Earth First! Action Update

Disguised as the eco police, Friends of the Earth storm into Roadstone House, Tarmac’s HQ in Wolverhampton, to protest about Tarmac's central role in the Govt's road-building plans.

Updates from the direct action campaign in Newcastle to protect Jesmond Dene from road-building.

Seven road protesters were imprisoned for breach of injunctions.

'People For Change' are planning to challenge the Govt-sponsored 'Partnerships For Change' sustainability talk-shop being held in Manchester in September.

In August Earth First! activists protested at the clear felling of ancient woodland at Bramdean near Winchester.

In August 200 people marched along the route of the doomed road - and there is an urgent need for squatters to occupy the empty houses in the road-building path.

The next EF! Gathering will be in September somewhere in Shropshire.

A defence fund has been launched following the recent symbolic trespass on crown land.

Pitponia EF! is probably the first EF! group in Scotland.

In July forty-five activists invaded Whatley Quarry near Frome in Somerset, to express outrage at the massive amount of quarrying, and its drastic effects on water tables.

The aim is to help delay work on Trident nuclear weapons by coming to Faslane Peace Camp on Friday 17th, Saturday 18th, Sunday 19th September and blockading RNAD Coulport on Monday 20th September.

The Wymondham Bypass is another section of the upgrading of the A11 into a dual carriageway all the way from Norwich to London.

Wirral EF! and Underground Power launched a protest about Beatties store's continued selling of racist "gollywogs".

20th June Around a dozen activists invaded Great Mills DIY and dead rainforest seller of Yeovil.

Meet on 16th October 1pm at Euston Station for a march against McDonald’s.

30th October 11 am to 7pm Fayre; 8pm to 11pm gig; all at Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London.

2nd - 5th August Five people went on a hunger strike outside the lndian Embassy in London to help apply pressure to the Indian Government to review the Sarder Saroyer dam projects.

A Worthing Earth First! group has recently been set up to challenge the up and coming bypass dispute which threatens land in West Sussex including the ancient Cissbury Ring.

Late Sept - early Oct During last year’s freshers fair, actions at the Manchester student branches of Lloyds and Midland over just three days reduced the number of new accountees by 40%, (from leaked correspondence between the branch managers and the local University Students Unions).

Why is a minister of a foreign whaling government prepared to express more anger than our our own environment groups?

The blockade which was first set up by the Penan at Lone Mobui earlier this year is still ongoing.

9th August In the largest mass arrest in Canada's history, 304 children, women and men were arrested for peacefully blockading a logging road.

Eric Petetin was recently granted an amnesty by President Mltterand, having served nearly three months of an eighteen month sentence for cutting a fence to stop the Vallee d'Aspe road tunnel in the Pyrenees.

Shell’s oil operations in southern Nigeria are continuing to be the focus of protests by the Ogoni people of the Niger Delta.

21st-31st October Earls Court, London. Get along - there's loads of fun to be had...

A word from the editorial team in Oxford.