Earth First Action Update
No 17, June 1995
"Nid Yw'r Byd Ar Werth!"
A299, Thanet Way, Kent: Work started on this road on Monday May 15th and there are now Daily Actions.
It’s all happening down at the A30 protest camp near Exeter.
Local MP Alan Stewart appeared in court on the 23rd May and pleaded not guilty to assaulting road protesters.
On Monday 1st May the forces of darkness began the eviction of Stanworth Valley which was to last over 5 days and result in over 70 arrests, mainly under Section 10 of the 1977 Criminal Law Act.
Munstonia, the last remaining house on the route of the M11 Link road, is now well barricaded (see photo).
Garforth is a suburb of Leeds, close to an area with a strong deep mining tradition.
The Selar SSSI at Cwmgwrach, West Glamorgan is the site of yet more open cast madness on a vast scale.
Caerphilly mountain (the location of the BBC’s version of the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe) near Cardiff was also facing imminent destruction.
On August 6th 1945 the US dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima.
About 150 people gathered on Thursday 18th May outside Shell’s Annual General Meeting to hear Ogoni tribes people demand that Shell stop supporting Nigeria’s Military Dictatorship.
The battle to save Carmel Woods in the Gwenlais Valley (site of the only turlough lake in the UK), South Wales from destruction through Quarrying is now in it's 12th year.
On the 26th April, the Employment section of the trial started, with two witnesses from McDonalds testifying.
It is estimated that approximately 30% of East Timor’s population has been murdered during the Indonesian occupation.
Several actions occurred in the UK on Climate Action Day, along with hundreds across the world.
The A564 is a 15-mile road, linking the M1 and M6.
Toxic Alert!
To help with EF!
While the rest of the country was celebrating VE day an alternative celebration was happening down at Stonehenge.
By the time you read this the HSBC (Midlands Bank) Annual General Meeting will have been and gone (Barbican, 26th May).
The AGM of Rio Tinto Zinc (RTZ), the worlds largest mining corporation, was hit on May 10th in London, with Earth First!
A procession to oppose the extension to Ashton Court Quarry, near Bristol, was organised for May 13th by Avon Gorge EF!
The local elections in Manchester saw the launch of the Fresh Air Now party to raise awareness of the growing problem of air pollution.
Ecotopia is a summer camp that takes part in a different European country each year.
13 Native Forest activists recently travelled to Poland to help the campaign to save the Bialowieza forest.
The London Offices of Greenpeace were raided by over 50 Police Officers and MOD officials on Wednesday 17 of May.
Work on this road in Somerset is due to start 1 July.
Suddenly, 2 cars crashed in the middle of the street, people appeared from nowhere.
On Saturday 13th of May, Five Cambridge EF!
Kate Evans of Brighton's Justice?
The Road Action Coalition (RAC) sponsored by Activists Anonymous (AA), are looking for a vehicle or funds for a vehicle, which must be in good condition, with which to move tarpaulins, climbing equipment and people.
Badgers are often hit the hardest by the impact of a new road scheme.
Thu 1st: 10th Anniversary of the Battle of the Beanfield Actions Near Stonehenge.
Sorry the May issue got out so late but Manchester EF!
Earth First! and other Direct Action groups.