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Earth First! Action Update

Issue 66 - March 2000 Download PDF

“The media will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing" - Malcolm X

Make Love Not War
On St. Valentine’s Day about 500 people arrived at Faslane Nuclear Sub Base to take part in a massive blockade.
Huntingdon
February 12th saw the second National Demo against Huntingdon Life/Death Sciences in Cambridgeshire, where 500 animals of many different species die daily in cruel and useless experiments.
News In Brief
Updates and bulletins.
Beach Bummed
Beach in Thailand ruined for the making of the film 'The Beach'.
‘Terrorist' Train Activist Sentenced
Italian eco-activist Silvano Pellissero sentenced to long stretch and called a 'terrorist'.
Betuwelijn Debate Continues...
Dutch GroenFront activists evicted from squats that blocked building of freight railway line.
Resistance Is Fertile!
Across the world people are waking up to the implications of GE technology.
Porky Pie Productions
Kugelblitz is a London TV production company with close links through their director Martin Durkin to the virulently anti-environmentalist and mysteriously funded 'Living Marxism'.
Camps Under Siege!
Protest camps at Gorse Wood and Hockley under threat.
Nestle 16 Cases Dropped
Charges for the “Nestle 16” have been dropped just before the planned court case.
Feature: International Women's Day
Women around the world are involved in a huge variety of different actions, campaigns and events, constantly challenging, resisting and speaking out against oppression.
Ooh Aah...U’wa
The U’wa people in Colombia risking their lives to protect ancestral lands from oil drilling.
Oxford
Campaigners in Oxford are trying to stop Berkeley Homes evicting voles and lizards and building £350,000 worth of 'socially useful' housing alongside the canal.
June 18 Protester Wrongfully Imprisoned
City Police spotters nabbed Kuldip Bajwa demonstrating outside the Labour Party conference in Bournemouth due to his likeness to someone caught on video hitting a police riot shield with a placard pole at June 18.
Satpal Ram
Saptal Ram in jail for fourteen years for defending himself against a violent racist attack in a Birmingham restaurant.
Prisoners
Asking for support for several activists in prison following J18.
Action Diary
Upcoming dates on the calendar.
Global May Day Gains Momentum
Mayday 2000 Global Day of Action is taking place in over 40 cities in 16 countries, including, in England, London, Sheffield, Manchester and Southampton.
Say "Scheese"
On Sun 30th April, everyone is invited to A30 "Class of 2000" - in opposition to the Terrorism Bill - come dressed for direct action.
Lovee’s Needed
Auditions are taking place for actors, technicians and anyone else interested in taking part in a play about the "Haymarket Martyrs" from the group who organised the Bradford production in previous years.
US Navy Coming To Bomb Scotland
In a bizarre twist to the UK/US 'special relationship', the US navy will soon be arriving off the north coast of Scotland.
Naked Truth
Two people from the Protest Naked For The Right To Be Naked In Public campaign are up for, yes, indecent exposure at Birmingham Crown Court on the 25th Feb.
What A Joke!
Road builders Mott MacDonald win the Concrete Society Millennium Award.
Top Tips For Terrorists...
Cut around the circle below and stick it to a piece of cardboard.