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Earth First! Action Update

Number 56 - March 1999 Download PDF

“The most violent element in society is ignorance” Emma Goldman

Barricades In Brixton
The squatted 121 Centre in Brixton is under threat of eviction.
Boat Bashed In Barrow
Four women from Trident Plougshares 2000 break in and damage nuclear sub.
News In Brief
Updates and bulletins.
Farmers On The Move
The Inter-Continental Caravan is set to travel around Europe in the lead up to June 18th.
Tarmac Vs. Bestwood
The "No Tarmac Quarry At Bestwood Campaign" is trying to stop a proposed 32 acre sand quarry in part of Sherwood Forest on the outskirts of Nottingham.
Warehouse Eviction
The construction contract for the Avon Ring Road, due to be signed on February 10th has now been delayed to March 4th due to pressure being put on the council by local people.
Valentine's Blockade The Base
Monday 15 February 7am saw over 100 people blockade the gates of Faslane Nuclear Sub Base as the workers arrived for the morning shift, effectively closing it down for the day.
News From Liverpool
Inspired by the concept of sustained campaigns, Liverpool EF! has decided to concentrate on a popular supermarket in the city centre.
Dutch Railway Resistance
On the 29th of January 50 Dutch activists squatted two buildings on the route of the 'Betuwelijn', a train line under construction.
Arthur's Wood
The camp against Manchester Airport at Arthurs Wood is currently on stay of eviction pending a possible appeal to the House of Lords.
Diggers 350 Celebrations
April 1999 marks 350 years since the diggers rebellion of 1649 and today's land rights movement is making plans to not let it slip by unnoticed.
BNRR Activists Occupy Kvaerner...
The construction company Kvaerner established the company Midland Express way Limited (MEL) to build the Birmingham Northern Relief Road.
...And Labour HQ Too
BNRR protesters do action at Labour HQ after their u-turn on building this road.
Broadmeadow Estuary
A house has been squatted in the path of a new motorway in Ireland.
Winter Moot
The first EF! Winter gathering was held at the end of January in Nottingham this year with the intention of working on the strategy and structure of the EF! network.
Action Diary
Upcoming events on the calendar.
Prisoners
Supporting those currently inside both in Britain and internationally for ecological or anti-military/imperialism direct action.
Cats, Cops And Chaos
On Saturday February 20th 2000 people gathered at Hillgrove farm in one of the largest demos in the long running campaign against the only remaining breeder of cats for vivisection in the UK.
Resist Railtrack!
On Thursday, February 25th, Railtrack's storage dump in Oxford was occupied for two hours by around 40 people.
This Is Citizen Smith
'We are a small group based in Northwest London whose focus is a Sunday free cafe and infoshop for everybody and anybody.
Swindon Eviction
The site set up outside Swindon to resist a greenfield housing development by Beaufort Homes was evicted on the 27th of January.
Cargill Debacle
On the 19th of February a group of 35 activists occupied part of a massive seed oil processing plant in central Hull for 4 hours, owned by Cargill, a multinational, which despite being family owned, is involved in 60% of the world grain trade.
Genetics Protests
On 4th February 3 Manchester genetics campaigners removed Geneticaly Modified food from Marks & Spencers' shelves.
Local Networking Initiatives
Experiences from around the country
Conflict Resolution
A perennial problem at gatherings, sites, actions etc.
An EF! National Campaign
The British EF! network discuss starting up a new national campaign.