Earth First! Action Update
Number 12 - September 1994
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The Criminal Justice Bill is coming in, but we must not let it intimidate us.
Plans to bulldoze a motorway extension through the Pollok Estate in Glasgow are imminent.
Since the last AU Cinder Path Wood has sadly been lost to the Earth Rapists.
There was a sad farewell last month to our friends John MacGregor and Robert Key from the DoT.
John “P45” MacGregor’s last public engagement was to help open the new A14 near Harwich - only someone from Road Alert! managed to sneak in with the sycophants and press.
Several bulletins from Solsburt Hill where evictions and destruction are currently rampant.
The No M11 Link Road has its 1st Anniversary, but Claremont Road has been under attack from security and bailiffs.
Vigil held to mark the partial opening of the Twyford Down road.
Main contract work on the Cradlewell "Bypass" at Jesmond Dene in Newcastle began on the 1st August, courtesy of arch eco-destroyers Alfred McAlpine/Budge.
Several current and upcoming road protest sites.
Two men have been jailed for an arson attack on an M11 tree house last December.
The London Psychogeographical Assn report that on the last Friday in every month cyclists gather at Waterloo roundabout ready to head off en-mass into the rush hour traffic.
The Lloyds and Midland Boycott is in its fourth year, eager to carry out as many actions against the offending two banks as possible.
Anti-nuclear campaigners went to Cumbria on June 20th to blockade all three entrances to the plant.
Upcoming dates on the Direct Action calendar.
Anti-CBJ billboard in Wakefield.
Overseas Development Agency staff were given a taste of their own medicine when their doors were chained shut and a sandbag dam erected behind banners saying 'Unhappy Birthday World Bank and IMF'.
The Independent Television Commission has pulled an advert paid for by the Indonesian Forestry Community (IFC) from UK TV channels, following complaints from viewers and pressure groups.
John Davies, a solicitor superbly skilled in suing the police, wants to hear from anyone who was arrested at Twyford and particularly on Operation Greenfly (Bailey Bridge action), as there could be thousands in it for every single person arrested that day.
Ecotopia is a yearly camp bringing together eco-activists from all around Europe. This year's was held in Ardeluta, Romania.
Supporting eco-defence protesters inside.
In June Greenpeace activists infiltrated a meeting on motorway widening in Solihull with "Screaming Briefcases" fitted with concealed loud speakers and cassettes.
Cattle Against Consumerism are a trans-species collective which aims to highlight the consumerist ethic which dominates in today’s livestock humans.
Short comment from editorial crew.
The first Corporate Watch (CW) Gathering happened in July in Oxford.
Cardiff EF! are continuing to fight against the £156 million Cardiff Bay Barrage.
'Caller Display' is a clever little addition to BT’s range of customer dis-services.
Some reading material for your perusal.
