Earth First! Action Update
Archive of the Earth First! Action Update – the newsletter of the UK EF! network 1991-2012
EFAU 50 - August 1998Back to list of articles in this issue

Down The Tube

On the morning of the RMT rail trade union strike by 10,000 workers, London activists climbed onto the roof of a tube train at Bank and shut down the eastbound Central Line, in support of the tubeworkers' stand against privatisation. 'Fat cats' offered to buy Bank station, handing out peanuts and explanatory leaflets to passengers. Underground (corporate greed) signs were subverted to read 'Laughing all the way to the Bank'. Three activists were arrested, charged and released later the same day.