Events

January

18 - Shut down Hillgrove Farm (nr. Witney), cat breeders for vivisection call 0121 632 6460

February

21 - West Country gathering. Workshops, planning and party. For info or to offer workshops contact 01225 312688 or for lift-sharing and accommodation 01225 466526

23 - 25 - Meeting to establish a platform for worldwide action against trade liberalisation: the Peoples' Global Action(PGA) against "Free" Trade and the WTO, Geneva. Contact Play Fair Europe! +49-241-80 37 92 email: playfair@asta.rwth-aachen.de

March

7 - 8 - Zapatista Challenge Conference, a call to activists in the UK and around the world to confront neoliberalism and support the continuing struggle of the Zapatistas in Mexico. Praxis Centre, Pott St, London E2 (Bethnal Green Tube station). Contact 0114 2765675, or Mexico Support Group 0181 682 2402.

14 - Birmingham City Centre Cycle Rally. Mass ride of the Birmingham ringway to support cycling and say no to the planned Birmingham Northern Relief Road. Meet Chamberlain Square, city centre midday. Bring music, whistles, air horns.

14 - 15 - Counter Globalisation Network gathering. Learning about and planning around G8 summit, World Trade Organisation, Multilateral Agreement on Investment. Contact 0161 224 4846

28 - 29 - Mass Trespass in commemoration of the Diggers. Meeting Saturday, 12 midday for mass trespass to mystery site (no dogs). Food & entertainment in evening and improvements to a piece of land followed by a mid-afternoon meal on Sunday. Bring gardening tools, seedlings and saplings, food, shelter and instruments. The Land Is Ours office will have meeting point details from February and the location will be on the answerphone from the Saturday evening. Contact01865 722016 or 0402 176410 e-mail office@tlio.demon.co.uk

April

1 - The first ever Diggers' Day commemoration - on the day The Digger colony began a group will be going to St George's Hill to commemorate the 349th anniversary of Winstanley's settlement

3 - 5 - Gathering Visions, Gathering Strength II, Manchester University. A weekend gathering to bring together direct activists from different movements and generations to explore social change and how we can do it ! Contact 0161 834 8301

May

9 - Reclaim the Streets in Birmingham city centre.

9 - Wolverhampton Reclaim The Streets - more details to follow. Contact c/o Wolves Eco Action (see Contact List)

15 - 17 - G8 meeting, Birmingham. Shit hot actions around the summit of the 8 most powerful industrialised nations. Details soon.