J18 Media

• The events of June the 18th were well publicised on the J18 website. Undercurrents, I-Contact video network and the J18 media group got video footage of the critical mass, the animal rights demo, the human chain and the carnival on to the website within 20 minutes of these actions taking place. The server was full to capacity all day with people logging on. Within 3 days of the action a 30 minute video had been compiled by Undercurrents and I-Contact and shown at the Glastonbury festival to packed audiences every night. Visit the website at www.j18.org.

• A court ruling has gone in the favour of the Press who argued against a police order to hand over their footage of the day. The press argued that it is not the role of the media to be police informers. However, this should not lull us into a false sense of security, as the media have no qualms about endangering protestors liberty by putting their faces on the front page/tv. It should also be remembered that everyone is liable to have their film seized by police on or after the day. Even seemingly innocent footage can be used to secure convictions.

• On the issue of journalists - while it is up to each individual to say what they like about themselves (as long as they don't claim to speak for anyone else), mentioning other people to journalists is as serious as talking about them to the police.

• Thirty thousand copies of Evading Standards, a 32 page tabloid spoof on London's Evening Standard were given out - twenty thousand of them to commuters in the week leading up to June 18th and the rest at the carnival itself.

• The international email list continues to run, and much of the discussion has turned to the possibility of future co-ordinated global days of action. To subscribe, send a message to listproc@gn.apc.org with 'subscribe j18discussion' in the body of the message. But be warned - there is lots of traffic on this.