On the third of April, 350 years after the original band of revolutionary roundheads that called themselves the Diggers settled in to cultivate St George's Hill in Surrey, a new group of like minded diggers set out to do the same.

April has been another busy month in the struggle to keep the mutants at bay.

The contract for building the Avon Ring Road has been awarded to Christiani Nielsen.

Updates and bulletins.

A high court appeal launched by the McLibel Two has resulted in significant improvements to the judge's original McLibel verdict.

April 28th saw another successful AGM action from anti-arms trade campaigners.

A group of around 50 people from a range of backgrounds met in Birmingham on Mayday for an action tour of some of the city’s corporate premises.

On April 16, one day after Nato warplanes bombed a refugee convoy in the Kosovo war, three women climbed the fence of the RAF base Fairford, from where bombers take off.

A protest took place at the Basque regional parliament in Pamplona, Spain against the building of the massively destructive Itoiz dam.

On 24th April, a collective drawn from a range of groups in the Leeds area - including Earth First! and Green Action - reclaimed an unused church complex at Leeds University, and established the ‘A Spire’ autonomous zone.

Seven Scottish Trident Ploughshares activists blockaded the north gate of Faslane Naval Base.

Last month, the camps at Arthurs Wood and Cedar Wood were thought safe, after pledges from National Trust not to cut any trees during bird nesting season, and to wait for the House of Lords appeal to be heard in late summer.

Work on the Euroroute to Dublin has started with hedges being cut down and construction work due to start at the end of April.

Protesting shareholders were turned away from a luxury housebuilding company's AGM because of what they were wearing.

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To demonstrate their objection to the war the peace campers have been holding a vigil at the gates of the base.

The latest London RTS action against tube privatisation and in support of tube workers saw 800-1000 people reclaiming a Circle Line train.

A camp will be set up to highlight alternatives to corporate based food production, with practical displays and workshops on local food production.

Plans to take action were called off on Tuesday when a judicial review judged that Green King Breweries had been wrong in not conducting an independent environmental assessment over their plans to build an access road across Butts Meadow, Bury St.

The ‘Mini’ RTS announced in Manchester for 30th April, became a major success with a motorway blocked, the city centre gridlocked and 6 hours of partying despite heavy police presence including helicopters, CS gas attacks and cops in riot gear.

From May 13-15, the German Anti-nuclear movement will have a camp near the Greifswald nuclear power station.

After 4 months, the squatted 121 centre in Brixton, South London, is still occupied and awaiting the bailiffs.

Following the success of the first Kids’ Moot, another was held in Wales last month: a weekend gathering of kids, parents and friends.

For the first time in Israel, Green Action, a grass roots environmental group, with the help of many green activists and rainbow people, organised a three day Earth First-style gathering.

A beautiful wildlife site on the estuary of the Taw/ Torridge rivers has recently come under attack by cowboy developers, after local groups have been fighting too keep it safe for over 30 years.

Upcoming dates on the calendar.

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