News In Brief

Dalton Insulators offer to pay the travelling expenses of anyone going to London on March 1st for the Countryside Rally to support the pro hunt lobby. Anyone wishing to take up the offer, contact Carol 01782 534321 x 2202.

The HOT guide booklet and HOT poster for the A SEED HOT SPRING '98 are ready for a massive distribution across Europe. To be a distribution point in your area contact the Action Update on 0161 224 4846.

Animal Rights Calendar online at http://www.envirolink.org/arrs/arc/veggies/ or by email in .TXT or .PM5 format. Animals Contacts Directory online at http://www.innotts.co.uk/~rainbow/veggies/acdirect.htm.

Corporate Watch is after info/research on the Housebuilder's Federation to assist campaigning on housing development on agricultural/greenbelt land. Contact 01865 791391 or mail@corporatewatch.i-way.co.uk

On 18th/19th January Swedish activists connected to Action for Social Ecology (SEA) temporarily stopped the construction of the Stockholm Southern Link road through sabotage: four road building machines were badly damaged.

A new mailing list has been set up to support video makers working in the domain of human rights, environmentalism and community video etc. To subscribe contact lostit@gifford.co.uk or pager/voicemail 0941 170945

Focus on the Corporation is a weekly column which reports and comments critically on corporate actions, plans, abuses and trends. To subscribe, send an e-mail message to listproc@essential.org with the following all in one line: subscribe corp-focus <your name>

The next European Summit will be held in Cardiff from June 14th to 16th. Reclaim Europe! is an umbrella organisation for the co-ordination of environmental, human and animal liberation campaigns and events during the summit. It will also provide travel and free/cheap accommodation. Contact europ@astra.global.net.uk or see contacts list for address.

2-3000 people turned up to encircle the Ministry of "Defence" against the bombing of Iraq and about 500 people took over Whitehall for a couple of hours. Nine arrests were made. On Monday 16th a blockade took place at the north London Joint Rapid Deployment Force HQ, where troops are preparing for possible conflict.

An effigy of Judge Selwood, the man who sentenced three editors of Green Anarchist (GA) to jail recently, was burnt outside Portsmouth Crown Court. The judge was setting a court date for two more people involved trial (end of April). See Prisoners for more info. Join the mass phone-ins to Tony Blair each day 1-2pm, to remind him not everyone has fallen for the hypocrisy of the Iraqi war. Ring Downing St on 0171-270-3000.

Manchester EF! has opened a Squatt cafe/info centre. Activists are still fighting over the name. Should it be 'The Crow Bar', 'Fresh Ground', or the 'OK.asional Cafe'? Contact (0161) 224 4846