Earth First! Action Update
Archive of the Earth First! Action Update – the newsletter of the UK EF! network 1991-2012
EFAU 69 - June / July 2000Back to list of articles in this issue

Action Diary

June

7-11 - Earth First! Summer Gathering, Snowdonia, Wales. Contact: +44 (0)7931 308091.

8 - Picket of Sheffield Crown Court in protest at unjust imprisonment of Mark Barnsley & continued withholding of evidence by CPS. 11am. Contact: 07944 522001.

8 - Picket of Sheffield Star offices, York St. in protest at inaccurate & biased reporting of Mark’s case. 2pm.

10 - Taking Control - Radical Routes event on alternative work/living etc. Birmingham. Contact: 0121 551 1132

10-18th - Stop the Arms Trade Week. All over. Help needed. Contact: 0207 281 0297.

10 - Culture of Peace Festival. Friends’ Hse, Euston Rd. NW1. Speakers, w’shops, stalls, music etc. Contact NPC on 020 7228 9620.

10 - National Demo at Newchurch Guinea Pig Farm. Contact?

16-24 - National Anti-Angling Week. Contact: 0870 458 4176.

17 - National Demo at Huntingdon Death Sciences vivisection labs. Contact: 0121 632 6460.

17 - 15th anniversary of Peace Pagoda in Battersea Pk. Contact: 020 7228 9620.

18 - Demo at Bantin and Kingman scumbag breeders of animals for vivisection, near Hull. Contact: 01973 242997.

23-25 - Glastonbury Festival for the Rich.

26-28 - Mobilisation against Conference of New World Economy. Participants include the OECD, the WTO. Paris. obs-mond@globenet.org

28-30 - Guildford Live music festival. Contact: 01483 454159.

30 - Animal Aid day of action against pet sales by Focus/Do it All stores. Contact 01732 364546.

30-July 2 - Big Blether Gathering, Talamh, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Direct Action skills etc. weekend. Contact +44 (0)131 557 6242.

July

1 - Summer Picnic against Birmingham Relief Rd. Public playing field, Hednesford Rd. off A5 Watling St. Brownhills West. Contact: mobile 07818 687742.

1 - London Mardi Gras March and Party. Details t.b.c.

8 - Insurrection 2000. 1 day conference to share experiences of radical disorganisation. The Rainbow Centre, 182 Mansfield Road, Nottingham, 12-6pm. Contact 0115 9585 666 or nasal3@veggies.org.uk

8-15 - Mad Pride World Week. Worldwide celebration for survivors of the mental health system. London festival on 15th, Clissold Park, N16. www.madpride.net

13-19 - Anti-border camp, Ustyrki, SE Poland. Roszak@artemida.amu.edu.pl

14 - Bastille Day. Weekend of events against the prison industry. Meet Golders Green station, 9am. Contact: CAGE, PO Box 68 Oxford, OX3 1RH. 079931 401962.

15 - Protest Naked for the Right to Be Naked at Scotland Yard, 2pm. www.geocities.com/thehumanmind

21-30 - 5th Anarchist Summer camp near Berlin between a wood, meadow and lake. Contact: (030) 42017286. net: http://travel.to/acamp

21-23 - Womad Festival. Contact: 0118 939 0930.

26-30 - Big Green Millennium Gathering on Wiltshire Downs near Warminster, powered by wind, sun and people. Tickets in advance from BGG, PO Box 155, Hampton, TW12 2FJ, 020-89416674.

29 - Brighton Gay Pride, Starts Madeira Drive, finishes Preston Park. FREE.

29 - Demo outside Huntingdon Death Science vivisection labs. Contact: 0121 632 6460.

August

1-16 - Ekotopia 2000. Island of Maisaari, west coast of Finland. International gathering to form sustainable, practical society for 2 weeks. Contact: Ekotopia, Liisankatu 17D, 00170 Helsinki, Finland. or ekotopia@kulma.net

7 - Die In for the people of Iraq. Trafalgar Sq. London. 12 noon.

10-15 - Northern Green Gathering. Venue tbc. Contact 0113 224 9885.

Fri 18th to Sun 20th - The Land Is Ours Summer Gathering in Yorkshire; (Site opens on Wed-16th). To confirm venue location, ring 01865 722-016 closer to time, or look at TLIO website http://www.oneworld.org/tlio

September

23 - National day of action against nuclear trains, by Nuclear Trains Action Group. Contact CND, 020 7700 2393.

25-28 - IMF World Bank Summit, Prague. Oppositional actions being planned.
http//imf2000.webjump.com/
Co-ordination meeting 16 -19 June in Prague, h.summers@merseymail.com or contact Zeme predevsim!
(Earth First! Prague), PO BOX 237, 160 41, Praha CZECH REPUBLIC, Europe www.ecn.cz/zemepredevsim