You are on page 1of 11

April/May 2001 Issue 75

“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 it’s
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

Liverpool City Centre, and said they would be looking


by two speakers who on the website to read the 10 page bumper issue
offered us alternatives, briefing about them. Ha - Ha -
The EF! AU is produced to aid the sharing of news, information and ideas amoungst those interested
in taking action. It is edited by a different collective each year to avoid the centralisation of power and
information. We welcome submissions and articles (max 150 words) so if you’ve set up a group, taken
action or want to publicise a campaign or project please let us know. No matter how big or small it
seems, we’d like to share your news and inspiration. Feature articles and ideas are also appreciated.

Anti-copyright - photocopy and distribute


News in brief...
« Anyone who was on the Allsorts or
Reclaim The Streets info list needs to re
subscribe to allsorts@gn.apc.org
because their knackered old computer
has died. If anyone’s got a decent
computer they can have get in touch.
« 3 GE tree research sites (up to
1200 trees) were sabotaged in Oregon,
USA in mid March. The felled and ring
barked poplars included transgenic tree A rip-roaring riot of rabble-rousing around the globe
plus traditional hybrids used as ‘raw
material’ for GE research. The action A womble’s perspective: Disguising agency where demonstrators entered with
has latterly been claimed by anonymous sofa cushions and banners as rubbish and drums & banners and stuck ‘On strike’
‘concerned students and alumni’ of dodging cops, a few wombles eventually and ‘1st of May - No jobs today’ posters
Oregon State University. emerged from a small dark alley. As they to windows. At REEDs accountancy
« The Government is planning to chanted, shouted and unfurled banners branch, a parody of exploitation was
give the go-ahead for the UK’s first free money began to fly and cheers and performed a boss whipped a worker
comercial GM crop, T25 maize shouts in Oxford Street greeted them. whilst sucking her blood to fulfil his
« Please don’t phone Derby Banners were used in the front and to greed.
National Front on 07932 566 702 or the sides of the crowd to form a block Job centre staff were entertained by
their hotline on 07932 547080. If you some padding was handed out and other drumming until many job seeking police
sign up to uboot.com you can bombard wombles joined. As the block advanced officers appeared.
their phones with text messages free up Great Portland Street it became more Outside MacDonalds, where police
« On April 2nd around 300 people raucous, it was really working, a line of had been waiting since 8am, Nobby
demonstrated against the proposed ban riot cops retreated. Then onto John Nobody performed some anti-capitalist
on demonstrations in Dublin city Lewis, where came the first real songs dedicated to the pigs and the
centre. The council then voted against confrontation. corporations. The day ended at the cop
the ban. Source http://struggle.ws The blows rained down but the shop where the one arrestee was released
« 14 beagles were liberated from the padding held and again the cops at 4.30pm.
animal testing laboratory Huntingdon retreated. Next an attempt at the lines Birmingham: The police stopped any
Life Sciences in New Jersey, USA guarding those trapped at Oxford Circus. sizeable protest occurring when first
« On March 31st as part of a GE The cops struck back their lines being 2 arrivals were immediately surrounded
Free Zone ActioFestation in deep. At one point they were pushed and penned in. About 40 people were in
Amsterdam, about 100 people back and surrounded on both sides by this group and 100+ more were outside
accompanied by a salsa band, went to a the crowd. police lines. After being read section 14j
supermarket and stickered products. On New Bond St, numbers swelled to they were told to take the protest to an
« Pepe Rei editor of Basque about 1000. Then whilst leaving Soho, underpass. The crowd, tightly surrounded
magazine ‘Ardibeltza’ (not part of ETA) cops stood 3 deep and were extremely moved off whilst individuals were targeted
has been imprisoned without charge heavy. A decision to retreat was made to and arrested. 14 people were arrested;
since the Jan 18th. “Conspiracy with prevent the crowd being trapped. Out one for having a 4 letter word on his
ETA” is being used by the Spanish State manoeuvering the cops people dispersed trousers; 9 were charged. However this
to silence this voice of Basque to avoid arrest. has not dampened spirits and a campaign
autonomy. Ardibeltza’s offices were Hopefully more wombles will be to defend the right to protest is now being
raided and closed on April 27th and encouraged to form and help facilitate launched! s26brum@hotmail.com
there was a court hearing for Rei (who crowd movement to effectively oppose Norwich: A few hundred gathered in
is in ill health) on May 3rd. Schnews the cops, creating better mass street the heart of the city to spontaneously play
May 4th & www.euskalinfo.f2s.com gatherings. dance and be merry on a sunny day. The
« On April 5thFBI agents raided the Bristol: Critical mass started at 8am decorated pole provided as much
home, business, and vehicles of with music, banners, and leaflets about enterainment as the free tea & cake stall
spokespersons for the North American May Day. Later people paraded towards though not nearly as much as the police
Earth Liberation Front Press Office. Broadmead to the rhythm of samba turning up with and installing toilets for
« Earth First! Journal new address. drumming but one unlucky woman was everyone!
P.O. Box 3023, Tucson, AZ, 85702, arrested for criminal damage after Glasgow: Over 1200 people
USA collective@earthfirstjournal.org touching a police camera with swiss roll!! participated in peaceful demos.
« There has been some editorial An army recruitment office was Dublin: a successful and well-attended
changes at Green Anarchist magazine. postered with ‘To kill or to be killed, demonstration forced the Dublin Stock
They are looking to extend links with RAF jobs`. Traffic was stopped at Exchange to shut early.
the wider peace & green movement. Bridewell police station but they had no Greece: Thousands protested plans by
New address: Green Anarchist, 9 Ash intentions of releasing comrades. The the government to reform social security
Avenue, Galgate, Lancaster, LA2 ONP, carnival continued onto REED job payments, as well as the threat of
England grandlaf@lineone.net
Green for Beltane, Black for the Haymarket
globalization.
Poland: In Warsaw over 1200
New Zealand: Hundreds of peaceful
demonstrators held the Carnival against More breif news...
« In March 2001, Dutch eco-
anarchists marched, stopping at Capitalism in Wellington, with several
activists sabotaged water pipes in a
government offices and the US embassy well organized groups protesting against
Betuweline tunnel causing over 10,000
to have a chat. privatisation of NZ’s water services, free
guilders damage. The Betuweline is a
Slovakia: In the capital, Bratislava trade andglobalisation.
controversial project to connect
hundreds gathered from several Costa Rica: Over 10,000 took to the
different industrial areas of Holland &
revolutionary groups and were visited by streets of San Jose: from banana workers
Germany by train. No group has claim
many other people who showed interest to housewives. All were demonstrating
responsibility for the sabotage.
in ideas of revolutionary anarchism. with their usual spirit of militancy, unity
« Sri Lanka become one of the first
Czech Republic: Hundreds gathered and solidarity. This unity of workers is
countries to impose a total ban on GM
in Prague with anarchist literature growing and all feel confident of new
foods.
magazines and stickers and a sound victories.
« Communiqués to the ELF North
system with free vegan burgers. Nazis
America press office; the arson of 2
shouted nationalistic slogans, so the cops MAYDAY MONOPOLY cement trucks belonging to Ross Island
protected them and then ARRESTS Sand and Gravel in Portland USA, April
attacked other protesters with batons and
To date (10/05/01) a total of 96 people 15th. An anonymous communiqué
horses.
have been arrested, 92 were arrested on stated “Let this be a warning to all the
Pittsburgh, USA: 200 costumed
May Day and 4 since, an indication that greedy corporations who exploit our
people celebrated with chants, cheers,
arrests may continue. Seven people are Earth’s natural resources”; An attempted
flags and a mobile maypole. The police
still being held on remand. arson at a Nike Outlet store in the town
seemed unsure of what was going on and
Did you see anyone being arrested or of Albertville, Minnesota, targeted due
eventually 150 riot cops tried to direct
injured on Mayday? If so please contact to the corporation’s use of sweatshop
the march. 6-10 arrests were made and
LDMG, as this information may assist a labour overseas and it’s role in
police used pepper spray and physically
persons defence or civil claim for globalisation; March 30th a fire that
beat several demonstrators.
damages. Provide the persons name or destroyed $1 million worth of new
Long Beach, USA: Cops outnumbered
an accurate time and location of arrest SUV’s at the Joe Romania Chevrolet
protesters & unsurprising there were
so it can be matched to a particular truck lot in Eugene was claimed bt
over 60 arrests. People were shot at, at
person. It is easier and quicker if you anonymous communique.
close range with rubber bullets.
could send e-mail in the first instance; North American ELF Press Office
Confused bystanders were alarmed at the
please include your phone number. Also elfpress@tao.ca
cops shooting kids for no reason.
if you know anyone who was arrested www.earthliberationfront.com
Australia: Thousands of May Day
who has not or contacted LDMG please « FAQ about the earth liberation
protesters took to the streets in Australia
get him her to do so. front booklet is now available. This 31-
on Tuesday, burning political effigies and
There may be further arrests, ‘wanted’ page booklet contains answers to
blockading stock exchange buildings.
photos have appeared in at least one frequently asked questions about the
Protesters linked arms to block the
newspaper. Remember if someone you ELF & costs $7. Cheques & money
Australian Stock Exchange (ASX)
know apppears to be wanted, it is very orders to “Resistance” C/O North
buildings in Sydney and Melbourne
useful for them to know, but gossiping or American ELF Press Office PO Box
chanting “No One In, No One Out”.
otherwise drawing attention to the fact 4783 Portland, OR 97208 USA
Police warned they would not tolerate
could land someone in prison. If you are
violence and even welded shut metal
manhole covers to prevent them being arrested DON’T admit it’s you in the Urgent
used as missiles. Stock traders were picture, you only have to give a name
and address, say ‘no comment` to all
Announcement
forced to go to work in the dark through The EF! Summer Gathering has been
underground carparks so the buildings other questions and get a good solicitor.
forced to change it’s postal address
could be closed, an ASX spokesperson LDMG are not co-ordinating the due to being severely let down by a
stated “…we’ve made arrangements to suit bringing of a mass civil action against the local ‘resource’ centre in Norwich.
staff but not at the expense of running the police though will assist in gathering Apparently someone at the
market properly.’’ information about arrests; Greenhouse objected to the box
In Melbourne, protesters waving ldmg@altavista.com Tel. 020 8245 2930 attracting general Earth Fist! mail and
flowers played volleyball to disrupt traffic. (24hr answerphone). decided to shut it down without
A MacDonalds restaurant was forced to If you wish to pursue a claim then you warning. Gathering mail should now
close after protesters splashed it with may wish to contact the following: be sent to the EF! Action Update
paint and slogans such as “McFilth” & address. If you have recently sent
“McCrap”. Australian Workplace Liberty is taking up the issue, contact
mail and want to check it was
Relations Minister Tony Abbott said of Nancy Collins. nancyc@liberty-human-
received e-mail
the protests “Its pretty mindless activity rights.org.uk Tel 020 7378 3653.
endcottage92@hotmail.com –
and what the protesters need to Mark Scott at Bhatt Murphy solicitors anything very important should be
understand is that capitalism is just a m.scott@bhattmurphy.demon.co.uk resent.
fancy word for freedom”. Tel 020 7253 7744. EF! summer gathering
Martyrs, Red for International Workers day
address change
globalization.
Poland: In Warsaw over 1200
New Zealand: Hundreds of peaceful
demonstrators held the Carnival against More brief news...
« In March 2001, Dutch eco-
anarchists marched, stopping at Capitalism in Wellington, with several
activists sabotaged water pipes in a
government offices and the US embassy well organized groups protesting against
Betuweline tunnel causing over 10,000
to have a chat. privatisation of NZ’s water services, free
guilders damage. The Betuweline is a
Slovakia: In the capital, Bratislava trade andglobalisation.
controversial project to connect
hundreds gathered from several Costa Rica: Over 10,000 took to the
different industrial areas of Holland &
revolutionary groups and were visited by streets of San Jose: from banana workers
Germany by train. No group has claim
many other people who showed interest to housewives. All were demonstrating
responsibility for the sabotage.
in ideas of revolutionary anarchism. with their usual spirit of militancy, unity
« Sri Lanka become one of the first
Czech Republic: Hundreds gathered and solidarity. This unity of workers is
countries to impose a total ban on GM
in Prague with anarchist literature growing and all feel confident of new
foods.
magazines and stickers and a sound victories.
« Communiqués to the ELF North
system with free vegan burgers. Nazis
America press office; the arson of 2
shouted nationalistic slogans, so the cops MAYDAY MONOPOLY cement trucks belonging to Ross Island
protected them and then ARRESTS Sand and Gravel in Portland USA, April
attacked other protesters with batons and
To date (10/05/01) a total of 96 people 15th. An anonymous communiqué
horses.
have been arrested, 92 were arrested on stated “Let this be a warning to all the
Pittsburgh, USA: 200 costumed
May Day and 4 since, an indication that greedy corporations who exploit our
people celebrated with chants, cheers,
arrests may continue. Seven people are Earth’s natural resources”; An attempted
flags and a mobile maypole. The police
still being held on remand. arson at a Nike Outlet store in the town
seemed unsure of what was going on and
Did you see anyone being arrested or of Albertville, Minnesota, targeted due
eventually 150 riot cops tried to direct
injured on Mayday? If so please contact to the corporation’s use of sweatshop
the march. 6-10 arrests were made and
LDMG, as this information may assist a labour overseas and it’s role in
police used pepper spray and physically
persons defence or civil claim for globalisation; March 30th a fire that
beat several demonstrators.
damages. Provide the persons name or destroyed $1 million worth of new
Long Beach, USA: Cops outnumbered
an accurate time and location of arrest SUV’s at the Joe Romania Chevrolet
protesters & unsurprising there were
so it can be matched to a particular truck lot in Eugene was claimed bt
over 60 arrests. People were shot at, at
person. It is easier and quicker if you anonymous communique.
close range with rubber bullets.
could send e-mail in the first instance; North American ELF Press Office
Confused bystanders were alarmed at the
please include your phone number. Also elfpress@tao.ca
cops shooting kids for no reason.
if you know anyone who was arrested www.earthliberationfront.com
Australia: Thousands of May Day
who has not or contacted LDMG please « FAQ about the earth liberation
protesters took to the streets in Australia
get him her to do so. front booklet is now available. This 31-
on Tuesday, burning political effigies and
There may be further arrests, ‘wanted’ page booklet contains answers to
blockading stock exchange buildings.
photos have appeared in at least one frequently asked questions about the
Protesters linked arms to block the
newspaper. Remember if someone you ELF & costs $7. Cheques & money
Australian Stock Exchange (ASX)
know apppears to be wanted, it is very orders to “Resistance” C/O North
buildings in Sydney and Melbourne
useful for them to know, but gossiping or American ELF Press Office PO Box
chanting “No One In, No One Out”.
otherwise drawing attention to the fact 4783 Portland, OR 97208 USA
Police warned they would not tolerate
could land someone in prison. If you are
violence and even welded shut metal
manhole covers to prevent them being arrested DON’T admit it’s you in the Urgent
used as missiles. Stock traders were picture, you only have to give a name
and address, say ‘no comment` to all
Announcement
forced to go to work in the dark through The EF! Summer Gathering has been
underground carparks so the buildings other questions and get a good solicitor.
forced to change it’s postal address
could be closed, an ASX spokesperson LDMG are not co-ordinating the due to being severely let down by a
stated “…we’ve made arrangements to suit bringing of a mass civil action against the local ‘resource’ centre in Norwich.
staff but not at the expense of running the police though will assist in gathering Apparently someone at the
market properly.’’ information about arrests; Greenhouse objected to the box
In Melbourne, protesters waving ldmg@altavista.com Tel. 020 8245 2930 attracting general Earth First! mail
flowers played volleyball to disrupt traffic. (24hr answerphone). and decided to shut it down without
A MacDonalds restaurant was forced to If you wish to pursue a claim then you warning. Gathering mail should now
close after protesters splashed it with may wish to contact the following: be sent to the EF! Action Update
paint and slogans such as “McFilth” & address. If you have recently sent
“McCrap”. Australian Workplace Liberty is taking up the issue, contact
mail and want to check it was
Relations Minister Tony Abbott said of Nancy Collins. nancyc@liberty-human-
received e-mail
the protests “Its pretty mindless activity rights.org.uk Tel 020 7378 3653.
endcottage92@hotmail.com –
and what the protesters need to Mark Scott at Bhatt Murphy solicitors anything very important should be
understand is that capitalism is just a m.scott@bhattmurphy.demon.co.uk resent.
fancy word for freedom”. Tel 020 7253 7744. EF! summer gathering
Martyrs, Red for International Workers day
address change
90% for 90% killed by paramilitaries” and “how does Swansea
drilling for oil in the Arctic fit the new During the week of action against Cargill
A group from Manchester boarded a
‘green’ image”. Elsewhere in the Museum Swansea Against Genetic Engineering
train to Blackpool last month carrying
the showpiece animated Tyrannosaurus (SAGE) visited their local Safeway and
‘90% for 90%’ cards and a stack of
Rex was given a fetching new coat with Sainsbury’s stores to draw attention to
leaflets. They explained to the guard that
the message ‘Climate change killed me, GM animal feed in their meat and dairy
passengers were no longer happy just
don’t let it happen to you’. Contact RTS produce. ‘GM inside’ cards appeared
moaning and waiting for something to be
07811 636263, mysteriously throughout the store and
done about the state of public transport.
shoppers were asked to sign a petition.
Cards and leaflets were distributed, the
More info info@togg.co.uk
idea being to pay no more than 10% or
show the card in solidarity with the call GM decontamination
for a 90% reduction in fares to bring Genetic Engineering Network has
about the 90% cut in greenhouse gases received reports of 2 crop trashings in late
needed to halt climate change. No ticket- April, both 100% destroyed. The tests
check took place and passenger response were of 2 of 9 National Seed List trials
was great, many wishing they hadn’t and if allowed to continue, the winter oil
already bought tickets. On the return seed rape would have been closer to
journey one passenger used his card on commercialisation. NSL trials are
the spot as he hadn’t bought a ticket and normally quite small and serve the
the guard nodded and walked on; he was purpose of moving a given seed variety
over the moon! further through the regulatory system. The
90% for 90%, c/o Manchester Earth Our food our future sites were Piccots End, TL 054 104 and
First! Box 29, 22a Beswick Street In response to the exclusivity of the Albury, Hertfordshire, TL 423 234. GEN
Manchester, M4 7HS. ‘Agriculture 2020’ conference (£300 a 020 7690 0626, genetics@gn.apc.org
World car free day ticket) hosted by the John Innes Centre
DETR biotech demo
Norwich (April 18th-20th), a group of ‘up
Critical Mass Bristol for a party’ anti-GM activists held their On March 30th a demo as held outside the
During a Critical Mass cycle ride in ‘everyone invited’ bash at the Sainsbury biotech unit of the DETR in London,
Bristol on World car free day, April 19th, Centre. This happened on the very same calling them to immediately halt
a taxi driver knocked down a cyclist. The evening as 120 ‘Ag 2020’ delegates held agricultural tests. Banners were held and
police response was to arrest the cyclist their swanky meal. Around 40 people leaflets handed out to passers-by and to
for allegedly causing criminal damage to drummed, whistled, and danced beside a DETR staff. Disinfectant was sprayed
the taxi!! Apart from the negativity of the large window (40x100ft) just feet away across the entrance and staff were asked
one arrest, the cycle protest went really from the dinners who tried hard to ignore to walk through it. A statement and letter
well with about 250 people of all ages the outside antics. A 40x15ft “Our Food written by farmers was handed in and
taking part using a variety of transport Our Future” banner unfurled itself from questions were asked as to why the
including cycles, walking, skateboards, the top of the window which seemed to inessential GM trials were being
and scooters. Musical entertainment was strengthen their resolve to ignore the continued when all other activities in the
provided with drums, brass instruments, demo. Though after nearly two hours of countryside were being stopped.
and a load speaker hooked up to the back dancing and message writing some did www.geneticsaction.org.uk/testsites
of a bike. One or two irate car drivers eventually crack and acknowledged that
irresponsibly drove at speed through the
Claire gets short crust
the outside party was considerably better
crowd knocking into bikes. But in general than their own. International Development Secretary
the protest was peaceful, musical, good- Norwich DAF 07944 847393. Clare Short, received her just desserts
natured and managed to block off a from the Biotic Baking Brigade at a
major roundabout and one of the main
GM protests Wales meeting in Bangor, North Wales. The
roads. 200+ people gathered outside Castle king size custard pie was delivered, at
Cenlas farm in Mathry, Pembrokeshire on 7pm on March 5th, in recognition of Ms.
Unnatural history
April 28th to protest plans to plant GM Short’s disservice to the world’s poor. The
London RTS mischievously de-branded crops. Two fields on the farm owned by trickle down effect was well demonstrated
the BP sponsored Ecology exhibition at former Tory MP Tony Marlow are due to by the gooey concoction of fair trade
the Natural History Museum. Timed to be used soon. Organic farmers and bananas, short crust pastry, and other
coincide with the BP AGM, activists residents were among furious protesters organic ingredients. Agent Custard
posed as smooth talking BP tour guides whose livelihoods will be threatened by commented: ‘Clare Short’s bananas
while others heckled them with questions contamination. Yellow biodegradable policies fly in the face of ministerial
such as “how can you claim to be ‘beyond helium-filled balloons were released to promises to help the world’s poor and
petroleum’ while increasing oil support their claim that winds will carry protect the environment.’ A woman has
production by 5%”, “why do anti-BP pollen from the farm into the surrounding been charged with a public order offence
activists in Colombia get threatened and countryside. in relation to the pieing.
Fans and followers of the AU will have noticed we simply didn’t get it together in April. We’d love to have a great excuse, but
unfortunately we don’t. A big sorry to everyone, particularly folks who rushed us features or had events that got missed because
of the delay. Oops. We’ve now received counselling, aversion therapy and a nice cuppa and will try to do better in the future
CAAT action network
Campaign Against Arms Trade has Resources Earth First! summer
gathering
launched an action network to encourage MATE ASEED Europe have produced Plans are well underway for this year’s EF!
and facilitate NVDA on arms trade MATE – A Map of Activities on Summer Gathering, August 1st-5th in
related issues. The network may function Transport in Europe with an Derbyshire. Workdays to help set up site
in three ways: 1. Directly organising accompanying 80 page booklet. The are planned for June 9th, July 8th, 28th and
NVDA; 2. Giving support to regional Map aims to illustrate what’s happening, 29th, with gathering meetings on the same
groups who are/would like to organise who’s doing it and who’s trying to stop it weekends, accommodation available and
NVDA in their area; 3. Setting up a – indispensable for road/climate and everybody welcome to come along. Bring
phone tree to enable a quick activist transport campaigning. ASEED operate ideas, tools or a vehicle for workdays if
response to arms trade issues. a slightly complicated variable pricing you can.
The idea of the network is to be policy – we think this means it cost There is a wishlist - all the usual tat to
flexible and to enable as many people to about £3-3.50 for and un(der)waged make a gathering happen - get in touch if
take part as possible. If you would like to individual. To order MATE contact you can supply/lend anything useful.
get involved, please contact CAAT, 11 Carbusters, Kratka 26, 100 00 Praha, Help with; facilitation, gate duty,
Goodwin St, London N4 3HQ, 020 7281 Czech Republic carbusters@ecn.cz workshop running, crèche shifts, tat co-
0297, action@caat.demon.co.uk New Genewatch breifing ordinator especially, etc. is also needed
(number 14) ‘Human Bio-collections,
Anti-weapons action Who benefits from gene banking?’ Out
Please get in touch
summergathering@yahoo.co.uk
Stop them ‘Polluting till the sun goes out!’ now. Genewatch, The Mill House
A creative, non-violent action is planned Manchester Rd, Tideswell, Buxton Women speak out June
at MOD procurement centre, Bristol, Derbyshire, SK17 8LN 8-10th
Monday June 18th, in protest against mail@genewatch.org Women Speak Out is a gathering for
weapons such as Trident warheads, DU Squatters Handbook – long women interested or involved in DIY
penetrators, Cluster bombs and Cruise awaited new edition £1 (+57p p+p), political, social, or environmental activity.
Missiles which cause sickness, death and discounts for bulk orders to groups. The weekends have been autonomous
genetic damage to people and long-term ASS, 2 St Pauls Rd, London, N1 2QN spaces for workshops, discussions, food,
contamination of the environment. This
music and all else. Come along to share
will be an amalgamation of many groups; Balfour Beatty ideas, skill, info, support, plan projects,
anti-nuclear, war veterans, environmental,
The Birmingham S26 collective are keen create a workshop, do a performance,
anti-capitalist/imperialist, religious, peace,
on organising a national day of action build a network, or whatever. There will
community etc with simultaneous
against Balfour Beatty as they are the be sleeping space, vegan and gluten free
international actions coinciding with the
main contractors for the new Bullring food, creche/ kids space: bring sleeping
EU Summit in Gothenburg. Arrestable
which is a very big, expensive and high stuff and cutlery. Let them know about
and non-arrestable actions for swimmers,
profile job. Any ideas/support/advice is you/kids, ideas, special needs, access
climbers, fence cutters/decorators etc.
very welcome. Please contact S26 requirements or offers of help etc.
Contact Bristol Centre for Change
collective, 07980 415577, PO Box 9417, Contact 07900 374015 or ansaphone
0117 954 0564 daamdu@c4.com or
Birmingham, B13 9WA message from June 1st 01273 298192, or
DAAMDU, Box 15, 82 Colston St
s26brum@hotmail.com check www.spor.org.uk
Bristol BS1 5BB
If you know of anyone who you think we ought to be supporting get in touch with the Earth Liberation Prisoners
Prisoners AU or ELP (listed opposite), let us know as much as possible (what they’re in for, how
long, when they’re due for release, details of any support campaign etc.). The AU
support network
c/o BM Box 2407
proiritises listing new eco-prisoners ELP carry a more detailed list.
London, WC1N 3XX
UK Redditch, Worcs B97 HMP The Mount, Quebec
6RD, on remand for Online newsletter
Molyneaux Avenue, Mario Bertoncini, 04.2.78,
Lee Himlin EX7748, disarming a nuclear convoyBovingdon, Hemel Alex Boissonneault, 14.4.79, earthlibprisoner@mail.com
HMP Perry Road, vehicle. Hempstead, HP3 0NZ, Roman Pokorski, 09.11.78, www.spiritoffreedom.org.uk
Sherwood, Nottingham,
N65 3AG, on remand for Garfield Gabbard, FT9062, serving 4 yrs for conspiracy Victor Quentin, 23.2.80, Urgent ELP Bulletin sends out
HMP Pentonville, to cause explosions. Serge Vallee, 03.8.79, all names of new prisoners as
sabotaging quarrying
Caledonian Rd, London held at Centre de détention soon as ELP gets them
equipment which is Address change de Québec, 500, rue de la
threatening a protected N7 on Remand expecting 7 animalearthliberation@bigfoot.com
yrs for setting fire to a Satpal Ram HMP Faune, C.P. 7130,
National Park and the Writing to prisoners
Nine Ladies stone circle. police van at N30 Euston Blakenhurst, Hewell Lane, Charlesbourg, Québec,
event. 1999. Redditch, Worcs, B97 6QS, G1G 5E4 Canada, arrested Remember to include the
Fr. Martin Newell, moved for 52nd time!!! at the ‘Summit of Americas’ prisoners number and a return
EM6780, HMP Bedford, Michael Collins, FR6303,
Serving 11 yrs since 1986 anti-globalisation demoand address (prisons won’t accept
St Loyes, MK40 1HG, HMP Elmley, Church
for murder whilst defending facing various charges (see
on remand for disarming Road, Eastchurch,
himself against a vicious
the lette rwithout one, not all
Sheerness, Kent, ME12 ELP newsletter for more
a nuclear convoy vehicle. unprovoked racist attack by info) please write to each accept PO Box address) for
4AY, serving 2 yrs, party more tips on writng contact
Susan Van Der Hijden, a gang of 6 racists, is still prisoner separately, enclose
and protest prisoner.
EN5880 HMP Brockhill, inside after 14 yrs. a stamped envelope if you ELP or Anarchist Black Cross
Mel Broughton DJ8216, want a reply. c/o 6 Tilbury Place
“Any political movement that does not support it’s political internees is a sham movement” Brighton BN2 2GY
Ojore Lutalo, political prisoner
PGA Milan special report
The PGA euro-meet on the 24/25 More positively, as well as approaching
March, brought together over 300 such important and difficult discussions,
activists from around 80 social and the meeting offered the space generally
ecological action groups from across and in innumerable ‘working groups’
europe and the world, for discussion where the various radical networks in
and to plan future co-ordination. The europe could cross paths, without tear gas
conference was called for by Ya Basta! and water cannons, and explore
commonalities on which to build future
and Reclaim the Streets, the current
understanding and action. Organisers in
and past euro-convenors of the PGA
Scandinavia planning action against the
network and hosted by YB in the EU meetings were able to share ideas
Leoncavello social centre in Milan, with anti-G8 organisers in Italy; Spanish
Italy. Leoncavello itself is an impres- NoBorder networkers with activists
sive place - a gigantic ex-industrial fighting repression in Columbia; climate
complex squatted and run by its’ users change campaigners in Germany with
and just one of around 10 in Milan EF!ers from the Czech republic. A
alone. Across Italy there are over 100 number of ‘days of action’ around europe
PEOPLES’ GLOBAL ACTION: social centres of different shapes, sizes and ways of tying them thematically
WE ARE EVERYWHERE… and affiliations - an inspiring legacy of a together were discussed with plans for
vibrant political grassroots. Not that there ‘caravans’ linking the various events. One
Peoples’ Global Action (PGA) is a
aren’t problems - there seems to be of the themes suggested - a call for ‘global
worldwide network for communication
distinct antagonisms between Italian citizen rights’ was misheard as ‘..citizen
and co-ordination between grassroots riots’ and arguably received total
social movements and all those fighting radical groups and very few from Italy
consensus: everyone waving their hands
the destruction of humanity and planet by other than Ya Basta! activists attended the and laughing. While the next WTO
capitalism and the present social order. meeting. There weren’t many groups
meeting in impossible-to-get-to Qatar in
Emerging from the catalyst of the present from the east of europe either,
November raised the prospect of a truly
zapatista-inspired ‘encruentros’ in which showed the extend to which such
decentralised day of action (tho’
1996/97, there have been two PGA global gatherings are often limited to those who interestingly a survey of the meeting
conferences since its’ conception: Geneva can afford them, and so the importance showed ‘summit-hopping’ to be largely a
Feb ’98, preceding the G8 and WTO of economic solidarity in the organising media invention. Most people present
meetings; and in Bangolore, India Aug ’99 of such ‘global’ meetings. had been to only one reasonably local
before the Seattle WTO meeting. The The composition of the ‘anti-capitalist/ ‘global action’). Ongoing communications
PGA network has been a key force behind globalisation movement’ was highlighted structure work, a european network
the Global Days of Action and ‘anti- focussed on countering movement
in various ways throughout the weekend.
globalisation’ events of recent years. repression, and a myriad of other plans
One of the most important and intense
and proposals all found expression over a
PGA is a co-ordination tool not an discussions during the main assemblies few days and a drink or two in Milan.
organisation, it has no members or for instance, was on gender. This erupted
While the meeting was on the whole
constituted legal identity, no central funds after incidents of harassment took place
during a huge party at the centre on too loosely structured and too short, and
or spokespeople; and relies on the accentuated most of the obvious failings
grassroots movements and group Saturday night, but reflected deep
concerns about gender relations within of global networking, still the attempt to
themselves for its’ continued existence. connect and co-ordinate across cultures,
Conferences are organised by a rotating the ‘anti-capitalist’ movement and PGA
specifically. Proposals to integrate gender languages, boundaries and borders was
group of movement ‘convenors’. and is of crucial importance.
Convenors are appointed at each global equality into PGA structures and to take
Paradoxically, within this growing global
conference and drawn from all continents the ‘issue’ back to our localities were well network, it’s often in the smaller settings
received, but it’s a moot point for all
and social sectors. The next global and incidental moments that the most
european radical groups that our fruitful connections are made. In this very
conference in Bolivia, Sept 2001, will be
‘networks’ are predominantly it seems real human sense, beyond any written
hosted by peasant and domestic worker
male, white, and young. Another ‘issue’ declarations and decisions, the PGA
unions and will follow a number of
was the attendance of authoritarian european meeting can only be seen as a
regionally organised PGA meetings in
groups like the uk’s Workers Power and stunning success. With similar regional
Europe, Latin America, Asia and N.
SWP. Their participation was opposed by PGA meetings planned for North
America. While originally focussed on
nearly all of the other groups present, still American and Aotearoa (down-under) and
opposing ‘free trade’ and the WTO, the
the problems around similar groups’ a worldwide conference in Bolivia in
PGA ‘hallmarks’ and political approach - a involvement in PGA were never really
September, as well as related
dynamic evolving process - have expanded explored or resolved. The processes of mobilisations and events, Peoples’ Global
to oppose all forms of domination PGA ‘decisions’ and the relations between Action may yet realise the possibilities of
including capital and state forms while ‘north and south’ were also put under its’ name.
continuing to propose local alternatives further scrutiny in trying to decide
and autonomy, direct action and self-
organisation against the present system.
european participation in the global PGA
conference in Bolivia.
www.apg.org
Combat Climate Chaos!
90% for 90% - GET THE CARD - SHOW THE GUARD
A call for a 90% cut in public transport fares … to make public transport affordable … to start
making changes … that bring the 90% cut in greenhouse gases needed to halt climate change.
Are you sick of high public transport fares while pollution causes record levels of asthma in children, and the floodwaters rise?
Public transport is neither affordable nor a high quality service – for passengers or for workers. Meanwhile, scientists say that
to stop extreme weather events and catastrophic climate change we have to cut greenhouse gases (the gases that contribute to
climate change) by as much as 90%.
Road travel is one of the fastest growing sources of carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas. Getting people off roads and
onto a decent and affordable public transport system is more than a nice idea – it’s essential for survival. Tired of hearing
government rhetoric over the railways, and seeing no commitment to tackling climate change, people are taking action.

NATIONAL DAY OF

#
‘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 don’t 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 it’s 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 doesn’t 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 people’s 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
are local EF! contacts some
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
07980 415577 York LEAF 0131 557 8242 0121 632 6460
s26brum@hotmail.com Disabled Action Network
C/o SU Centre Do or Die Trident Ploughshares 2000
3 Crawley Road, Wood Green
Dartmoor EF! University of York, Heslington c/o Prior House, 6 Tilbury Pl. 42-46 Bethel St
London N22 6AN
c/o PO Box 77, Totness York YO10 5DD Brighton BN2 2GY Norwich NR2 1NR
020 88891361
Devon TQ9 5ZJ doordtp@yahoo.co.uk
Support Groups DELTA 01324 880744
Grampion EF! FINs - for a full list of Free tp2000@gn.apc.org
& Information Box Z, 13 Biddulph St
PO Box 248 Information Networks, send
Aberdeen AB25 1JE
Networks SAE to: London FIN
Leicester LE2 1BH
Protest Camps
0116 210 9652
Gwynedd & Mon EF! Activists’ Legal Project c/o 99 Torrinio Avenue lynx@gn.apc.org Aldermaston Women’s Peace
The Greenhouse 16b Cherwell Street London NW5 2RX www.oneworld.org/delta Camp, 33 Heron Rd
1 Trevelyan Terrrace, Bangor Oxford, OX4 1BG Genetix Update Bristol BS5 0LT
Friends of People Close to
Gwynedd LL57 1AX 01865 243 772 c/o Totnes GenetiX Group 0117 939 3746
Nature (FPCN UK)
01248 255 821 activistslegal@gn.apc.org PO Box77, Totness 33 Gould Close Faslane Peace Camp
bangor-werdd@yahoogroups.com Anarchist Teapot Devon TQ9 5ZJ Welham Green, Hatfield Shandon, Helensburgh
Leeds EF! Mobile Kitchen Project 01803 840 098 Hertfordshire AL9 7EB Dunbartonshire G84 8HT
c/o CRC, 16 Sholebroke Av 6 Tilbury Place info@togg.org 01707 885 994 Scotland
Leeds LS7 3HB Brighton BN2 2GY Peace News rains@fpcn-global.org 01436 820 901
O113 262 9365 katchoo22@chickmail.com 5 Caledonian Road GenetiX Snowball 9 Ladies Anti-Quarry Camp
Leedsef@ukf.net Blatant Incitement Project London N1 9DY Box13, 43 Gardner St Lees Cross
London Reclaim The Streets (outreach & small group Schnews Brighton BN1 1UN Lees Rd, Stanton Lees
PO Box 9656 support) PO Box 2600, Brighton rowantilly@gn.apc.org Matlock, Derbyshire
London N4 4JY c/o Manc. EF! East Sussex BN2 2DX 07799 528 871
doinit@nematode.freeserve.co.uk Hunt Saboteurs Assoc.
020 7281 4621 01273 685913 PO Box 2786 Sellafield Women’s Peace
rts@gn.apc.org CAGE Network schnews@brighton.co.uk Brighton BN2 2AX Camp, Box Z (as Leeds EF!)
Manchester EF! (against the prison system) The EF!AU has a list of local 01273 622827 0113 262 1534
Box29, 22a Beswick St c/o Notts Rainbow centre radical publications. hsa@gn.apc.org Vallee d’Aspe Camp
Manchester, M4 7HS ring for postal address Send an SAE or e-mail. Industrial Workers Mobile+336 72634905
0161 2266 814 0845 458 9595
of the World
mancef@nematode.freeserve.co.uk Corporate Watch Virtual News ..and beyond
75 Humberstone Gate
(Newcastle) TAPP 16b Cherwell St Leicester LE1 1WB active campaigns that have
Oxford OX4 1BG http://www.ainfos.ca had protest camps in the past
PO Box ITA The Land is Ours (TLIO)
01865 791391 a muliti-lingual news service
Newcastle NE99 1TA 16b Cherwell St Action Against the Toll
mail@corporatewatch.org by, for and about anarchists
ne991ta@yahoo.com Oxford OX4 1BG Motorway (AtoM)
Earth Liberation Prisoners Allsorts - UK based e-news for
Norwich Direct Action Forum 01460 249204 0121 643 9117
support Network activists allsorts@gn.apc.org
PO Box 487 office@tlio.demon.co.uk actionagainstthetollmotorway
Norwich NR2 3AL BM Box 2407 www.uk.indymedia.org @hotmail.com
Legal Defence & Monitoring
London, WC1N 3XX
07944 874 393 Video Group Golden Cross Road Action
earthlibprisoner@mail.com
Nottingham EF! i-Contact video network BM Haven, London Group (Essex), 01702 541 267
Ring for postal address Genetic Engineering Network WC1N 3XX 07957 915 977
76 Mina Road, Bristol
0845 458 9595 (GEN), PO Box 9656
BS29TX 01179140188 London GreenPeace & Hockley Housing
Nottsef@veggies.org.uk London N4 4JY
i-contact@videonetwork.org McLibel Campaign 01702 206 181
020 7690 0626
Reading Roadbusters RadiX-DA video library 5 Caledonian Road Third Battle of Newbury
genetics@gn.apc.org
R.I.S. Centre C/o Projektwekstaff London N1 9DX PO Box 5642
35-39 London Street, Reading Primal Seeds 020 7713 1269
Gostenhefer Hauptstr 50 Newbury RG14 5WG
Berkshire RG1 4PS Suite 305, 255 Wilmslow Rd info@mcspotlight.org
D90443 Nuernberg 07000 785 201
0118 954 6430 Manchester M14
Germany49(0)9112875880 Making Waves
roadbusters@gn.apc.org www.primalseeds.org
radiX@pathfindermail.com PO Box 1377 International
mail@primalseeds.org
Sheffield EF! Sheffield S36 4BZ
c/o Brambles Resource Centre URGENT Other Contacts For International contacts we
01226 764279
(green field housing network) recommend the list in Do or
82 Andover St Advisory Service for Squatters pp3office@aol.com
Box HN, 16b Cherwell St Die 9 or ...
Sheffield S3 9EH 2 Saint Pauls Road No Platform anti-fascist
0114 279 7164 Oxford OX4 1BG Peoples Global Action (PGA)
London N1 2QN network
jimthackery@yahoo.co.uk 01865 794 800 against the WTO and neo-
020 7359 8814 PO Box 127
info@urgent.org.uk liberalisation, www.apg.org
South Devon EF! advice@squat.freeserve.co.uk Leeds LS3 1TS
c/o PO Box 77, Totness Publications ALF Supporters Group Reclaim the Satyagraha!
Earth First! Journal
Devon TQ9 5ZJ BCM Box 1160 POB 3023, Tucson
The Agitator-Directory of C/o 5 Caledonian Road
London WC1N 3XX AZ 85702 USA
SWAN Network Autonomous Groups London N1 9DX
1003021616@compuserve.co.uk Tel: (520) 620-6900
PO Box 70 c/o Haringey Solidarity Group 07973 539 390
Fax: (413) 254-0057
Newport NP1 0YD PO Box 2474, London N8 Anarchist Federation È enquiries@satyagraha.org
collective@earthfirstjournal.org
Swangroup@yahoo.co.uk c/o 84b Whitechapel High St. www.earthfirstjournal.org
Every effort is made to keep this contact list as up to date as possible, but we haven’t time to check every contact every
month. If you have trouble using any contact on this list please let us know. Also please make sure you tell us of any changes.
We appreciate receiving any ideas to improve this list and make it as useful as possible.
All additions and alterations each month are shown in bold.
The inclusion of a contact on this list in no way implies the support of the AU editorial collective for that group, it’s ideas, actions or indeed anything else.
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.
#
Subscribe to the EF! Action Update
Name:

Address:

From: EF!AU Subscriptions cost a minimum £5 for 10 issues. Send more if you
PO Box 487 can so we can distrubute free to prisoners etc. Cheques payable to
Norwich Earth First! Action Update. Worried about security? You may wish
NR2 3AL to consider a false name
England & c/o address. If this circle is ticked your subscription has run out - Please renew it NOW!

You might also like