Earth First! Action Update
Issue 54 - December 1998
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“Even the chickens are Zapatistas” Commandante Insurgente Marcos
The 10th of November was world anti-Shell day and as usual it saw actions on Shell stations and the like around the world.
Farmers in Karnataka are have pledged to burn test crops.
After a 3 year campaign of resistance the Newbury Bypass opened in the early hours of the 12th of November while activists slept soundly in their beds.
Shorter articles, updates and bulletins.
The Birmingham Northern Relief Road protest is under threat of eviction.
The EF!AU has received a communique from 'Yorkshire ELF' stating that early on the 28th November activists trashed an earth-mover and two diggers on the new A1 - M1 link road, between York & Wakefield.
The site in Epsom, Surrey, is still going with tree houses, tunnels and people to defend them.
Site clearance has now started on the proposed route of the Avon Ring Road.
The residents ofArthur's Wood protest campare now in court appealing against the eviction order by Manchester Airport.
Recently Railtrack began work piling up ballast mountains at their new 'virtual quarry'(storage depot), in New Hinskey, South Oxford.
Zeneca Pharmeceuticals are the largest British company involved in genetic engineering, and therefore provide a wealth of opportunirties for action in this country.
The order has been signed for the execution of African-American revolutionary prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal.
The two women who were charged back in August with £605,000 of criminal damage for removing the controversial trial of genetically engineered (GE) maize at Hood Barton, next to Riverford Organic farm in Devon, had their charges changed today.
On Nov 23rd EF! activists invaded a Tarmac building site in Nottingham and displayed a banner reading 'Keep Tarmac out of Bestwood'.
On November 2nd, activists occupied the offices of Bryant Country Homes in Eynsham, Oxfordshire calling for "Homes for Need not Greed".
Upcoming dates on the calendar.
Ploughshares activists on remand on charges of ‘conspiracy to commit criminal damage’.
The campaign against the Bingley 'Relief' Road near Bradford has faced several major setbacks recently.
The campaign against a new six-lane road and business school, which resulted in the eviction of the disused LMS railway station in September, has not given up, and two large horse chestnuts,due to be felled to make way for the new road, have been squatted.
The new 'designer outlet' out of town shopping centre in York, has been the scene of protests for 3 years now, including a tree camp in the summer of 1996.
The latest move by Bristol Council was a letter to the activists, insisting on the right of the council to inspect the tunnels, together with someone from quarry contractors Pioneer Aggregates at that!
On Wednesday 18th November, seven peace activists and two accompanying journalists were arrested at the VSEL shipyard in Barrow, as the activists attempted a "Citizens' Inspection" of the Trident submarine, HMS Vengeance.
Preparations continue for the EF! Winter Moot.
Some top tips about masking up on demos and actions.
Greenfield house building yet another threat to the natural environment.
Let's get ready to rumble for a huge London mass action and street party.
