Events

August

23 - Start of the 100 days of action against Fossil Fuels and the Oil Industry. Contact 0171 865 8234 or Corporate Watch.

23 - Party/openday on the site of the proposed Wakefield Toxic Dump. Contact: 01924 893564

26 - Day of action against the expansion of Ashton Court Quarry. Meet 8am at Longwood Lane quarry entrance, Long Ashton. Tel: 0117 942 0129

26 - Gandalf Trial and bike blockade, Portsmouth Crown Court, 9am Winston Churchill Ave, Gandalf Defendant Campaign PO, Box 66, Stevenage SG1 2TR. 0956 694922 for accomodation the night before.

30 - National day of action against vivisection. Meet noon at BIBRA, Woodmansterne rd, Carshalton, Surrey. 0171 278 3068

30-2 - Alternative Arms Fair and peace demo near Farnborough Airshow/ arms exhibition. Contact 0171 281 0297

31 - Rally against Mink farming outside Windmill Hill Fur Farm, Child Okeford near Blandford, Dorset, at 12am. Speaker from Respect For Animals

September

1 - 9am, mass blockade to shut down the Royal Navy and British Army Equipment Exhibition on the first trade day of the arms fair. Accommodation and further details: Campaign Against the Arms Trade on 0171 281 0297 or 01206 305811.

6-7 - BICYCLES & BI-PEDS at the BYP-ARSE. 12 noon Newbury railway station, a celebration of the anniversary of eCostains main contract Bring food, tent and repair kit. Followed on the 7th by all day live music. Mobile 0468 505344 from 30th Aug, or call 01635 550552, PO Box 5520, Newbury, RG14 7YW. WEB: http://www.gn.apc.org/ newbury.

13 - Mass trespass at Babraham Institute of Animal physiology, 1pm, Babraham, off A1307, south of Cambridge, near J.10 M11.

12-14 - Aldermaston Peace Camp gathering, Contact 0117 939 3746.

20 - Eco-Weekenders Alliance discussion, combining jobs and radical activism. 10am-6pm Cornerstone Housing coop, Leeds. Call Sarah to book a place on 0113 262 9365

27-11 - “Surviving in a Globalised World.” Second Autumn University on North-South issues. Aachen, Germany. Contact: PlayFair Europe! C/o AstA der RWTH Aachen, Turmstr. 3, 52072 Aachen. Tel. 49 241 803792. Fax. 49 241 876103. asta@rwth-aachen.de

28 - Cannabis-Turn-Yourself-in-Day, go and get nicked with a spliff. Meet Speakers Corner, Hyde Park 2:23pm. Contact the Legalise Cannabis Campaign, BM Box 2455 London WC1N 3XX. 0171 584 1031

30 - A33 Rave against roads, party and actions in German ‘road squatt’, Heideweg X, 33829 Borgholzhausen (20km’s from Bielefeld along the B68, towards Osnabrueck) Tel: 00 (+49) 5425 270 http:// www.geocities. com/RainForest/Vines/4448

30-2 - Demos against COPEX arms fair Tel: 0171 281 0297

October

Oct Month of action to END CORPORATE DOMINANCE See story for details

Early (to be set) International Day of Direct Action against Peabody Coal Company, to stop strip mining of Northern Arizona. To ‘facilitate resource development’, the traditional matriarchal Navajo and the Hopi tribes are being relocated, sometimes by force. Offers of help to Jason Marshall, 67A Shore Road, Innellan, Argyll, PA23 7TR, Scotland, or e-mail Jason or Turtle tortuga@sw-center.org.

1 - 11am, mass non-violent sit down and blockade of the Copex Arms Fair, Farnborough. Contact CAAT on 0171 281 0297 or 01206 305811

2-16 - Global Days of Action against genetically engineered foods, life patents, and factory farming. For ideas or info contact GEN: 0181 374 9516, WEN: 0171 247 3327 or Pure Food Alliance: alliance@mr.net, http:/ /www.geo cities.com/athens/1527

4-5 - Northern EF! networking do. Call 0161 224 4846

11-18 - Week of Global Action Against McDonald’s (incorporating 12th - Solidarity With McDonald’s Workers; and 16th - World Anti-McDonald’s Day). For info contact 0171 713 1269.

31 - Halloween action(s) to close down open cast sites around the country. Contact: No Opencast, 0171 603 1831

November

17-23 Transport action seminar in Budapest -Conatct ASEED on +31 20 668 2236

29 - International No Shop Day organised by Enough!, contact 0161 226 6668 or 0181 981 0480