Events

October

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

- 31-7: 'Halloween Smash' International Earth Nights. Earth Liberation Front call to use darkness 'constructively'.

November

- 1: "The Streets are Alive with the Sound of Music, la,la,la,la" Oxford Reclaim the Streets, meeting at lower south park, east Oxford, 12 noon

- 1: Movement for Justice demo against police harassment. Meet 1pm at Brixton Oval opposite Lambeth Town hall.

- 1: Start of the fox hunting season. Hunt Sabs Association 01273 622827

- 1-5: Activist gathering in Berlin, Germany. Contact ACSE Yorck Str. 59.HH.10965, Berlin. Tell 00-49 (30) 78 91 31 44. Meet on the 1st at 12.30pm at Samariter Str. 32

- 3: Start of COP3 International Climate Change Conferencein Kyoto Japan, contact Greenpeace, FoE.

- 3: Barry Horne at Bristol Crown Court. Call the support group: 0171 278 3068

- 5: "Burn The Horricks" demo at the site of the proposed Wakefield Toxic Dump expansion.For info call: Paul 01924 893564

- 5: Faslane goes to court for eviction, see article. Party on the beach. Contact 01436 820 901

- 7: Action at Naburn Woods, York. Contact 01904 410185

- 7-9: Women Crossing Paths: making links between different campaigns, Aldermaston. Contact Bristol 0117 9393746, Cardiff 01222 396563 or Oxford 01865 771046

- 12: Die-in at the Foreign Office, London to mark the 6th anniversary of the Dili Massacre in East Timor. Meet 8am outside St James's Park tube. Contact 0171 607 2302 To find out about other actions around the country call 0161 834 0295

- 10: 2nd anniversary of death of Ken Saro Wiwa, contact Delta on 0116 255 3223

- 14-16: Ashton Court Quarry weekend of action. Contact Avon Earth First! 0117 9393093

- 16: Family funday at Durnford Quarry, peacful mass tresspass, meet at quarry entrance 11.30am

- 17: Close down Dunford Quarry, non-violent direct action to stop work. Contact Bristol EF! 0117 9420129.

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

- 21-23: Action against industrial agriculture gathering, contact 01508 531636

- 24: Action against industrial agriculture contact Norfolk EF!

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

December

- 7-14: A SEED Europe ELECTROLUX Activist Gathering. Workshops on strategies for activism against modern biotechnologies, transport and forest destruction; globalising forces such as the EU and the World Trade Organisation. Contact A SEED Europe, PO Box 92066, 1090 AB Amsterdam, Netherlands, + 31-20-6682236

More Things To Do

Go to Dead Womans Bottom, a camp in Somerset to defend a 6000 year old wood and many rare species from a quarry access road. Or sign up to their 'Beat the Bulldozer' pledge for if and when the action starts. Contact 01749 880 144 or just pay them a visit.

Consume Consume Consume 'Dancing on the Ruins of Multinational Corporations', 'Riff Raff', and other of your favourite Casey Neill tunes are available from the EF! AU on tapes (L 5) and CD (L8) + L1 postage. Make cheques payable to Earth First!. All profits from the sale will go to the Action Update. 0161 224 4846