Earth First! Action Update
Archive of the Earth First! Action Update – the newsletter of the UK EF! network 1991-2012
EFAU 58 - May 1999Back to list of articles in this issue

Women Against War

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. They unfolded banners with pacifist slogans and tied them to the planes in the presence of American soldiers. Later on they were dragged off by MOD police, but no arrests were made. Other actions and blockades took place throughout Europe, including a hunger strike in Italy

REALITY OF WAR on-line anti-war information point: http://sfmhp.pasdex.com.au/war