Earth First! Action Update
Number 8 - December 1993 Download PDF
The No M11 Link Road campaign is building
momentum, with an ancient chestnut tree on George Green, Wanstead
becoming the latest focal point.
We've heard that during International Earth
Week, fairies and elfs have been "earthing" themselves and getting back
to nature worldwide.
Ever wondered who the invisible thinktank is
behind the EC's more horrific plans including the road-building
programme - the European Round Table Of Industrialists (ERT).
Facilitation, decision making, dealing with violence, legal and media training.
West Country EF! have produced a book for kids
of all ages - Asterix and the Road Monster - the story of a tiny
village's attempt to halt a planned monster motorway.
Since September when NatWest's International
Division was occupied for 24 hours in protest at their phoney green
image, the bank has been concerned this attention might spread and
defeat their attempts to con the public that it is some sort of green
god.
Actions around the country during Freshers
Week by students ensured that these two banks saw a real loss of
accounts.
Since the first 'CRISPO' Action at Norwich, there has been a contagious outbreak of ethical shoplift fever in protest against the illegal logging of Brazilian mahogany.
Legend has it that at the time of Wales’
greatest need, a bell snail ring and Owein Llawgoch (the Welsh
equivalent of Arthur) will rise to save the country and people against
its oppressors.
At the public enquiry for the proposed
Bedford southern Bypass protestors argued that a bridge should be built
beneath the road to allow cyclists and pedestrians to use the former
Bedford-Sandy railway line.
In order to help themselves build weapons to blow people up, the MoD trashed a local valley to build a road to the Faslane nuclear base.
150-200 invade the site on St Catherines Hill
and have an evening of theatre, poetry and slides telling the tale of Twyford
and the Dongas, causing havoc and stopping the road-building machines as
they made their way up along the cutting.
Manchester & Leeds EF!ers joined forces
with Underground Power and the disabled branch of Direct Action Network
(DAN).
BAe make military aircraft and sold 24 Hawk
aircraft to Indonesia who invaded East Timor nearly 20 years ago.
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