting.
centre, meet 12.30 outside Virgin records,
communities in a decentralised and non- People are requested to come along in Corporation St 07980 415577
hierarchical way. People did everything support, and to protest the plans for s26brum@hotmail.com
from letter writing to sabotage and another way of commodifying women’s 2nd Peace carnival Glasgow 0141 423 1222
shutting roads to disrupting AGMs. bodies. Various events are planned cndscot@dial.pipex.com
Although very much a locally based including food, film and music at the 2nd-10th Week of action at Faslane nuclear
campaign it wouldn’t have got this far former Manors Social Club, Carliol base mass action on the 4th and a camps 19th
without the support, solidarity and hard Square, Newcastle NE1 6UQ. Squat hot birthday party on the 9th 01436 820901
work of folk in the wider EF!/RTS line 07833 646228 7th anti-government/corporate frivolity
network. They send out a big thank you! OK cafe Manchester. 0161 226 6814
Remember kids, Direct Action works! june7@corporatedirtbag.com
The Okay cafe is now open and busy, and 8th Mark Barnsley protest picket at the home
Indymedia should be around for a while. If you have office, assemble 1pm, 50 Queen Anne’s
Indymedia UK have just released the first any literature you would like put out on Gate, London, SW1H 9AT, transport from
issue of ?Offline? - a monthly publication display (fliers, newsletters etc.) to a wider Leeds, 0113 2629365 leedsef@ukf.net
which brings news and features from the public then you can send it direct to the 8-10th Women Speak Out, Brighton, 07900
Indymedia website back to the streets. OK Cafe, 61 Charles Street, Central 374015 www.spor.org.uk
Contact: imc-uk@lists.indymedia.org Manchester. 9-17th Stop the Arms Trade Week CAAT
OKasionalcafe@nematode.freeserve.co.uk 020 7281 0297 cole@caat.demon.co.uk
14th-16th European Union meeting Sweden.
Aberdeen
Protesting Gap’s use of
GAP actions turned away without even
entering the store.
www.motkraft.net/gbg2001
16th Liverpool Critical Mass 3rd Sat of every
sweatshop labour in advance of a store The next day a local street band month, meet 12 noon, Hub Café/Liverpool
opening in Aberdeen, Grampian EF! held performed while around 100 people Cycle Centre, Berry Street
a very successful action in the city centre chanted and waved banners. The main 29th Dublin Critical Mass, last Friday of
onMarch 10th in front of what will be the body of protesters marched round then every month 6pm, Parnell Square
store. Wielding placards urging the public headed for the entrance. GAP’s security dublincriticalmass@yahoo.com
to boycott the company’s products, shut the doors and the crowd started a sit July
protesters distributed 800 leaflets to down protest on the road. At least four 1st ‘The Freedom To Be Yourself ’ naked
shoppers with favourable response, people were arrested in the ensuing clash. protest wherever you are at 2pm
collecting also signatures on a petition. Protesters marched to the police station www.geocities.com/thehumanmind
Further protests are planned to coincide in solidarity with those arrested, before 5th-12th 2nd International anti-border camp,
with the store opening in July. Contact returning to the store for a final burst of Poland. Contact Rosbrat, LF-Maciej Roszak
Grampian EF! PO box 248, Aberdeen, chanting and drumming. PO box 5, 60-966 Poznan 31, Poland 0048
Contact nosweatsheff@yahoo.co.uk or (0) 603 247 245 roshak@go2.pl
AB25 1JE,
sheffieldmayday@disinfo.net 13th-16th Aldermaston youth/student peace
grampianearthfirst@hotmail.com
camp 020 7607 3616
Nottingham Birmingham youth_cnd@hotmail.com
There was an occupation/demo at GAP in On March 17th the fashion police arrived 16th-27th COP6 ½, Bonn. Subscribe to
Nottingham on 30th March. The police at the Gap store in Birmingham to read risingtide@yahoogroups.com
the riot act over the company’s use of 20-23rd G8 meeting in Genoa.
turned up, no arrests, lots of leaflets given
out and GAP were forced to lock one of sweatshop labour. Once the formalities August
their doors to keep people out! More may were over the sound system was unleashed 1st-5th Earth First! Summer Gathering
be planned. Contact Notts EF! 0845 458 and activists blockaded the store for 20 summergathering@yahoo.co.uk
9595. minutes effectively shutting it down. With 21st–23rd The G8 summit, Genua.
over 90 people in attendance, many of Counteractions focus on migration.
Sheffield them on their 1st action, the afternoon 8-16th World Festival of Youth and Students
On March 2nd a new GAP store opened was an exciting and empowering in Algiers. Contact: 020 8546 7795.
in Sheffield. People performed street experience for everyone involved. October
theatre commemorating the felling of After the action the S26 collective held 2-14th Washington DC, annual IMF/World
ancient Redwood forests by the Fisher an open planning meeting for Bank meeting www.whirles-bank.org
family, founders and owners of GAP. Birmingham MayDay which reinforced 20th Anarchist book-fair Camden Centre,
Others held banners saying ‘GAP sucks’ the group’s optimism that things in Euston Rd, London, WC1, 10am-7pm,
and ‘sweatshops’. An info stall was set up Birmingham are on the up. Contact S26 http://freespace.virgin.net/anarchist.bookfair
with a big banner that read ‘Greed And collective, 07980 415577, PO Box 9417, November
Poverty’. Around 1000 leaflets were Birmingham, B13 9WA, 5th-9th 4th WTO ministerial Doha, Qatar.
handed out to customers, some of whom s26brum@hotmail.com,
BSL marches Noise for Mark
Over 700 people made the first Contact EF!AU, PO Box 487
Norwich, NR2 3AL
About 30 people gathered on March 24th
« us!
outside Wakefield Prison where framed
Manchester march for the official
recognition of British Sign Language an
« Tel: 01603 219811 anarchist prisoner Mark Barnsley is being
www.eco-action.org/efau held. An enormous racket was made and
exciting, colourful and diverse day.
efactionupdate@bigfoot.com occasionally sounded quite rhythmic! All
Society treats the 70,000 people that have
BSL as their first or only language as types of drums, whistles and foghorns
inferior citizens: deaf kids are forced to developing countries. Government were used and cooking pots were beaten
try to learn English; highly controversial officials were asked to take sides in a into some interesting shapes.
cochlea implants are pushed to ‘cure’ blatantly rigged situation. ‘We all rely on Although Mark was allowed visitors, it
deafness and sold at a profit; many people clean water, health, education and public was yet another ‘closed’ visit behind glass.
are not given the choice to learn BSL. transport and like the tug of war this Mark was still in great spirits despite
A samba band joined the march and agreement is rigged in favour of being on a 24-hour hunger strike and he
also a hearing and a deaf town crier (with multinational companies’ claimed one could hear everything especially the
a flashing light instead of a bell). One tugger. fireworks. 300 leaflets were handed out
arrest was made when 50 people sat in Faslane frolics stating ‘the worse they treat him, the
the road to keep warm, some chained harder we will fight!’ and ‘we will continue
To celebrate International Woman’s Day, a
cosily together, while others climbed to make a noise until he is moved’.
women’s weekend was held at Faslane
scaffolding to hang banners. Another noise demo is planned for April
Peace Camp. On Saturday March 10th a 3
Source Manchester EF! 0161 2266 22nd, but phone 07944 522001 incase he’s
feet high slogan ‘Women Unite for a
814, mancef@nematode.freeserve.co.uk moved.
World Without War’ was woven into a
barnsleycampaign@hotmail.com, info
And also fence. The next morning 7 women ran
www.freemarkbarnsley.com, or send £2 to
At another march on April 7th in through a hole cut in a fence to reach the
Justice for Mark Barnsley, PO Box 381,
Wolverhampton, 6 people were arrested jetty where a French Destroyer was
Huddersfield, HD1 3XX for an excellent
and charged. They were with 30 others berthed. Although 3 were soon arrested, 4
booklet.
trying to block the traffic to bring climbed high up on the Destroyer, locked
attention to the campaign for BSL on, and dropped a banner. Arrests were and finally...
recognition. Messages of support to made for Breach of Peace. See diary for if any skateboarders want to send
irishsmile@totalise.co.uk, contact more dates. Contact 01436-820901 messages of support to boarders in Brum
curlie@hair69.freeserve.co.uk info
Mink farm victory the S26 will happily pass them on, as the
return of the mystery subs-box
www.fdp.org.uk. See diary for next council have brought in £50 fines and the
march. Cornyhaugh Mink Farm near Newcastle
threat of arrest to anyone boarding in the
announced it was closing last week after a
WTO tug of war 3½-year, high-profile, campaign by
city centre. However the actions of the
council have only succeeded in
Campaigners from World Newcastle AR Coalition. They persevered
radicalising large numbers of teenagers,
Development Movement and through an intensive campaign:
who came to join in with the action
People and Planet staged a ‘tug of investigations, protests, public meetings,
against Gap. Contact S26 collective,
war’ outside the North East’s harassment trials, police hassle, violence
07980 415577, PO Box 9417,
Government Office, Wellbar by farmer and workers, and with little
Birmingham, B13 9WA,
House, Newcastle on March 20th to support from activists outside the area.
s26brum@hotmail.com,
represent the potential WTO trade The determination of this campaign
agreement that threatens poor nations as should be encouraging to other activists. This issue of the Action Update is
well as local public services in the UK. Different tactics work in different dedicated to Liz, a dear friend and
Tuggers dressed as obese, cigar smoking situations and in this case they achieved comrade who passed away last month and
business types competed against ordinary the desired aim: farm closure. will be sadly missed. Much respect
service workers and people from always.
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