Events

February

21: West Country gathering. Day of workshops and planning. Contact 01225 312688 or for lift-sharing and accommodation 01225 466526.

22: Demonstration at Hillgrove Farm cat breeders, 12am on Dry Lane, Witney, Oxon.

23-25: Peoples' Global Action against "Free" Trade and the WTO (PGA) gathering in Geneva. Contact Play Fair Europe! +49 241 80 37 92.

24: Demonstration at the Waterloo Cup, biggest hare coursing event of the year. Meet at 11am at the Causeway, off the A565, nr Fromby. Contact 0151 726 0339.

28: Rally Against MAI (Multilateral Agreement on Investment), Reading, Berkshire. Contact 0118 958 6692 / 0118 960 3417.

27-1: Green Student Network Gathering, Leeds University Students' Union, L10 (free for students from Scotland & N.Ireland). Contact 0113 231 4226.

28: 'Food for Thought, Land for Living' - Bristol Green Party Green Futures conference, Friends Meeting House, Bristol. Contact Bristol Green Party on 0117 9246894.

28-1: 'Action for Sustainability '98, Maynooth, Co Kildare, Eire. Speakers to include Vandana Shiva. Contact Low Impact at 01-7083669.

March

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

7: Critical Mass bike ride, Bury St Edmunds. 12 noon, Angel Hill, Bury St Edmunds.

14: Siemens action, Oldham, in protest at the company's policy to sell nuclear reactors to Eastern Europe even though they're not safe enough for their home country (Germany). Contact Oldham EF! 0161 628 5128.

14: Birmingham City Centre Cycle Rally. Mass ride of the Birmingham ringway in support Birmingham Northern Relief Road Campaign. Meet Chamberlain Square, city centre 12am. Bring music, whistles, air horns.

14: National Fur Demo, NW Devon. Contact ARCNEWS 01902 711935.

14-15: Hot Spring UK (aka. Counter Globalisation Network gathering). Learning about and planning around G8 summit, World Trade Organisation, Multilateral Agreement on Investment. Contact 0161 224 4846.

21: Carnival procession celebrating peaceful co-existence between people's and the land triumphing over exploitation. 1pm, St Sampson's Square, York. Organised to coincide with finance ministers from 15 countries meeting in York to discuss monetary union, MAI and stuff.

21-22: Youth CND Gathering. Info on 0171 6073616.

23: Castor nuclear transport begins, Ahaus (Germany). Contact 00 31 (0)46 4524803.

26: Anniversary Day of Action on Huntingdon Life Science laboratories. Meet 12 midday at gates of Huntingdon Research Centre, Cambridge. Contact 0589 026435.

28-29: The Big Bleder. Gathering in Scotland, Birkinhill House, Lanarkshire. ML11 0NJ about direct action, environmental issues,..01555 820555.

28-29: Mass Trespass in commemoration of the Diggers movement. Meet at 1pm Luton Railway Station by the taxi ranks. Contact 01865 722016 or 0402 176410.

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.

9-16: International Animal Rights Gathering, Holland. Contact in UK 01424430503, in Holland 00 (31) 20 6864275.

10-11: Love and Rockets Action. 12 noon, Bristol Bus Station Car Park. Workshops on 'the social city'and excellent action (to be announced). Accomodation provided. Contact Bristol EF!.

18: Bike ride action in Oldham. Meet at Mumps railway station. Contact Oldham EF! 0161 628 5128.

25: Reclaim the Streets at the A33 camp in Germany. Contact 49 5425 270.

25-26: Hammers and Spanners: a Ploughshares approach to environmental action, Oxford. Contact 0161 226 2996.

May

16: Global Street Party - ‘imagine the kick of taking back your street in the knowledge that all over the world people are doing the same’ Contact RTS on 0171 281 4621