News In Brief
- Plans are afoot for a West Country activist gathering of some shape or form in Bath on the weekend of 17th - 18th January. Things are still very much at the planning stages - whether it's a big DIY conference or a small get together in a hall depends on how many people want to help. Ideas and help to 01225 312688
- Corporate Watch 5 and 6, is out for L2 (L3 if you can afford it). Includes rants, campaign updates, alternative media contacts list and special features on the mainstream media, bananas, the Elstree bypass, oil stuff, the nefarious MAI and loads more.
- Three routes have been proposed for a Westbury, Wiltshire bypass although there is as yet no focus for a campaign against it. Following successful opposition to the development of the A36, the A350 is now set to be 'improved', damaging stretches of countryside. Contact Hillfort EF! 01249 650078
- Acme Tat Supplies are activists providing climbing and other gear at cost price. Contact Box R, 16 Sholebroke Avenue, Leeds LS7 3HB, Tel: 0113 26 9365 cornerstone@gn.apc.org
This Land is Our Land by Marion Shoard. is a new book looking at land conflict in Britain and challenges the idea that land can ever be wholly the property of its private owners, arguing instead that land must be shared by all. It also looks at the rise of aboriginal land claims in Australia, New Zealand and Canada. Available from Gaia Books 0171 323 4010
- BP's 'Tell us what you think' web page has the new title of 'How Can We Help?'. Answers to http://www.bp.com/cgi-bin/tprep.pl
- Dave Callender , the animal rights activist, recently appealed against a 10 year prison sentence for an action - his sentence was reduced by 2 years, the judge refusing to even consider overturning the conviction. Dave will be eligible for parole next October - in the meantime remember that he is in there for us and we are out here for him and all that jazz and write to Dave Callender, HMP Birmingham, Winsor Green Road, Birmingham B18 4AS
- On 23-25 Feb 1998, 600 representatives from the People's Global Action against Free Trade and the WTO will meet in Geneva for the first conference of a new world-wide co-ordination of resistance against the global market and the Multilateral Agreement on Investment. Contact PlayFair Europe!, Turmstr. 3,52072 Aaachen, Germany. Tel +49 241 803792 Email:playfair@asta.rwth-aachen.de
- An Oxford student group raised eyebrows by staging a mock marriage outside the University's Earth Science building. Worried that they might actually be quite green - they're also doing research into life on the deep sea bed and global warming - protestors were soon reassured when they arrived and saw the amount of Shell sponsorship. The banner featured a big heart with "Earth Sciences 4 Oil-Wedded to Climate Change"