Events

May

12-14

Actions against the large oil companies following the Crude Operators gathering.

14

SHELL AGM. QEII Conference Centre, opposite Westminster Abbey, London. Contact DELTA for shares or more information, or just show up on the day

14

“How do we defend the right to peaceful protest?” 19:00-21:00 at the Conference Hall, Battlebridge Centre, 2-6 Battlebridge Road, London (nr tube: Kings Cross). Contact J-B at EarthRights, the Environmental Law & Resource Centre (see contact list)

14-19

Hope & Resistance Gathering, Kiel, Germany. Contact 01865-714036

16

Shut Down Shoreham Port. A national day of direct action - “No more single issues - it is time to take on the entirety of modern civilisation”. Meet 10am at The Hove Lagoon, by Adur Public House, 2 miles west of Brighton on seafront. Contact Shoreham Wilderness Defence, Box A, Public House Bookshop, 21, Little Preston Street, Brighton BN1 2HQ

16-18

Introductory weekend in primitive living skills, Cambridge, including edible and medicinal plant identification and use, tracking and fire making. Other weekends are in the pipeline. SAE to: Trackways, 83 Lower Cheltenham Place, Montpelier, Bristol BS6 5LA, or 0117-955 5312.

17

Sheffield Reclaim The Streets! Meet at 12:00 on Devonshire Green with drums, banners and party mood. Contact ShefFIN: 0114-266 2302

18

Consort Beagles (again). Meet at 12 at Harewood End, on the A49 between Hereford & Ross-On-Wye.

24 - 2 June Menwith Hill U.S. Spy Base Amazon Festival. Bring workshops, NVDA training, music, art, walks, food, fires, fun and wonderful, wonderful women! - 01943-468593

27

London GEN (Genetic Engineering Network) meeting; 18:30 @ Camden Head pub, Essex Rd, London N1

31

York Street Party. Meet at 12:00 at Clifford Tower. A Street Party with a difference, York are going PA-less and will have musicians and a crafts fair. Contact York EF!

June

2

Blockade the Base! Contact Menwith Hill womens peace camp 01943-468593

10- 17

Alternative European Summit, Amsterdam. Parallel forum whilst EU Heads of State push unregulated free trade. Contact A SEED Europe, PO Box 92066, 1090 AB Amsterdam, Netherlands, +31 20 6682236 or email aseedeur@antenna.nl

13-22

Stonehenge People’s Free Festival. Info: c/o 99 Torriano Avenue, London NW5

14

Day of ‘fun’ at Faslane peace camp.

20-22

Bristol Solstice Reclaim the Streets - 0117-9393093

July

4

Mass Trespass at Menwith Hill, “Independence from America” day - 01943-468593

8-13

Earth First! Summer Gathering - workshops, training, debates, music, etc. 2 SAEs, 1 first class to: EF!SG c/o Leeds EF!

13

Walk for the Indians of Peru. Pressure Mobil to stop oil exploration in the Peruvian Amazon. Contact 0171-242 1441.

14-15

National EF! action, to be arranged!

23-27

Big Green Gathering - workshops, music, etc 01747-870667

26

Urban Free Festival, Peckham, London

26-2 August Second Intercontinental Meeting for Humanity & Against Neoliberalism, Barcelona, Spain. Following an initiative taken by the Chiapas, this Encuentro aims to form “an international network... comprising all those who resist”. For info contact London Committee c/o BM-CRL, London WC1N 3XX

August

1-14

Ecotopia Gathering, nr Edinburgh, Scotland. Contact EYFA, PO Box 94115, 1090 GC Amsterdam, Netherlands, +31-20-665 7743, eyfa@antenna.nl

9

Nagasaki Day actions at Faslane and other nuclear sites. Contact Faslane Peace Camp.