Earth First! Action Update
Issue 60 - July 1999
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"We have got enough resources to deal with anything that might happen” - Met Police, on June 18 1999.
Report from the street on the day.
Alternative media has a day out on J18.
Round-up of other actions and events in London on J18.
And a list of J18 events held across the country.
A long list of J18 events and mass demonstrations held across the world.
The M11 link road in North East London was the scene of protest once again on 7th June.
The first commercial-scale trial of genetically modified oil seed rape to be planted in the UK was destroyed by the farm owner on 5th June.
500 cops turned out on the 29th June when 15 people blocked the gates to a toxic waste merchants yard near Glasgow for 4 hours.
The OKasional Cafe squat the building that once was the legendary Manchester nightclub.
A convoy delivering Trident nuclear warheads to the Submarine bases on the Clyde, on the day of the opening of the Scottish Parliament, was disrupted by protesters on the Stirling to Balloch road at Buchlyvie.
Two reclaim the streets parties took place this month.
Upcoming dates for the calendar.
When writing to prisoners you must write your full name and address on the back of the envelope.
On 2nd June Bishopston Community Centre in Bristol was occupied to keep it in the hands of the community.
The appeal to the House of Lords over Manchester Airport's eviction of the camps at Arthur's wood has been thrown out this month, leaving the camps on eviction alert.
Over the past month, the Mexican government has intensified its offensive against Zapatista villages in Chiapas causing more than 5,000 people to flee their homes.
On Saturday June 12th, demonstrators occupied two banks, blockaded a third and staged an unauthorised march.
A 3-acre inner-city green space within the boundaries of Liverpool's Prince's Park is under threat from developers.
A campaign by concerned local residents and parents has forced McDonalds to withdraw their planning application.
Five people hit the site of a new multi-storey car park in Leeds city centre earlier this month.
Issue 59 of the Earth First! Action Update contained three factual inaccuracies: