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Earth First! Action Update

Number 52 - October 1998 Download PDF

“Big cars are the dying flame of civilisation” - Betty Blue

Casualisation Kills
Shoreham Docks shut in memorial action for Simon Jones.
Avon Ring Road
The campaign against the Avon Ring Road (stage 2) hangs in the balance.
Teigngrace Victory!
News of another victory for direct action greeted activists at the EF! summer gathering, as mining company Watts Blake Bearne (WBB) withdrew their application to quarry clay from the Teigngrace valley in Devon.
News In Brief
Updates and bulletins from EF!.
Work Starts At Ashton Court
The Ashton Court Camp was set up 7 months ago in opposition to the extension of a limestone quarry owned by Australian Multinational Pioneer Aggregates into a wildflower meadow and public parkland.
Ploughshares Prison Protests
On 19th Sept, five Trident Ploughshares 2000 activists, remanded for objecting to a toxic world and genocide, held a peaceful protest in the Scottish women's prison, Cornton Vale.
Siemens Office Occupied
Activists from Manchester EF! recently occupied the regional head office of Siemens, a German multinational who are building unsafe nuclear power stations across Eastern Europe, including the well-known Mochocve plant in Slovakia.
Scottish Snowballs
At 5:30 on Sunday afternoon, a number of concerned individuals carried out a citizens' inspection of a potentially hazardous 'test' site of genetically modified (GM) crop at Coltrannie Farm in Perthshire, owned by Plant Breeders International, a subsidiary of Monsanto.
English Snowballs
The fourth English snowball action took place on the Sunday 20th Sept.
Arthur's Wood
The camp at Arthur's Wood, is expecting eviction proceedings to begin imminently.
Hillgrove Campaign - One Step Closer To Victory
On Sunday 6th September over 2,000 people marched on Hillgrove Farm, cat breeders for the vivisection industry, as part of the ongoing campaign to shut it down.
Huntingdon E.G.M Disrupted
On 2nd September Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS) held its Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM).
Carlisle Calling
Carlisle residents have been angered by a planning application by Alfred McAlpines to build 11 luxury houses in Knowe Field Woods on the northern edge of Carlisle, Cumbria.
Second Battle Of Leyton Looms
Leyton in East London looks set to become the scene of another road battle as construction of the Leyton 'Relief' Road now looks imminent.
Action Diary
Upcoming events for your calendar.
Prisoners
Supporting those inside for ecological direct action.
COPEX
An array of action took place at this year's COPEX exhibition, the annual showcase for the trade in torture weapons.
Green Guard Gone
Green Guard camp, set up to prevent the construction of 500 houses in Nantwich, near Crewe, has now been evicted.
Police Attack Nottingham RTS
Nottingham's Reclaim The Streets party was held on September 19th, in part to compensate for the city council having banned the annual carnival.
Oxford LMS Building Evicted
Wednesday 9th of September saw the start of the eviction of the LMS building in Oxford by Oxford University.
Dosh To Cosh Capitalism
- Ideas for Fundraising for EF! Groups
What Now For Earth First!?
The following is a list of notes which arose from strategy discussions held at the Earth First! Gathering.