News In Brief

The eviction of the Goutte d’Eau at the Aspe valley, France has been postponed and so the planned Easter tour will not go ahead. However people are still very welcome to go there, especially if they know something about lorry mechanics. If you want more information contact: Aspe Valley Campaign, c/o Alternatives, P.O. Box 7, Llangefni, Ynys Mon, LL77 7ZJ. Telephone: 01248 713 604.

‘Does It Matter?’ is a double sided A4 newsletter from the Somerset Activists Network. Issue one, covering February and March, is now available. Send SAE to: Does It Matter? c/o PO Box 426, Bath, BA1 2ZD. To subscribe send a second class stamp for every issue you want to receive to the above address.

In April and May, Trackways are running introductory weekends in primitive living skills. Covering subjects such as edible and medicinal plant identification and use, tracking and fire making it seems a worthwhile weekend to help prepare for the forthcoming collapse of civilisation. For more details send an SAE to: Trackways, 83 Lower Cheltenham Place, Montpelier, Bristol BS6 5LA or telephone: 0117 9555312.

Steven Anderton, who has been living at the Bingley Bypass camp in Yorkshire, has suffered serious burns after a fire in a treehouse. He is expected to be in hospital for at least two more weeks so send cards, letters and nice things to: Steven Anderton, Regional Burns Unit, Pinderfields Hospital Trust, Aberford Road, Wakefield, WF1.

The 6,000 U’wa Indians in Colombia, who had threatened to commit mass suicide in protest at plans to explore their ancestral lands for oil, have won a court case against the US oil giant Occidental. The constitutional court, Colombia’s highest judicial authority, upheld the U’wa claim that their cultural integrity was at stake and ruled that Occidental should shelve plans to survey what a company spokesman called “potentially some of the largest reserves in Colombia.”

At around 10am on February 26th several people stopped a convoy carrying nuclear warheads at Abermarle, near Hadrians Wall in Scotland. The convoy was stopped for two hours, the longest managed yet, and nine people were arrested. For more details of this and forthcoming anti-nuclear actions contact CND on: 0171 700 2393.

Following the success of the last one another Northern Earth First! Gathering is being planned for April or May. If anybody would like to get involved in organising it or can offer a site to hold it on, catering equipment or a marquee contact Manchester Earth First! on: 0161 224 4846.

‘The Law’ is a radical law journal. Subtitled ‘Progressive but Interesting’ (!?) it covers all types of legal issues including framed defendants, racial cases and direct action. For a year subscription send a cheque or postal order for £4 made payable to ‘The Law’ to: The Law Subscriptions, PO Box 3878, London SW12 9ZE.