Action Diary

August

1 - Blockade of Faslane nuclear base, followed by 2 week disarmament camp. Contact Trident Ploughshares, Scotland 01324 880744 or Scottish CND 0141-423 1222. tp2000@gn.apc.org

6 - 10th anniversary of UN sanctions on Iraq. Vigil opposite Downing St.

6 - Point the Finger Demo at Aldermaston. National CND action.

7 - Mass non-violent civil disobedience in central London (and anywhere else, if you want) to mark a decade of economic sanctions. Contact: 01865 243232 voices@viwuk.freeserve.co.uk

9 - Point the Finger Finale: Handing in of declarations of protest at National Missile Defence Programme at Downing St. and US Embassy. Contact: 7700 4524.

9 - 6pm. Vigil at St Martin in the Fields, London, for victims of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Contact London CND on 020 7607 2302.

10-15 - Northern Green Gathering. £35. Contact: 0113 224 9885.

12 - Glorious 12th. First day of pheasant killing. Sabotage the (in)glorious few. Contact: 01273 622827

18-20 The Land is Ours Summer Gathering in Yorkshire. 01865 722016.

19 - Street Party in Leicester. 12 noon, peace Walk, Victoria Park. Contact: 0116 210 9652.

19 - CIA (Cambridge in August) coordinated actions against multinationals, GM crops, animal abusers etc. Contact: 07776 497005/6.

29 - First anniversary of the East Timor Independence referendum.

September

3 - Burston Strike School Rally, Norfolk. Annual event celebrating the longest strike in history. Contact: 0208 843 9591.

4 - Steal Something Day. Meet 12 noon Bus Station, Sheffield City Centre.

11 - Retrial of Rosie & Rachel for damage to HMS Vengeance (nuclear sub) in February 1999. Manchester Crown Court. Contact: 07808 553778. awtt@hotmail.com

16/17 - CND Annual Conference in Leeds. Contact: 020 77002357. cnd@gn.apc.org

22 - European car-free day.

23 - National day of action against nuclear trains. Contact: 020 77002393.

26-28 - World Bank and the International Monetary Fund annual summit in Prague. Should be big. Transport from London, Oxford, Manchester, http://go.to/s26