News In Brief

• Nottingham now has a forum for non-hierarchical direct activists . It's called NASA (Notts Association of Subversive Activists), and it meets on the first Monday of each month. A wide range of groups are attending: Earth First!, hunt sabs, local community struggles, Anarchist Communist Federation, anti-fascists, Movement Against the Monarchy, etc. Further details can be had c/o Notts EF!

• The A30 DBFO road through East Devon , previously home to the Fairmile, Trollheim and Allercombe camps, opened secretly in the morning of the 6th August. The road builders are thought to have recieved a '500,000 bonus for opening in time for the eclipse. The first stage of the M11 link road through East London opened two days earlier. If any actions took place, then no-one's told us!

• Solidarios con Itoiz , the Basque group resisting the huge Itoiz dam project are planning a tour of Europe to spread information and to exchange ideas etc. You might remember an action a few years back where some construction cables were cut, setting back the construction of the dam for 9 months. They would like to hear from you - Solidarios@eusnet.org.

• Squall is back - Although it hasn't ever really gone away. The magazine has been publishing regular updates on its website since the last paper copy came out, but now a 16 page monthly mag will be published - Squall download. find it on their website at www.squall.co.uk.

• Things you can do in supermarkets... On the 6th of August 1999 Earth Liberation Front activists (Elves) entered the Waitrose supermarket on Northumbria Drive in Bristol and symbolically placed a large frozen turkey into a shopping trolley which was then allowed to defrost in the middle of the store. This dead bird symbolised the thousands of birds killed each year by the John Lewis Partnership (the owners of Waitrose) on their shooting estate in Hampshire.

• ...and in Burger bars. At an anti-Macdonald's demo in Gloucester, a pantomime cow was arrested for going into Macdonald's and saying MOO!!! Apparently this constitutes threatening behaviour and harassment., and the front of the cow was arrested on two charges. The back of the cow, despite not being cautioned, was also arrested. Maybe the police man thought it was a real cow and so only spoke to the head end! The front and back of the cow were held for some 6 hours, and deprived of food, as this cow only eats vegan, organic, gm free food and the dear old police apparently couldn't find any, but offered a vegan fried egg sandwich... nice try!

• Finland has the EU presidency this autumn, and big counter summits and demos are planned, in Tampere in October and Helsinki in December (although the October one will be bigger because the middle of winter can get quite cold). Its on the 15th-16th October - main issues are immigration and police repression, since it is an EU security summit. finlandia@ecn.org.

• The Land is Ours are holding their Autumn gathering between 3rd and 6th of September on Flying Pig farm, near Stroud in Gloucestershire. There will be a long term land squat starting immediately after the gathering. 01865 722016.