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Earth First! Action Update

Number 48 - May 1998 Download PDF

"Precisely because I do not have the beautiful words I need I call upon my acts to speak to you" - Nicaraguan Sandinista Daisy Zamora

Monsanto's GE Bullshit Returned
Staff turning up for work at Monsanto's offices in both London and High Wycombe recently were greeted by a pile of bullshit which bore the message: "WE DON'T WANT MONSANTO'S BULLSHIT".
Eithinog Eviction
On March 31st the camp at Eithinog/Brewery Fields near Bangor (a green field site threatened by housing development) was violently evicted.
Creating Carnival And Festival... It's RTS Time Of Year
Cambridge pulled off a successful street party on 25th May.
Derby Development D-I-Y
The Bass Recreation Park Camp in Derby is going strong, with about 20 folk living in to protect public-owned green space from being turned into a shopping centre.
City Camp At Crystal Palace
Bromley council plan to 'develop' the site of the historic Crystal Palace which stood on the highest point in South London until it burned down in 1936.
Corporate Action Network
On April 20, activists from the Corporate Action Network invaded the offices of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) protesting against the Multilateral Agreement on Investment(MAI).
Direct Action Pledge Helps Save Valley
So incensed were the residents of Peacehaven by the government's proposal to build 113 commuter belt houses in their valley that they decided upon direct action as a possible first resort.
EF! Gathering 1998
The 1998 EF! Gathering is likely to take place in the south west of England around mid September - precise details to follow or there may be some info in the corresponding article to this in the printed edition of the AU.
Council Nil, Faslane One!
On April 6th Argyll & Bute council's eviction attempt against Faslane Peace Camp, Britain's longest-running protest camp, was thrown out of court.
Beal Valley Home Visit
On Saturday 25th April Oldham EF! activists, including 3 children, descended on the home of Peter Casey of Casey Construction Group, contractors for the landfill project in the Beal Valley.
Six Lanes - You Must Be Choking!
A new anti-road campaign has kicked off in Oxford against a six-lane road in the city centre to be paid for by green-belt trasher, Persimmion Homes, and Oxford University.
Sellafield Castor Transport Delayed
On the 6th of April about 30 activists went to stop a nuclear waste train carrying three CASTORs travelling from Germany to Sellafield.
Bicycling Against The Birmingham Northern Relief Road
The March 14 "Cycle Lanes Not Fast Lanes - Stop the BNRR" Rally in Birmingham was supported by 50 cyclists, including several kids on their BMXs, plus some skateboarders and rollerbladers.
A55 Campaign
Gwynedd and Mon EF! is preparing for the Anglesey Euroroute (A55) due to start work in the Autumn.
BAe Easter Action
Just before midnight on Easter Sunday 12 peace protesters, including three East Timorese victims of genocide, entered the British Aerospace factory at Warton.
Radstock Railway
The campaign at Radstock Railway continues.
Hillgrove Cats Demo
Hillgrove Farm has been breeding cats and kittens for the vivisection industry for the last thirty years.
Chester EU Protest
As EU Transport and Environment Ministers met in Chester at the end of April they were confronted with the spectacle of banner waving EF!ers and a 10 minute ear-bashing.
Delta/Shell Update
In Shell-backed Nigeria, General Abacha continues his plans to succeed himself as a civilian dictator this year.
PCB Blockade
Scottish activists have been blockading Greengairs Landfill Site near Airdrie to stop PCB contaminated soil from England being dumped at the depot.
News In Brief
Updates and bulletins.
Prisoners
People currently inside for ecological direct action.
Occupy A Genetix Test Site May 23/24
Create a site aiming for sustainable agriculture not dangerous corporate-driven GE crops.
Events
Upcoming events on the calendar.
EF! Contacts May '98
Directory of Earth First! and other direct action groups.