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Earth First! Action Update

Issue 62 - October 1999 Download PDF

"I might as well have struggled with a bear or tried to reason with a lunatic" - Emily Bronte

Dicing With Dsei
September 14th-17th saw the biggest arms fair ever to take place in the UK and one of the most successful anti-arms trade demos to date.
News In Brief
Updates and bulletins.
Seeds Of Resistance
The "Seeds of Resistance" gathering was held as a counter-gathering to the World Seed Conference in Cambridge, giving an alternative vision to corporate chemical-soaked control, GMOs and seed bank decline.
9/9/99 - Free Burma!
In 1996 resistance began building to prepare for September 1999, to release Burma from 37 years of brutal dictatorship,with demonstrations and stamping banknotes with the date 9-9-99 (as for J18 in the UK ).
Arthurs Wood And Cedars Wood Evictions
Police and Bailiffs moved in on the 21st to begin the process of evicting protesters from Arthur's wood.
Think Globally Act Globally?
The second conference of Peoples' Global Action (PGA) took place in Bangalore, India in August.
Yellow-Bellied GM Lobby
On September the 7th a Nottinghamshire farmer, Home Farm in Screveton, announced that he had decided to back out of plans to grow a farm-scale experiment of oil seed rape, on behalf of agrochemical company AgrEvo after local people expressed environmental concerns.
Norwich Reclaim The Streets
Report from the Norwich RTS street party.
Robin Hood Action
Recently, it came to the attention of some costumed Norfolk outlaws that a play about one of their historical comrades was being sponsored by filthy, murdering, corporate bad guys Shell.
Lancaster Car Free Day
In the morning the road to the university was blockaded and all car drivers leafletted about a self run carshare scheme we've facilitated.
Eugenics Conference Stopped
About 20 activists brought the Galton Institute's (previously the British Eugenics Society) two day conference on 'Man and Society in the New Millenium' to a hasty finale by disrupting the concluding lectures.
121 Centre Evicted
Squatted social centre the 121 Centre in Brixton evicted after eighteen years.
Jack Straw
Jack Straw gets a warm welcome when he comes to Manchester for the International Police & Security Expo.
Action Diary
Upcoming events on the calendar.
Prisoners
Supporting those inside - in this issue several arrested in the US on June 18th.
Opposing Development In The North West
In Bury, local families are campaigning against a local developer who wants to build houses on a small reservior, a local wildlife haven.
Homes Not Holes
People from the URGENT network visited their arch-enemies the House Builders Federation at their Annual Golf Tournament.
SOS From The Glen
The long running campaign against the road being built through the Glen of the Downs in Ireland finally seems to be coming to a conclusion.
Feline Freedom
Hillgrove Farm - breeders of cats for vivisection - is closed, and 800 cats are now on their way to good homes.
Sabotage
The EF!AU received 2 anonymous communiques this month.
Mobile Phone Mutiny
On September 13th, Eircom engineers tried to pass a picket in Berkely, New Ross, Ireland to erect a mobile phone mast.
The Streets Are Paved With Bad Companies...
About thirty people took part in London Greenpeace's 'Free the World' bike ride billed as an evolution of critical mass and protest pickets.
Feature: Breaking Free
Brick by Brick Resistance To The Prison Building System
Feature: W.T.O. Slaying The Monster Of Mysterious Acronyms
Following on from the strength of June 18th, November 30th will be a global day of action against capitalism and the domination of money, private property and power over people and the environment.
Editorial: This Time It's Personal!
The Leeds EF! editorial collective has some thoughts about the EF! Action Update and its role in the movement as it hands it over to the Newcastle collective.