While Latin American and Spanish heads of state celebrated the “discovery” of the Americas on October 12th, hundreds of other groups across the world organised protests to highlight the reality of the conquest: over 500 years of profit, plunder and oppression.

Updates and bulletins.

There are plans afoot in Newcastle-upon-Tyne to expand a rubbish-burning incinerator from processing 25,000 tonnes of crap a year to 200,000 tonnes.

On the 19th October, Countryside Properties gained a possession order for the site occupied by protestors at Hockley.

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The U’wa are a totally unassimilated indigenous community fighting to protect their culture and homeland in the forests of Colombia from oil drilling.

A camp is about to be set up in Presmen- nan Woods, bodies and tat are needed now!

On 26th October, eight people from ‘Solidarios con Itoitz and Narmada UK evaded security and climbed up the ‘Millennium Wheel’, in London.

On 27th October 7 people from Sheffield protested outside the gates of Circus King, which uses animals.

The 15th annual Worldwide Anti-McDonald’s Day on October 16th [UN World Food Day] saw protests take place in 23 countries against the junk food giant.

This year the tweedy army of inbred aristocrats and lackeys has visited several cities in the UK in a desperate attempt to convince people that their pastime is not barbaric and medievally cruel, but a necessary part of country life.

Upcoming events on the calendar.

Supporting those inside for direct action - the two named here were arrested after J18 protests in Britain and the US.

Campsfield is the UK’s biggest Immigration Prison, run for profit by Group 4.

In response to the increasing presence of corporate nasties at our universities, there has been a recent flurry of actions at various careers’ fairs and talks.

Residents of Gartocher Terrace in Glasgow are fighting to stop businessman William Combe putting a waste disposal site in their street.

At the time of writing, we’d had the following report from AFCEA, the private high-tech arms fair in Surrey, driven out of Belgium by activists just like you!

October 16th saw the party marking the 15th Anniversary of Veggies Catering Campaign.

Please join the International Campaign for Justice for Mumia Abu Jamal, on death row for over fifteen years having been framed for the murder of a police officer.

October 4th was designated a national day of solidarity with the West Papuan people, who were invaded in 1963 by Indonesia, with direct actions in solidarity happening around the UK.

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