Earth First! Action Update
Issue 61 - August 1999
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"Any movement that does not support its prisoners is a sham movement." - Ojore N Lutalo, anarchist prisoner.
On Sunday the 18th of July the Stop the Crop rally against genetic engineering resulted in a farm-scale AgrEvo test site being destroyed.
The second big genetics action of the month was at Spital in the Street in Lincolnshire.
Updates and bulletins.
Zeneca's plantation of genetically modified poplar trees, the only genetic trees left in this country, have finally been killed.
The Bristol RTS goes ahead despite the efforts of the police.
URGENT, the Urban Regeneration and Greenfield Environmental Network, held a conference in Oxford on the 10th of July.
Seven activists had a top action at the Tarmac Extraordinary General Meeting on the 8th July.
Groen Front! (Dutch EF!) are resisting the building of the Betuwelijn high speed rail link between Rotterdam and the Ruhr.
The GenetiX Snowball action on the 5th August went remarkably well.
Reports from several actions at the Faslane Peace Camp.
Several groups are proposing that November 30th be adopted as the next International Day of Action, along the lines of June 18.
Harvest season is in full swing for genetic test sites ' As far as we know there have been around 46 test sites fully or partly destroyed so far this season, at least a third of the total number planted.
At 7pm on the 8th of June three women from Trident Ploughshares 2000 launched a boat in to Loch Goil and made their way to 'Maytime', a floating laboratory complex which tests the sonar signals from the Trident nuclear submarines.
Police thwart anti-quarry action in The Peak District, but this leads to all Tarmac quarries being closed for the day.
Upcoming dates on the calendar.
Write to and support these people who are currently inside for ecological and anti-war direct action.
On the 25th July 40 people marched through Bude in North Cornwall to protest against Britains largest mink farm.
The campaign against Manchester's second runway has been going on the offensive this month with a string of actions against the key players in the development.
Updates from several ecological protest camps.
On Saturday 10th July, to commemorate the Ketts Rebellion 450 years ago, The Land is Ours (Anglia region) occupied the grounds of an old hospital on the outskirts of Norwich.
In spite of drizzle and grey skies and a previously unsuccessful attempt at blockading traffic four years ago, crowds of car busters came out in force on June 12th in the centre of Newcastle.
by Earth Liberation Prisoners
Prisoner Justice Day is an annual and international event commemorated in several countries since 1976 when it was started in Canada.
