News In Brief

• Park Nook Protest Camp, Liverpool. Awaiting the result of the Town Green Application, campaigners continue to occupy the 3 acre piece of land, at Park Nook, Liverpool. All is quiet at the moment which is good because building work on the road would have already gone ahead if the camp wasn't there. Further info 0403 176 279.

• Video of direct actions wanted! Undercurrents need your raw camcorder footage for 'Global Views', aimed at building worldwide solidarity against globalisation which has a strangle hold on our planets resources and communication systems. Please send Hi8, video 8, SVHS, Betacam SP. DV tapes of your footage with your contact details on each tape. Tapes will be copied and returned and the cameraperson will keep full copyright. Include an explanation of the actions and include campaign contact details. Postage costs can be repaid. Contact Paul on underc@gn.apc.org ot tel: 01865 203661.

• Ten activists from an environmental centre in Vallee d'Aspe (French Pyrenees) are on a hunger strike. A judge ruled that the motorway construction activities on a very disputed part of the route can continue, and there's an immediate threat of eviction of the centre (likely to be the 20th of April). Riot police, for years permanently present in Aspe-valley, can hardly wait, their hands are itching already. Contact: atalanta@knoware.nl, La Goutte d'Eau, Maison de la Montagne, 64490 Cette-Eygun, France, tel: 00 335 5934 7883.

• Dutch EF! blockaded the office of Projectgroup Betuweroute, interfering with the work of people planning the largest European rail-freight project . One said, "This is the first action of our Spring offensive against capitalism. We're working in preparation for May 1st, the next global anticapitalist day of action. Then EF! and other groups will show some radical resistance."

• The Regulation of Investigatory Powers (RIP) Bill will force Internet Service Providers to build 'interception capabilities' into their systems. When served with an 'interception warrant' they will have to intercept private email and deliver its contents to the police or various intelligence agencies, or face a jail sentence. More info: http://www.gn.apc.org/activities/ir.

• A group called 'Free Seed Liberation' has admitted to destroying 100 genetically modified pineapples valued at more than $100,000 during a break-in at a private testing facility in Brisbane. http://www.lockon.org.

• In Sydney, Australia, 3000 people had a moving street party which blockaded various different roads for hours.

• Irwell Valley Earth First! is a new group being set up in and around Salford University, so if you study, live or work in Salford and fancy a bit of 'no compromise in defence of the earth' style action, get in touch....